By Dan Levine
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Apple Inc won an antitrust trial on Tuesday when a U.S. jury decided the company did not act improperly when it restricted music purchases for iPod users to Apple's iTunes digital store.
The verdict was
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Walk the halls at the University of Minnesota School of Music and you're likely to catch a bit of oboe, a brass quintet or even a symphony orchestra.
Then you may hear something you didn't expect — sounds that seem better suited to a sun-dre
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Brooklyn, NY - There is nothing like the CASYM (Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Youth Movement, Inc.) annual holiday show to remind you that it’s getting close to Christmas. And the tradition continues. For years now the CASYM Christ |
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Trinidad and Tobago's music industry is used to controversial lyrics in its annual crop of new soca (soul of calypso) and calypso songs for carnival.
But in the run-up
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HE HAS been the driving force in developing the renowned TLA Steel Band.
And now, Lee Nelson, head of music at The Littlehampton Academy who first formed the group, has received a top gong of his own.
He was presented with the prestigious Ezekiel ‘Bi
Read more…When Josh Copp moved to 248 McKibbin Street, he joined what the Times called "an instant artistic fraternity that is all but extinct in New York." That same 2008 profile made 248 briefly famous as a post-graduate animal house where residents partied
Read more…The new chairman of the National Carnival Commission (NCC) is Lorraine Pouchet.
Pouchet replaces former chairman Allison Demas, who opted not to renew her contract last month.
Pouchet is a deputy political leader of the Congress of the People (COP) a
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Champion arranger, songwriter, recording artist and performer Pelham Goddard.
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London, UK- On a chilly winter evening, the British Association of Steelbands (BAS) hosted their 16th annual awards at the Holiday Inn, in Bloomsbury, London on Saturday 6th December 2014. The warm Caribbean culture that this event generates ce |
Given the historical and recent friction between NYPD and the steelbands of Brooklyn for simply gathering for band practice and playing music over the years, the latest outcome from the Eric Garner case is very, very troubling. Moreover, one cannot
Global - “And Great Showers of Tears Came Down,” a short film produced and directed by award-winning “MasMan” filmmaker Dalton Narine, was selected by Creative Arts Film Festival, an online platform that is currently showcasing films of merit through
In this Brooklyn Steel Orchestra performance "Pan in Motion" - featuring Rizzo Gun (rapper), the orchestra address some serious issues that has now exploded across the American landscape.
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Legendary New York Daily News executive John Campi, who retired from the paper after a storied half-century career, passed away Friday. The newspaper veteran was 75.
Campi — who left the paper just two years ago — died of cardiac arrest at the Hacke
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The director of the new Paddington movie explains how the film's soundtrack came to include classic calypso songs.
As the Paddington film opens this weekend, audiences will be expecting pl
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Condolences to the family and friends of Fitz-Gerald "Daddy" Sparks
He was born on Feb. 12 1931. He departed our shores @ age 83 on Wednesday Nov. 26,
Final rites to take place on Tuesday 2nd December @ Guides Funeral home, Coffee St. San Fernando fo
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San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago W.I. - In his effort to fulfill a childhood dream to become a panman Radcliffe Baker enlisted as a member of Destroyers Steelband at the age of 17. The band was then located at the corner of Marryat and Cooper Streets
PAN TRINBAGO INC
PANORAMA 2015, MEDIA LAUNCH
THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2014
VIP LOUNGE, QUEEN’S PARK SAVANNAH
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
Members of the Media, Officers of the Association, the C.E.O. and staff of F.C.L., please accept a sincere expression of g
Read more…Von Martin has produced a very special tribute to Clive Bradley that in addition to highlighting the master's musical brilliance, showcases his social awareness and consciousness, his genius, and his humanity. On behalf of the global steelband commun
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The musical face-off featuring four (4) celebrated steel orchestras, WITCO Desperadoes, CAL Invaders Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars and Tokyo, saw the bands vying for the coveted title “Repertoire Champion” ..
The highly entertaining program was
