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Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - 4 hours 28 min ago

Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday said it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.


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The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead at 60 (AP)

Yahoo Music News - 4 hours 36 min ago

AP - Punk guitarist Ron Asheton of The Stooges has been found dead in his Ann Arbor home. He was 60.


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Kraftwerk co-founder leaves German group (AP)

Yahoo Music News - 6 hours 36 min ago
AP - Florian Schneider, a co-founder of Kraftwerk, the German band that built the foundation for electro-pop and scored a chart-topping global hit with "Autobahn" in 1974, has left the group, its label said Tuesday.
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Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Ann Arbor (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - 6 hours 47 min ago
Reuters - Ron Asheton, a guitarist and founding member of the influential rock band The Stooges, was found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Tuesday, police said.
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Lindsay Lohan: It's not over with Ronson (AP)

Yahoo Music News - 8 hours 42 sec ago

AP - Lindsay Lohan says she hasn't split with DJ Samantha Ronson, despite media reports they had publicly sparred several times over the holidays.


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Arab-Israeli orchestra stops shows in Qatar, Egypt (AP)

Yahoo Music News - 8 hours 39 min ago

AP - Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and his orchestra of Arab and Israeli musicians have canceled performances in the Middle East this weekend because of fighting between Israel and Hamas, he said Tuesday.


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Amy Winehouse drops drug case appeal in Norway (AP)

Yahoo Music News - 10 hours 13 min ago

AP - British singer Amy Winehouse dropped her appeal in a Norwegian drug case and will accept a fine for illegal marijuana possession in 2007, her attorney said Tuesday.


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Rihanna taking no wardrobe risks for Malaysia show (AP)

Yahoo Music News - 12 hours 8 min ago

AP - The good girl gone bad has promised to be good for one night.


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Berlin Philharmonic offers digital concerts (AP)

Yahoo Music News - 12 hours 15 min ago
AP - Fans of Germany's renowned Berlin Philharmonic can now follow the orchestra's performances from anywhere in the world through a new "digital concert hall" accessible via the Internet.
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Music marketers target female shoppers at home (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 9:56pm
Reuters - With CD sales dropping fast, the music business is exploring nontraditional ways to expose consumers to recording artists. Among the new sales and marketing vehicles are Tara Leigh Music Party and musicShop.
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Music fans opting for layaway plans on tickets (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 8:36pm
Reuters - What's good enough for Kmart is evidently good enough for rock festivals.
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Latin indie label undergoes digital conversion (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 8:34pm
Reuters - Musicalatina.com, the only Latin-owned, Latin-centric U.S. digital download store, launched in December.
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Hyundai Super Bowl ad to feature music by Yo-Yo Ma (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 8:30pm

Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co. will use music by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a Super Bowl XLIII television commercial that consumers can re-edit online, Billboard has learned.


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Los Angeles club Conga Room stages a comeback (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 7:28pm
Reuters - Across the United States, only a handful of small venues are focused on Latin music. The reopening of the Conga Room in Los Angeles gives the genre's acts a glitzy stage within the city's new entertainment complex, L.A. Live.
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Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider quits band (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:41pm

Reuters - Florian Schneider, the co-founder of legendary German electronica band Kraftwerk, has quit the lineup, leaving it with just one original member.


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Rock's vets shouldn't be overlooked (AP)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:25pm

AP - "Why don't you come back, baby? Why don't you go away?" Elvis Costello sings in the duet "Go Away" with indie rock favorite Jenny Lewis on his recent CD, "Momofuku."


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The AP notes 2008 CDs that deserve a second look (AP)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 2:25pm

AP - The AP takes a look at some of 2008's overlooked albums:


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Is Madonna's Little Girl Meant for Stardom? (E! Online)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 2:14pm

E! Online - We've been anxiously awaiting the acting/singing/modeling debut of Madonna's firstborn, Lourdes Ciccone Leon, for a while. The 14-year-old, who looks like she just fell out of an American Apparel ad, always seemed destined to follow in her mother's creative footsteps.


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Bhutto's daughter sings of pain in hip-hop tribute (Reuters)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 12:08pm

Reuters - The elder daughter of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has written a rap song expressing her anguish over her mother's death.


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Top 5 lists in entertainment (AP)

Yahoo Music News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 12:04pm
AP - 1. "Sunday Night Football: Denver at San Diego," NBC.
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