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MPs press competition watchdog to probe live music industry's 'dominant' firms
A government committee has urged the competition watchdog to launch a probe into the UK's live music industry and the most “dominant firms”. The Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee said on 18 October it is…
Funding for new Sunderland musical history project
Hannah Mitchell North East and Cumbria A major new heritage project has been awarded funding to preserve Sunderland's musical history. Sunderland Music City has been awarded more than £150,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for its…
Funding for new Sunderland musical history project
A major new heritage project has been awarded funding to preserve Sunderland's musical history. Sunderland Music City has been awarded more than £150,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for its Mackem Music Memories project. The…
Rosalía on 'Lux' and her devotion to music
New York's Metropolitan Opera House seemed a fitting setting to chat with the Spanish pop artist Rosalía after the global tour for her latest album, 'Lux' (which is Latin for light). 'I really like how concentrated the energy is in spaces…
Jesse Eisenberg based new film on musical theatre as 'it's the world I know'
Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg said he was inspired to base his latest film around musical theatre because “it's the world I know”. Eisenberg, 43, has appeared in films such as Zombieland and Now You See Me, and earned an Oscar…
Voice of Music Festival offers five days of music in Israel's North
Best-selling late 17th-early 18th-century English playwright William Congreve hit the curative psychological nail on the head when he observed: “Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast.” Indeed, it undoubtedly does, but there are…
Hilarious quips and '100,000-volt' energy: the hypemen (and women) redefining Afrobeats music
For the 2015 freshmen cohort of the history degree programme at the University of Lagos, their classmate's first-semester presentation was so captivating that they began calling him Toby Shang, after the 16th-century Chinese dynasty he had focused…
NEXZ Reveal Their Favorite Songs and Share Insights Into Their Musical Journey
K-pop group NEXZ offered fans a closer look at their music, personalities, and creative journey during a backstage interview at the 2026 TMElive International Music Awards in Hong Kong. The seven-member group, which performed at Kai Tak Stadium…
How Skiing, Skateboarding Accidents Led To Role Model's Booming Music Career
Breaking his wrist on two separate occasions while skiing and skateboarding turned out to be happy accidents for Role Model. The 29-year-old singer, whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury, was a freshman at Point Park University in Pittsburgh in 2014…
3 Music Videos That Nearly Got Their Artists Canceled (Before Cancel Culture Existed)
The idea of cancel culture today doesn't make sense because people have criticized artists for decades over their choices. The only difference is today, fans might “cancel” an artist for something actively harmful they've done. Back…
Homecoming performances await actress returning to Hull with musical Cats
When the cast of touring musical theatre sensation Cats slink into Hull next week, Hull-born actress Shona Mairi Masson will be heading straight to the chippy. Shona, from North Ferriby, is excited to bring her castmates to her home city, and is…
Brooklyn EXPO 2026: Kanawha Music Filternator
US 1940a Hammond fukter ckibe 17/10/26 We spoke to Scott from Kanawa Music about the company's Eurorack modules. Kanawa Music works from historic instruments and circuits. The filter is based on a 1940s Hammond Solovox design, using induction coils…
The gift of elegance in 'Thenisai Thendral' Deva's music
If there were an aural equivalent of elegant, highly readable prose, it would be Deva's music. At once accessible and appealing, his music has the ability not merely to please listeners, but to draw them closer to sound and the emotions it conveys.
Halloween and Electronica Music Roundup
For reasons you will understand at the end of this article, I put no numbers or order of merit for these pieces. I cried a bit, with just love, and appreciation for these artists, their music, their message, and… for you wonderful people.
'Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen' review: Musical Duncan Sheik was working on when he died is an awkward letdown
Theater review 90 minutes with no intermission. At the Culture Club at 530 W. 27 St. When Duncan Sheik, the writer of the musical “Spring Awakening” and singer of the song “Barely Breathing,” unexpectedly died last month…
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