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Andrew Bird For New EP & UK Tour

Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009

Never one to be backwards in coming forwards, folk godhead Andrew Bird returns with a new tour and EP, taken from last month's criterati-tickling Noble Beast .

Footprints of pied noirs reach deep into France

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/05/2009

In the courtyard of an ancient convent here, the Wall of the Disappeared lists the names of about 2,700 "pieds noirs" - black feet, as the white French colonists in Algeria were called.

• Abroad: In France, a War of Memories Over Memories of War - New York Times

Sotheby’s: Contemporary Turkish Art

The 405 (Free subscription) | 03/04/2009

Words by: Lauren Palmor Perhaps the decreasing confidence in the art market can be salvaged—at least Sotheby’s clearly hopes so. In a decision which has many people buzzing, the auction house has introduced a new sales category: Contemporary Turkish Art. This new category was tested in an inaugural sale today at Sotheby’s in London. Seventy-three works [...]

Two thugs face hate-crime rap in slay of immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay - New York Daily News

Music Blog (Free subscription) | 03/04/2009

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Algerian Man Wants To Buy Jade Goody For Two Camels

TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009

A man in the Algerian city of Oran has said he wants to buy the English girl Jade Goody and he has offered to pay two camels in compensation to her new husband Jack Twede. Mr Tweed is a felon and has agreed the price. Kazim Haddad who is a rich...

OPEC cut output by 2.7 percent in Feb.

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009

OPEC, which pumps more than 40 percent of the world’s oil, cut output by 2.7 percent in February as producers tried to stem price declines, a Bloomberg News survey showed.

Moves to resolve judge's family dispute fail

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009

MEDIATION TALKS have failed to resolve a dispute between the six adult children of the late Judge Noel Ryan over the management of some €15 million in property assets acquired by their parents and themselves, the Commercial Court heard yesterday.

Joss Stone, Oran Mor, Glasgow

The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009

Joss Stone has a particular habit that's either sweetly endearing or hugely annoying, depending on your point of view. When she's onstage and she addresses her crowd, straightforward conversational sentences come out as song, all hollers and whoops and emoting hands, as if life was one big X Factor audition. Although it's entirely fair to point out that Stone is many, many times more talented than...

Mongrel to give away album free on Saturday (March 7)

New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 03/02/2009

Mongrel will give away their debut album, 'Better Than Heavy', free as a physical CD with this Saturday's (March 7) Independent newspaper.

Doctor Atomic, Coliseum, London Der fliegende Holländer, Royal Opera House, London Five:15, Oran Mór, Glasgow

The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009

July 15, 1945. Dark and distended with potential, the A-bomb hangs like an anti-moon in the desert night. Alone and chain-smoking, its trilby-hatted creator rages against fate in the words of a poet who knew more than most about doubt and compromise. Somewhere nearby is a sympathetic woman who likes a drink, knows her place, and can quote verse too. Then there's the wise-ass side-kick, the dumb-ass...

Changing tracks: Comedian Craig Hill shares his top five musical moments

Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009

LATELY Stevie Wonder

Jill Jackson ready to hook up with band again after epic US tour

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 02/28/2009

SINCE returning from her epic 50 US states in 50 days trip, Jill Jackson has revealed she is desperate to start playing with her band again.

It Hugs Back Announce First European Tour Supporting Holy F**k

Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 02/27/2009

Kent four-piece It Hugs Back have confirmed they'll be the main support for naughtily-named Holy F**k on their forthcoming European tour in April and May.

Joss Sticks It To Lusty Admirers

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 02/27/2009

SOUL singer Joss Stone dealt with some typical Scottish banter as she played Glasgow's Oran Mor last night.

Joss Stone unveils songs from new album at Glasgow's Oran Mor

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 02/27/2009

SOUL singer Joss Stone dealt with some typical Scottish banter as she played Glasgow's Oran Mor last night.