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Click to Download: Abbey Road composition competition, Okkervil River, Odd Future

4552 days ago

Guardian Music — Abbey Road Studios has started its own talent competition – and it beats the heck out of the X Factor, reckons Chris SalmonEarly in 2011, Abbey Road Studios launched a contest for unsigned composers as part its 80th anniversary celebrations. Entran... more info

Books for giving: music

4552 days ago

Guardian Music — It has been a bumper year for memoirs, from Shaun Ryder to Nile RodgersWhen looking back on a year of music books that themselves tend to look back, it makes sense to start with Simon Reynolds's Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past (Fa... more info

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Randy Newman & The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - Live In Concert (1979)

4574 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Unlike some musicblogs I don't think the Strokes saved Rock & Roll, nor do I think that everything older than 30 years can safely be dismissed or ignored. On the contrary! In amidst all the rock and hip hop and what not else that gets posted on ... more info

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Randy Newman: 2012 European Tour, "Live in London" CD/DVD 11/08

4578 days ago

Here Comes The Flood — Randy Newman will be on tour in Europe in Febuary and March. His new Randy Newman: Live in London CD/DVD set drop November 8th on Nonesuch Records. Live dates: 02/22 The Sage, Gateshead, UK 02/24 Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK 02/25 Ancienne... more info

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The artists' artist: songwriters

4594 days ago

Guardian Music — Five songwriters nominate their favourite living artist in their fieldDiane Warren on Paul McCartney The Beatles were the ultimate songwriters. Some of those songs are almost 50 years old, and they have stood the test of time. I have a few favourite... more info

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Q&A with ACL Music Fest headliner Randy Newman

4631 days ago

Topix — The Chronicle 's Austin City Limits Music Festival supplement starts circulating today, will be online by the end of the afternoon, and gets inserted into this Thursday's paper. more info

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Gilbert O'Sullivan: time for a reappraisal?

4649 days ago

Guardian Music — I always considered Gilbert O'Sullivan as a fey songwriter more suited to people like Jerry from the Good Life. Then I heard a song that knocked me sideways …In 1973, Gilbert O'Sullivan was a piano-playing superstar on a par with Elton John. Today,... more info

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Taylor Hicks sings Randy Newman’s “Birmingham” at his Ore Restaurant

4652 days ago

Mjsbigblog — Season 5 Idol winner, Taylor Hicks co-hosted Daytime Alabama from his new restaurant, ORE. Before signing off, Taylor performed a sweet cover of the Randy Newman classic, "Birmingham". How apropos. Check it out after more info

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Gene McDaniels

4659 days ago

Guardian Music — Versatile singer and songwriter famed for Feel Like Makin' LoveGene McDaniels, the American singer and songwriter, who has died aged 76, began and ended his career as the smoothest of vocal stylists. His hits of the early 1960s, such as A Hundred Pou... more info

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