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Why has a version of Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' In The Wind' sold for €1.7m?

A newly recorded version of the Bob Dylan classic 'Blowin in the Wind' has sold for £1.5m (€1.7m) at a Christie's auction in London. But why did it go for so much?

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The European tour proving country music isn't just for Americans

Top artists like Grammy-winning artists Darius Rucker and Miranda Lambert, as well as Academy of Country Music Awards winner Luke Combs all crossed the pond to headline the three-day festival.

Culture news

Neil Young tells Spotify workers to 'get out of that place'

It's not over. It might never be over.

Czech Republic

Czech singer dies after intentionally catching COVID for a health pass

Hana Horka's son said that anti-vax campaigners had 'blood on their hands'.

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USA

Universal Music Group snaps up Bob Dylan's entire back catalogue

The purchase of the legendary singer-songwriter's work is thought to be one of the company's biggest acquisitions - yet no financial details have been given.

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Violinist serenades neighbours from balcony amid coronavirus lockdown

Meet the Egyptian who decided to try and lift spirits in his Cairo neighbourhood by serenading neighbours with his violin.

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Tens of thousands of Estonians perform mass folk singing

Estonians flocked to the 150th anniversary staging of a choral music festival that has been recognised by the UN's cultural agency.

World News

Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek perform live at Euronews

Derya Yildirim and Grup Simsek will be visiting Euronews on Friday March 1 at 12pm for a Turkish psychedelic rock concert straight from the 1970s.

World News

Has the modern world lost the music of Christmas?

With the festive season increasingly commercialised, Euronews looks at the traditional songs of Christmas across Europe to see who's keeping traditional music alive.

Living

Spoons are the official instrument for the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Spoons have been used in Russian folk music for hundreds of years.

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French band performs on slacklines 1,400m in the air

French band Houle Douce amazed Chinese spectators with a thrilling concert on slacklines suspended 1,400-meters-high in China's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.

Netherlands

Cornish group wins 'Eurovision for regional languages'

The Rowan Tree, a folk music group from Cornwall, has won Liet International XXL — a singing competition solely for regional and minority languages

Italy

The Sicilian band bridging the Mediterranean gap

Republic of North Macedonia

Esma Redzepova, the Queen of Romany music dies at 73.

Esma Redzepova, Macedonia’s “Queen” of Romany music has died at the age of 73

Cult

Meet Parissa - the "angel of Iranian music"

One of Iran’s most revered classical singers, Parissa, recently performed at London’s Barbican, which was celebrating the anniversary of the birth of iconic Persian poet…

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Sima Bina: a life devoted to Iranian folk music

Mett Iranian folk music master Sima Bina, who has devoted her life to keeping alive melodies from every corner of Iran and beyond.

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Music runs in the blood of Polish family folk trio

Jan Malisz set up Kapela Maliszów with his two children, playing traditional songs from southern Poland, they are riding the wave of a folk music renaissance.

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Globaltica Festival targets Polish hearts and minds with diversity

Every summer the Globaltica Festival invites its audience to savour the cultural diversity of the world through music.

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Tallinn festival celebrates fusion of music from around the world

Founded in 2009, Tallinn Music Week has grown into one of northern Europe's biggest indoor festivals.

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Lyon Opera shines light on Syria

Syria was at the heart of a recent series of concerts at the Opera in the French city of Lyon under the theme The Syria I love. Among the artists