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Vena
After studying, teaching, and freelancing in the greater-Philadelphia region for 10 years, Vena set off to travel the world with her violin. Her travels have almost always intersected with her passion for music performance, bringing her to Italy, Ireland, the Middle East, Nepal, India, China, and Japan, where she currently resides.
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Nu Jazz Entertainment Announces the First Digital Music Panel to Deal With Catalog and Deep Catalog Rejuvenation at the Digital Music Forum East In NYC
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Nu Jazz Entertainment
New York, NY: Nu Jazz Entertainment has just announced that founder & CEO Jerald Miller will be leading and moderating a digital media panel entitled: Developing Non-Popular Music & Catalog Content For The 21st Century on February 23, 2012 for the Digital Music Forum East to be held in New York City at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, as part of the two day Social Music Summit at the Digital Music Forum East. The panel, the first of its kind ...
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Pianist/bassist Ron Paley rejuvenates Big Band music on thrillingly eclectic new album
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Lauren Rogers
The Ron Paley Big Band is so big that not one musical style can contain them. On their latest album Bring 'Em Back!, the group accomplishes the nearly impossible task of marrying the Big Band sound with the unexpected. Considering that one of the record's most startling tracks, “Hot Rock Big Band," manages to stitch together elements of hip hop, jazz fusion, and progressive rock in a Big Band context, that might be putting it mildly. The album title certainly ...
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Maya Beiser - Provenance
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski It's amazing to look back at the Golden Age of Spain (9th to 15th century) with modern eyes. In this era, the idea of multiculturalism has become loaded with political import (both good and bad), making it tough to accept the idea of so many diverse cultures working together as anything more than an aberration. On Provenance, cellist Maya Beiser's goal was to work with the spirit of that age, bringing it into the 21st century. It ...
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Rejuvenated Jakob Dylan
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Michael Ricci
Jakob Dylan called in some impressive collaborators to help with his new “Women and Country" album that's coming out next month.
At the top of the list being producer extraordinaire T Bone Burnett and singer-songwriter Neko Case, the latter of whom serves as his vocal foil on several of the songs.
But it's entirely possible the whole project never would have existed if not for Glen Campbell. The Campbell connection came up earlier this year when Dylan went to visit ...
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"It's Christmas Time in the City" Helps Benefit Covenant House
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Michael Ricci
NEW YORK, NY - Blue Planet Records announced today that proceeds from jazz singer/songwriter Michael Tinholme's It's Christmas Time in the City will benefit Covenant House, the largest nonprofit agency in the Americas helping homeless, trafficked and sexually exploited kids. “I remember more than one Christmas I spent on the streets as a teenager," says Tinholme. “Thankfully there were people who came into my life to help when I needed it most. Covenant House has always been a place where ...
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British Regulators Put Roadblock on Ticketmaster-LiveNation Merger
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Michael Ricci
Sorry old chum. Ticketmaster and Live Nation may have to divest assets in the United Kingdom in order to go ahead with their proposed merger, British regulators said today.
The country's Competition Commission, which investigates mergers for the British government, issued a provisional ruling that the merger of ticketing giant Ticketmaster and concert production company Live Nation could “severely inhibit" German ticketing company CTS Eventim AG. CTS signed a deal before the proposed merger was announced in February ...
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Journey Rejuvenated
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All About Jazz
By: Dennis Cook
Journey Journey makes great rock 'n' roll, and they've been doing it since 1973. There's a contingency that snickers and belittles enthusiasm for this band that's become a punchline in Will Ferrell movies. But, in order for that punchline to work one should be aware of the worldwide cultural presence these guys have achieved. There's not many spots on the planet where their songs aren't sung and celebrated. From Tokyo to Timbuktu to Tulsa, Journey is a ...
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Jazz Festival Has Helped Rejuvenate West Oak Lane
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All About Jazz
THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS in Jack Kitchen's office tell the tale: One is a black-and-white aerial shot of the Ogontz Plaza shopping center circa 1983, dilapidated, almost entirely deserted and covered in graffiti. The second is a full-color shot of the same block from the main stage of the 2006 West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival, the clean, thriving storefronts serving as a backdrop for a crowd of more than 100,000 people - despite a weekend-long downpour. “You never want ...
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