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The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead at 60 (AP)
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Reuters - Aerosmith is ready to return to work on its next studio album, according to drummer Joey Kramer.
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T.I. cuts $8,000 check for overdue lawyer fees (AP)
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Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Michigan (Reuters)
Reuters - Ron Asheton, a guitarist and founding member of the influential rock band The Stooges, was found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Tuesday, police said.
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Yahoo! Music - Rapper Lupe Fiasco is rumored to have started a post-punk band called Japanese Cartoon.
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Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said on Tuesday.
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New Eminem, 50 Cent songs hit radio and Web (Reuters)
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Wii boosts UK games sales, music resilient (Reuters)
Reuters - British retailers sold a record combined number of DVDs, games and music in 2008 despite the economic gloom, boosted by the popularity of Nintendo's Wii and single downloads, trade bodies said on Wednesday.
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Almanac of Classical Music History
Birth and death dates of composers and performers; first performances of famous works.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/acousticdigest/almanac.html
Black History and Classical Music
Brief overview and biographical notes about conductors and performers in the classical tradition.
http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/History.html
Classical Musician Recent Deaths
(from 1988 to current)
http://members.tripod.com/perfartists/obits.html
Free Classified Ads Portal
www.graand.com
Information from Smithsonian Institute about the native Mexican folk music tradition. Includes a graphical timeline, music samples, videos, guides and background material for teachers.
http://www.corridos.org/
Basics about the major periods of classical (art) music, with terms, composers, RAM audio examples, and purchase links. From Essentials of Music, sponsored by Sony Classical and W. W. Norton.
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/eras.html
Brief history of classical music in Finland; by Pekka Hako.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/finmusic.html
(Sung by church and chapel "bands" in the UK in the 18th and 19th centuries) Includes articles, sample scores and MIDI files, links, and organizations.
http://www.westgallerymusic.co.uk/index.html
Includes annotated texts about American history, from Revolutionary War songs to 1960's anti-war protests.
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/
A brief history of Czech music, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; Biographies and work of important composers. (Radio Hudba, Czech Republic)
http://www.radio.cz/hudba/indexeng.html
Extensive hypertext article by David Courtney.
http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/index.html
Brief, tongue-in-cheek discussion of musical forms.
http://www.incompetech.com/music/
International Alliance for Women in Music
Includes chronology, extensive biographies of obscure musicians, MIDI files, discography, bibliography, and resources.
http://www.iawm.org/
Articles and links about the entry of Jews into the musical professions in Europe in the early nineteenth century.
http://www.smerus.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Graphic timeline: typical musical forms and styles, major composers, sample MIDI files
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2091/
Medieval Music and Arts Foundation
Early Western and traditional non-Western music: Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links.
http://www.medieval.org/
An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess.
http://www.greschak.com/muschess.htm
Masonic influences on Classical music, and music in the Lodge: Notes, MIDI samples, and facsimile pages.
http://www.masonmusic.org/
Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate)
http://datadragon.com/day/
Wii boosts UK games sales, music resilient (Reuters)
Reuters - British retailers sold a record combined number of DVDs, games and music in 2008 despite the economic gloom, boosted by the popularity of Nintendo's Wii and single downloads, trade bodies said on Wednesday.
news.yahoo.com
New Eminem, 50 Cent songs hit radio and Web (Reuters)
Reuters - There's still no solidified release dates for upcoming albums from Eminem and 50 Cent, but new music from both rappers has emerged in the past 24 hours.
news.yahoo.com
Bon Jovi to Hillary Clinton: I'll Be There for You (E! Online)
E! Online - Forget government bailouts! Former first lady Hillary Clinton is hoping Jon Bon Jovi can help with her financial crisis.
news.yahoo.com
Britney Spears' official Twitter account hacked (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - An anonymous hacker has reportedly hacked into Britney Spears' official Twitter account, leaving an obscene message.
news.yahoo.com
T.I. cuts $8,000 check for overdue lawyer fees (AP)
AP - Rapper T.I. went to court and promptly paid an $8,000 overdue lawyer bill for the mother of two of his sons, telling a judge the debt was an oversight.
news.yahoo.com
The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead at 60 (AP)
AP - Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges whose raw sound helped inspire the first generation of punk musicians, has died. He was 60.
news.yahoo.com
Lisa Marie Presley defends Scientology (AP)
AP - Lisa Marie Presley is expressing her condolences over Jett Travolta's death and defending Scientology, the religion that Presley, John Travolta and Kelly Preston follow.
news.yahoo.com
Katy Perry No Longer Kissing Travis McCoy (E! Online)
E! Online - "Hot N Cold" singer Katy Perry's relationship with Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes is officially on ice. A source close to the couple has confirmed to E! News that the two called it quits just before New Years.
news.yahoo.com
Pop singer Annie readies album after label split (Reuters)
Reuters - After a worldwide record deal with Island Records collapsed last year, Norwegian electropop songstress Annie is forging ahead with plans to release her second album, "Don't Stop," sometime in 2009.
news.yahoo.com
The Dead to Roam the Earth (E! Online)
E! Online - The Dead have turned the page on their differences.
news.yahoo.com
Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said on Tuesday.
news.yahoo.com
Jay-Z to play concert on eve of Obama inauguration (AP)
AP - Jay-Z isn't performing at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, but he is planning to make a big splash on the eve of the event.
news.yahoo.com
Is Madonna's Little Girl Meant for Stardom? (E! Online)
E! Online - We've been anxiously awaiting the acting/singing/modeling debut of Madonna's firstborn, Lourdes Ciccone Leon, for a while. The 14-year-old, who looks like she just fell out of an American Apparel ad, always seemed destined to follow in her mother's creative footsteps.
news.yahoo.com
Knowles, Keys, Hudson grab music, film Image noms (AP)
AP - Beyonce Knowles, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson are all multitasking for the NAACP Image Awards, earning nominations Wednesday in both music and film categories.
news.yahoo.com
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Michigan (Reuters)
Reuters - Ron Asheton, a guitarist and founding member of the influential rock band The Stooges, was found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Tuesday, police said.
news.yahoo.com
Mariah Carey told off by scientists for E=MC2 claims (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Scientists have criticized Mariah Carey's mathematics skills, after she appropriated Albert Einstein's mass-energy equivalence formula for an album title.
news.yahoo.com
Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay (Yahoo! Music)
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Modern music patron Betty Freeman dies at 87 (AP)
AP - Betty Freeman, patron to such contemporary musical masters as John Cage, Philip Glass and Pierre Boulez, has died. She was 87.
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Aerosmith gets back to work after '08 break (Reuters)
Reuters - Aerosmith is ready to return to work on its next studio album, according to drummer Joey Kramer.
news.yahoo.com
Lupe Fiasco abandons rap and launches post-punk band? (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Rapper Lupe Fiasco is rumored to have started a post-punk band called Japanese Cartoon.
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