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Gig review: Julie FowlisJULIE FOWLIS **** QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH
Scotsman Thursday, October 29, 2009Classical review: Mr McFall's ChamberMR MCFALL'S CHAMBER **** CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, EDINBURGH
Scotsman Thursday, October 29, 2009Voodoo Experience music festival aims for magicThe spell that New Orleans' Voodoo Experience casts over fans this weekend may have as much to do with where the stage sits as ...
USATODAY Thursday, October 29, 2009Tigres del Norte nix Mexico show, cite censorshipMEXICO CITY -- The Mexican "norteno" band Los Tigres del Norte says it has canceled a planned appearance at an awards ceremony after organizers allegedly asked it not to play the biting political commentary song "La Granja."
Seattle Post Intelligencer Thursday, October 29, 2009Tricky time as rock hall turns 25Some question its relevance in a music world gone crazy. Meanwhile, it's party time in New York, with shows
featuring U2, Springsteen and Aretha Franklin, among others. Tonight and Friday, Bruce Springsteen , U2 , Simon & Garfunkel, Metallica and other acts that started their careers in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s will perform at Madison Square Garden here to celebrate the silver anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
LA Times Thursday, October 29, 2009Google may call the tune with its new music search featureThe Internet giant won't be selling
records, but it could help iTunes' competitors by steering buyers to them. Google Inc. started out 13 years ago as a simple search engine, but it has grown into a behemoth that has shaken up dozens of industries, including computers and cellphones.
LA Times Thursday, October 29, 2009Song banned, band pulls outLos Tigres del Norte is initially barred from playing its latest drug-trade lyrics. Los Tigres del Norte, Mexico's superstar norteņo band, abruptly canceled its participation Wednesday in a major awards show after it was barred from performing a song critical of the government's campaign against drug cartels.
LA Times Thursday, October 29, 2009Built to Spill at EchoplexThe beardy indie rock combo Built to Spill started off as a more jangly, wry ensemble that over the years morphed into a fierce, polyglot
guitar assault that strayed into prog, dub and psych while nonetheless staying emotionally evocative. Its latest, "There Is No Enemy," is an unexpectedly vigorous late-career entry with some of its best riffage and song ideas in ages. Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd., L.A. 8 p.m. today-Fri. $22. www.attheecho.com .
LA Times Thursday, October 29, 2009ccMixter Transitions from Creative Commons to ArtisTech MediaSAN FRANCISCO and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- We announce that Creative Commons is transferring operations of top remix site ccMixter.org to next-gen-music-label ArtisTech Media (ATM). Yesterday marked the five-year anniversary of ccMixter.org, a site that has internationally demonstrated the power of its 20,000-strong music community and Creative Commons' licenses through the motto "Download, Sample, Cut-up, Share." Pledging to uphold The Lessig Principles as specified in the ccMixter.org RFP, start-up ATM is taking stewardship of the Top-5
free music Site.
prnewswire.com Thursday, October 29, 200950 Cent Announces a Ten City Screening Tour of His Directorial Debut Film: BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- This November 50 Cent will be hitting the road to screen his latest film, BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT. Beginning on Tuesday Oct. 27th, fans can log on to www.movietickets.com/50 to download their tickets* to these exclusive screenings.
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