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June 2022
The Dead South announces its flagship show in Auckland
Currently crossing Europe with banjo, cello, mandolin and guitar, the Saskatchewan Bluegrass Quartet The dead south announced they were heading to our side of the planet in the New Year. Known for their penchant for…
Nominations for the Aotearoa Music Awards 2022 open today
Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 10:01 a.m.Press Release: Aotearoa Music Awards
The call is out for artists across the country with nominations now open for the 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards.Starting…
Lemmy will be officially commemorated with an ash ceremony at Hellfest – Reuters
Legendary Motörhead founder and Grammy-winning cultural icon Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister had some of his ashes enshrined at this year's Hellfest Festival in Clisson, France, in a giant new statue of the man, and the official ceremony to recognize…
Foals lead album race with ‘Life is Yours’ E! News UK
The Colts lead the race for official albums this week, with their seventh studio album Life is Yours currently debuting at number 1. The Oxford-formed rock band - consisting of Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan and Jimmy Smith - could score…
Broadway veteran fearlessly takes on the music industry’s mega-exploiters
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Let's start by introducing Chapman Roberts. In a biographical sketch distributed at a Carnegie Hall celebration of African-American cultural heritage, he is described as a…
Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival Nominated for Canadian Live Music Industry Awards –…
Celebrating Canada's exit from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival will feature a 98 square foot outdoor mural in collaboration with Kwantlen First Nation.
Members of the public will also be able to…
Take a look at our 5 favorite Dua Lipa music videos
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8 K-Pop Music Videos With Striking Design
K-pop music video design plays an important role in an industry that relies heavily on imagery, aesthetics, and looks. K-Pop artists have taken it upon themselves to use elements like color or architecture that may seem mundane and turn…
How BTS, the group changed the Korean music industry
BTS, the K-pop sensation, has announced that they will be taking a break as they begin a new chapter as a group and focus more on their individual projects. Jin, Jimin, RM, J-Hope, Suga, V, and Jungkook reunited for a pre-recorded dinner…
Green Room: favorite of the music prizes for the ASQ
'Exhilarating' score wins major prize
The South Africa-based Australian String Quartet's recording of Grammy-winning composer Bryce Dessner's powerful score Impermanence/Disintegration won a major international music prize.…
Beyoncé announces the release of her new album Renaissance on July 29
Image source: INSTAGRAM/BEYONCE Beyoncé's new album will be released on July 29 Beyoncé has revealed the title and release date of her next studio album, with the 16-track "Renaissance" due out July 29. The superstar began listing…
Beyoncé Releases New Album RENAISSANCE Next Month – Music News
Beyhive: Activate!Beyoncé has revealed the title and release date of what appears to be her first real solo album since the 2016 blockbuster Lemonade. It's called RENAISSANCEand the 16 songs the output is captioned 'act i' and arrives on…
Broadcast and music industry entrepreneur Jim Long has died at 79. | Story
Jim Long, who rose from a teenage record producer and radio host to founding award-winning broadcast and…
K-pop supergroup BTS to work on solo projects | Music News
The band members make a surprise announcement over dinner to mark the band's founding in 2013.BTS said they are taking an indefinite hiatus from the K-pop supergroup to focus on their solo career.
The group, credited with generating…
Clive Davis looks back on his legendary career in the music industry
Whispers of the golden ear
Clive Davis. The musical genius who made Whitney, Aretha, Alicia, Springsteen, Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, Taylor Swift, John Mellencamp. And now he's on the…
Steamtown Music Awards Honor Former Friends and Main St. Jukebox Owner Tom LeFevre With Lifetime…
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Today, the organizers of the Electric City Music Conference announced that…
St. Louis Band Mammoth Piano Live for Next Performance | Music news and interviews | St. Louis |…
Click to enlarge Miranda Munguia Vocalist and bassist Nanyamka Ewing (right) and guitarist Shawn Moses (left) are two members of Mammoth Piano, who will play the RFT's Art A'Fair on June 23.
