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London Underground to reprise 'Mind the Gap' announcement at Embankment station
Friday 08 March 2013
40-year-old recording brought back after request from widow of man who made it in the 1960s
New jobs on offer rise 12 per cent
Monday 04 March 2013
Fresh signs of a thaw in Britain's economy emerged from jobs figures that showed the number of new posts in the UK rose by 12 per cent last month.
Adele and One Direction record mammoth digital 2012 album sales
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Oscar-winner Adele is on top of the world after it was revealed her album 21 was the biggest seller of last year.
One Direction's Comic Relief single on course to top the charts
Tuesday 19 February 2013
One Direction are on course to nab the number one single this weekend with their Comic Relief single storming ahead of rivals.
Album: Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, What the Brothers Sang (Domino)
Sunday 17 February 2013
The brothers are the Everlys, Dawn McCarthy is the singer and creative force behind Californian psych-folkers Faun Fables, and Bonnie "Prince" Billy is, oh you know, Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
Album review: Jonas Kaufmann, Wagner (Decca)
Friday 08 February 2013
There's a moment, early on in “Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater”, the opening selection of this superb collection of Wagner arias and lieder, when Jonas Kaufmann, as Siegmund, lets out the huge, long cries of “Wälse!” with extraordinary power.
British musicians gobble up largest-ever share of American albums market
Friday 08 February 2013
The success of homegrown acts One Direction, Adele and Mumford & Sons helped push UK artists to their biggest-ever share of the US albums market last year.
TV review - Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown, BBC4
Wednesday 06 February 2013
The Year of Making Love, BBC3
Album: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Jama Ko (Out Here Records)
Sunday 03 February 2013
Mali is music, and this fact is exemplified by this master of the ngoni. The band's first album was all about texture and rhythmic complexity, their second introduced electricity and effects pedals.
From Hot Chip to Conor Oberst, the gigs organised by online fan campaigns
Friday 01 February 2013
Frustrated that your favourite band never plays near you? Now, says Elisa Bray, you have the power to make it happen
Nicki Minaj - 'There was a reason I didn't get a Grammy nomination this year'
Thursday 31 January 2013
Despite having a big year in music, Nicki Minaj didn't receive any Grammy nominations. Not a problem, she says.
Podcast: Waiting…Now
Monday 28 January 2013
Fuel, Roundhouse and King’s Cultural Institute present this podcast by Paul Clark in collaboration with Bill Brewer featuring Chris Allan on Cello
Online music archives: Net gains for those who love rare rockers
Wednesday 23 January 2013
There are sites full of undiscovered gems emerging online all the time
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Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria’s rebels
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Special Report: US troops are stationed in Japan to protect the nation. But to sex workers in Okinawa, they bring fear, not security
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
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