Radiohead Lead Featured Artists Coalition Seeking Music Rights

It's no surprise that Radiohead would be leading the charge on this one. Post-In Rainbows, bands are increasingly concerned with maintaining their rights in a digital music climate that is pushing them to simply give...

LA's "Humble Beauty": The Artists of Skid Row

Los Angeles County has more homeless people than any other metropolis in the United States. "For over four years, filmmakers Letitia Schwartz and Judith Vogelsang followed the lives and progress of several artists...

Folksy Gibberish from Palin

I thought Edward Winkleman's account of this moment in the VP debate was spot on: he provides a transcript showing the actual content - or lack of content- in the answer to the question about the role of the Vice...

UK Musicians Enjoy Mercury Prize Sales Boost

The Mercury Prize is certainly a prestigious honour bestowed on UK musicians every year, however, I had no idea that it could have such a huge impact on sales for those artists fortunate enough to be either...

New York City Broker Charged With Scamming Elderly Clients

"NEW YORK  --  A New York City stockbroker has been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients -- many of them elderly -- and sending the money...

Jah Selah - Bringing Love back Into The Music

P & L Recording artiste Selah is one of the frontrunners of a brand new genre, one which the critics have dubbed reggae-soul. One of his latest songs, ‘Lonely Girl’ is a refreshing gem of a song which is...

Cuban artists and intellectuals appeal for end of US blockade

" To end the blockade and for solidarity with CubaCuban artists and intellectuals appeal to their colleagues worldwideBY MIREYA CASTAÑEDA NOTABLE figures in the Cuban arts announced a call appealing to the...

Warfare at Brixton art gallery is a crime

Marc Wadsworth and Deborah Hobson - EXCLUSIVE 'Fired': Predrag PajdicArtists are up in arms about the running of an art gallery on the 'frontline' in the heart of Britain's Black community. The 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning 'cultural space' descended into open warfare...

Fake Foreclosure Rescue Operations Rising

"The national foreclosure crisis did not only result in large inventories of repossessed properties for sale in the market and declining home prices. It also gave rise to a growing number of homeowners who are...

Renderosity.com is a website filled with the talent from some of the best art...

"  I can hardly contain my feeling's of excitement and awe when I browse the graphic art displayed at renderosity.com. Renderosity started off in 1998 and today,  they have over 450,000 members. I have been a member for a few years and through my business...

Injured 'Valkyrie' extras threaten to sue Tom Cruise, United Artists

Plagued by post-production set backs and a release date push back, Tom Cruise's latest pet project 'Valkyrie' has hit another bump in the road with the announcement today that the 12 extras injured on set last year are threatening to launch an $11 million lawsuit against...

Outsider Artist Henry Darger: An Interview with Curator Brooke Davis Anderson

In 2005, P.O.V. aired Jessica Yu's film In the Realms of the Unreal. The film is the astounding tale of outsider artist Henry Darger,who, unbeknownst to anyone, had created a 15,000-page novel andhundreds of illustrations that have inspired artists and viewers sincetheir...

Too Much Guitar Hero!!!

When a group of my students begged for the video game called " "Guitar Hero" I remember thinking that it would just be another tool for making more NOISE! something that I did not need more of. After a great deal of...

Soul legend Isaac Hayes dies

"(CNN) -- Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday. ...

Tories kill arts grants for foreign travel

I just heard about this from MIchael Alstad, and am so outraged. There are really only two travel funds for artists in Canada, and this is one of them, and it has just been pulled by the Tory government for...

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