30 h. ago Woman charged with causing cyclist's death was driving at 53mph in 20mph area prior to collision, court told

Music student Harry Webb died two days after the crash, which happened as he cycled to London Fields lido

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4 d. ago Music can lift mood, foster community and even rewire brains – but does it need to have a purpose?

The therapeutic role music can play is the focus of a string of new books and even an entire BBC radio station. But why can’t we just listen to music for music’s sake?Growing up, I never questioned the intrinsic value of classical music. My father practising classical and jazz guitar was the aural wallpaper to my childhood, and at my rural state school I took lessons on the recorder, the violin, the cello, the trombone, the piano. The after-school clubs on offer included, somewhat implausibly, an ocarina ensemble. Music was art, and wasn’t art the point of it all, when you got right down to it? The reason to live, after we cater for all our basic needs? It was certainly what led me to become first a classical musician, and then a music historian.But when my dad died unexpectedly in 2019, it threw my relationship with music into sharp relief. All of a sudden, I couldn’t bear listening to it. It was too painful, or it grated on my nerves and made me angry. I started to question how an...

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7 d. ago Mike Berry dead – Are You Being Served? star dies 'suddenly' as tributes pour in

Musician and Are You Being Served? star Mike Berry has died at the age of 82 after an incredible career in music and TV which spanned over six decades

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7 d. ago Mike Berry dead as tributes paid to Are You Being Served? star

Are You Being Served? star Mike Berry has died ages 82, following a remarkable career in music and television that spanned more than six decades.

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7 d. ago Are You Being Served? star dies as tributes pour in for music legend

Music and TV icon Mike Berry was famed for appearing on the BBC's hit Are You Being Served? and scoring hits such as Don't You Think It's Time and The Sunshine Of Your Smile

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7 d. ago Mike Berry dead: Music icon and Are You Being Served? star dies 'suddenly'

Are You Being Served? star Mike Berry has died at the age of 82 after a stellar career in music and TV which spanned over six decades

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7 d. ago Mourners pay tribute to merengue icon Rubby Pérez, who died in the Dominican roof collapse

Legendary music icon Rubby Pérez has died

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8 d. ago 'I thought I was going to die!' Coldplay's booed singer reveals truth behind disastrous show

The artist suffered one of music's biggest public humiliations and misfires

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8 d. ago Country music star dies as dear pal shares heartbreaking statement

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8 d. ago Artist who worked with Bon Jovi and Deep Purple dies as devastated family pay tribute

Artist and designer Ioannis Vasilopoulos, who worked with a host of music stars, has died, with his family saying in a statement that he 'left us for the great beyond'

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1 week ago Joan Armatrading shouts out Sabrina Carpenter and Shaboozey: ‘Music hasn’t died, it’s just different’

Revered singer-songwriter, whose career spans five decades, is known for championing up-and-coming artists

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1 week ago ‘I thought: this is it. I’m going to die’: Music producer Itay Kashti on his kidnapping ordeal

As his attackers are jailed for eight years, Kashti speaks about resilience, recovery after being targeted in attackAs he lay on the floor of a remote Welsh cottage, having been battered by a gang of masked kidnappers and handcuffed to a radiator pipe, musician and record producer Itay Kashti was heartbroken to imagine he would never see his family again.“I thought: ‘This is it. I’m going to die and this is the end of my story.’ I felt it was the final scene from a movie. I was thinking about my children.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Marty Callner dead: Cher and Stevie Nicks music video director dies at home

Music video director Marty Callner who was famed for working with the likes of Cher, Aerosmith and Stevie Nicks sadly died at home earlier this month, it's been confirmed

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3 w. ago Music legend Larry Tamblyn dies aged 82 as his family pay tribute to the star who found fame in 1960s band The Standells

Music legend Larry Tamblyn has died at the age of 82. 

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3 w. ago Music legend Larry Tamblyn dies aged 82 as famous family pay tribute

The Standells musician and a Hollywood legend's brother Larry Tamblyn has passed away at the age of 82, with the star's famous family confirming his death in a moving Facebook post

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