Win! Tickets to charity music day

Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity is hosting its first ever unique musical extravaganza Proms at Hodsock Priory – and you could be in the audience. We have teamed up with the charity to offer one lucky reader a pair of tickets to the open-air concert on Sunday 8th September.

Google unveils $10-a-month ‘All Access’ music plan

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday launched a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their favorite songs and artists for a monthly fee. The streaming service, called All Access, is available in the U.S. for $9.99 per month after a 30-day free trial.

So Solid Crew Recruit Wretch 32, Ms Dynamite, Lethal Bizzle And More

Urban Published on May 14th, 2013 | by Lewis Abbey Following their large headline reunion show at the Indigo2, which sold out nearly instantly, and the news that they’re back for the last time EVER for an October 2013 date at the O2 Arena in London on 5th October 2013, ...

Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi ropes in the opera singer Nellie Petrova for regular …

Designer luggage and fussing bellhops were rarely part of the backdrop for the soprano Nellie Petrova. Then the Bulgarian-born opera singer landed the uncommon mission of helping a new UAE five-star hotel go the extra octave to give guests a sophisticated experience. Now, four nights a week, Petrova’s voice greets ...

Diverse start for Chamber Music Festival

MONTREAL – Festival founder Denis Brott reunited with fellow cellist and former classmate Ron Thomas and guests from the Boston Chamber Music Society for three pieces and spine-moulding at St-George church to open the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. The program was conservatively diverse, opening with Menotti’s Suite for Two Cellos ...

HIM Unleash Music Video For “All Lips Go Blue” In Support of New Album

Finnish rockers HIM have premiered their new music video for “All Lips Go Blue” exclusively on VEVO – WATCH HERE .  The track is from the band’s just released new album, Tears On Tape (Razor & Tie) – iTunes Store HERE.

Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dou wins prestigious Swedish music award

Stockholm:  Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour has won a share of Sweden’s $150,000 Polar music prize – awarded in the past to Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and violinist Yo-Yo Ma – for promoting understanding between faiths as well as for his music.

The DOT: Diary – review

This second LP from Mike Skinner’s new act, a collaboration with vocalist Rob Harvey, comes just six months after the first. This would suggest one of two things; that the pair have struck such a fruitful partnership that great music flows effortlessly, or that the quality-control gauge is faulty.

A National Anthem in Queens, a Smith in Manhattan

By ANDY BATTAGLIA Johnny Marr Johnny Marr played a lead role in the perplexing story of the Smiths, whose moody, mopey art-rock pontifications (delivered in solemn fashion by frontman Morrissey) were backed by Mr.

LL Cool J says ‘Accidental Racist’ track was misunderstood

TORONTO — Rap legend LL Cool J is about to release his first album in five years, but he is been in the news lately for an entirely different reason: his controversial “Accidental Racist” collaboration with white-hatted country star Brad Paisley. The quirky single was posited as a conversation between ...