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The BBC Proms - a sad history

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2008-03-04 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...BBC Proms - a multicultural society? , BBC Proms 2006 lacks eternal feminine , Music gets in the way of running BBC Proms , and BBC Proms last night - I flee the country Now other people are saying it - Hodge attacks Proms: they're narrow and lack the common British values: The culture minister, Margaret Hodge, will today criticise the Prom...
 
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Jack Bruce: Spirit - Live At The BBC 1971-1978 set for release

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2008-03-10 14:07:35 by bandweblogs in Band Weblogs
...BBC 1971-1978 is set for UK release April 7th, 2008 on Polydor Records. This 3 disc set spans his trips to the BBC between 1971 - 1978 and contains the best of his post Cream BBC recordings. Sessions, concerts and Old Grey Whistle Test broadcasts combined in a beautifully packaged box set containing rare photos and extensive liner notes It...
 
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EMI Unlocks BBC Vaults

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2008-06-11 14:32:44 by Bruce Houghton in hypebot
...BBC Worldwide have struck a deal to release EMI related material from the network's extensive archive of TV and radio recordings. In return the BBC will have the opportunity to use EMI artists performances to create new programming which can be sold to international broadcasters and consumers Under the deal EMI will have the opportunity to...
 
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BBC classical music sponsorship outlawed

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2008-07-23 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...BBC Radio 3. Within an hour the presenter had plugged the BBC's New Generation Artists Scheme so many times that I concluded she was earning a bonus for every mention' - those were my words posted here on 30 Sept. 2007 For a long time I have been a lone voice complaining about the incessant and gratuitous on-air plugs for BBC Radio 3's New...
 
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New music - but Weir is BBC's chief conductor?

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2008-01-13 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...BBC Symphony Orchestra composer weekend featuring her music. My header photo shows Judith Weir on the set of her 'A Night at the Chinese Opera It's great to see some much needed adventurous programming from the BBC in the Judith Weir festival from January 17th to 20th. As well as talks and films there are seven concerts featuring many of her...
 
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Radiohead, Klaxons, Dizzee Rascal & More Take Over Zane Lowe BBC Radio Show

2008-01-12 01:34:13 by Sonic Agent of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
 
...BBC 1 Radio star Zane Lowe needed some time off so he's asked a handful of amazing entertainers to take his place. Stand-in hosts for the Zane Lowe show this week included Dizzee Rascal and Hadouken! Next week, Radiohead will fill in! For 2 hours on Thursday, 17 January, BBC Radio 1 will become BBC Radiohead 1 with the band covering for its...
 
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What a Karajan at the BBC

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2008-01-23 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...BBC Radio 4 at 7.15pm this evening to hear the 'reassessment' of Herbert von Karajan's life and work that I mentioned in one of today's post I picked up information on the programme from today's Guardian radio listings which highlighted the Karajan programme. This information would have been supplied by the BBC publicity department. As...
 
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Classic Bootleg Series Vol. 23: Led Zeppelin - The Complete BBC Radio Sessions - Part 1 of 2

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2007-11-23 06:45:00 by Frank in THAT TRUNCHEON THING
...BBC radio between 1969 and 1971, that I return to most often. (Some of this material appears, in slightly different form, on the official BBC Sessions release in 1997, but this set is far more exhaustive and about twice as long.) The performances are consistently spectacular, and with one exception (the March, 1969 appearance on Alexis...
 
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Robert Cray Live at the BBC CDs + watch Dont Be Afraid Of The Dark video

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2008-01-21 15:00:32 by bandweblogs in Band Weblogs
...BBC Concert performances , recorded between 1988-1991 during the tours to promote the Grammy Award winning albums Dont Be Afraid Of The Dark and Midnight Stroll , both of which made the UK and US charts Robert Cray Live at the BBC tracklisting I Guess I Showed Her (1988 Foul Play (1988 Dont Be Afraid Of The Dark (1988 Baby You Dont Even Care...
 
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Stereo MCs Live at the BBC CD + upcoming DJ shows

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