UK radio station opens playlist to developers

Independent radio station Absolute Radio has published data describing its playlist online, in the hope that software developers will use it to build innovative applications. "We want you to do something exciting with our data," the station says on its website. "That's why we're giving you free access to the Absolute Radio playlist in a variety of formats." The data is available as an RSS feed, and in XML and JSON formats. The station has also integrated its playlist data with Facebook and Apple's iTunes music software, allowing listeners "to build [their] own playlists and download them directly from iTunes"
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we7

"we7 is an outstanding new music destination where you can listen to, share and discover music for FREE, legally and safely. You choose the music you want to hear and play full songs and albums online, on-demand at anytime. We also offer you the ability to buy the music you love in high quality mp3 downloads which you can play on iPods and most other digital players"
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Music Media Monthly - April 2011

Music Media Monthly - April 2011 is now available online
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R.I.P. Billy Bang

Free jazz violinist Billy Bang, a musician who created masterworks based on his experiences fighting in the Vietnam War, has died. He was 63
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Opera composer Daniel Catan dies aged 62

Mexican composer Daniel Catan, best known for his operatic adaptation of Italian film Il Postino for the Los Angeles Opera, has died aged 62. The Mexico City native had been in Austin working on an opera commissioned by the University of Texas. Il Postino, sung in Spanish, starred Placido Domingo and won rave reviews when it opened last year. Catan also composed symphonies and the score to 1998 film I'm Losing You, starring Frank Langella. He had been working on an opera based on the 1941 Frank Capra film Meet John Doe
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Record Store Day 2011

The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.
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Sir Mick Jagger has written a script with David Bowie for a rock movie, according to reports

The Rolling Stones legend has based the plot around rock 'n' roll managers in the 1960s and he's keen to land comedy actors to take the lead roles, reports The Sun. A source tells the publication, "Mick has had the script in the bag for years. He has gone back to it again recently and feels now is the time to get it out there. Mick has a few famous comedians in mind to star and is starting to sound them out
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