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Yahoo Pulling Plug on Music DRM Servers
If you were one of Yahoo's Unlimited Music Store customers you may soon be what is known as SOL. That's because Yahoo plans to pull the plug on its digital rights management servers on September 30 , effectively screwing stranding any of it's customers that need to re-authorize their purchased tracks if they upgrade to a new PC or need to reload the operating system. Yahoo has suggested ...
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Phil Spector - Prosecutors Fight Spector Motions
Prosecutors working on music mogul PHIL SPECTOR's murder case are fighting for jurors in his upcoming retrial to hear testimony about late actress LANA CLARKSON's ...
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Rolling Stones - Rolling Stones Go Universal
Rockers the ROLLING STONES have ended months of speculation by parting ways with EMI and signing a new deal with the Universal Music Group. The deal hands Universal ...
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Johnny Griffin - Jazz Great Griffin Dies
Legendary jazz saxophonist JOHNNY GRIFFIN has died at the age of 80. The American tenor, who was nicknamed the Little Giant, passed away at his home in Mauprevoir, France ...
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Miley Cyrus - Cyrus Memory Loss
Teen singing sensation MILEY CYRUS is already suffering memory loss at 15 - she keeps forgetting the lyrics to her songs. The Hannah Montana star has barely started out ...
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Instrument-lending program brings music to Vancouver homeless
A Vancouver program that gives the homeless access to musical instruments is on the lookout for donations.
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Three films premiering at the Lahaina Film Festival
Three films will have their world premiere screenings at the 3rd annual Lahaina Film Festival when MauiFest Hawaii comes to Front Street in August.
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Quartz Mountain Music Festival starts tonight
The 2008 Quartz Mountain Music Festival starts tonight with some of the best-known works of Mozart, Bunch, Boccherini, Rodrigo and Mendelssohn and a world-famous classical guitarist to Southwest Oklahoma’s Quartz Mountain State Park.
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A few of their favourite things
It's been seven weeks of drama, dirndls and do-re-mis and CBC-TV's "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" is about to crown a winner. Three performers are still in the running to star as Maria von Trapp in an upcoming production of "The Sound of Music."
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The Croc Rocks with hip hop concert
Meadowvale hip-hop artist Cody Ervin will be representing his hometown when he performs at a charity concert happening next week in Mississauga. Ervin, who performs under the stage name Kody, will be joined by DJ Dr. Deff, SG Ink featuring Freeky T, Jae Lee who performs as Syco and Toronto's ill vibes as well as L.S from L.O.D Development for the Hip Hop At The Croc concert.
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Is the Naumburg Bandshell the Most Hated Bandshell in New York?
The Bowery Boys take a look back at the sordid history of the Naumburg Bandshell , which still sits in Central Park (since 1923) "thanks to some tenacious descendants of the man who donated it, Elkan Naumburg." Seems the bandshell's time in the sun has passed, and as the music has moved on elsewhere, it's become a homeless haven. "In the comprehensive 1985 survey by the Central Park ...
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Yahoo: Burn Your DRMed Tracks to CD Now
Yahoo has become the latest company to abandon customers who bought tracks from its music store encoded with DRM, drawing fire...
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Events Guide: Outdoor movie, jazz festival, art show, and more…
WHAT: Movies Under the Stars - Transformers WHEN: July 25, 9 pm - 11 pm WHERE: Parc Downsview Park (35 Carl Hall Rd.) Downsview Park is pleased to present free movies under the stars Friday nights throughout July and August, sponsored by 97.3 EZ Rock and Toronto Community News. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs with your family, [...]
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The Southwestern College (SWC) Music Department of School of Arts and Communication presents Sunday Afternoon in the Park with George. The outdoor summer concert and picnic will feature music by George M. Cohan, George Gershwin and others.
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TORONTO - It's been seven weeks of drama, dirndls and do-re-mis and CBC-TV's "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" is about to crown a winner. Three performers are still in the running to star as Maria von Trapp in an upcoming production of "The Sound of Music."
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Yahoo: Burn your DRMed tracks to CD now
Yahoo has become the latest company to abandon customers who bought tracks from its music store encoded with DRM.
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Native Instruments Updates Traktor 3 and Traktor Scratch
Music software and hardware company, Native Instruments, released updates for its professional DJ line of software products...
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Rolling Stones switch recording deal to Universal
LONDON July 25, 2008, 02:17 pm ET · The Rolling Stones, the world's top-earning music act last year, have signed a long-term, exclusive worldwide contract with Vivendi SA's Universal Music, dealing a major blow to the group's former recording company, EMI Group PLC.
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Yahoo! shoots DRM servers, swallows keys to tunes
Music Un limited Like Micro, like Hoo. Following in the footsteps of Steve Ballmer and company, Yahoo! plans to destroy the DRM servers propping up all those people misguided enough to purchase tunes from its failed music store.…
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In Black n' White imports Jamaican beach culture
While Bradford Beach is a touch different from Jamaican white sands and Lake Michigan isn't quite the Caribbean, it might feel a little more like it this weekend. Milwaukee veteran reggae tradition In Black `n White will fill the air with Caribbean sounds tomorrow for the Bradford Beach Jam.
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South Asian American Dance @ Fringe
Over the past several years, there has been an explosion of local dance companies specializing in South Asian dance. Organizations like SAPAN , Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh , Natyam , Dhoonya , and others are not only presenting the gamut of Indian dance, from the popular Bollywood to traditional forms, but are also looking to break new ground by fusing the classical styles of South ...
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‘SkyTunes’ pits Sky against Apple’s iTunes
U.K.-based Sky plans to take on iTunes with a subscription-based music service. Music label Universal has already signed on with Sky.
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BC BREAKING NEWS:
Concert pianists Yuki Tampo-Hinton (left) and mother Toshiko Tampo will perform in a celebration of Canadian music at First Baptist Church on July 29.
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Contemporary Jazz Saxophonist Michael Lington to Release New CD "HEAT" on September 2 on Nu Groove Records Featuring ...
Saxophonist MICHAEL LINGTON will release his new CD HEAT, on September 2 on Nu Groove, crossing over
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Steinberg ships consumer music recording app, Sequel 2
Steinberg is now shipping Sequel 2, its consumer music recording application and new content sets.
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