Author: elegant
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Rolling Stone caught up in a controversy over its recent cover
Since November 1967, the Rolling Stone magazine that publishes every two weeks brought in latest music industry and other news to the masses in the United States. With over 1.5 million copies in circulation bi-weekly, the Rolling Stone magazine has made a name for itself. However, in July 2013 it made headlines for its controversial…
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Apple iTunes Radio is coming to your mobile device soon
At the 2013 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 10, 2013, Apple Inc. announced that it will launch the online radio, iTunes Radio, in late 2013. The release will coincide with iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks and only available in the U.S. Users will be able to skip tracks they don’t…
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Music industry biggest night, the Grammy Awards
The music industry’s biggest night, 55th annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 10, 2013 at the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The show will broadcast on CBS and LL Cool J hosts this year’s show for the second time. Grammy Award is an annual show held by the National Academy of…
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Internet radio services are becoming increasingly popular
The rapid expansion of mobile devices is helping the music provided through the Internet radio services. It doesn’t cost a dime to access music content available on the Internet through mobile unit or your PC. Pandora Media, SiriusXM, Spotify and Apple are competing to provide you with Internet radio service. It is estimated that there…
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Beyoncé to perform at the Super Bowl 2013 Halftime Show
Beyoncé will be headlined the Super Bowl 2013 Halftime Show that is scheduled for February 3, 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La. During the Super Bowl’s first decade, high school marching bands entertained the crowd. Super Bowl introduced the popular musicians during the middle of the third decade. The previous Halftime Show…
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New music service from Microsoft
On October 16, 2012, the Microsoft released Xbox Music Internet service for its Xbox 360 game consoles. Its previous service, Zune, failed to compete with other similar services. They expect to extend the service to PCs with its new operating system, Windows 8. The new music service will be free on PCs and tablets and…
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Adele to sing in next James Bond movie, Skyfall
The closely guarded secret of British singer Adele singing the theme song of the next James Bond movie, Skyfall was big news for months. Song is titled “Let the Sky Fall”. Some parts of the song leaked onto the Internet before it was officially released on Adele’s Internet site. Adele follows Carly Simon (The Spy…
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Lionel Richie’s country comeback
Twenty five years ago, Lionel Riche had a No. 1 album and hits like All Night Long and Three Times a Lady, a country influenced hit. Now a quarter century later he is making headlines again. This time he is releasing Tuskegee, a collection of duets with country music super stars that include Shania Twain,…
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A new way to music concerts
Thanks to Grateful Dead co-lead vocalist, guitarist, and the founding member Bob Weir and Yahoo now you can watch and listen to streaming musical performances over the internet. The San Raphael, California based Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI) which own by Weir share revenue with Yahoo who runs ads in the videos. Weir is also responsible…
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John Kosh, the creative director of the Beatles
Article written by Sid Solomon At the tender age of 24, John Kosh joined the Beatles at the request of legendary singer John Lennon. At the time he was working as the Art Director for Art and Artist magazine published by Mario Amaya in London. The magazine collaborated with artists including Yoko Ono (John Lennon’s…