Fans of Edwyn Collins will be pleased to see that he is appearing at Stoke Newington Literary Festival on Saturday 6th June - he'll be playing a short set with his band as well as contributing to a discussion about the book Falling and Laughing written by his partner Grace Maxwell which chronicles...
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Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Blu-ray market
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A new report on DVD players from Mintel (March 2010) examines the home entertainment market and the take up of various formats including Blu-ray. To access Mintel try the new library collections search on the library home page and type in Mintel....
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Runnin' down a dream
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An epic portrait by Peter Bogdanovitch of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (almost 4 hours). Covers the early bands to the most recent album and includes detailed discussion about their battle with their record label. Bob Dylan, The Traveling Wilburys days, Johnny Cash, Stevie Nicks, George...
Never mind the boxset - the album post i-tunes
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Event: Thursday May 20thMusictank, chaired by Keith Harris will be examining just what the recordings industry can do to revive the album's flagging condition. From the sensible to the extreme the evening event will hear from those who believe that technology, design, and marketing can provide...
Friday, 14 May 2010
The phenomena of Glee
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Are you a Gleek? Like Marmite, you either love them or hate them but have a look at the cover article in Billboard 30 April 2010 for a great case study using the Glee phenomena to demonstrate how music is being marketed today. Find further...
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Glee,
marketing,
singers,
television
Lena Horne Dies 9 May 2010
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Singer, actress and activist Lena Horne died last week at the age of 92. She was one of the first African Americans to cross over the music business colour divide and in the 1040s became the highest paid African American actress. She battled segregation and McCarthyism and became a civil right...
Thursday, 13 May 2010
I'm in a rock n roll band
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"I'm in a rock n roll band" is being aired on BBC2 at 9.45 on Saturday night . The six part series aims to break down the constituent parts of a great rock band. Catch up with it on BBC iplayer.Don't worry if you miss it, the library is recording it for the collection so that you can catch...
Labels:
bands,
guitarists,
rock n roll,
singers
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Uk album purchases
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According to the BPI the UK still buy more music per person than almost anywhere else in the world, despite piracy and illegal file sharing. 10 million albums were bought digitally in 2008 and the UK is the world's third largest music market.In 2008 almost half of all album sales in the UK...
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album sales,
albums,
BPI
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