Interesting 2009 beginnings!

[pecanpraline]

I enjoyed all the posts I found online from Nicola dated July, 2009. July 2, 2009, Nicola announces she is starting a new classical crossover project.
July 15, 2009, the website is: classicalcrossover.wordpress.com. It is going to have a new location at www.classical-crossover.co.uk. July 30, 2009, Classical-Crossover.co.uk is now open! All content has been moved to its proper home which will open this Friday, 7th August, 2009.

One thing that was mentioned was an exclusive Classical Crossover Radio Station over at last fm. Non-stop Classical-Crossover music!

I love the history. It's unfortunate the radio station couldn't have become a reality. Can you actually imagine a radio station that only plays classical crossover? You would think you had died and gone to heaven!

It's quite amazing to see what Nicola and Adam have accomplished.

[max1]

Here is a radio station that plays mostly great CC music. It is named Jackie Evancho Radio, but after opening with a Jackie song, many great CC artists follow.

Also, an occasional great Country & Western will be played. Enjoy!

www.last.fm/listen/artist/Jackie%2BEvancho/similarartists

[Gary S]

Did you mean this one?

www.last.fm/listen/group/Classical%2520Crossover

Available from Nicola's Classical Crossover Group:

www.last.fm/group/Classical+Crossover

[nicola]

Yes, the radio does exist. It's on last.fm (where Gary links). It's always been on the front page under the Last.fm button. We have no control over it and sometimes strays from CC so we don't advertise it too widely, but it still plays mostly CC music. I just turned it on and the first artist it played to me was All Angels and then Katherine Jenkins...

[nicola]

I just tested it. It played All Angels, Katherine Jenkins, Gregorian, Vanessa-Mae, Mario Frangoulis, Charlotte Church... then it fell off the wagon a bit by playing 'Hedwig's Theme' from Harry Potter. Some people do consider film scores as crossover but not me... But then it's gone back to Hayley Westenra... XD

[vhazza]

Correct me if I'm wrong (seeing as I've never actually used the radio much on last.fm) but does it not pick out artists based on what members of the group are listening plus their similar artists? If so, occasionally it is going to fall off the rails slightly

Huggles
Vhari x

[Gary S]

I believe it mainly uses the tags allocated by the users. It looks at the tags you as a member use most frequently and finds music with the same tags from other users. As Nicola has said, not everybody has a similar opinion of what is or what is not Crossover.

[max1]

Irregardless, I've never heard hard rock on it, so it's a winner imho.

[dfwtexan42]

Sounds good, since I like both CC and movie soundtracks.