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Group perfoms Icelandic hymn in German train station
YouTube video shows Icelandic indie-folk group spontaneously burst into song in Wuppertal station, west Germany
Charlotte Church: female pop stars told ‘take clothes off, show you’re an adult’
Charlotte Church has criticised the music industry as she said young women were being coerced into using sexual imagery to sell their records
AZ Family
Tent City inmates treated to classical music concert
PHOENIX — The magic of Mozart was brought to inmates at Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Tent City Sunday afternoon.
Minnesota Daily
Bill would change orchestra ownership
The bill, authored by Phyllis Kahn, would make the Minnesota Orchestra publicly owned
Music Industry News
Yamaha trumpets new instruments
Yamaha unveiled the newest instruments in its Xeno range of trumpets to over 90 VIP Yamaha brass and woodwind dealers from 16 European countries
Tech Radar
Spotify has 20 million songs, but 20% have never been played
Internet music streaming giant has huge catalogue, yet 4 million songs have still to be played
The Guardian
Music events pulled in 6.5 million people to tune of £2.2bn last year
Visit Britain report shows overseas visitors made up 6% of punters but accounted for 20% of money spent attending festivals and gigs
HMV can learn from Rough Trade when it comes to music retail
With its focus on curation and creating a destination store, the independent chain proves there’s more to selling than price
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