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As America’s #1 Gold Record Award winning group of all time, and that’s in every category, KISS can easily be named one of rock’s most influential bands. The Rock N Roll Hall of Famers have released 44 albums and sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. The KISS legacy continues to grow generation after generation, transcending age, race and creed. The unparalleled devotion and loyalty of the KISS Army to the "Hottest Band in the World" is a striking testament to the band's unbreakable bond with its fans.

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Vocalist Karrin Allyson Revisits A Favorite Musical Destination With 'A Kiss For Brazil,' Releasing May 17 On Origin Records

Vocalist Karrin Allyson Revisits A Favorite Musical Destination With 'A Kiss For Brazil,' Releasing May 17 On Origin Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

Vocalist, pianist, and composer Karrin Allyson writes the long-awaited next chapter in her series of love letters to Brazil on the aptly titled A Kiss for Brazil, to be released May 17 by Origin Records. The sequel to 1999’s From Paris to Rio and 2008’s Imagina: Songs of Brasil adds a bold spice to the sauce: Brazilian singer, guitarist, and national treasure Rosa Passos appears on two songs alongside Allyson and all-star accompanists Vitor Gonçalves (piano, Rhodes, accordion), Yotam Silberstein ...

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Names 2014 Inductees: Nirvana, Kiss and More

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Names 2014 Inductees: Nirvana, Kiss and More

Source: HypeBot

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 inductees. They are Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt. The E Street Band will be given the Award for Musical Excellence. Original Beatles manager Brian Epstein and original Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham will each receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers. The 29th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Barclays ...

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MAXJAZZ to Release David Budway's a New Kiss on Tuesday, November 8

MAXJAZZ to Release David Budway's a New Kiss on Tuesday, November 8

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

MAXJAZZ has set Tuesday, November 8 as the offical release date for A New Kiss, pianist David Budway's debut recording for the St. Louis-based independent label. A veteran performer and educator who plays classical and rock as well as jazz, Budway has played and/or recorded with many well-known musicians over the course of his career, including Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Stanley Turrentine, Hubert Laws, Jeff “Tain" Watts, Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, Louie Bellson, Mark Murphy, Marlena Shaw, Ravi Coltrane, Joe ...

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Johnny Richards: Kiss Her Goodbye

Johnny Richards: Kiss Her Goodbye

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

In the summer of 1958, Johnny Richards took his orchestra into a Warner Bros. studio in New York to record the soundtrack for a low-budget film that was being shot in Cuba. The movie was Kiss Her Goodbye, starring Elaine Stritch as a young woman who loses her sanity. Richards asked David Allyn to sing the title theme. More with David in a minute. But when Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba in January 1959, he confiscated the film, which ...

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Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Brothers, 2011)

Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Brothers, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland

Iron & Wine, originally a pseudonym for singer songwriter Sam Beam began as a solo project for guitar and voice and Beam's spectral and haunting songs. Over the years it has grown into a full band, and this years album features a full rock 'n' roll ensemble that help flesh out the music but still never get in the way of the narrative energy of the songs. There is sort of a time warp feeling here, as if one were ...

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"Global Kiss" by Contemporary Guitarist/Vocalist Steve Oliver A Top Favorite on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart

"Global Kiss" by Contemporary Guitarist/Vocalist Steve Oliver A Top Favorite on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart

Source: entertainmentPR

Los Angeles—The timeless compositions and sultry sounds of Contemporary Guitarist/Vocalist Steve Oliver rise to the top once again with his new single release “Global Kiss" as it currently hails the No.1 most added song on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart. Oliver's sparkling guitar signature style commands immediate responsiveness that takes you on a musical journey offering pure mixes of global tone effects that speak volumes to its' well deserved song title. “Global Kiss" delivers that creative, energetic, thick rhythm and ...

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Kiss | 11.22 | Oakland

Kiss | 11.22 | Oakland

Source: JamBase

Words & Images by: Tracy Nunnery

KISS :: 11.22.09 :: Oracle Arena :: Oakland, CA

KISS :: 11.22 :: Oakland, CA If you show anyone in the world a photo of KISS, it's pretty likely that they will tell you right away who it is. That kind of cachet is hard to come by in the fickle world of music. The monster that Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and ...

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Jazz Singer & Songwriter, Juliet Kelly, Puts the Glam Back into Jazz with Licorice Kiss UK Tour

Jazz Singer & Songwriter, Juliet Kelly, Puts the Glam Back into Jazz with Licorice Kiss UK Tour

Source: All About Jazz

“With her honey-tone vocals, insightful, personal lyrics, savvy original songs and intelligent choice of covers, she effortlessly mixes jazz, soul, pop and funk... one of the UK's finest singers in any genre." --TIME OUT Acclaimed jazz singer & songwriter, Juliet Kelly, tours her own brand of “glam jazz" around the UK to promote her new album, Licorice Kiss. Juliet has supported the likes of Take 6 and Georgie Fame and performed with Courtney Pine, Talvin Singh and Carleen Anderson. With ...

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UK Jazz Singer and Songwriter, Juliet Kelly, Offers Sweet Caress with Licorice Kiss

UK Jazz Singer and Songwriter, Juliet Kelly, Offers Sweet Caress with Licorice Kiss

Source: All About Jazz

Sophisticated but never complicated. Intelligent but never intellectual. Juliet's sound perfectly encapsulates the glamour of the jazz divas of a bygone age adding a modern, sassy twist. Her music has been described as a cross between India.Arie and Peggy Lee with a hint of Amy Winehouse. Juliet just likes to describe it as sophisticated music for stylish people… or Glam Jazz!

With two critically acclaimed albums of original material under her belt - Aphrodite's Child (2003) and Delicious Chemistry (2005) ...

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Kiss My Jazz, After the Storm, & Play This Song for Me Now in Print!

Kiss My Jazz, After the Storm, & Play This Song for Me Now in Print!

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz pianist and composer Stuart H. Tresser and the Tresser Printing Office have published three new tunes and they are also posted to the website under the sheet music section for anybody to download FREE as “artist copies". Jazzbone Records is planning to produce these and other tunes on a new CD that is going to feature The Hank Johnson Trio and jazz vocalist (t.b.a.). It has been the mission of Stuart H. Tresser to write and create new tunes ...

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