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By Corina Pons CARACAS (Reuters) – Struggling to contain an economic crisis and an opposition push to remove him, Venezuela's socialist leader Nicolas Maduro has launched a radio show devoted to salsa music in an effort to cheer the nation and boost his faltering image. Maduro, a music aficionado who used to play in a rock band, debuted "Salsa Hour" this month and has broadcast four episodes from a radio booth specially installed in the Miraflores presidential palace, with each episode lasting several hours. "This is a program full of energy and joy," said Maduro, 53, in one show, headphones on as he drummed his fingers and spun classics of the Caribbean rhythm.

Martha Wainwright, “Goodnight City” (PIAS)

Sting, "57th and 9th" (A&M/Interscope)

BEACON, N.Y. (AP) — Organizers say a New York music festival founded by the late folk legend Pete Seeger will resume next year.

Google's music streaming service is getting an update from Monday, November 14, offering users a new "prediction" feature to propose relevant next tracks.

Having launched in the US last month, Amazon's new on-demand streaming music service is now available in the UK from November 14. With a playlist of 40 million songs, playlists and personalized stations, Amazon Music Unlimited is a direct competitor to Spotify and Apple Music. The service has been redesigned to work smoothly with Amazon's voice control app Alexa.

This marks his first solo performance at the AMAs after having performed at the awards show previously with One Direction.

“We had to make some immediate changes and we made a statement,” club owner Joe Shanahan says of the full frisk and more intensive backpack check that goes on at every Metro show now.

The U.S. Justice Department will ask an appeals court to require music licensing company BMI to change how it collects royalties, the department said in a brief court filing on Friday. The crux of the battle is over what kind of licenses Broadcast Music Inc, or BMI, can issue to digital streaming services, radio and television stations, bars and other music users. BMI is fighting the Justice Department in court over the issue while the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP, presses for legislative change.

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Leonard Cohen, rock music's man of letters whose songs fused religious imagery with themes of redemption and sexual desire, earning him critical and popular acclaim, has died at age 82, a statement on his Facebook page said. "It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away," a statement on the Facebook page said. It said a memorial was planned in Los Angeles, where Cohen had lived for many years.

Leonard Cohen, one of his generation's most respected musicians and poets who delved into the spiritual on songs such as "Hallelujah," has died at age 82.