CBC Radio Orchestra to disband after 70 years

Canadian arts on public broadcasting take a big hit today. It's a shame, especially after so many years."The last notes of the Vancouver-based CBC Radio Orchestra will be heard at the end of the fall concert...

Hitler Loved Jewish Tunes

"A newly discovered box of Hitler's records included music by Jewish composers or played by Jewish musicians. Kept in a box for 62 years in the attic of a dacha near Moscow, the collection of gramophone discs had...

An iPod Tax?! Ottawa Considers It...

This has nothing to do with compensating artists and everything to do with fattening the bank accounts of record labels."Canadian music industry representatives are re-opening an old debate about MP3 players that could see the average price of the devices climb by as much as...

Say Goodbye to Japanese Content on YouTube

"Remember all of those great clips of wacky Japanese TV shows? What about Japanese anime and movies? According to ArsTechnica, the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC), has ordered YouTube to remove around 30,000 unauthorized videos. This is...

Dimiti Shostakovich 1906-2006

"It is the hundredth birthday of the Russian avante-garde/modernist composer Dimitri Shostakovich."

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