Mammoth Piano exists…
Dark year for the music industry! Here is a list of 9 iconic singers who died in 2022
They say life is an open book, and that's true for most celebrities because their lives are almost open to the public. From what they work on to who they meet, from their heartbreaks to their struggles, they are unable to enjoy their…
2022 Winners of Canadian Live Music Industry Awards Announced During Canadian Music Week
Canadian Music Week and Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA) organized the annual meeting Canadian Live Music Industry Awards tonight at Toronto's El Mocambo, celebrating Canada's live music sector across 19…
Canadian Live Music Industry Awards Winners Announced
Canadian Music Week and the Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA) hosted the annual Canadian Live Music Industry Awards tonight at El Mocambo in Toronto on June 10, celebrating the live music in Canada in 19 categories. Hosted by Jully…
12 Classic K-pop Music Videos Featuring K-drama Actors
Our K-drama Flashback series is a modest effort to create a space with clues to recall memories. It's an attempt to collect memories of that rich treasure trove of classic Korean content — K-pop, K-drama, Korean variety shows, or Korean…
Win Tickets to Paloma Faith and Sam Ryder – Music News
Double-platinum artist and BRIT Award winner Paloma Faith will perform a huge outdoor summer show this summer in the beautiful surroundings of Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire. Taking place on August 5, Paloma will be supported by none other…
Rucker talks about the path to success and change in the country music industry for minority artists
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - When you talk about African Americans in country music, Charley Pride led the way, and with Breland, Mickey Guyton and Jimmie Allen, there's more diversity in the industry.But the bridge between the new and the…
Top 10 Music Industry Scandals That Shook The World
AAnother term for the music industry is celebrity. Another thing that is often uttered with glory in the glamorous world is scandal. At different times, musical artists, sometimes deliberately and sometimes not, have been involved in…
RTL Today – Music Awards: Grammys add new categories including best video game music
The 2023 Grammy Awards will include new accolades, including best video game soundtrack of the year and songwriter of the year, the Recording Academy announced Thursday.In the biggest change of the year, the Songwriter of the Year award…
Metallica warns Spotify, other streaming services can ‘ruin’ the music industry
Today, many fans enjoy music from their favorite artists through online streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc. because it is very accessible and can play songs at your…
Green Day announced as winner of Kerrang! Icon Award – Music News
KERRANG!, the world's largest alternative culture and music brand, today revealed that one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, Green Day, will receive the prestigious Kerrang! Icon Award for 2022.The Rock of Hall Famers who have…
Heavy Music Awards 2022 – See the full list of winners
The winners of the 2022 Heavy Music Awards have been officially announced.The UK-based awards serve to shine a spotlight on the rock and metal scene and this year's nominees were revealed in March by a panel of 700 industry insiders before…
CEEK Metaverse partners with the World Music Awards
Partnership includes show in CEEK Metaverse, Voting And NFT CollectionLOS ANGELES, Calif./ACCESSWIRE/June 9, 2022/Metaverse CEEK VR is delighted to announce a partnership with the World Music Awards. The CEEK Metaverse will feature an…
St. Louis jazz musician conquers demons for his new album | Music news and interviews | St. Louis…
Click to enlarge Courtesy of John Covelli From left to right: Chris Meschede on bass, Nick Savage on drums, John Covelli on trombone, Ben Shafer on sax, Luke Sailor on piano and Matt Krieg on vocals.
John Covelli…
YouTube: TikTok is ending music videos as we knew them: ‘Don’t get tired. Do the bare…
On August 1, 1981, MTV began broadcasting on cable television. The first video released was highly symbolic: The Buggles' The video killed the radio star. The era of music videos had begun. The genre would become central to pop culture.…
Deborah Cheetham says it’s time for the classical music industry to trust First Nations to…
Yorta Yorta Soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham has been named the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Australian Women in Music Awards.
AWMA jurors described Cheetham as a trailblazer whose voice spoke much…
6 Times Lil Nas X Called Out Homophobia In The Music Industry And The Black Community
Rapper Lil Nas X has taken the world and the rap industry by storm, and he's only just started his career.He has spoken openly about his struggles being a black gay artist in the music industry, especially when much of the industry is…
BAILEY: Broadway veteran fearlessly confronts music industry exploiters
Let's start by introducing Chapman Roberts. In a biographical sketch distributed at a Carnegie Hall celebration of African-American cultural heritage, he is described as a "singer-actor-composer-vocal/choral…
Western Canadian Music Awards announce nominees for 2022
Breadcrumb Links Music local arts festivals Entertainment Nominees for the 2022 Western Canadian Music Awards include Archspire, Hayley Blais and others. Members of Vancouver technical death metal…
Billboard MusicCon of the Billboard Music Awards
LA VEGAS—Following the trend of publishers becoming event production companies, Penske Media, owned by Billboard held its first Billboard MusicCon, presented by Smirnoff, on May 13-14.Ahead of the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, the two-day…
Gwevedzi celebrates 6 years in the music industry
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Rina Sawayama discusses the importance of age diversity in the music industry
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The Fact Music Awards 2022: Date, Venue, More Details You Need to Know
The first details about the 2022 Fact Music Awards have been revealed!
