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"Dracula - The Music and Film" premieres in Romania

For their first performance of “Dracula-The Music and Film” renowned composer Philip Glass and the San Francisco based Kronos Quartet went to where else but the bloodthirsty vampire’s home country…

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Birdy takes wing and summer tours new album "Beautiful Lies"

Birdy seems to have been around forever, the British singer surging into the limelight at the tender age of 14 with a cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love”, and a voice that seemed especially well-suited

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Ladyhawke is back with upbeat new album and life

Ladyhawke is back with a brand new album and a brand new life.

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Pianist plays politics in the Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi, an internationally-renowned pianist, has played on a platform floating in the Arctic Ocean as part of a Greenpeace campaign to protect the…

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Turkey

Turkish riot police disperse protesters after attack on Radiohead fans

Police in Istanbul fired tear gas, rubber pellet and water cannon on Saturday (June 18) to disperse protesters that gathered, angered by an attack the previous night on a record store that was celebra

USA

Hands Free: Mark Goffeney on life, liberty and the pursuit of guitar

Canada

Meat Loaf condition 'unknown' after collapse on stage in Canada

Rock legend Meat Loaf collapsed on stage in Canada on Thursday in dramatic scenes some fans thought at first were part of his performance.

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From Iceland to Austin: Kaleo making waves across the Atlantic

While Björk may be Iceland’s best-known musical export, four-piece rock band Kaleo are making waves in the US with their bluesy rock sound.

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US police identify suspect in Christina Grimmie killing

Kevin James Loibl, 27, identified as a suspect in the fatal killing of the 22-year-old singer.

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US singer Christina Grimmie shot dead after Orlando concert

US singer Christina Grimmie has been shot dead.

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Italian violin-making tunes up for a revival

It is one of the most erotic of instruments, central to Western classical music, and its finest examples can be hundreds of years old and worth…

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Hearthrob Rick Astley back with a new album '50'

'Never Gonna Give You Up' or stop performing 80's pop sensation Rick Astley is back with his first album in a decade.

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Maestro Morricone live on 'Morricone 60'

Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone is back with baton in hand after recovering from a collapsed vertebrae.

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Top sounds from Africa resurrected on 'Beating Heart - Malawi'

A new charity album is giving a new lease of life to decades old African music.

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Bjork's unique stage attire up for auction

Bjork's unique stage outfits are going under the hammer in London in the coming weeks.

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Thunder struck

Organizers of the “Rock am Ring” festival in Mendig, Germany decided to cancel the third and final day of the sell-out concert on Sunday (5 June) after heavy thunderstorms and lightning injured more t

USA

Singer Prince died of prescription drug overdose - medical examiner

American pop artist Prince died from a self-administered overdose of a prescription painkiller.

Culture news

Sydney Opera House a cascade of colour for VIVID Light Festival

A light show on the sails of the Sydney Opera House opened the VIVID Festival, a festival which celebrated light, music and new ideas.

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Hoba Hoba's 'Moroccan spirit'

Formed during the late 90s in Casablanca, ““Hoba Hoba Spirit”“:http://www.

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'You'll always be my hero' - giant Bosnian tribute to Bowie

A group of Bosnian artists unveiled a large wall mural of David Bowie in Sarajevo over the weekend to celebrate the work of the British recording artist who died of cancer in…