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Ancient socialist, peacenik, and folk legend Pete Seeger has recorded a new version of his Vietnam War-era protest song, “Bring Them Home” (seems kind of moot about now) with help from Steve Earle, Ani DiFranco, and Billy Bragg. I would expect nothing different from Seeger, who at 84 is as …

On June 26 author J.K. Rowling will be interviewed on the stage of London’s Royal Albert Hall by comedian Stephen Fry, who has narrated the Potter audiobooks, before reading from the new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and will then answer questions from children: Competition for a …

Courtney Love placed full-page ads in the Village Voice and L.A. Weekly recruiting rockin’ babes for her live band: The ad says, “Women required for International Rock Revolution. Join Courtney Love’s touring band and get famous, see the world.” “Must play bass or guitar (really play), and look like a …

For their first concert in the US after the Great Controversy, would the Dixie Chicks be booed, cheered, boycotted, ignored, or celebrated? At least for 15,000 in Greenville, SC, the controversy appears to be over: A sold-out crowd cheered, clapped, danced and sung along during the Dixie Chicks’ summer tour …

Ukraine is the Blackbeard of copyright violators: The United States on Thursday issued its annual list of countries with the worst record of protecting copyright material and other intellectual property, again identifying Ukraine as the worst culprit. [worse than the 98% music CD piracy rate of Peru?] The U.S. Trade …

The first DVD for digital high-definition computer and television monitors: The two-disc DVD contains one standard DVD of hit 1991 Schwarzenegger movie, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” for playback in a normal DVD player. The second disc, however, contains a high-definition version of the movie to be played on a computer …

Oxford English Dictionary recognizes another hip-hop term: The venerable definitions resource has already added other hip-hop-turned-mainstream terms like “jiggy,” “breakbeat,” “dope” and “phat” to the online updates of the 20-volume dictionary, and now it has started drafting an entry for the latest OED-approved term, “bling bling.” The term, which is …

Down to the final five contestants, Tuesday’s American Idol was outstanding musically and dramatically as all five did surpassing renditions of first, ’60s faves, and then guest judge Neil Sedaka’s songs (they now perform two songs each) – that is all five OTHER than US Marine Joshua Gracin, who was …

George Zieman is a thorn in the side of the RIAA, questioning their statistics, their ethics, their methods. He was the artist nuked from selling his own recordings on eBay by DMCA rules last October. Now Zieman is seeking to become not just a thorn in the side, but a …

According to Eurweb and Soul Patrol, Grammy winning singer Billy Paul has scored a major legal victory against the legendary songwriting and production team of Gamble & Huff and Philadelphia International Records. Paul was awarded $500,000 by a Los Angeles jury for unpaid royalties on his classic recording 1971 of …