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Spotify sold itself to major record labels as musicians earnings fell

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Music critic and journalist, Liz Pelly, weaves an unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike. If you stream a song on Spotify, how money does the artist make? Spotify has been profoundly damaging for all but the most commercially successful musicians and even shaped the kind of music that they make. Like several digital start-ups, Spotify, founded in Sweden in 2006 by tech entrepreneurs Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, purported to be revolutionsing an industry when really it was just reinforcing the status … Continue reading Spotify sold itself to major record labels as musicians earnings fell

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“Tabla King in whose hands, rhythm became magic,” dies aged 73

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Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s greatest tabala players has died aged 73, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco. Hussain, the Indian classical music icon, was a four-time Grammy award winner  ( seven Grammy nominations, and has received the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award. Using the table – a pair of drums used in Indian classical music an accompaniment to the main performance, he transformed the tabla into a globally loved solo instrument. Tributes have began pouring in, as the news of Hussain’s death broke. Nayan Gosh, a sitar and table player said. … Continue reading “Tabla King in whose hands, rhythm became magic,” dies aged 73

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Rags to Riches

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Rags to riches story of twice homeless man becoming multimillionaire entrepreneur, Dean Forbes has topped a list celebrating influential black Britons. Forbes has now been named number one on the Powerlist 2025, after being number two last year. Forbes overtak3s the place of British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful at the head of the list. Dean Forbes,  who grew up in a single-parent family on a housing estate in Lewisham living with his disabled mum, after failing to make it as a professional footballer, began his career in a call centre, but his entrepreneurial skills made him the boss of several software … Continue reading Rags to Riches

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One Direction star Liam Payne died after falling from balcony

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One Direction star 31-year-old, Liam Payne’s death outside the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires on Wednesday night, after falling from the third floor of the hotel balcony. Payne’s family have said they are “heartbroken”, adding “Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind funny and brave soul”. A statement signed by Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan said: “we’re completely devastated by the new of Liam’s passing.  In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say. But for now, we will take some time to … Continue reading One Direction star Liam Payne died after falling from balcony

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Kakao founder Brian Kim arrest warrant

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The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday that it asked a judge to issue a warrant for Brian Kim (Kim Beom-su), the founder of internet giant Kakao. Financial regulators have accused Kakao executives of buying 240bn ( $178mn) of SM Entertainment shares to undermine a tender offer from rival bidder and K-pop agency Hybe. Kakao’s chief investment officer Bae Jae-hyun was arrested in October last year, bae has denied any wrongdoing. The decision to arrest Kim comes after South Korea  vowed to crack down on insider trading and share price manipulation to clean up the stock market and boost … Continue reading Kakao founder Brian Kim arrest warrant

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Rich family’s trauma after kidnapping

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In 1980, a wealthy successful businessman, a factory owner, Carl Fletcher, living with his wife Ruth and their two sons, Nathan and Bernard, on their big estate on Long Island, is kidnapped from his driveway in the nicest part of the nicest part of Long Island. He is brutalise, held for ransom and then returned to his family. Miraculously, carl, his wife and his three kids are left to move on with their lives and resume their prized places in the ongoing saga of the American dream. But nearly forty years later, when Carl’s mother dies, the trauma that has … Continue reading Rich family’s trauma after kidnapping

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Raindance Festival: Mogwai

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MOGWAI – DOCUMENTARY – RAINDANCE FESTIVAL – “IF THE STARS HAD A SOUND” Film made and directed by Anthony Crook. The Scottish cult Indie Rock band Mogwai once dissed Sir Paul McCartney and failed to stand up for him at an awards ceremony, and nearly got into a fight with Shack. Record producer Arthur Baker had to intervene sayubg they were young and bratty. The music of Mogwai is broadly described as Indie Rock and Post Rock and the band was formed in Glasgow in 1995 – named after creatures in the feature film “Gremlins”. One of the founder members … Continue reading Raindance Festival: Mogwai

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Police car filmed hitting a cow twice

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According to Surrey Police A police officer who filmed deliberately driving a police car into a cow has been removed from frontline duties. Deputy Chief Constable Nev Kemp said: “ I fully appreciate the distress our handling of this incident has caused  and will ensure that it is thoroughly and diligently investigated. At this time, the officer who was driving the police car has been removed from frontline duties pending the outcome of these investigations.” Beau Lucy, a 10-month-old breeding heifer, has no broken bones and is recovering in a barn with other calves but could still die of shock, … Continue reading Police car filmed hitting a cow twice

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Sony Music wants to buy Radio Ga Ga for $1bn

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Sony Music is in talks since last year, to buy the entire music catalogue of the rock band Queen, including hits like Radio Ga Ga, Bohemian Rhapsody , and another One Bites The Dust fir £790 million ( $1bn). If the deal goes ahead it would cover Queen’s songs and all related intellectual property including the rights to logos, music videos, merchandise, publishing and other business opportunities. Universal Music is also said to have been involved, owing to the company’s long standing relationship with the band who signed with the British label EMI in 1972 and remained with the company … Continue reading Sony Music wants to buy Radio Ga Ga for $1bn

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Secret of fame

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Harvard law professor, head of a department in the Obama administration, and passionate Beatles fan, already famous author, Cass Sunstein reveals in How to Become Famous, both famous and forgotten or simply overlooked  artists and luminaries in music, literature, business, science, politics, and other fields, and explores why some individuals become famous and others don’t and offers a new understanding of the roles played by greatness, luck, and contingency in the achievement of fame. Fame is light lightning. Leonard da Vinci, Jane Austen, Oprah Winfrey, Bob Dylan, Taylor Swift all of them were struck. Susntein’s How to Become Famous features  an eclectic … Continue reading Secret of fame