Sylvia Robinson, the producer of the Sugar Hill Gang's pioneering hip-hop single Rapper's Delight, died this morning at the age of 75 from congestive.
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September 2011He has been working with athletes from five nations to create the anthem for next year's Games.
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September 201123 percent of Swedes download music illegally, down 2 to 3 percent since 2010. In short, music piracy, at least in that market, is falling rapidly and much of that decline can be attributed to the popularity of
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Music and Protests as Hasidic Jews Visit Uman, Ukraine - NYTimes ...
September 2011In one of the largest annual Jewish pilgrimages to any site outside of Israel, tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews - almost exclusively men and their sons - flocked to the city of Uman in southern Ukraine this week
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Message Music: Songs That Say Something | Madame Noire | Black ...
September 2011We debate constantly about the grim images in the music we listen to and how it tends to have a negative impact on our youth and even how adult men and women relate to one another. It's good to take a moment
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All-You-Can-Stream Music Services Reduce Piracy, Says Study
September 2011It might be a decade late, but it appears as though the music industry may have found the antidote to the digital piracy it claims has ravaged its revenues for so long.
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September 2011It may not enjoy quite the same level of buzz that the likes of Spotify, Rdio and MOG have been basking in lately, but Microsoft's.
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Courtney Love to Write Tell-All Memoir | Music News | Rolling Stone
September 2011Hole frontwoman Courtney Love has signed a deal to pen a memoir that will set the record straight about her marriage to Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain, he.
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The Flaming Lips Plan To Release 24-Hour-Long ... - O Music Awards
September 2011According to frontman Wayne Coyne, the band plans to release a 24-hour-long song at midnight on Halloween encased in a... wait for it... human skull.
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Microsoft drops Zune Music Pass to $9.99, brings Zune to Canada ...
September 2011Microsoft announced Thursday that its Zune Music Pass will offer a more competitive $9.99 plan for all-you-can-stream music starting Oct 3.
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