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• Media Shift: The Beat Goes On with Live Music Online and on the Radio 03 Jun 2020 13:12 Murfreesboro Pulse Heidi Newfield Where there’s a will (and a halfway decent internet connection), the music community will find a way. ___ Hosted by Bill Ramsey, the Ode to Otha birthday bash for musician Otha Turner honored Turner’s lifetime of music and legacy while …
• Face the Music: Local Live Music Returns! Ridenour, Hank’s, TobyMac Keep the Music Playing 03 Jun 2020 13:12 Murfreesboro Pulse by Melissa Coker Take note! Fed up with digital-only music fixes and ready to drink upstream from the lonely online herd? Hey, we hear you. The good news is that after a strung-out sabbatical, local music is back, even if for now it’s to the beat of a …
• Wajid Khan's demise: Music composer contracted COVID-19 from his mother? 03 Jun 2020 13:09 Times of India Well-known music composer and singer Wajid Khan of Sajid Wajid duo, breathed his last on June 1, 2020. He is survived by his wife and two children. The news of his sudden demise left everyone in shock. Soon social media was flooded with messages offering …
• Music Crossroads “Hear Us Children” Marrabenta Orchestra 03 Jun 2020 12:56 Face of Malawi By Newton Kalua Music Crossroads Malawi (MCM) has seriously taken dance to a professional level. Concretizing its promise to establish the school of dance in Lilongwe, MCM has constructed a new dance studio and has added a new aspect to its Hear Us …
• Minister Launches Music Contest to Make ‘Funky’ Moroccan National Anthem 03 Jun 2020 12:52 Morocco World News Rabat – Moroccan Minister of Culture Othman El Ferdaous announced a contest for musicians to play a “Funky version” of the Moroccan national anthem on June 1. El Ferdaous shared a guitar version of Morocco’s national anthem on Twitter, asking if there’s …
• Warner Music IPO: What You Need To Know 03 Jun 2020 12:52 Benzinga Superfans of Lizzo, Ed Sheeran and Cardi B can now cash in on their idols’ latest hits by investing in this newly public company. The IPO Warner Music Group Corp. will issue 70 million shares on the Nasdaq under ticker WMG, according to the firm’s S-1 …
• Warner Music's upsized IPO raises $1.9 billion in biggest U.S. listing this year 03 Jun 2020 12:44 Reuters.com (Reuters) - Warner Music Group Corp WMG.O, the world’s third-largest recording label, said on Wednesday it sold more shares than earlier planned to raise $1.93 billion in the biggest U.S. listing so far in 2020. The headquarters of Warner Music Group is …
• Jimmy Capps, country music icon and Benson native, died at 81 03 Jun 2020 12:37 WRAL Country music legend Jimmy Capps, from Benson, has died at 81 years old. Capps performed as a member of the Grand Ole Opry for year 50 years -- longer than any musician. He played with music royalty, including Elvis Presley. He was a guitarist on famous …
• Warner Music to Donate $100 Million to Social Justice... 03 Jun 2020 12:34 Stamford Advocate Warner Music to Donate $100 Million to Social Justice Organizations Click here to read the full article. It appears “Blackout Friday” has begun to show tangible results: Warner Music Group and the Family Foundation of its primary owner, Len Blavatnik, have …
• Marston siblings raise money by running, drawing and performing live music 03 Jun 2020 12:12 This is Oxfordshire Three siblings raised more than £2,000 for Tearfund’s Emergency Coronavirus Fund by holding their own Multi-Media-Marathon at their home in Old Marston Village. On Friday May 22 and Saturday 23, siblings Josiah Horner, 13, Asher Horner, 11, and Kesia …