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Paris Capital of the World of World Music (The Globalist)

World music is, by definition, a global phenomenon. It draws from all regions and encompasses manifold styles and instruments. Yet, certain spots on our globe seem to have a particular draw on musicians from many continents. Foremost among these places is Paris, France.

New BET series focuses on family, music (UPI)

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) — BET says its new unscripted family drama “Brothers to Brutha” follows the music careers of five brothers from South Central Los Angeles.

Ex-Yahoo Exec: Heres How To Save The Music Business (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)

“There is nothing wrong with the music business. There’s something wrong with the CD business”. Talk to a music industry optimist — yes, there still are some — for any amount of time, and you’ll inevitably hear that line.

Live music task force to present recommendations to City Hall (Austin American-Statesman)

Watching Paul Oveisi at the recent Fun Fun Fun festival kickoff party, it’s easy to see why the 36-year-old Momo’s owner and talent manager is in charge of the Austin Live Music Task Force.

Microsoft slashes prices of several Zune music players (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Microsoft slashed the prices of several of its Zune music players Tuesday, hoping to drive holiday sales, despite the weak economic environment.

Barring Loud Music May Be Unconstitutional, Says Councilman (News Channel 5 Nashville)

People living in downtown Nashville want to keep a limit on how loud the music plays in their neighborhood. But Nashville is known as Music City and that’s where fighting excessive noise gets complicated. The fight might become a constitutional issue.

Party line: Backstage Ball 3 rolls out the red carpet for impersonators of music’s top stars (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson and Hank Williams Jr. are among the country music singers who’ve performed at FedExForum. Reba McIntire, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Toby Keith, Patsy Cline, Minnie Pearl and other country-star look-a-likes “played” FedExForum Thursday night at Memphis Rock ‘N’ Soul’s Backstage Ball 3 “Red Carpet Rodeo.”

Indian Ocean to compose music for Aamir Khan venture (Calcutta News)

Popular band Indian Ocean, which changed the course of contemporary fusion music in India with its album ‘Kandisa’, has been experimenting with Bollywood music and its latest project is in a film being produced by Aamir Khan.

Music campaign (BBC News)

How music is lifting the lid on child sex abuse in Jamaica

Tennessee to Filter University Networks for Music (GigaLaw.com)

Tennessee has agreed to filter computer networks for unauthorized music downloads at the state’s colleges and universities. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a bill designed to thwart music piracy at the state’s campuses, the Recording Industry Association of America said on its Web site.

Music Director Departs Columbus Symphony (New York Times)

Columbus Symphony Orchestra announced on Thursday that Junichi Hirokami, its music director, would be moving on, calling it a mutual decision.

Will Obama’s copyright czar help save the music? (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

From Bruce Springsteen to Stevie Wonder, plenty of musicians supported President-elect Barack Obama. Now music executives are wondering what kind of support they’ll see from the Obama administration.

Costner indulges passion for music with debut CD (AP via Yahoo! News)

He’s played Wyatt Earp, Robin Hood and Eliot Ness in the movies, but Kevin Costner says his most natural gig is playing music with his band.

Toronto’s Sound of Music Gets Added Weeks, to March 2009 (Playbill)

The new Toronto production of The Sound of Music has been extended to March 29, 2009, the producers announced Nov. 13.

Musebin: Twitter-Style Music Reviews With Reddit-Style Ratings (Wired News)

Sorry, Lester Bangs, but the future of music criticism could be Musebins user-ranked micro-reviews. If brevity is the soul of wit, these reviews are utterly hilarious.

Lil Wayne, Kid Rock and Country Music’s Seemingly Eternal Color Line (Spin)

Unless you had taped episodes of Gossip Girl , True Blood , 30 Rock , The Office , Skins , and Yo Gabba Gabba! to watch (like me), then Wednesday night’s Country Music Awards was txt-yr-BFFz appointment television. Why? Well, it sure as hell wasn’t for scintillating thunder-and-lightning cohosts Brad Paisley (forgot to wear his lifts) and Carrie Underwood (can’t remember her last meal), …

Review: Music of the Americas comes in all stripes (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

MUSIC REVIEW From Ives and Gershwin to Peruvian Jimmy Lopez’s “Fiesta!” a wonderfully diverse program is presented at the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

NPD Fallout: Wii Music Fails To Crack NPD Top Twenty In First Two Weeks (1up.com)

Maybe the “Wii” brand isn’t bulletproof at all. While Wii Fit and Wii Play have gone on to monster sales, Wii Music has limped out of the gate. Limped so badly in fact, that it failed to make either the Top 10 or the Top 20 in the October NPD’s. The MTV Multiplayer Blog is reporting that internal Nintendo figures show Wii Music moving a mere “65 or 66,000″ units in its first two …

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Kenny Chesney wins country music entertainer award (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Kenny Chesney captured country music’s top prize — entertainer of the year — for the fourth time in five years on Wednesday in an awards show that also saw big wins for Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and traditionalist George Strait.

