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Sting has branded modern rock music ???stagnant??? and says that he prefers listening to 16th Century English ballads.
Sting, who??™s recent album of Dowland lute music top the classical charts, is currently indulging in the music of composer John Dowland rather than anything recently released.
... full musical news
Press Return just released a new track on their MySpace. Track 2 from their soon-to-be-released Dorm Room Demos, the aptly titled "Bring An Umbrella" really shows a different side of their song writing ability.
You can check them out at:
www.myspace.com/pressreturn
... full musical news
Legs McNeil remembers the night back in 1975 when he walked into the dingy storefront club perched in the even dingier Bowery neighborhood. The band onstage, four guys in leather jackets and torn jeans, was the Ramones. McNeil sat at a nearby table, watching their set with
Lou Reed.
It was unforgettable.... full musical news
You can download the whole collection of Mozart in mp3 format from this website. It's legal and free.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; January 27, 1756 ??“ December 5, 1791) was a prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music.... full musical news
Over the past year or so, BitTorrent as a medium for independent artists and labels to distribute content has grown immensely. It??™s good to see that BitTorrent.com, the ???official??™ Bt site is spearheading this movement.
Just a couple of weeks ago we saw bands as popular as Death Cab for Cutie,... full musical news
A Swedish court on Wednesday fined a man for illegally sharing music files online, making him the first Swede to be convicted for spreading copyrighted songs over the Internet.
The 44-year-old, who was not publicly identified, was fined 20,000 kronor (euro2,160; US$2,700) by the Boras District Court... full musical news
Copying television programs and music will soon be legal under amendments to copyright law.
The changes will also make it easier to prosecute copyright pirates.
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, who introduced the Copyright Amendment Bill to parliament today, said the internet and digital technology... full musical news
YouTube??™s young founders may have been the biggest beneficiaries of last week??™s $1.65 billion deal with Google, but they have some unexpected bedfellows ??” old-line media companies that had been considered YouTube??™s biggest legal threat.
Three of the four major music companies ??” Vivendi??™s... full musical news
Legendary singer Cher has auctioned off several items from her home and personal collection, with the highest bid going to a black leather-and-fishnet outfit for $60,000.
Nearly 700 other items also went on sale, including a Bentley that sold for over $200,000 and a circa 1865 brass bed for over $80,000.... full musical news
Stevie Wonder received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum, then segued from his acceptance speech into a medley of his songs that included "My Cherie Amour" and "i Wish."
Wonder, 56, received the honor Tuesday night. The museum also awarded civil rights pioneer Dr. Joseph... full musical news
Paul McCartney vowed on Wednesday to defend himself in court against accusations published in British newspapers that he physically attacked his estranged wife Heather during their tempestuous four-year marriage.
"Our client will be defending these allegations vigorously and appropriately," McCartney's... full musical news
Kansas City, Mo., trumpet players are upset that a recording was used to play taps at the funeral for ex-Negro League ballplayer John J. "Buck" O'Neil.
O'Neil, who was featured in the Ken Burns Pbs Documentary series "Baseball," died Oct. 6 in Kansas City at the age of 94, the Kansas City Star reported.... full musical news
If you've been to a concert recently, you've seen a bunch of cell phones bobbing up and down near the stage, their owners trying to take pictures and videos of their favorite stars. But who actually gets to enjoy those images? Usually no one but the person who captured them.
Well, Verizon Wireless... full musical news
Britain will play host to this year's World Music Awards, it was announced today.
The annual showbiz bash will be held at London's Earls Court Arena on November 15.
The event honours the artists who have sold the most records in each country.
It is the most televised music awards show in the... full musical news
Hong Kong's recording industry vowed Wednesday to rein in more illegal music sharers, threatening to sue 37 people who allegedly uploaded copyrighted music to the Internet.
The move was part of a worldwide campaign which launched 8,000 new lawsuits in 17 countries Tuesday in a bid to crackdown on illegal... full musical news
Pupils from secondary schools throughout Newham are tuning into different types of music this week during a project.
They are taking part in an education initiative from the Government and the record industry called My Music during National Music Week.
Students are learning how to evaluate different... full musical news
Listening to loud music with earphones on a digital music player for more than 90 minutes a day can damage your hearing, according to a new U.S. study.
The study of 100 doctoral students concluded that people who listened to music at 80 percent of volume capacity, at which point the sound is considered... full musical news
The world's biggest record company, Universal Music, is suing two video-sharing websites in the US.
The firm, whose artists include U2 and Mariah Carey, accuses both Grouper and Bolt of allowing "mass infringement" of copyright by letting users swap videos.
It wants damages of up to $150,000... full musical news
Four members of Danity Kane were injured in a limousine accident Thursday night en route to a performance in Toledo, Ohio.
According to an accident report filed with the Toledo Police Department, the group members ??” minus D. Woods, who caught a later flight to Toledo ??” had just wrapped up an appearance... full musical news
After a week of increasingly implausible denials and "no comments" from Team Madonna, a Malawi high court judge has managed to do what the Material One would not: confirm that the singer and husband Guy Ritchie have adopted a one-year-old boy.
