Impala

When you've lost your voice entirely, news on the work front is going from bad to worse and 9pm starts meaning 'almost bed time' to you when it used to mean something utterly, excitingly different, it takes a really good song to pull you out of that funk. Read More

It's going to be a very tuneful summer in the Bay Area. Rarely will a week go by without at least one -- or more -- big music event happening around here. Read More

Michael Gross has been an Integrated Broadcast Producer and Music Supervisor for TBWA\Chiat\Day in Los Angeles for the past 5 years, working with brands such as Pepsi, Gatorade, Nissan, Visa, and the Grammys. Read More

On the face of it, Universal Music Group's bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world's leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal's star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company's deep library of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Katy Perry. Read More

(1) Well, it was in Brighton for a start. Read More

It's Friday, and we're back with another installment of our regular roundup of downloadable MP3 goodness from around the web. Read More

Remember the grungy record-store dude who mocked your music choice before insisting you spend your hard-earned cash on an obscure noise band? Read More

Vivendi SA (VIV) 's Universal Music Group received interest from companies including Providence Equity Partners and Bertelsmann AG for music-publishing catalogs it's selling, according to three people familiar with the situation. Read More

The wait for entry was about an hour, and the excitement was palpable. Read More

After the news last week that two US artist unions had given albeit qualified support to Universal Music's bid to buy the EMI record company, European indie labels trade body IMPALA has pointed everyone to a previous statement from another artists organisation, the globally focused Federation Of International Musicians, which has also spoke out about the takeover deal. Read More