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Guitar legends portraits – charity sale
Written by admin on April 22, 2010 – 7:00 am -Limited edition portraits of guitar legends Jimmy Page and Brian May are now on sale, with profits going to Action for Brazil’s Children (ABC) and Task Brasil.
ABC Trust is a UK-based organisation set up by Jimmy Page and his wife Jimena Page to help the most vulnerable children and young people of Brazil. Task Brasil has similar goals, with projects designed to help abandoned children living on the streets in Brazil.
Tags: Brian May, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin
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Reissue of Paul McCartney solo catalogue
Written by admin on April 21, 2010 – 9:24 pm -All the solo Paul McCartney and Wings albums are to be reissued, beginning in August 2010 with “Band on the Run.”
Paul McCartney is partnering with Concord Music Group to reissue the catalogue in digital and physical formats. Concord previously issued McCartney’s “Memory Almost Full” CD and last year’s “Good Evening New York City” CD/DVD project.
Tags: Band on the Run, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Wings
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UK votes on best ever political songs
Written by admin on April 21, 2010 – 6:43 am -The UK’s New Statesmen magazine has published a list of the top 20 political songs, as voted for by their readers and members of the Political Studies Association.
| Not surprisingly, the list contains some of the most famous protest songs of all time, including John Lennon’s “Imagine,” Bob Dylan’s “The Times They are a-Changin'” and Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land,” which takes the top spot. |
Tags: Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, John Lennon, marvin gaye, Nina Simone, Pete Seeger, Political songs, protest songs, The Who, Woody Guthrie
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Are these the best British classic rock songs?
Written by admin on April 19, 2010 – 9:37 pm -Last month, Absolute Classic Rock radio station asked its listeners to vote for their favourite British classic rock songs of all time. The results are now in and there aren’t too many surprises in the top ten choices, as you can see below. Add a comment if you think the listeners got it wrong.
Tags: Deep Purple, Free, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who
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Icon award for Blondie
Written by admin on April 16, 2010 – 8:19 pm -| Blondie will receive the Icon Award at the “8th Annual TV Land Awards” on Saturday (April 17th.)
In addition to receiving the award, the band will also perform at the ceremony, which will be held on stage 15 of the Sony Studios Culver City lot. The show will be on TV Land on April 25 at 9:00 pm ET/PT. |
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Tags: Blondie, Blondie tickets, Isle of Wight Festival, Panic of Girls, Rocknell Festival, The Curse of Blondie
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