Unsurprisingly, Madonna's mouthpieces have yet to comment... full musical news
How does Jay-Z feel about his official coming-out-of-retirement album? Initially, Hov said he felt like it might not happen.
"i spent about a week, maybe two weeks in the studio. I wouldn't do anything," he said recently in Africa about the initial sessions for his
Kingdom Come LP, due November... full musical news
While fellow former "American Idol" finalist Fantasia dropped her last name for her major-label debut, Chris Daughtry is losing his first.
"If I went out as 'Chris Daughtry' I would have been considered a pop artist, or I would have probably looked at myself that way," explained
the frontman of a... full musical news
Reign Of Terror/Holy Hell guitarist Joe Stump has issued the following update:
"I'm currently rehearsing the material for my next upcoming solo record. I'Ll start recording later this year with the record being released early next year after the Holy Hell record comes out. It'Ll be a kind of return... full musical news
Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with Trivium drummer Travis Smith. Several excerpts follow:
Blasting-Zone.com: What can you tell us about the new record?
Travis Smith: "Well, it's a lot different than 'Ascendancy' as far as that goes.... full musical news
A short video clip Arch Enemy guitarists Michael Amott and Fredrik ?…kesson shredding it up last night (Tuesday, October 17) at Club Capitol in Perth, Australia has been posted online at YouTube.com.
Arch Enemy just completed the North American installment... full musical news
Former Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen has posted the cover artwork for her upcoming Christmas album, "Henk?¤ys Ikuisuudesta" (Breath from Heaven) (news image).
"Henk?¤ys Ikuisuudesta", which includes selections from John Lennon and Abba, will arrive on November 8. a single, entitled "You Would... full musical news
A Manhattan parking lot shooting early Tuesday left rapper Fabolous wounded and under arrest after police found two loaded weapons in a car carrying him and his entourage, authorities said.
The 28-year-old rapper, whose legal name is John Jackson, had just left Justin's, a restaurant owned by Sean... full musical news
One in three people in the UK believe they could write a chart-topping hit, according to a new Oxfam survey.
The poll, which was conducted as part of Oxfam's month-long music festival Oxjam, showed that there are 3.5 million Britons who believe they could write a Number One single.
Figures also... full musical news
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has filed lawsuits against 8,000 illegal file sharers across the globe today (October 18).
Up to 17 countries are being targeted in this latest campaign, including the first ever cases against illegal file-sharing in the two biggest... full musical news
After a tumultuous 14-year marriage marked by drug arrests and stints in rehab, Whitney Houston is divorcing Bobby Brown.
The pop singer filed divorce papers in Orange County Superior Court this week, a month after filing for legal separation from Brown, Houston's publicist Nancy Seltzer said Tuesday.
... full musical news
Life-size mural posters are now on display in most Tokyo train and subway stations in a new campaign featuring former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman as the new face of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF). To see the poster, click here.
Friedman's new solo... full musical news
Whitesnake guitarist Doug Aldrich has posted the following message on his official web site:
"i would like to thank everyone who attended the Whitesnake U.K./Europe shows this past summer. You all made this a very memorable summer for us and I look forward to getting back on the road with Whitesnake... full musical news
Country music might seem like a pretty conservative medium, but Tim McGraw is bucking the trend. "It's innate in me to be a Democrat ??” a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore," McGraw tells Time magazine in its Oct. 23 issue.
"The issues that matter to me are... full musical news
Estonian classical composer Arvo Part is dedicating all performances of his music during the 2006/7 concert season to the memory of recently slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
The move is reminiscent of U.S. composer Steve Reich's memorial piece for Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl,... full musical news
Whitney Houston is planning a comeback to pop music, it has emerged.
The troubled singer has been fraught by personal problems in recent years, including reported problems with drugs and husband Bobby Brown.
Premier, who recently worked on Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics Lp, says he is close... full musical news
In a vibrant farewell to the legendary punk-rock venue CBGB, Blondie singer Deborah Harry played a final show on Saturday in a tribute to the club that was a launching pad for her career, but is due to close at the end of the month.
Taking the tiny stage at the dank, crumbling club wearing red gloves... full musical news
He's performed in front of millions of people, but few of them know his name or his distinguished rock 'N' roll history.
Now, Blondie Chaplin is stepping out from the giant shadow cast by the Rolling Stones, who have employed him as a backing singer and guitarist since 1997, to release a solo album.
... full musical news
A 1-year-old boy that Madonna and her husband are seeking to adopt left for England on Monday, flying first on a chartered plane to South Africa, then on a regularly scheduled flight to London, where the pop singer has a home.
The boy, David Banda, was accompanied by two Britons and two Americans,... full musical news
We Are Scientists are set to release 'Crap Attack', a CD/DVD collection of rare material.
The album, which is released on November 6, will feature b-sides, remixes and videos.
'Crap Attack' will also feature their versions of Sigur Ros' 'Hoppipolla', The Ronettes' 'Be My Baby' and Art Brut's 'Bang... full musical news
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