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Genesis' Rutherford and Banks Reflect on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Do you think Genesis are going to perform at the Rock
and Hall of Fame induction ceremony in March?
I have no idea. I'm sure we'll go. I don't know if Peter Gabriel
will go. I wouldn't see why not, really.
It could be your first time playing in public
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to induct ABBA
A BBA is dancing its way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges. The list of the next class of inductees was released Tuesday by the Cleveland hall. ABBA and The Stooges made it in this time
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ABBA, Genesis among those to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Those bands as well as Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges will be honored at a March 15 ceremony in New York City. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Fuse music channel.
ABBA is still one of the biggest-selling acts in pop history, even
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'The Sing Off': How does Baltimore's Maxx Factor fare?
Tonight's Sing Off will feature a "superstar medley" and a judges' choice song. Then the judges will send two groups home, and viewers will vote on the finalists to pick the winner, to be named Monday.
Nota's up first with a medley of Jackson 5 songs.
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Wogan bows out with fond farewell
Terry Wogan thanked the audience for “being his friend” in an emotional farewell speech after 27 years of his breakfast show on Radio 2 this morning.
As the legendary show drew to its close at 9:30, Wogan bid his listeners farewell, telling them, “This
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Moodagent: Going iTunes Playlists one better
Moodagent [iTunes Link] (free for now) puts a new spin on the iTunes Genius Playlist system. Instead of leaving it up to Apple to give you category based Genius Playlists, Moodagent, gives you some control over what songs will appear in a 25 song
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CD box set ideas for Christmas
Christmas presents come in all kinds of boxes. Especially these days.
Many of this years CD box sets are available in various configurations, depending on how much you want to see, hear or spend.
Here are the ones that came my way (prices approximate):
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Off the beaten tracks: Albums of the year
h recognising for their popular, significant or just downright intriguing contribution to 2009. So, in no particular order, may we present these tailormade awards to the following albums of the year:
Best Album
RICHARD HAWLEY: TRUELOVE'S
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Artist Spotlight: Andrew X
Andrew X's "Language of Love: Heaven and Earth" is a two-disc album that's a must-listen for anyone who like the mellow to pop spectrum of rock.
When I first saw Copeland, U2 and Peter Gabriel lumped together when describing a musician, I thought,
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Music Picks: Joseph Arthur
For the uninitiated, Joseph Arthur has a musical, vocal and lyrical vibe somewhere between Sam Prekop (with guts) Nick Drake (without the misty moors' weightiness or brow-beaten pain) and Peter Gabriel (without the fretless tech). Still, Arthur is his
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What are the best music videos of the noughties?
Some of the best videos of the noughties? Promos for Fatboy Slim, Gorillaz, Feist, the White Stripes, the Streets and Beyoncé
What makes a great pop video? Explosive action? Mind-bending animation? Bling? Bottles of Cristal? Being ripped off in the
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Steve Ewing leads jam at Old Rock House
St. Louis singer Steve Ewing, formerly of the Urge, returns to the scene with a new project, "Zodiac," a collection of covers from artists who have influenced him, including Steel Pulse, the Police, Elvis Costello, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley.
What's
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High notes
Since the launch of Apple's iTunes in 2003, digital music has become big business. A number of new music services have sprung up on the internet, offering legitimate opportunities for people to listen to or buy tracks online. With the government's
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Indian Ocean: The last interview
Aseem Chhabra in New York
A few weeks ago the band Indian Ocean came to the US for its seventh concert tour in this country. On October 9 they performed before 550 people at a concert in New York City's B B King Blues Club.
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Rock Band Weekly: Paul McCartney, Blink-182, Psychedelic Furs, Ramones
Paul McCartney, in a non-Beatles outing, rings in the new year for next week's Rock Band Weekly update. The 67-year-old rocker (good on him!) will have the company of a Blink-182 pack, along with individual tracks from The Psychedelic Furs and The
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Basheer Daoud helped grow Gold Star Chili
MOUNT WASHINGTON - Basheer F. Daoud, the 46-year-old director of development for Gold Star Chili, died Wednesday after a yearlong battle with cancer.
Mr. Daoud's father and three uncles founded their first Cincinnati-area chili restaurant with a
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Music Video: The Midway State Featuring Lady GaGa – 'Don’t Give Up'
She normally looks impeccable....but in this pic she's all skew iff.....her makeup and hair...somethings off....
Guy's cute though
I can't even listen to that.
