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Kylie Climbs to #1 on Billboard Club Chart

gabiporter — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:02:08 +0000

Kylie Minogue‘s latest dance single “All the Lovers” hit #1 on the Billboard Club Chart this week. This is Kylie’s fourth career #1 single on the Billboard Club Chart and her first since “Slow” hit #1 in 2004. “All The Lovers” is the first single from her recently-released 11th studio album “Aphrodite” and has been heating up airwaves and dance floors around the world since the start of the summer.

Catch the sexy and provocative video, directed by Joseph Kahn (Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Katy Perry) below. Or you can listen to the track here.

Double victory for EMI Music at the Kerrang Awards

carlybrewer — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:24:31 +0000

Congratulations to 30 Second To Mars and You Me At Six who both took home trophies at last night’s Kerrang Awards which took place in London.

The Best Single award went to You Me At Six for ‘Liquid Confidence’ from their top 4 album ‘Hold Me Down’, check out the video here and look out for the next single ‘Stay With Me’ which is out on September 5.

30 Seconds To Mars, who took home the Best International Band award, are currently down under in Australia, if you’ve not been lucky enough to see them yet here’s a taster of their brilliant live show:

The Chemical Brothers – Another World video

carlybrewer — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:29:47 +0000

Check out the brilliant new visual accompaniment to Another World, the latest single to be taken from The Chemical Brothers amazing audio visual experience Further.

Rosanne Cash to publish memoir, perform on “Good Morning America”

gabiporter — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:29:18 +0000

The lovely and talented Rosanne Cash is publishing a memoir of her life growing up as the eldest daughter of the legendary Johnny Cash and coming into her own as a singer, a songwriter, daughter and mother. The same day the book, ”Composed,” (Viking, August 10th) hits stores, Ms. Cash will appear on Good Morning America on US TV network ABC to talk about the book and perform a song from her album “The List.” Later that day, she’ll kick off a national book tour with a reading/acoustic set at Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York.

Her album “The List” which came out last year and garnered a Grammy nod, is a an album of classic country songs which were selected from a list her famous father drew up for Rosanne on a tour bus, when she was 18 and they were out on the road. The album is currently nominated for Americana Music Association’s “Album of the Year.”

EMI Music Canada earns 16 CCMA nods

gabiporter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:27:57 +0000

Artists and other music professionals in the EMI Music Canada family pulled down 16 nominations for the 2010 Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA’s), which take place on Sunday, September 12 and will be broadcast on CBC and CMT in Canada.

Johnny Reid led the field with six nominations, including for Fan’s Choice, Songwriter of the Year, Male artist of the Year and more. In addition, EMI Music Publishing was nominated as Music Publisher of the year and EMI Music Canada was shortlisted as Record Company of the Year.

A full list of the EMI and EMI Associated Label nominees are located here: EMI Music Canada nominees for the 2010 CCMAs

Keith Urban Plays Benefit Under the Stars for GRAMMY Foundation

gabiporter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:24:12 +0000

Last week, Capitol Nashville artist, and three-time GRAMMY award winner, Keith Urban headlined the GRAMMY Foundation’s signature benefit Starry Night concert at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Rising folk/rock stars the Avett Brothers opened the benefit. A highlight of the evening came when Urban, as part of his sold out, two-hour show, called up six participants in the foundation-funded GRAMMY Camp to perform his hit, “Days Go By.” Katie Gavin of Winnetka, Ill., Savannah Meares of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Brenna Miles of La Canada Flintridge, Calif., sang background vocals; India Pascucci of Burbank, Calif., played drums; and guitarist Kristen Castro of Simi Valley, Calif. and violinist Kevin Schwarzwald of Pacific Palisades, Calif., were both featured with solos during the song.

The video below shows the kids rehearsing with Urban and later rocking the house in front of a packed audience. The evening helped raise a significant amount of funds in support of music education and other charities.

Proceeds from the evening benefitted the GRAMMY Foundation’s GRAMMY in the Schools music education programs for high school students and the Southern California Tennis Association’s foundation.

“Keith Urban’s career is defined by both exceptional musicianship and extraordinary generosity,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. “And it is meaningful and moving that Keith lent his time and talents during the busy summer touring season in support of the GRAMMY Foundation and our GRAMMY in the Schools music education programs. We offer young people real-world experiences in the music industry and it doesn’t get any more ‘real’ than having our GRAMMY Campers perform before a packed audience with Keith Urban. We were also delighted to have the Avett Brothers showcase their unique and powerful music at our Starry Night benefit.”

The GRAMMY Camp participants first met Urban onstage prior to the concert during his afternoon soundcheck, when he and his band worked with the campers to put the finishing touches on their performance. “Having those kids onstage with us on Friday really serves as a reminder of what is possible when you’re lucky enough to find your passion,” said Urban. “I was so impressed by their talent and their obvious love for playing.”

Organized under the banner GRAMMY in the Schools, the GRAMMY Foundation’s education programs include GRAMMY Camp — held this year from July 10–19 at USC — as well as the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles, GRAMMY Career Day, GRAMMY Signature Schools, and GRAMMY SoundChecks. This year Urban served as GRAMMY Camp’s honorary dean to affirm his commitment to the GRAMMY Foundation’s music education programs.

KT Tunstall on her new album, The Foo Fighters…

robrien — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:11:14 +0000

Ahead of the release of her new album ‘Tiger Suit’ at the end of September (October 5 in North America), KT Tunstall swung past the New York Post the other day for a quick chat with the paper’s Ryan Brockington. And this is how it went:

Antonio Pappano records Rossini in Rome

robrien — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:44:56 +0000

Award-winning conductor Antonio Pappano and his acclaimed Roman orchestra the Accademia di Santa Cecilia have just finished recording Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the stunning Auditorium in Rome.

The recording, which includes guest soloists Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee and Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, will be released internationally through EMI Classics in October or November.

Pappano, who is Music Director of The Royal Opera House in London, records exclusively for EMI Classics.

His recent releases with the Roman orchestra includes the Verdi Requiem, Respighi’s ‘Roman Trilogy’, the Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4-6 and Puccini’s opera ‘Madama Butterfly’ with Angela Gheorghiu and Jonas Kaufmann which won Gheorghiu the Female Artist of the Year honour at this year’s Classical Brit Awards. Pappano himself won the Critics’ Choice award for his recording of the Verdi Requiem.

New Sky Ferreira dance remixes

robrien — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:20:56 +0000

Ahead of the release next month in the UK of the debut single ‘One’ by US pop prodigy Sky Ferreira, check out these great new remixes of the track – a stomping house anthem by producers/DJs WAWA and a drum and bass mix by heavyweight producer Logistics:

Ask Katy: the answers

robrien — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:41:41 +0000

As promised, Katy Perry this week sat down to answer the most popular of the 20,000 questions submitted via her YouTube channel over the last few weeks.

Over 400,000 votes were received to pick the questions that would be put to Katy, and you can watch her answers right here: