Guardian Music — A new study finds that both western music and western speech use the interval of a minor third to communicate sadness. But which used it first?New evidence for a musical phenomenon we've taken for granted for centuries: that the minor key is sadder t... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt has taken Meltdown curator Richard Thompson most of his career to think of himself as a showman – for a long time he was happy to let his mesmerising guitar do his talking – but his 1,000 Years of Popular Music provi... more info

Guardian Music — Purcell would have been as surprised as anyone by his victory in Radio 3's poll to find the nation's favourite ariaWhat does Purcell's victory in Radio 3's Nation's Favourite Aria competition prove? When I am Laid in Earth (more famously known as Did... more info

The Independent — An aria by Henry Purcell has beaten more famous pieces to be voted the nation's favourite. "When I Am Laid In Earth", from Dido And Aeneas, Purcell's only fully sung stage work and one of the earliest English operas, beat pieces from Mozart, Wagner a... more info

BBC News - UK — Henry Purcell's When I am laid in Earth, from the opera Dido and Aeneas, is named the nation's favourite aria following a Radio 3 poll. more info

The Telegraph — The choice of When I am laid in earth from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas to replace Nessun Dorma in the nation's affections says a lot about our mood. more info

ContactMusic — Eminem felt Pink and Rihanna were the perfect addition to his new album.The 'Just Lose It' rapper - who famously collaborated with Dido in the 2000 hit 'Stan' -... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... BRAND NEW MOODS presents: Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Babies" (remaster, deluxe edition) Warner Brothers has done a superb job with this deluxe edition reissue of "Billion Dollar Babies", arguably the pinnacle of Alice Cooper's ... more info

Guardian Music — (Nate's Tunes)Their last album, which ambitiously addressed issues such as immigration and the 9/11 attacks, peaked at No 30, which seems to have has stunned Faithless into returning to their core values. From the opening Not Going Home, in which Max... more info

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