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The Best CDs of 2009, pt. 2: the Platinum LPs

All hail Antony & the Johnsons, Brendan Benson, Cheap Trick, Editors, Eels, Franz... more

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Soundboard: Imogen Heap's Ellipse

Spinner.com's Jessica Robertson on why Imogen Heap's new album, Ellipse... more

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Imogen Heap Live in Seattle

We got the exclusive opportunity to meet with British pop star Imogen Heap during her... more

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First Train Home, Gotta Catch, Catch, Catch...

Imogen Heap, Live right now with david latterman man! come on!

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Spinner.com on Imogen Heap's Ellipse

There’s a lot of hype surrounding this album, sort of poised to be bigger... more

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Embedded Outtake: Inside Imogen Heap's Music Box

In this extended outtake, Imogen Heap takes us shopping for rare and unusual... more

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Wait, was that song A Capella? "Earth" by Imogen Heap

Check out Track 3, "Earth" off Imogen Heap's new album, and tell us if... more

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Imogen Heap's New Album, Ellipse: Streaming Now!

Now, after countless plays of I Megaphone (1998 - I'm sure you've heard,... more

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Imogen Heap, 'First Train Home' video premiere

The name Es Devlin is not well-known to music fans, but the British set designer is a... more

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Imogen Heap new video Canvas

The video for 'Ellipse' album track 'Canvas' shot by Tom Kelly.... more

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Listen to Imogen Heap's New Track "First Train Home"

Stereogum has the track "First Train Home" available for first listening... more

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Remixes, Covers and More: Explained (Pt 2)

Remixes Remixes, which have become popular in different contexts, have become popular... more

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China Blocks Access to iTunes Store

China's authorities have blocked access to all eight million or so songs in the iTunes music store, apparently because one album -- Songs for Tibet -- doesn't sit well with them.

Songs on the album include criticism of the same so-called "great firewall of China" that now prevents it from being purchased from iTunes in China.

"We issued a release saying that over 40 (Olympic) athletes downloaded the album in an act of solidarity, and that's what triggered it," Michael Wohl, executive director of the Art of Peace Foundation, which released the compilation, told the Associated Press. "Then everything got blocked."

The screenshot to the right, taken last night in China, shows what users in China see when they try to access the store. An Apple spokesman responded, "We have no comment on the China question."

Although Apple does not operate a localized version of the iTunes music store in China, users with accounts at iTunes stores based in other countries, including the athletes Wohl mentions above, were able to purchase the album in China before the block was put into place. According to the Guardian, the Chinese government employs an estimated 30,000 people to block access to online material it finds objectionable.

Several well-known artists participated in the album (iTunes link), including Alanis Morissette, Garbage, Imogen Heap, Moby, Sting, Suzanne Vega, Underworld and others. It also includes a 15-minute talk by exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama. Funds raised through the album's sale go to supporting "peace initiatives and Tibetan cultural preservation projects important to the Dalai Lama," according to the album's iTunes description.

"It seems like suspending iTunes is punishment for iTunes, but really it doesn't hurt iTunes, it hurts us," said a note on Chinese Apple fan site macfans.com.cn, according to the AP.

China's attempt to block the album (and everything else available in the iTunes store, for that matter) could have the unintended effect of further raising awareness of the album and the issues it champions. China's authorities have blocked access to all eight million or so songs in the... more

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CALL + RESPONSE

CALL+RESPONSE is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals the world’s 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India to reveal that in 2007, Slave Traders made more money than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined.

Luminaries on the issue such as Cornel West, Madeleine Albright, Daryl Hannah, Julia Ormond, Ashley Judd, Nicholas Kristof, and many other prominent political and cultural figures offer first hand account of this 21st century trade. Performances from Grammy-winning and critically acclaimed artists including Moby, Natasha Bedingfield, Cold War Kids, Matisyahu, Imogen Heap, Talib Kweli, Five For Fighting, Switchfoot, members of Nickel Creek and Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Rocco Deluca move this chilling information into inspiration for stopping it.

Music is part of the movement against human slavery. Dr. Cornel West connects the music of the American slave fields to the popular music we listen to today, and offers this connection as a rallying cry for the modern abolitionist movement currently brewing.

There is a sea of change happening in human rights activism. The world’s issues cannot be solved alone by governments and non-profits, but require community-based participation. As a feature film, CALL+RESPONSE has the unique position of being not only a ground-breaking genre-bending film, but due to the fact that this project was funded completely through donations, it operates as a powerful movement with 100% of profits going to fund global field projects on the front lines of this issue.

CALL+RESPONSE is creating interactive field projects for each aspect of human slavery: sex slavery, labor slavery, child soldiers and child slavery. All profits from the use of the film, dvd, soundtrack, itunes downloads will be directed, by the viewers, to these projects with clear start and finish points (ie a landrover for a child soldier rehab camp, sewing machines for a after-care training facility). Our goal is to fund and celebrate completed projects together in community. We are closing the loop by allowing viewers to become participants in the solution.

The Movement

The film is Calling and millions of people across the world are Responding at www.CallandResponse.com. The modern abolitionist movement will be a bottom-up movement where all talents, interests, and skills will be utilized. CallandResponse.com is a ground-breaking robust online interactive platform, which combines the passion of justice and scope of a Presidential Campaign with the swagger of Rock & Roll.

CALL+RESPONSE’s chilling undercover footage, stunning performances and life-changing interviews exposes audiences to the world’s 27 million most terrifying secrets and culminates in a single question: “What Will Your Response Be?”
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Imogen Heap - Just For Now (live at Studio 11 103.1FM)

Mmmmm my favourite lady in the WHOLE world.

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Ask Imogen Heap!

We're out shooting today with Imogen Heap as she begins sharing sneak peeks of... more

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Musicians and music artists on Twitter

Whether you're a die hard Twitterer, or you think it's just "hordes of... more

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MySpace Hack Lets You Download MP3s from Profile Pages

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The Best CDs of 2009, pt. 2: the Platinum LPs

Soundboard: Imogen Heap's Ellipse

Imogen Heap Live in Seattle

First Train Home, Gotta Catch, Catch, Catch...

Spinner.com on Imogen Heap's Ellipse

Embedded Outtake: Inside Imogen Heap's Music Box

Wait, was that song A Capella? "Earth" by Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap's New Album, Ellipse: Streaming Now!

Imogen Heap, 'First Train Home' video premiere

Imogen Heap new video Canvas

Listen to Imogen Heap's New Track "First Train Home"

Remixes, Covers and More: Explained (Pt 2)

China Blocks Access to iTunes Store

CALL + RESPONSE

Imogen Heap - Just For Now (live at Studio 11 103.1FM)

Ask Imogen Heap!

Musicians and music artists on Twitter

MySpace Hack Lets You Download MP3s from Profile Pages

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