HarperCollins aquires rights to Bacharach story

  HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Burt Bacharach’s life story, ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART. Written with Robert Greenfield and told in Bacharach’s own words, the book will recount the life and times of a true American icon who has composed many of the most important popular songs of the last century. The deal […]

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Etta James Jazz Singer 1938 – 2012

Etta James Jazz Singer 1938 – 2012

Etta James Jazz Singer 1938 – 2012

Etta James has died after fighting leukemia and the ravages of the awful disease related complications.

James will be remembered for her powerful love song. At Last

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDigK8LwyE [Read more…]

Young Leaders in the Making

YOUNG LEADERS IN THE MAKING

‘Our youth is our greatest resource. Harnessing this raw power is not a quick process but the reward in the end is…
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This great new series provides 10 of your favorite songs all in professionally arranged TAB format. New Rock Guitar TAB features 10 huge hits from today s modern rock stars. Titles: Going Under (Evanescence) Paralyzer (Finger Eleven) American Idiot…

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Spotify wants to be a platform

Streaming music service Spotify wants to be more than a music app: It’s aiming to be a platform for everything you would ever want to read, see, do or share around the music that fills your days. Spotify took the first step toward that vision Wednesday by launching Spotify Apps, a new system developers can […]

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10 for 10 Sheet Music Classic Standards Top Deals
This great new series provides 10 or your favorite classic rock hits, all professionally arranged for just .00. Titles: As Time Goes By * At Last * Danny Boy * It Had to Be You * La Vie en Rose * Over the Rainbow * Someone to Watch Over Me * Theme…

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Love Music, Love Food

Love Music, Love Food – The Rock Star Cookbook

There are two things that could make the world a better place – food and music – and this exclusive project combines them with a unique collection of portraits  of musicians with their favourite food or drink. The original, dramatic portraits command attention and the complex creativity of each is absorbing. [Read more…]

The Frootful Art Ensemble Tour

Frootful Art Ensemble

Frootful Art Ensemble

This December The Frootful Art Ensemble is going on a whistle stop tour, bringing their unique brand of 60s inspired soul jazz to London, Cornwall, Bath and Liverpool. Expect sharp suits, a knockout vocalist, and a swinging soul / jazz / R&B / Latin / ska set aimed squarely at the dance floor. [Read more…]

25 Years Of Spreading The Lurve

Ambrose Harcourt - Mr Lurve

Ambrose Harcourt - Mr Lurve

He is the Barry White of Sussex and there aren’t many people in the area who can say we haven’t heard his deep romantic tones on the radio.

Ambrose Harcourt, “Mr Lurve” is celebrating 25 years of spreading the Lurve to Sussex, London and the Southeast of England where he has been broadcasting all this time.

He joined Southern Sound Radio in 1986 to present a Soul and R & B show on Saturdays, called SOUL DIRECTION. The show finished at 11pm and then there was a sponsored show which ran from 11pm till Midnight when the station closed down for the night. [Read more…]

Rihanna on Jubilee Line

Rihanna on the Jubilee line

Rihanna on the Jubilee line

Adrienne Amado was travelling on the Jubilee Line and had the unexpected pleasure of bumping into pop star Rihanna in the same carriage as her.

The American singer had taken the tube to North Greenwich station where she was whisked away in her limo to her own gig at the London O2 Arena [Read more…]

Families Out of Tune on Music Education

Music Eucation Program

Music Eucation Program

ATLANTA – More than half of U.S. children and adults have never received music education, though a majority (68 percent) thinks it’s important, says a new IBOPE Zogby poll* commissioned by Primrose Schools, The Leader in Educational Child Care ®. Over 70 percent of adults recognize that music education enhances children’s music appreciation, cognitive development and creativity. However, over the past 15 years, many school music programs have been cut to reduce budgets and to spend more time on math and reading instruction. [Read more…]

Happy birthday, Saint John!

Many jazz musicians have been devoutly religious, but only one has been canonised – Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane, who would have turned 85 on 23 September 2011. The influential tenor player was born in Hamlet, North Carolina, in middle class circumstances into a family with deep religious roots. He started playing other instruments, especially alto, […]

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