They are due to mark their 20th anniversary in 2012, having begun life as a 10-week community music workshop in Pontypridd.
The artist will perform at the Terrace Bar of the House of Commons next month in support of an initiative which aims to raise awareness of community music.
This community of music enthusiasts and tastemakers is highly engaged and attracts significant interest from brand advertisers.
Still, as Firefly is showing with its BigNote site built around a thriving community of music fans, good online music stores have the potential to outdo their physical competitors just as Amazon bests its book-trade rivals.
Separate from discussion on the cause of death, the musician's passing reverberated throughout the music community.
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His view of discourteous mobile users is widely-shared within the classical music community.
At the same time, the music community is just now beginning to gain its footing in this new digital world.
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It's hard to deny the influence of Toronto's expansive independent music community.
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Yet the festival's positive impact also ripples through the music community.
But it had picked up steam on social-news site Reddit and it didn't take long for members of the site's popular music community to figure it out.
They have also touched a cord with the local community and their music have been used as soundtracks to a handful of independent films, including cult Cornish surf movie The September Project.
"It was rooted out of frustration not only with MP3.com, Lycos and Scour.net, but also (the desire) to create a music community, " is how he explains his interest in writing the code which led to the creation of Napster.
And while the Connect's implementation may fall short of the strong computer or community-generated music exploration features offered by Pandora, Goombah, iJiggy, La La, Last.fm, Amazon or others, it makes for an enjoyable self-led path to discovering new music.
It's run like a throwback, too, with a strong focus on new music and community service.
The day's programme will include live music, community showcases, cultural crafts and a traditional African libation ceremony.
The music and culture community are particularly badly affected, as many musicians and artists lived in the poorer, worst-hit neighbourhoods.
As well as enjoying the music acts playing over the two days, festival goers will be able to take part in activities at the specially created Community Village which will host music workshops and locally sourced festival food and trade stalls.
We saw a need to develop a community for artists to get their music out to the masses.
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So Karp, the 81-year-old, teaches music and entertains the community at the piano.
As a church, it became a cornerstone of Chicago's black community and the place where gospel music became an institution.
In between songs, Richey speaks with Melissa Block about life on tour, her late start in music and the "community" of a sad song.
Janet Townsend, from Port Isaac, for services to music and the Port Isaac community.
On Saturday, the local community is holding a "High Water Music Festival" to benefit the people of Tunica Cutoff.
For 200 years, this community has been identified with the rhythmic music of dances and percussion performed during carnival.
There, on Monday, that community center, which educates children in music, dance, theater and the visual arts, will add "Herb Alpert Center" to its name.
Rock stars such as Robert Plant and Peter Gabriel are backing a community buyout scheme by patrons of a music venue in Bath which is facing closure.
Part of the Desi Hits strategy is to educate artists and heads of labels on desi music and culture and the potential market that community offers.
After Merle Watson was killed in a tractor accident in 1985, Mr. Watson hosted Merlefest, an annual roots music festival at North Carolina's Wilkes Community College that attracts top country talent.
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