Germany invests in music

The German government has approved €8.2 million in new funding for pop, rock and jazz music. The figure – part of the €660m recently earmarked for cultural projects from 2017 – will be divided among Initiative Musik, the Live Musik Kommission (LiveKomm), the German Rock Music Association (Deutsche Rockmusik Stiftung), Musicboard Berlin and showcase festivals Reeperbahn, Pop-Kultur, c/o pop and jazzahead!, all of which will see an increase in funding, with export office Initiative Musik’s budget nearly doubled.

http://www.iq-mag.net/2016/11/8-2m-music-germany/#.WDl5OrKLSM9

RIP Richard Turner

Rising rock and jazz trumpeter Richard Turner, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music who played with Friendly Fires amongst others, has died at the tragically young age of 27 from an aneurysm.