France Christmas Eve concert held in Paris' fire-wrecked Notre Dame It was the first event of this kind since the Paris landmark was devastated by fire in April 2019. 25/12/2020
no comment French music programme puts children in orchestra for free A musical education programme has been taking orchestras to neighbourhoods where conservatory seems out of reach. 21/12/2020
World Bonga: The portrait of a revolutionary singer Famous Angolan singer, Bonga, has been an athlete and stood up against colonial rule. His music is known worldwide and continues to inspire. 08/12/2020
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. 08/12/2020
Inspire Middle East How are Jordanian musicians adapting Western pop songs into Arabic? Kalamesque is a group made up of Jordanian musicians, and they’re adapting Western pop music into classical Arabic songs. 04/12/2020
no comment Sign language interpreters take on hip hop in Paris Sign language interpreters performed alongside artists at a hip hop concert -- without a live audience -- that took place in Paris on Saturday. 08/11/2020
United Kingdom UK music industry in COVID-19 crisis as artists struggle Artists as diverse as Russell Watson and the Undertones are demanding guidance and practical help from the government as the UK music industry's COVID-19 related shutdown crisis shows no sign of abating. 31/10/2020
USA Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer, his family announces "My father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning," Wolf Van Halen wrote on Twitter. 06/10/2020
France Raspy-voiced French singer Juliette Greco dead at 93 President Emmanuel Macron described Greco as " elegance and freedom" in a tribute on Twitter. 23/09/2020
brussels bureau Liveurope Online Festival aims to give music scene a shot in the arm Liveurope, an initiative supporting concert venues in their efforts to promote up-and-coming European artists, is to hold a Europe-wide online concert on Friday and Saturday. 22/09/2020
Life Young people call for more green jobs in the UK on Earth Overshoot Day They performed in the shadow of the UK's first commercial wind farm. 21/08/2020
United Kingdom Fleetwood Mac co-founder blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73 B.B. King once said Green “has the sweetest tone I ever heard. He was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.” 25/07/2020
no comment Belgian DJ gives silent performance atop Brussels landmark He kept the performance secret to avoid crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic. For the same reason, only the DJ could hear what he was playing. 21/07/2020