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• Six Tony Awards for Cyndi Lauper’s Musical

  Continuing with a successful career that has spanned five decades, Cyndi Lauper's musical Kinky Boots picked up six Tony Awards this month – Best Musical, Best Leading Man, Best Original ...

• Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Honoring Outstanding Talent

  Presented to a composer or performer for their noteworthy contributions to popular music, the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song was created in 2007 in honor of songwriting ...

• Music Labels Adapt to Life Online

  This likely isn’t the first time you’ve heard of the concept of encouraging fans to buy into their favourite up-and-coming band in order to help them make an album. And at the rate that new ...

• Glasgow, the City of Music

  In June this year, a delegation from Scotland got on a plane for Paris. They were going to promote the city of Glasgow as a potential Unesco City of Music. This honor has only been bestowed ...

• A Tribute to Amy Winehouse

  The music industry and fans bid a sad farewell to yet another young star lost too soon. Renowned singer Amy Winehouse died on Saturday, 23 July 2011, at the age of 27. She gained fame for ...

• International Alliance for Women in Music

  The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) aims to celebrate the contributions that all women musicians have made, and continue to make, to music. This coalition of male and female ...

• Susan Boyle: A Success Story

  Susan Magdalane Boyle, born in 1961, has taken the world by storm. Within a year she has become a renowned figure in homes around the world, taking second place in Britain’s Got Talent and ...

• 2012 Juno Awards Nominees

  The 2012 Juno Awards are set to take place on April 1st at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa - with the legendary William Shatner as its host. The lineup for the evening includes City and Colour, ...

• John Lennon Biopic in the Pipeline

  The Beatles exploded onto the music scene in the 1960s. Their music was known and loved throughout the world, and everyone wanted a piece of the band members. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, ...

• BT Digital Music Awards

  The ceremony is over and the stars have headed home with their various accolades. There was more than one surprise during the course of the evening at the BT Digital Music Awards, as well as ...

• Musicians: It takes Brains to Love Music!

  The renowned scholar Howard Gardner has described 7 kinds of intelligence, and music is one of them. Most of us are aware that there are differences between being smart and being nice or polite. ...

• The Appeal of Americana

  For some, Americana music is the time-tested remedy for any emotional ailment of the human heart. It is the soulful expression of human complexity – a heartfelt and timeless tale of the many ...