Lorli von Trapp Campbell – whose family was famous for being depicted in The Sound of Music – dies | Ents & Arts News
Eleonore “Lorli” von Trapp Campbell, whose Austrian family was famous for being depicted in The Sound of Music, has died
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Koko: Historic Camden music venue to reopen after fire
Koko’s famous copper dome roof was badly damaged in a huge fire in January 2020. BBC News
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Eurovision 2022: UK act to be chosen by music management firm after scoring no points last year | Ents & Arts News
The UK’s next Eurovision act will be chosen by a music management company, after it came last with the dreaded
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The most-played song at funerals – and some of the most controversial music requests made this year | UK News
You’ll Never Walk Alone has overtaken Frank Sinatra’s My Way as the most-played funeral song, new figures suggest. The version
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Octavian: BBC Sound of 2019 winner announces he's quitting music
The rapper, who won BBC Music’s Sound of 2019, was accused of abusive behaviour by an ex in 2020. BBC
Read moreThe Wiggles: Emma Watkins, the Yellow Wiggle, to leave children’s music group after 11 years | Ents & Arts News
The Wiggles is set to lose its first female member, after the performer behind Yellow Wiggle announced she was stepping
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Major music streaming services to face competition inquiry
YouTube and Spotify are among those to be scrutinised by the Competition and Markets Authority. BBC News
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Ian King Business Podcast: Green investment, the music industry, and Virgin Media’s merger with O2 | Business News
The government announces new grants to encourage a switch from gas boilers to cleaner heat pumps, just as Boris Johnson
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Lewis Capaldi bags four gongs at ASCAP London Music Awards | Ents & Arts News
Lewis Capaldi has won big at the ASCAP London Music Awards, bagging four trophies – including for song and songwriter
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Music streaming market faces investigation by UK competition regulator | Business News
The competition regulator has revealed plans to investigate the music streaming market to check if it delivers value for consumers.
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COVID-19: Revealed – how many jobs were lost in the music industry as a result of the pandemic | UK News
Almost one in three jobs in music was lost during the pandemic and the government needs to introduce “fiscal incentives”
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One in three music industry jobs were lost during pandemic
Musicians as well as people working in venues and recording studios were particularly affected. BBC News
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The Beatles land on TikTok, and you can now officially use the band’s music
The account is following the individual accounts of its four members (from left), the late John Lennon, Paul McCartney, the
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Paddy Moloney: The man who put Irish music on the map
The Chieftains, would of course, go on to give plenty of others a leg-up into the music industry, whether that
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Study finds singing and imagining improvised music elicits flow-like brain states
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A research team at Georgia State University has identified how the brain changes when artists are
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Racism in the music industry 'is upfront and personal'
A new report says that 86% of black musicians have faced barriers because of their race. BBC News
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SS Rowan sinking: The disaster that rocked jazz music
It is 100 years since a tragedy off the Scots coast in which members of a popular orchestra died. BBC
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Edinburgh's former Royal High school: Lease granted for music school trust
The Royal High School Preservation Trust has secured funding for a new home for St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh.
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Focus Wales: Festival welcomes music industry to Wales
Hundreds of artists and fans flock to Wrexham for the return of an indoor festival. BBC News
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Sam Fender says he considered dealing drugs, before music offered a way out
The singer nearly followed friends into the drug trade – then music opened a different door. BBC News
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