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'Star Wars' score gets cool hologram vinyl

Star Wars fans, rejoice: John Williams’ score for the latest episode, ‘The Force Awakens,’ has received a unique treatment thanks to a holographic…

USA

Singer Tony Bennett celebrates 90th birthday

Legendary singer Tony Bennett is celebrating his 90th birthday.

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'Love and Hate' Michael Kiwanuka's new album tops the pops

The first single to be released from Michael Kiwanuka's new album 'Love and Hate' is 'Black Man in a White World.'

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What they really really want is gender equality

A Spice Girls remake promotes UN global goals for women

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World's 'largest orchestra' performs in Germany

The world record for the largest orchestra has been broken, according to the German Institute for Records.

Cinema

"Dracula - The Music and Film" premieres in Romania

For their first performance of “Dracula-The Music and Film” renowned composer Philip Glass and the San Francisco based Kronos Quartet went to where else but the bloodthirsty vampire’s home country…

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Birdy takes wing and summer tours new album "Beautiful Lies"

Birdy seems to have been around forever, the British singer surging into the limelight at the tender age of 14 with a cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love”, and a voice that seemed especially well-suited

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Ladyhawke is back with upbeat new album and life

Ladyhawke is back with a brand new album and a brand new life.

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Pianist plays politics in the Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi, an internationally-renowned pianist, has played on a platform floating in the Arctic Ocean as part of a Greenpeace campaign to protect the…

Turkey

Turkish riot police disperse protesters after attack on Radiohead fans

Police in Istanbul fired tear gas, rubber pellet and water cannon on Saturday (June 18) to disperse protesters that gathered, angered by an attack the previous night on a record store that was celebra

USA

Hands Free: Mark Goffeney on life, liberty and the pursuit of guitar

Canada

Meat Loaf condition 'unknown' after collapse on stage in Canada

Rock legend Meat Loaf collapsed on stage in Canada on Thursday in dramatic scenes some fans thought at first were part of his performance.

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From Iceland to Austin: Kaleo making waves across the Atlantic

While Björk may be Iceland’s best-known musical export, four-piece rock band Kaleo are making waves in the US with their bluesy rock sound.

World News

US police identify suspect in Christina Grimmie killing

Kevin James Loibl, 27, identified as a suspect in the fatal killing of the 22-year-old singer.

World News

US singer Christina Grimmie shot dead after Orlando concert

US singer Christina Grimmie has been shot dead.

Cult

Italian violin-making tunes up for a revival

It is one of the most erotic of instruments, central to Western classical music, and its finest examples can be hundreds of years old and worth…

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Hearthrob Rick Astley back with a new album '50'

'Never Gonna Give You Up' or stop performing 80's pop sensation Rick Astley is back with his first album in a decade.

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Maestro Morricone live on 'Morricone 60'

Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone is back with baton in hand after recovering from a collapsed vertebrae.

Cult

Top sounds from Africa resurrected on 'Beating Heart - Malawi'

A new charity album is giving a new lease of life to decades old African music.

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Bjork's unique stage attire up for auction

Bjork's unique stage outfits are going under the hammer in London in the coming weeks.