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A guide to special features and articles on Rainlore's World of Music.

In order to secure its future as an ongoing project, and indeed resume regular activity such as new reviews, Rainlore's World of Music urgently needs to raise substantial funds through some kind of sponsorship or similar. (Please also see The Future of Rainlore's World of Music on the About page, and the News entry for 2008/11/09.)

It has regrettably become impossible to keep Rainlore's World of Music going on a purely spare-time basis. The amount of work involved is simply too overwhelming. At the rate that for example CDs kept arriving for review and gigs were covered during 2004, there was enough work to keep two people busy on a full-time basis!

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News

2010/03/28

A special television review was in order for BBC2's A Band For Britain, a three part series broadcast on Mondays this month about the Dinnington Colliery Band, a failing brass band brought back from the brink with a little help from the programme and Sue Perkins, its excellent presenter and unstoppable driving force. The British brass band movement, a glorious British tradition and heritage, has sadly fallen upon very hard times and is in grave peril, with many of the remaining bands struggling or failing. Dinnington was one such failing band, and A Band For Britain set out to help its revival and served as a very timely reminder of the tragic state of the brass band in modern Britain. A last minute rallying cry to save our great British brass bands!

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2010/03/14

A new article for anybody with any kind of interest in the accordion and accordion music about London Indie lable and web site ZZ Double Zed Music. The accordion and its wonderful music is all too often overlooked or neglected, and it is hoped that this little article will help in redressing the balance a little perhaps. If you're looking for accordion music albums, ZZ should be your first stop! Likewise, for anything else accordion!

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Articles & Features

Features/Articles added 2010/03/28:

Television Review: A Band For Britain (March 2010, BBC2) (2010/03/23) Three-part series that focused on the plight of the failing Dinnington Colliery Band and, 'under the baton' of Sue Perkins, aided the band's revival.

Features/Articles added 2010/03/14:

Double Zed Music - Everything Accordion! Article exploring what is probably the greatest single accordion music resource on the web, ZZ Music. Everything from accordion albums by a huge variety of artists, accordion sheet music, books and more to accordions of the highest pedigree from Claudio Beltrami.

Features/Articles added 2009/07/26:

Composing and Arranging for the Steel Pan - Part I : Basics / An Overview of the Special Issues in Writing and Arranging for the Steel Pan By Richard A. Sharma

Features/Articles added 2009/04/26:

Things. Places. Years. by Klub Zwei is a documentary film that had its UK premier in 2004. A series of interviews with twelve women, including the Jewish Music Institute's Geraldine Auerbach MBE, give a unique perspective on the emigre condition and Jewish identity, particularly in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

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