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Violinist Hahn: Music from a different directionLONDON (Reuters) - Classical music fans know that American violinist Hilary Hahn plays a wicked concerto, knocking out the fiendishly fast final bars of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, for example, faster and with more sheer energy than pretty much anyone else alive. "It's a finger twister but it's so fun. ...
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:28:08 -0700
Analysis: Key to Universal-EMI decision: Has music business lost control?WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the face of it, Universal Music Group's bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world's leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal's star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company's deep library of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Katy Perry. Certainly the fierce opposition from rival Warner Music Group, consumer groups ...
Wed, 16 May 2012 07:54:20 -0700
Migratory Music Launches Digital Music Distribution and HD Advertising Kiosks, the Ovation Towers, for Artists, Live ...The Ovation Tower, the music industry’s first live digital media distribution kiosk and HD digital advertising platform, developed for major music venues, today announced deals with Nederlander Concerts, MediaNet, Abbey Road Live, SeePoint Technology, Aderra Media Technologies and YCD Multimedia.
Wed, 16 May 2012 07:30:00 -0700
Onkyo to offer Dolby TrueHD 5.1 channel music downloadsMusic-only surround formats have failed again and again; is Onkyo's new high-resolution download scheme doomed from the start?
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:09:48 -0700
Chuck Brown dies: King of D.C. go-go music, influential sample sourceChuck Brown, the "king of go-go music," has died in Washington D.C. The musician, whose work with big band funk in the 1970s and '80s was influential both as a bandleader and as inspiration on early electronic dance music. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts addresses this influence.
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:48:14 -0700
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