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Win tickets to Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto at Royal Festival Hall

Tue, June 18 2013 5:10am - Source: The Four Oh Five

Meltdown has been giving distinguished musicians from across the world the opportunity to curate a week of art and music since 1993.

Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band – Royal Festival Hall, London 04/06/13

Mon, June 17 2013 10:10am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Legendary cult artist, musician and peace activist, Yoko Ono and her Plastic Ono Band 's rare performance, opening London's Meltdown Festival 2013, is nothing short of transcendental.

‘Let’s see what happens’: Yoko Ono on presenting Double Fantasy during the Meltdown Festival

Sat, June 15 2013 3:23pm - Source: Something Else!

Yoko Ono's Meltdown Festival opened Friday, with a gala closing performance of her entire 1980 Double Fantasy collaboration with John Lennon planned for Sunday, June 23, 2013.

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, Royal Festival Hall, review

Sat, June 15 2013 11:40am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

The history of bands featuring a mother and son in the line-up is brief.

Yoko Ono – Moonbeams: New music

Thu, June 13 2013 3:20pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

At 80 years old, Yoko Ono – musician, artist, activist and curator of this year's Meltdown festival , which she opens tomorrow night at the Royal Festival Hall in London with Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band – still manages to surprise and enthrall.

Is 2013 The Year for Militant Feminism in Music?

Thu, June 13 2013 8:35am - Source: The Quietus

So goes the resounding message of contemporary feminism in 2013.

Not so glum anymore...Katherine Jenkins is a beauty in blue at Oxford

Fri, June 07 2013 11:46am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Wearing her hair in a swept back ponytail, plain black stilettos and natural make-up , Jenkins looked laid back, but flawless during her visit to the Oxford Union to give a guest speech to members.

Q&A: Yoko Ono on Her Dance Hit and Paul McCartney

Mon, June 03 2013 8:00pm - Source: Rolling Stone

After celebrating her 80th birthday in February, Yoko Ono has another reason to break out the champagne: her 10th Number One dance hit.

Yoko Ono interview: 'Who's the best? Me'

Sun, June 02 2013 6:19am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

As a "Beatle-wife" Ono helped her famous husband to publicly acknowledge his former chauvinism and the pair ended up writing songs like the controversially titled Woman is the Nigger of the World.

Shorties (Devendra Banhart on His New Album, George Saunders on Writing, and more)

Sun, May 26 2013 1:40pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Seattle Weekly interviews singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart.

A User's Guide To The New Psychedelia

Fri, May 17 2013 11:39am - Source: ClashMusic.com

Psychedelia is all peace and love, LSD and second hand weed, sitars and protests against the Vietnam War. It's supposed to be as dead as Jim Morrison, as relevant as Harold Wilson's pirate radio policy and as naff as Austin Powers' underwear.

Chelsea Light Moving UK Tour Dates

Fri, May 17 2013 9:38am - Source: ClashMusic.com

Chelsea Light Moving have unveiled a new video alongside a short burst of British shows.

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie interview: 'drugs put my life in chaos'

Sat, May 11 2013 7:43am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

"I studied songwriting just by listening to records all my life," enthuses Bobby Gillespie.

"Women Who Rock" Exhibit to Hit the EMP in Seattle This Summer

Fri, May 10 2013 8:25pm - Source: ArtistDirect

Women rock and if you live in Seattle, you can celebrate them, as the first museum exhibit featuring the most influential female musicians hits the EMP Museum in Seattle this summer.

The 50 Best festivals

Fri, May 03 2013 3:28pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Expect to find everything from classical to rock in 181 venues across Brighton and Hove and up to the South Downs.

'Blame it on Jack White...' Introducing BP Fallon & The Bandits

Wed, May 01 2013 10:20am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

The last time I had occasion to write about my old friend BP Fallon in Uncut was in March, 2010, when he'd just released his debut single, produced by Jack White and released by Jack's Third Man Records as the first in the label's new Spoken Word-Instructional record Series.

Willie Nelson :: Happy 80th Birthday, Hoss

Mon, April 29 2013 2:36pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

On Tuesday, Willie Nelson will turn eighty years old.

Killing Joke's Youth hints at further The Fireman albums with Paul McCartney

Sat, April 20 2013 4:47pm - Source: NME

Killing Koke bassist Youth has hinted that he and Paul McCartney may release new material under their The Fireman moniker in the future.

How Fall Out Boy Rose Again

Thu, April 18 2013 4:14pm - Source: Rolling Stone

When Fall Out Boy announced their reunion earlier this year, they had serious doubts whether anyone would really care.

INTERVIEW: The GIT Awards' Peter Guy

Thu, April 18 2013 10:51am - Source: The Quietus

The Beatles were both a blessing and a curse for Liverpool.

Scribes Sounding Off: EMP Pop Conference 2013 in Seattle!

Mon, April 15 2013 4:41pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

The EMP Pop Conference is back in Seattle!