I can listen to Michael Bolton and Lady Gaga, but not this mess.
i wish gaga was holding
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Five Game Parlay–Week 17
Well, it all comes down to this. This is the final week of the football season, and with that, the last week of the Five Game Parlay. We’ve had brussel sprouts, Dirty Dancing, and attempts at eating dog biscuits this season. Jeff Mans had a chance to
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Peter Gabriel goes orchestral for covers album
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Peter Gabriel eschews traditional rock'n'roll instrumentation on his upcoming album, "Scratch My Back," which sports orchestral covers of material originally recorded by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Radiohead and Arcade
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Peter Gabriel Goes Orchestral For Covers Album
All of the artists whose songs Gabriel covers on "Scratch My Back" will return the favor by reworking his songs on a future album, dubbed "I'll Scratch Yours."
Peter Gabriel eschews traditional rock'n'roll instrumentation on his upcoming album,
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Peter Gabriel to Promote New Covers Album With Full Orchestra
Peter Gabriel will perform selections from his upcoming covers album "Scratch My Back" with a full orchestra in Berlin, London and Paris in March, 2010. The rocker's first new album in eight years will be released next month, February 2010 and features
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Bob Moog At The 2010 NAMM Show
Bob Moog may be gone, his legacy lives on.
The Bob Moog Foundation will be co-sponsoring three events at the 2010 NAMM Show, which takes place in Anaheim, CA on January 14-17, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center:
An Evening Celebrating The Legacy of
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CES 2010: Cisco's videoconferencing heads to consumers' HDTVs
This spring, Cisco will launch trials with Verizon and France Telecom around HDTV-enabled videoconferencing, with commercial applications in health care, "family-to-family," and musical entertainment likely to follow starting in the second half of 2010,
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Peter Gabriel's song-swap album gets release date, live shows
Way back when we announced that Peter Gabriel was to release a song-swap album, covering the works of Bon Iver and various others, like the Magnetic Fields, we were at least mildly intrigued and at most massively fascinated.
Since then, the details
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New Video: Sade Is A Soldier Of Love
Today Sade premiered the Sophie Muller-directed music video for “Soldier of Love,” the lead single from their upcoming album of the same title. Peek Under the Hood for a look at the video.
The video kicks off promotion for the group’s first new album
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MUSIC NEWS: Winter/Spring 2010 Preview — Goldfrapp, Sade, Peter Gabriel, Toni Braxton, Corinne Bailey Rae, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, V V Brown, Erik Hassle, plus four free downloads
The editors of Modern Tonic
present a weekly music update here on Towleroad. The rest of the week,
they scan the pop culture landscape for movie, TV, book and Web
recommendations in their daily email.
SPECIAL EDITION: WINTER/SPRING 2010 MUSIC PREVIEW
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The Beastie Boys are fans
Take this moment to relax.
Called the “Chant Master of American Yoga” by The New York Times, Krishna Das will release "Heart As Wide As The World," his first studio album in 10 years, on March 26.
The album is a collaboration with David Nichtern, who
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Macworld 2010 Rocks with World-Renowned Artist BT, Special Musical Guests and Expanded Educational Content
2010-01-14 20:46:54 -
Studio in collaboration with Berklee College of Music, and a special Gibson Guitar Giveaway, IDG World Expo, owner of Macworld 2010, announced today.
At Macworld 2010, BT, an internationally renowned artist, visionary
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Peter Gabriel Confirms Covers Album Details, Ropes in Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt to Cover “Not One of Us”
Back in late October, we told you that ex-Genesis art-rock legend Peter Gabriel was working on a covers album that demonstrated what we called his “impeccable taste.” It was to feature orchestral versions of songs by the likes of Radiohead,
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Sade's back
The album Diamond Life was the soundtrack to a million dinner parties in the 80s.
Its creator, the sultry British singer Sade, sold 50 million records, cracked America - then disappeared. Now, a decade after her last studio album, Sade is back.
The
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Analysis of the Poem Red Roses by Anne Sexton
The boy's tolerant devotion to his abusive mother in the poem Red Roses by Anne Sexton reveals a strong bond between mother and son despite the pain the boy receives. The child's love for his mother, and fear of loosing her is so great that a few "red
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NAMM Show Day 2 Highlights
On Day 2 of the NAMM Show, we had a chance to check out the new gear at the Moog booth.
They were showing the new Moog Taurus 3 bass synthesizer, which sounds massive and is built like a tank.
