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Music mogul's widow donates £26m to Oxford University for scholarships

4433 days ago

Guardian Music — Led Zeppelin reunion concert in 2007 led to whole lotta largesse from Mica Ertegun, whose husband co-founded Atlantic RecordsIt was the reunion of all reunions, one which the mighty Led Zeppelin rehearsed for two months to get right. And on Wednesday... more info

Atlantic Records founder bequeaths £26m to Oxford University students

4433 days ago

Guardian Music — Ahmet Ertegun and widow, Mica, to fund graduate scholarships in biggest donation for humanities students in university's historyOxford University has announced a gift amounting to £26m from the late founder of Atlantic Records and his widow.Some of ... more info

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4434 days ago

Guardian Music — The readers' panel takes on Spiritualized's best-loved albumFollowing an exhaustive and entirely non-scientific poll via Twitter and on our Facebook page, this week's readers' panel will be on just one album – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating I... more info

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Pop stars working the web

4436 days ago

Guardian Music — Rihanna is the queen of Twitter. David Byrne's psychedelic radio show is a global hit. And Tim Burgess has his own virtual caffAs recently as the mid-1990s, when record companies still sent postcards to fans alerting them to new releases, a few reall... more info

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Ray Charles - Ray Charles Charity In Dispute With University

4446 days ago

ContactMusic — Bosses of a charity set up in honour of late music legend Ray Charles are demanding officials at a university in his hometown return a multi-million dollar donation after the cash sat dormant for more than ten years The Ray Charles Foundation gifted ... more info

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Ray Charles Foundation wants $3 million gift back

4447 days ago

Topix — The head of the Ray Charles Foundation is demanding the return of a $3 million gift given to Albany State University in south Georgia. more info

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Eight noteworthy releases from the next seven weeks

4453 days ago

Pop Justice — FEBRUARY 13: DJ Fresh feat Rita Ora - 'Hot Right Now' N7OPZOBJZyI This track would be 28% better without the "eh-oh, eh-oh" bits (a bit of a songwriting copout, right?) but DJ Fresh's album is shaping up to be a massive corker and Rita's star quali... more info

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Ruthie Foster – Let It Burn

4461 days ago

Twangville — Ever since Ray Charles earned the wrath of the righteous back in the 50′s with his corruption of “church music”, musicians have been stealing that mix of old fashioned gospel, rhythm and blues, and soul. Rarely, though, has it come together a... more info

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Old music: Derek and the Dominos – Layla

4469 days ago

Guardian Music — The secret of Layla's greatness isn't just in the guitar line or the piano coda – it's in Tom Dowd's innovative productionLaunched into the stratosphere with arguably (or, in my opinion, indisputably) the greatest opening riff in the history of roc... more info

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Etta James' passion, great range remembered

4472 days ago

Topix — On her last album "The Dreamer," released just three months before her death, Etta James sings a mix of covers, from the R&B classic "Misty Blue" to the Ray Charles song "In the Evening." But perhaps the most curious tune included on the disc may be ... more info

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Music mogul's widow donates £26m to Oxford University for scholarships

Atlantic Records founder bequeaths £26m to Oxford University students

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Ray Charles Foundation wants $3 million gift back

Eight noteworthy releases from the next seven weeks

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