Country Music Association Award winners (AP via Yahoo! News)

Winners Wednesday at the 42nd annual Country Music Association awards:

The winners of the 42nd Country Music Association Awards (USA Today)

Kenney Chesney takes the top prize, but it’s George Strait who claims the Country Music Association Awards crown with four wins, for a total of 22.

Collections of recording hits succumb to souring music market (International Herald Tribune)

To offset the decline, “Now That’s What I Call Music!” - begun in Britain 25 years ago - is expanding its repertory to include special CDs and access to a Web site with material from less-known artists.

St. Paul Police Band inducted into Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (Pioneer Press)

Move over, Prince, and tell Bob Dylan the news: The St. Paul Police Band has joined you in the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame.

The day the music died (The State)

Storage sheds where up-and-coming bands have practiced for the past 20 years can no longer be used for live music, the Richland County fire marshal has ruled. Last week, the owner of Sumter Street Storage, near USC, notified 26 tenants that the music must stop Nov. 30. This is just wrong, said owner Richard Simoneau, who nevertheless doesnt plan to fight the ruling. Simoneau and his partner …

Country Music Association Award winners (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Winners Wednesday at the 42nd annual Country Music Association awards: Entertainer of the Year : Kenny Chesney. Male Vocalist of the Year : Brad Paisley. Female Vocalist of the Year : Carrie Underwood. Song of the Year : “Stay,” Jennifer Nettles. Album of the Year : “Troubadour,” George Strait. Music Video of the Year : “Waitin on a Woman,” Brad Paisley featuring Andy …

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Strange Dreams, Channeled Into Music (New York Times)

The genre-blurring group Bang on a Can All-Stars played a well-attended concert at Le Poisson Rouge on Saturday, meshing elements of jazz, rock, classical and world music.

Thomas Dunn, an Early-Music Conductor, Is Dead at 82 (New York Times)

Mr. Dunn was a prominent conductor whose work helped animate the early music revival that took place in the mid-20th century and afterward.

Coldplay 2008’s biggest act at World Music Awards (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

British band Coldplay was crowned the world’s top-selling act of 2008 at the World Music Awards (WMAs) in Monaco.

Lala.com keeps users’ music as close as a Web browser (BizJournals)

Lala.com is a place to play your music, but time will tell whether it becomes what its founders want it to be a place where everyone plays their personal music playlists.

Dell not to launch music player before holidays: report (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)

(Reuters) - Dell Inc has decided not to launch its ambitious digital music player tied to online entertainment software before the holidays, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Obituary: Rev. Joseph Bronder / Chair of music department at St. Vincent College (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

The Rev. Joseph Bronder heeded two callings in his life: music and religious service. At St. Vincent College in Unity, he combined them to inspire students and parishioners.

What’s That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling Opens Nov. 9 at New World Stages (Playbill)

The uptown transfer of David Pittu’s comedy with music, What’s That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling, officially opens Nov. 9 after performances from Nov. 1 at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages.

Hands on: Songbird 1.0 music app soars (Ars Technica)

Songbird is a music player and organizer based on Mozilla technologies. After spending two years in the beta oven and gaining a wealth of add-ons and other features, Songbird’s first official release candidate is out, and we take it for a hands-on spin. Read More…

Music lovers know Pittsburgh dances to its own beat (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Pittsburgh doesn’t have the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, nor endless ranks of live music venues like Austin or New York City. But for the serious music geek, the city offers an embarrassment of riches — from rare-record shopping to live music of every stripe.

World Music Matters infuses Cambodian flavor (Daily Nebraskan)

That’s not turbulence. It’s the groove. Get ready to shake your derrires, folks. In the first three episodes of World Music Matters, reflection, rejoice and resonance reigned supreme. Today, we’ll be making a departure from the usual and setting the coordinates for Los Angeles. A different brand of world music is on tap, and with it comes a particularly contagious side effect.

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While the new groups emergent, the old step fade far, because the tendency is correctly favoured

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