The Noisebug booth packed was densely packed with synth
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Linkin Park Lead 'Music For Relief' Project To Benefit Haiti
As the world reaches out to assist Haiti with relief in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake, the music world is quickly mobilizing to find ways it can help. Linkin Park's non-profit foundation, Music for Relief, has teamed up with the United
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Linkin Park Creates Charity Album For Haiti
Linkin Park put their Haiti charity album within less than a week. The album includes one unreleased track from the band and two other produced by Mike Shinoda. Other tracks on the album include Dave Matthews Band, the All-American Rejects, Peter
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Peter Gabriel Sings David Bowie for Haiti
Peter Gabriel is raising money for Haiti relief through downloads of his new song, a moving cover of the David Bowie classic, "Heroes."
The track is part of an album full of previously unreleased material now available through MusicForRelief.org,
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Peter Gabriel Won't Reteam With Genesis For Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Night
Peter Gabriel has stunned the music world by announcing he won't be joining his former Genesis bandmates onstage for the group's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in March (10).
In fact, the Sledgehammer hitmaker isn't sure he'll even attend the
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My Secret Life: George Lamb, broadcaster, 30
My parents ... had the foresight to tell me it was a very big world out
there. My dad is an actor and my mum was an entrepreneur who had numerous
businesses when I was a kid.
The house/flat I grew up in ... is in Fulham, south-west London. My mum
is
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No GENESIS Reunion at "Hall of Fame" Event Says Gabriel
MUSIC NEWS - Now that the pop music, one-time prog rockers Genesis are going to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame this March, there's been considerable hope (MNN included) that Peter Gabriel would be part of the festivities and perform with
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Bob Geldof Delighted With Avatar Windfall
Bob Geldof is celebrating a successful investment after pouring money into global blockbuster Avatar - the rocker is set to make a massive profit from his initial payment.
The musician is one of a number of celebrities who signed up to hand over cash
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Bob Geldof Benefits From Avatar Profits
Avatar has swelled Bob Geldof's bank account - he's reportedly set to make $80,000 (£50,000) from the hit movie.
The former Boomtown Rats rocker is one of several stars who ploughed cash into a scheme offering tax-relief to film investors.
And his
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Wide Mouth Mason back from break
Considering how long they've been canned, Wide Mouth Mason look very well preserved.
Four years is a long time in the accelerated reality of rock and roll, where every calendar year for regular mortals is the equivalent of 10 for a musician.
Knowing
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Gabriel: Disaster aid can benefit from technology
NEW YORK - Haiti's devastating earthquake reinforced Peter Gabriel's belief that disaster relief needs to take better advantage of the digital age.
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Gabriel: Disaster aid can benefit from technology
NEW YORK (AP) — Haiti's devastating earthquake reinforced Peter Gabriel's belief that disaster relief needs to take better advantage of the digital age.
"Technology has tremendous potential," the 59-year old singer-songwriter said in a recent interview.
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Body of Missing Metallica Fan Found?- Slash N will.i.am.- Label Head McMad at Franz Ferdinand- Who's Riff Is It?- Free Down Song- Them Crooked Dates and more
01/27/2010
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We start with this sad news: The Virginia State Police are saying that human remains found on a farm in southern Albemarle County appear to be those of Morgan Harrington, 20, a Virginia Tech student who was reported missing after
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[STREAM] Stephin Merritt covers Peter Gabriel
After hearing Stephin Merritt’s interesting cover of Chris Knox, I was worried that he might have lost his previously golden touch with covers. I mean, this is the guy responsible for that awesome “If I Were a Rich Man” cover. Seems like it was just a
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Peter Gabriel Rearranges Bon Iver's 'Flume'
After much hype and anticipation -- at least, in music aficionado circles -- over Peter Gabriel's upcoming collection of covers, 'Scratch My Back,' Stereogum recently previewed Gabriel's symphonic take on the Arcade Fire. On Monday, Stereogum offered
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: CD Review: Peter Gabriel, "Scratch My Back"
I have developed a reputation as someone who hedges his bets when it comes to criticism, and Peter Gabriel's first full album in a very long while (since 2002s Up, in fact) is no different. In fact, it will read like the script from the latest miracle
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Breaking: Yeasayer
Who: Electro-tribal trio who formed in Baltimore, where singer Chris Keating and guitarist Anand Wilder attended prep school. The group bonded over seeing shows by classmates Animal Collective and turned a 2008 LSD trip in New Zealand (with
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Finding New Sounds in a Guitar
Indie rock band Yeasayer is disguising its guitars. On the group's second album, "Odd Blood," the electric-guitar tones rarely resemble those of the typical Stratocaster out in the garage. Instead, they sometimes sound like pickaxes striking rock, or
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New album spotlights Sade's sultry, seductive return
Sade is a band.
That fact sometimes gets lost in the seductive vocals of the lead singer who is also named Sade, but like Bon Jovi, Sade is a band.
