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03/13/2008 03:33 PM
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Study shows music affects moods, students agree
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The Mozart effect is one that has been around for a long time. Studies suggest that when a child under age 3 is subject to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, their brain development is increased.Whether or not the stories and studies prove anything, the question remains: Does music have an effect on people?Psychology professor [...]
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03/13/2008 03:33 PM
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Keeping Music Real
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Music is a powerful thing. It evokes feelings and has the power to bring people together. Music is also a way for people to express themselves and share ideas, whether through poetic lyrics or throbbing anthems. But today, artists are not known for their music, but for how extravagant their outfits are and how many [...]
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03/13/2008 03:33 PM
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Rising rap star doesn't need RIAA
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You won’t hear up-and-coming rap star Flo Rida griping about fans pilfering his songs on P2P sites, or complain that technology is hurting the music industry. Don’t talk to him about so-called digital divides either.
As one of rap music’s fastest rising stars, Rida, 28, is new enough to music success that fans are still precious [...]
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03/13/2008 11:34 AM
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A lesson in sharing: the music of today plays the give-and-take game
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Now, more than ever, North American bands and music fans are becoming more open to music originating somewhere outside the continent. Sri Lankan-born M.I.A.’s unique sound rules the club scene, while the Afro-pop inspired Vampire Weekend have seen their debut album enter the Billboard Top 20. New York City’s Yeasayer have also recently garnered acclaim [...]
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03/13/2008 11:34 AM
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Two short notes on pop music
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“Romany Soup” is absolutely classic: haunting, hypnotic, melodic. Please do get started on Bolan. Please do. (And don’t you dare leave out “One Inch Rock”.)
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Rednex Biography |
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After having scored 10 consecutive Top 40 hits, it was time to release a Greatest Hits collection. The latest album release from Rednex is “The Best of The West”. It includes the 4 million-sellers “Cotton Eye Joe”, “Old Pop In An Oak”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Spirit Of The Hawk”, the other 6 singles and a bunch of new tracks. Since the first release in 1994, Rednex is the artist that has spent most weeks at No.1 on the German Single Chart since 1980, with a total of 25 weeks (Modern Talking being No.2 with 19 weeks).
What once originated as a playful fluke in Stockholm, Sweden in 1992, is today a big, but loosely run international creative team of producers, writers, performers, art designers, programmers, animators etc. with a unique way of working and collecting ideas into an entertainment group with an copious interest in the Wild West. The performers of this playhouse are from three different countries (UK, Sweden, Holland) and they have chosen Amsterdam as their homebase, causing an actual emigration of a whole band. This, in order to take more part of the buzzing and international partylife that the capital of The Netherlands withholds.
Scarlet (female vocals), Dagger (male vocals), Joe Cagg (vocals + guitar) and Jay Lee (violin + guitar) have all been previously involved with record-releasing projects and touring as entertainers. They are the 5th set of performers in Rednex since the start, 10 years ago, which now makes a total of 11 performers in total.
The group Rednex was founded by Annika "Mary Joe" Ljungberg and had their breakthrough in 1994 with the world mega hit "Cotton eye Joe" and has been touring the world ever since. With more than 10 million sold records, number one hits in twelve countries, no less than 41 gold records and 5 European triple Platin, Rednex is one of the biggest Swedish music exports ever. With 25 weeks (that´s half a year folks) as number one on the German charts, Rednex still keeps the record as the artist that stayed longest on first place, 6 weeks more than Modern talking on second place. Rednex is still touring all over the world and is at the same time working on the next album, expected to be released in September 2007. Three singles from the album has been released. "Mama take me home" sold gold in just a month, the follow up single "Fe Fi, the old man died" was performed live at the grand opening cermony of the World Athlete Championships in Helsinki and was broadcasted to billions over the world.
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