In recent weeks, the TV viewing public have become transfixed by the ‘battle’ between Simon Cowell-helmed ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ on ITV1 (now in its sixth year), and sparkling new format ‘The Voice UK’ on BBC1. Each week, the national press have managed to create an endless stream of stories about […]

Ask the majority of people and you’ll hear them reply that music is an important part in their life and it normally will be true. However, has the importance been molded over the past two decades into something different from what it was in the 19th and early 20th centuries? […]