And that will be the last we’ll hear of comparisons between Bon Jovi and Sade.
“Soldier of Love” marks
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Again, a sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel will release his ‘Scratch My Back’ album project on March 2.
Gabriel describes this as a very personal record with twelve songs performed only with orchestral instruments and voice — no guitar or drums. The album opens with David Bowie's '
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Hot Chip: One Life Stand
Electro-pop quintet’s latest dancefest runs hot and cold
Hot Chip has always embraced paradox, juxtaposing masterfully crafted computerized tunes with heartfelt expressions of love, anger and melancholy. On the group’s fourth LP, a contradiction of
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Music: Review:Yeasayer: Odd Blood
Remember when everyone was worried about the apocalypse? Yeasayer’s debut, All Hour Cymbals, teemed with that post-millennial paranoia, layered with inscrutable lyrics about environmental collapse, creeping sickness, and urban claustrophobia that were
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Interview: Sade, singer
She chuckles as she recounts the exchange, sat with her feet tucked up on the couch at her Georgian house in Islington. "I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time," says Sade, 51. Born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria, her Nigerian
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Peter Gabriel: Scratch My Back / Various Artists: Glee: The Music Vol 1
Cover versions are paradoxical things. Choose to forgo your own creation for
someone else’s and, in a funny way, you reveal far more about yourself.
Before 2007, when she sang Everybody Wants to Rule the World with a
grace that you might sooner
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Gabriel: 'Yorke won't respond to song swap'
Peter Gabriel has revealed that he is struggling to get Radiohead singer Thom Yorke to participate in his 'song swap' project.
Gabriel previously announced plans for a covers album called Scratch My Back, where he performed songs by a series of acts
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John Mayer Moves On From Playboy Interview At Detroit Show
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan — Those who feared John Mayer would zip his lip and let his guitar do the talking in the wake of Playboy-gate needn't have worried.
During Mayer's Battle Studies Tour stop Friday night (February 12) at the Palace of Auburn Hills
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Music Video – Happy Valentine’s Day! (Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes”)
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. In honor of the lovely dovey holiday I think I’ll post a music video of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes.” I just love that song, I’m really hoping he plays it on May 2nd when I see him perform at Radio City! Should be a
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Peter Gabriel discards drums, guitar for new album
British rock singer and songwriter Peter Gabriel has taken what
he calls the "scary" step of paring down a new album of cover songs
confined to orchestral instruments and his voice.
Called Scratch my Back, the album is being released in the
United
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Peter Gabriel Will Not Be Part Of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
Peter Gabriel will not be part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York next month (Mar10) when his former band Genesis become members of the music museum.
The Sledgehammer singer has told Rock Hall president Joel Peresman not to
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Peter Gabriel offers first solo album in 8 years
Rock singer and songwriter Peter Gabriel has taken what he calls the “scary” step of paring down a new album of cover songs confined to orchestral instruments and his voice.
Called “Scratch my Back,” the album was released in the United Kingdom on Feb 1
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The 9 Douchiest Things John Mayer Has Ever Said
Jessica Simpson covers the new Allure, and inside she doesn't address her past role as John Mayer's sexual napalm, but she does talk about her...
When he wasn't droppin' the N-bomb or comparing his dangle to a KKK member, John Mayer also said one
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The Dirty Heads Release Special Edition Featuring Sublime With Rome
The 22-track set features the hit single "Lay Me Down," featuring Rome of Sublime with Rome, as well as a bonus video for "Stand Tall." "Lay Me Down" is currently one of the most added and requested songs at dozens of radio stations across the country
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Friday Random Ten, 2/19/2010 [Good Math, Bad Math]
Transatlantic, "The Whirlwind (Part 4) - A Man Can Feel":
a track from the new Transatlantic album. Transatlantic is
a supergroup: it's made of members of Marillion (Pete Trevawas on
bass), the Flower Kings (Roine Stolte, guitar), Spock's Beard
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Behind the Music Remastered: Genesis This Weekend
02/18/2010
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Behind the Music Remastered: Genesis This Weekend was a top story for this week. Here it is again: Catch "Behind the Music Remastered: Genesis" this Saturday, February 20th at 10PM ET. Picking up where the original "Behind the Music"
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SSL's Chris Jenkins Receives Music Producers Guild Unsung Hero Award
What is the most interesting sound design you've heard in a videogameŃeither online or in the box? E-mail the staff at mixeditorial@mixonline.com.
