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'Sky's the limit' on Lennon studio gear
Saturday, 30 April 2011
Microphones and equipment from John Lennon's home studio – on which he recorded his early solo albums and hit single "Imagine" – are to be auctioned.
Plastic fantastic: the life of Poly Styrene
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Kunal Dutta: Poly Styrene, the female punk musician whose band X-Ray Spex changed the direction of popular culture, has died from cancer at the age of 53.
John Barry to be honoured
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
The Oscar-winning composer John Barry is to be honoured posthumously at the Classic Brit Awards next month for his outstanding contribution to music. It will be the first posthumous prize in the event's 11-year history.
Steve Davis gets interesting as a prog rock DJ
Monday, 25 April 2011
Get ready for an "interesting" mix of avant garde jazz and psychedelic rock. The secret musical life of Steve Davis, the snooker legend, will be revealed when he presents his own show on the BBC 6 Music radio station.
Music stops for man who created CDs – in homage to Beethoven
Monday, 25 April 2011
He gave up his dream of being an opera singer to join a fledgling consumer electronics maker. Norio Ohga will be remembered by most as the man who developed the compact disc, pushing for a diameter of 12cm to allow for 75 minutes of uninterrupted music, enough to store Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in its entirety.
Smiths bidding war hinges on 'classic' status
Friday, 22 April 2011
Adam Sherwin: Publishers battle to bag Morrissey memoir.
Kanye West goes quiet as mystery surrounds closure of his charity
Friday, 22 April 2011
Richard Hall: Kanye West has never been one to avoid the spotlight – indeed, he's been known to storm a stage in pursuit of it.
Everything Everything up for Ivor Novello award
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
A single which peaked at 121 in the charts has been nominated for a top songwriting award.
Anything you can sing, they can sing higher
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Andrew McCorkell and Caroline Lovell: The only way is up for men at home in the treble clef.
No alternative: iconic record shop is silenced
Saturday, 16 April 2011
When Terri Hooley finally closes the doors of his independent Belfast music shop, it will be the end of an era for what is known as Alternative Ulster. Good Vibrations may have survived the Troubles, but it has since become a victim of big business, new technology and the recession.
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