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Music, what music? Glastonbury caters for all tastes Glastonbury may be best known for its music, but many of the 175,000 people gathered at Worthy Farm come for the spiritual, political and family events that this year include Pussy Riot and the Dalai Lama among the performers.

27 June 2015

'Politics of Dancing': DJ van Dyk album faces Arab ban When Paul van Dyk tapped DJs from around the world for his latest album, he called it "The Politics of Dancing 3" to show the unifying power of dance music.

26 June 2015

Schoolgirl from Ust-Kamenogorsk wins singing contest in Moscow A schoolgirl from Ust-Kamenogorsk city in eastern Kazakhstan has clinched the first place at the III International Contest of Young Singers Golden Note held in Moscow.

25 June 2015

Year after tour, Beyonce back for husband's festival Beyonce will play her first full show in a year as the pop superstar headlines a festival in Philadelphia founded by her husband, rap mogul Jay-Z.

25 June 2015

Hollywood mourns 'Titanic' composer Horner Shell-shocked Hollywood mourned James Horner, the Oscar-winning composer of musical scores for "Titanic" and "Avatar," who died in a plane crash aged 61.

24 June 2015

Composer for 'Titanic,' 'Avatar' dies in plane crash: report James Horner, the celebrated composer for some of Hollywood's smash-hit films including "Titanic" and "Avatar," died Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61.

23 June 2015

US rap mogul Diddy arrested in Los Angeles American rap mogul Diddy was arrested in Los Angeles for assault with a deadly weapon -- in this case, a kettlebell.

23 June 2015

Apple bows to Taylor Swift on streaming payments Tech giant Apple late Sunday bowed to pressure from pop superstar Taylor Swift and raised payments to artists for its forthcoming music streaming service.

22 June 2015

TV documentary dives deep under Daft Punk's helmets The mystery surrounding Daft Punk, the star French musical duo who usually keep their identities hidden under full-face robot helmets, will be lifted a little more in a new TV documentary to premiere next week.

20 June 2015

The Spirit of Tengri becomes highly discussed on social media The Spirit of Tengri, two-day open-air festival of contemporary ethnic music has become highly discussed event on social media

18 June 2015

Brazil legend Roberto Carlos to be honored with Grammy Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos, whose 55-year career has won him the nickname of the King of Latin music, will be honored at this year's Latin Grammys.

17 June 2015

Hard Rock Cafe comes forward in Almaty; will Astana be next? Hard Rock Cafe has finally fling its doors open in Almaty this weekend.

16 June 2015

Belgian singer Stromae cancels concerts for health reasons Belgian singer Stromae has been forced to cancel a series of concerts after an adverse reaction to anti-malaria medicine.

15 June 2015

Van Morrison, Eddie Redmayne honoured by Queen Elizabeth II Singer-songwriter Van Morrison was given a knighthood and Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne was made an OBE in Queen Elizabeth II's birthday honours announced.

13 June 2015

Mysteries of Mountain Shoriya meets Kazakh electro at The Spirit of Tengri 2015 Throat singing from Mountain Shoriya has met Kazakhstani electro at The Spirit of Tengri 2015.

12 June 2015

Lenny Kravitz ponders past 'sacrifices' as he looks to new love Just turned 51, Lenny Kravitz is still looking like the rock sex symbol he's always been, and he's also expanding his artistic horizons as a photographer, an actor and a designer

12 June 2015

McCartney wows crowd at Stade de France gig A week before his 73rd birthday, Paul McCartney wowed concert-goers at the Stade de France, belting out a series of songs that were peppered with Beatles hits.

12 June 2015

Beck teases new music with return to irony Alternative rock icon Beck hinted he was ready to release new music and signaled he would return to his ironic side.

12 June 2015

Kazakhstani ethnic band Arkaiym debutes at The Spirit of Tengri 2015 The Spirit Tengri 2015 has begun with a debut of Kazakhstani ethnic band Arkaiym.

10 June 2015

The Spirit of Tengri promotes Kazakhstani ethnic musicians worldwide The contemporary ethnic music festival The Spirit of Tengri aims to present yet unknown Kazakhstani ethnic musicians internationally.

10 June 2015

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