The 15th Anniversary of San Francisco's Analogue Workshop Tiny Telephone

Tue, April 09 2013 12:03pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

I remember a dank November night, standing huddled in a dark Bristol venue.

Lou Doillon interview: the actress and model now turns singer

Mon, April 08 2013 7:04am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

The next day we meet in a brasserie, near her house, in the fashionably boho district of Bastille.

Patti Smith, Iggy & The Stooges, Siouxsie confirmed for Yoko Ono's Meltown

Sat, April 06 2013 11:24pm - Source: Uncut.co.uk

The line-up for this year's Meltdown festival has been announced.

Paul Schmelzer: Wild Man, Iconoclast, Dreamer: 60 on John Zorn at 60

Fri, April 05 2013 7:46pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

Categorizing John Zorn is next to impossible, as many of his friends know.

Lee Ranaldo Band touring; Thurston Moore w/ Lou Barlow & others on Joyful Noise 7" series, playing Yoko Ono's Meltdown

Fri, April 05 2013 4:43pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

The Lee Ranaldo Band , which features Lee along with his Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, and Tim Luntzel, are about to head to Spain and Portgual for a short tour this month, and upon returning to NYC they'll play a hometown show at Union Pool on April 28.

Yoko Ono to bring Siouxsie Sioux, Iggy and the Stooges and Patti Smith to London's Southbank

Thu, April 04 2013 12:52pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Sioxsie Sioux, Iggy and the Stooges and Patti Smith are some of the musicians who have been chosen by Yoko Ono as curator of Meltdown festival , which happens in June at London's Southbank Centre. 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of Meltdown, which invites a different cultural figure to curate the 10-day event every year.

Interview: Sami the Great Discusses Her Fan-Funded Animation Tour

Sun, March 31 2013 4:59pm - Source: Music Under Fire

Singer/songwriter Sami Akbari, AKA Sami the Great, recently embarked on a very unique tour composed not only of her beautiful music, but of stunning animation that captures the essence of her songs.

Sir Paul McCartney Admits Yoko Ono's Presence In The Studio 'Cheesed Off' Beatles

Thu, March 28 2013 11:43am - Source: Stereoboard

Rock and roll legend Sir Paul McCartney has confessed that he and his Beatles bandmates were a little cheesed off when Yoko Ono attended their studio sessions - but also added that it led to some good things for them too.

Make music, not war: Post War Orchestra converts weapons into musical instruments

Sun, March 24 2013 12:44am - Source: The Independent - Music

The Post War Orchestra has launched a fundraising campaign to convert more weapons into instruments.

The La's' John Power to star in John Lennon musical

Fri, March 22 2013 6:25pm - Source: NME

John Power is set to play John Lennon in a musical about the late Beatles legend in Liverpool.

Eric Clapton's Greatest Clips

Fri, March 22 2013 5:13pm - Source: Mojo

This month's MOJO magazine cover star is Eric Clapton , the man who invented rock's cult of the lead guitarist then abdicated the high throne of its ruling deity.

Yoko Ono's Anti-Gun Message Uses Photo John Lennon's Bloody Glasses

Thu, March 21 2013 4:54pm - Source: Spinner

With the gun control debate raging on over three months since the Newtown massacre, Yoko Ono has caused a stir with a simple photo that depicts the bloody glasses John Lennon wore when he was shot in 1980.

AP: Anti-Fracking Group May Not Registered

Mon, March 18 2013 2:05pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Dozens of celebrities may be running afoul of the law as they unite under the banner of one group that is seeking to prevent a method of gas drilling in New York state.

Devendra Banhart: 'I was singing as a woman when I was a child'

Fri, March 08 2013 8:00pm - Source: The Independent - Music

"I told you this would happen," he says, blinking.

James Grundvig: Visual Art Comes (Back) to Steinway Piano

Fri, March 01 2013 5:26pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

Today it's rare to find a product made in New York City. The textile industry left the Garment District for cheaper labor overseas last century.

Patti Smith, Jim James Top Tibet Benefit in New York

Fri, February 22 2013 6:17pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Six monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery opened Thursday's event with a chant blessing, a meditative introduction to a prolific, if jarring, handful of musicians Tibet House co-founder Philip Glass recruited from a list of 80.

Shorties (The YA "Sick-Lit" Phenomenon, Stream Johnny Marr's New Album, and more)

Mon, February 18 2013 2:25pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

The Globe and Mail explores the YA "sick-lit" phenomenon.

The Out Door: The End is the Beginning

Fri, February 01 2013 6:15pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

This edition of the Out Door is all about closure.

Deep Beatles: “I’ve Got A Feeling” (1970)

Fri, February 01 2013 5:30am - Source: Something Else!

Volumes have been written over the Lennon/McCartney dynamic, as their point/counterpoint exchange graced "We Can Work It Out," "Getting Better," and "She's Leaving Home." One of their finest moments as a duo occurred during the troubled Get Back sessions.

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