US musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62

US musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron, often called the Godfather of Rap, has died in a New York hospital aged 62. The cause of his death is not clear, but he is believed to have become ill after returning from a visit to Europe. Scott-Heron's material spanned soul, jazz, blues and the spoken word. His 1970s work heavily influenced the US hip-hop and rap scenes
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Grainger Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal

The University of Melbourne Library's new scholarly publication, Grainger Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal was launched in May 2011. Edited by Dr David Pear (London) and Dr Belinda Nemec (Melbourne), Grainger Studies is an annual peer-reviewed journal. True to Grainger's life philosophy with its 'all-rounded' attempt to savour as much in life as possible, Grainger Studies is not merely a journal about Percy Grainger - though he figures prominently in it and it is intended that he will continue to do so in future annual issues. But to reflect the wide intellectual scope of Grainger's interests, the journal is intended to represent as authentically as possible the style in which he devoured knowledge so gluttonously
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BluesFest London 2011

The very first BluesFest London comes to town this summer for a week-long celebration of incredible music from some of the greatest names in the business. The Festival's unique scope covers a huge range of music from the broad Blues, Soul and Jazz spectrum - with such a wealth of musical acts and iconic London venues on offer, the festival presents something for music lovers from all walks of life
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MusicRevolution

MusicRevolution is the Internet's production music marketplace. We provide customers with great royalty-free production, or stock, music at affordable prices for film & TV, business & website, background music and more. We provide musicians with the opportunity to sell their production music while learning from the best in the music community
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Festival Outlook

Consequence of Sound's Festival Outlook is an online database featuring the latest news, rumors, and ticket information for the world's many music festivals. Sometimes, though, it's hard to keep up with everything, especially on a day like today. So, this is where our "Festivals in Brief" feature comes in
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Robert Johnson: fans mark the centenary of the great bluesman's birth

Robert Johnson was the most influential blues player of all time. Now the last of his musical collaborators will play for his devotees in a centennial celebration
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Choose The Cover Of Rolling Stone: The Sheepdogs

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Google Music beta

Google Inc. is making a bigger push into entertainment services, adding music storage and movie-rental features to its Android software for phones and tablets. The new Music Beta service, announced today at the company's I/O developer conference in San Francisco, will store song libraries and playlists, and will suggest music based on listeners' collections. Movies will be available for rent through the Android Market, and can be streamed to personal computers, tablet devices and handsets, the company said. Music Beta is currently only available in the United States"
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National Jukebox - Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives
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Record Man - A documentary on the early days of Rock and Roll - promotion

John Coon, the producer, traveled the USA to record some of the most colorful people in the record biz: Jerry Wexler, Rich Hall, Shelby Singleton, and much more


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RecooME

RecooMe is a music sharing dynamic driven by the recommendations of friends. RecooMe will develop your network to one of exponential degree – just like your taste in music!
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Crunch.fm

Crunch.fm lets you share music on #Twitter in real-time. Search for a track instantly, make your tweets more musical - share your favorite songs with your followers
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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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Tuneviper - Get album release and concert alerts
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