The 10-song, 42-minute album – Bella Donna – was released in the summer of 1981. It was the Fleetwood Mac singer’s first release as a solo performer and, to date, is her most successful album. The album has sold over four million copies in the US alone and spent nearly three years on the Billboard …
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Time Waits For No Man Well, that year has flown by and what an interesting year it’s been for BASCA. The highlight for me has been getting out and about to meet you. BASCA is its members so putting a face to the names that appear on membership application forms is a real joy. A …
What more can be said about Ivor Novello award winner and BASCA member Kate Bush’s recent live performances at Hammersmith Apollo? Is there anything to top ‘perfection’?In the track ‘50 Words For Snow’, Kate lists fifty fanciful, fictitious and nonsensical words or phrases that Eskimos use to describe snow.As homage, Darren Haynes presents his Before …
Three songwriters – Charlie Dore, Emma Stevens and Jon Allen – took to the stage to combine performance of their songs, interspersed with discussion about the songwriting process. Each songwriter performed a powerful three-song set, before Sam York, our able compère, posed the questions. Following questions from the floor, instruments were left on the stage …
Nick Stephenson meets four songwriting legends to discover the story behind their songs. BARRY MASON was a leading songwriter of the 1960s, writing many songs in partnership with Les Reed. He earned numerous awards throughout his career including five Ivor Novello Awards. His songwriting credits include “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”, “The Last Waltz” …
It’s 5pm on the eve of the Ivor Novello Awards and Christine McVie is sat in her London home, excited and contemplating the forthcoming ceremony and the prospect of accepting her Lifetime Achievement Award. “I’m thrilled to bits. It’s a huge honour and I’m overwhelmed, really.” No stranger to awards, Christine can count Grammy Awards, …
AIR Entertainment Group, which comprises of the AIR and Strongroom brands, has appointed Darren Haynes as Senior Marketing Manager. Haynes said: “It’s an exciting time to join the AIR Entertainment Group as we expand our offering to include complementary content creation alongside our world-class recording facilities. In my new role I’ll be looking to identify …
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MCPS (part of the PRS for Music group) and PPL have joined forces to re-launch the ‘Limited Manufacture Licence (LM)’ as a multi-rights licensing scheme. MCPS (part of the PRS for Music group) and PPL have joined forces to re-launch the ‘Limited Manufacture Licence (LM)’ as a multi-rights licensing scheme, making it even easier …
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Two Devon choirs have hit the high note at a music competition. Exeter Chamber Choir and the East Devon Choral Society, in Tiverton, have scooped the PRS for Music’s Unforgettable Choir title, as well as a £500 prize in the first contest of its kind. The nationwide competition, organised by PRS for Music, set out …
LONDON, UK – PRS for Music has announced the winner of its inaugural Scene & Heard , student filmmaking competition. Scene & Heard challenged student filmmakers to create a 90-second cinematic interpretation of a famous musical quote, song lyric or song title. From dark, black and white Ingmar Bergman style drama to colourful computer-generated animation; …
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