Solid State Logic in Oxford, UK, announces that its Director of Commercial Applications, Chris Jenkins
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Billie Joe Armstrong, Phish’s Anastasio, Wyclef Jean to Honor Rock Hall of Fame Inductees
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Phish’s Trey Anastasio, the E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt and Wyclef Jean will help welcome the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010 at the March 15th induction ceremony at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria. The Bee
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Gabriel, Sade battle for No. 1
Peter Gabriel nearly clawed his way right to No. 1 on the Canadian album charts this week.
The maverick musician's first album in almost eight years, "Scratch My Back," checked in at No. 2 with sales of 8,400, according to figures compiled by Nielsen
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Soweto Gospel Choir turns reflective on its new CD, 'Grace'
As a member of South Africa's Soweto Gospel Choir, Mandla Modawu has performed on some of the world's greatest concert stages, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, and in front of some of the most distinguished audiences, including President
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On Herbie Hancock (And Pink, And Juanes, And Jeff Beck, And Dave Matthews, And Chaka Khan ...)
"The Imagine Project" aims to unite "a myriad of cultures through song and positive creative expression," according to a statement. Collaborators include pop singer Pink, guitarist Jeff Beck, sitarist Anoushka Shankar, Irish folk group the Chieftains
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Gig review: Spiro
FORMERLY known as the Famous Five, the Bristol-based instrumental quartet Spiro have been around since 1993, but seem always to have preferred maintaining an enigmatically low profile, latterly changing their name and last year releasing only their
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Peter Gabriel deconstructs music, reconstructs world
Peter Gabriel strips songs to their bare essentials in his latest album, the first in eight years, but he is as passionate about new technologies and saving the world as he is about music.
Looking forward to a concert tour to promote "Scratch My Back",
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Album review: Peter Gabriel, 'Scratch My Back'
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4)
Peter Gabriel’s career as a recording artist has slowed to a crawl, his deliberation producing ever more ponderous albums spaced a decade apart. His last studio release, “Up,” was released in 2002. The follow-up, “Scratch My
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Regina Spektor playing a benefit, choosing a Gabriel song
[Gabriel] chose the material in a kind of social-networking experiment. "Scratch My Back" got its title because when Mr. Gabriel picked a song, he also asked the songwriter to record a Gabriel song in turn. The original plan was to release two albums
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Peter Gabriel's Covers Project Comes Unstuck
The premise of Peter Gabriel's new album of covers, 'Scratch My Back,' was that each artist whose song the former Genesis man would rework would in turn cover their favourite Peter Gabriel song. It has emerged, however, that the project has been
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Peter Gabriel talks about new covers album
NEW YORK — Peter Gabriel has always been an experimental artist. He pioneered the progressive rock movement in the 1960s with his band Genesis, explored African rhythms with his solo work, and branched into world music later in his career.
Now the
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Peter Gabriel on David Bowie snub
Peter Gabriel has spoken about how David Bowie refused to take part in a song swap with him.
The former Genesis musician has just released a covers album called Scratch My Back, and the artists he's covered will return the favour by recording one of
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Peter Gabriel borrows from the best on his new CD
There seem to be two motivations behind Peter Gabriel's new album, one playful and the other more serious.
The first gives the project its title. Gabriel covered compositions by 12 working artists, including David Bowie, Neil Young, Arcade Fire and
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Peter Gabriel works undercover
Innovative musician explores mix of songs by other famous artists
There seems to be two motivations behind Peter Gabriel's new album, one playful and the other more serious. The first gives the project its title: Gabriel covered compositions by 12
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The Covers Album
When word came that the new Peter Gabriel album would be a collection of covers, that made news throughout the music world. From Bowie to Arcade Fire, the set list is full of surprises. The fact that there would be no rock band in the usual sense,
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Pop artists add classical artistry to albums
A CD featuring Peter, Paul and Mary with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra is out Tuesday.
Track the action song by song, mingle with fellow fans and keep current with Brian Mansfield's updates at our American Idol community.
Oboists and their ilk
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Lady Antebellum Take Back Top Billboard Spot From Sade
After a three-week run at the top, Sade's Soldier of Love will be replaced at #1 on the Billboard albums chart by the very album she vanquished last month, Lady Antebellum's Need You Now. The country trio's second CD will retake the top spot thanks to
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VooDoo in the Arkipelago
Besides helping out here at S21, composer Chris Becker has been racking up some excellent interviews at his own blog. One I wanted to share with you is his recent chat with brilliant, hard-to-classify musician Lawrence Sieberth. For the full interview
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Music: The Welsh in Texas
Background: The 18-year-old former solo-artist Polly Mackey fronts this band from Wrexham. A mainstay on the North Wales music scene, Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle have achieved a level of success well beyond their years. Having obtained the