Read on to find out how the awards ceremony will unfold.
The Fact Music Awards 2022 - Date, Venue, More Event Details
On June 7, the awards organizing…
Up And Coming Pop Sensation Priscilla-Skye Is Taking The Music Industry By Storm With Her New Single…
Hailing from Quebec, Priscilla-Skye's new single is a mesmerizing and captivating pop song, bringing color to a repetitive and inauthentic music industry.
Priscilla-Skye has made quite an impression in the music industry with her upbeat…
Robbie Williams Covers 90s Rivals Oasis at Homecoming Gig – Up News Info
Robbie Williams covered '90s rivals Oasis' "Don't Look Back in Anger" during his comeback gig.
The former Take That star performed at Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent over the weekend, where he wowed the crowd with a rendition of the Britpop…
“The music industry can be very toxic. This is not for humans with heart and soul’
Versions is a project led by women by intention. "The world is still incredibly male-dominated, but I think the currency is changing. There are so many amazing women making amazing music and coming from a very strong place, and we're…
From Kendrick Lamar to Ye, can the music industry finally reclaim deepfakes from their malicious…
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Police nearly ‘throw away’ every breath you take – Reuters
Andy Summers says Sting and Stewart Copeland were ready to drop "Every Breath You Take".
The former Police guitarist recalled his ex-bandmates clashing with the now-legendary riff of the 1983 hit from their fifth and final album,…
Remy Ma ‘thought she was complimenting’ Doja Cat E! News UK
Remy Ma thought she was complimenting Doja Cat when she claimed she wasn't a rapper.
The 42-year-old star angered fans of the 'Juicy' hitmaker earlier this year when she argued that Doja shouldn't be considered a rap artist.
Speaking…
Ghana National Gospel Music Awards unveils advisory board ahead of 5th edition
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The organizers of the prestigious Ghana National Gospel Music Awards have unveiled the members of its advisory board.
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Ghana Music Awards France scheduled for July 23 | General entertainment
The organizers of the Ghana Music Awards France have announced a shortlist of its nominees for the first edition which will take place on July 23, 2022 in Toulouse, France.The nominations feature tough competition in all 27 categories,…
The South African Music Awards partners with TikTok
TikTok organizes its first amapiano music festival.
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The South African Music…
Australia’s music industry welcomes new Arts Minister
It's official: Tony Burke is Australia's Minister for the Arts, a nomination seen as the best-case scenario for the music industry.
When Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese announced his cabinet on Tuesday March 31, he made…
Shane 54 is pioneering a new way to create music videos with AI technology
Web3, The Metaverse, Crypto, NFT's… we hear all of these worlds almost daily. The world is changing at a breakneck pace and artists are joining in. Whether it's Justin Boretta teaming up with Aaron Penne for their generative art and…
There’s no way to have Ghana Music Awards and not include me – Tic Tac calls…
The organizers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) have sparked outrage by excluding the hiplife star TiC from their annual ceremonies.The 'Fefe Ne Fe' rapper says that despite being relevant for two decades, the awards scheme has…
Katie Knipp Band – Music News
Take out Ms. Knipp's vocals and you've got a very talented but pretty stock blues bar band, but add her vocals and you've got something that harks back to the Wild West or the prohibition era, but is just as sharp and impertinent than…
Ziggy Alberts – Music News
There are so many conflicts in our world today. It's sad to see. Why is there so much hatred in wars, between borders, in our own communities and even on social media? Surely we're all meant to be on the sidelines, think of all that…
KK, Sidhu Moose Wala, Bappi Lahiri & Lata Mangeshkar: India’s music industry faces one…
Image source: TWITTER KK, Sidhu Moose Wala, Bappi Lahiri and Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar, Bappi Lahiri, Sidhu Moose Wala and now KK, 2022 seems like an unfortunate year for Indian music industry. From the loss of India's…
Summary of music news, June 2, 2022
Awards and honors
The 2022 SOCAN Writing Award Finalists (10 English and 10 French) have been nominated, and these up-and-coming songwriters will compete for a $5,000 prize including $5,000, a Yamaha workstation and a $500 gift card from…