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Mo' Blow: Live In Berlin
by Bruce Lindsay
It's over a decade since funk quartet Mo' Blow formed and those ten years have given the band ample time to develop its skills as a tight, dynamic, outfit. Live In Berlin is the band's first live album and its third album on Germany's ACT label. The live situation is where Mo' Blow clearly flourishes, as it revisits its back catalog to deliver a punchy set of tunes. With the exception of Adele's “Rolling In The Deep" the ...
Continue ReadingBrooklyn Funk Essentials Releases Re-Recorded Classic Songs 'Blow Your Brains Out' And 'Brooklyn Recycles' From Pivotal Debut Record 'Cool And Steady And Easy'
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Peter Quinn
Celebrating 30 years to the date since the release of their pivotal debut album Cool And Steady And Easy, cult acid-jazz ensemble Brooklyn Funk Essentials are back today with the release of a new double-single comprised of reimagined versions of two classic songs from the Arthur Baker-produced record: “Blow Your Brains Out" and “Brooklyn Recycles". Listen here via Dorado Records. “This f**ker's nine minutes long?!" “Yeah, just long enough to blow your brains out!" This was the recorded exchange between ...
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Five Reasons Why Major Labels Didn't Actually Blow It With Napster
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HypeBot
Popular opinion tends to suggest that the major labels screwed up when they opted to sue Napster, rather than hammering out a deal with them. Looking at it from the perspective of major labels circa 2000 however, reveals that they may have made the best call possible. Guest Post by Jim McDermott on Trickness For a long time, pundits have been saying that the major music labels blew it by suing Napster instead of doing a deal with them. It's ...
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5 Reasons The Major Labels Didn't Really Blow It With Napster
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HypeBot
Pundits are fond of saying that the major labels blew it by suing Napster instead of doing a deal with them. It's as though they're obligated to repeat it as a mantra; they didn't get it, they were asleep, how could they have missed such a golden opportunity, yadda yadda. Shift through all the reverential twaddle, and you'd think Napster walked into the major labels offering trays of gold and were rebuffed. These pundits weren't there when Napster was going down, ...
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Louis Prima Jr. & The Witnesses To Release Blow On June 10
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Independent Music Media
A different kind of musical dawn is coming with flashes of rowdy big band, simmering soul and swaggering rock 'n' roll as Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses prepare to ignite a new legacy with their second full-length album, Blow out June 10 on Warrior Records/Universal Music Distribution. With Blow, Prima and the Witnesses revive a boogie woogie spirit for the modern generation. “The message is to have a good time and enjoy life," explains Prima. “Get up and move. ...
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Help Us Strike A Blow For Artistic Expression And Recreate Michigan's Economy
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Just Roots PR
The Michigan film industry is a real and viable alternative to the demise of Michigan's industrial base. It is a positive path to recreate Michigan's economy and help redefine who we are as a state. Help us create a film/music festival here in south-central Michigan and help support Michigan's film and music industries. Back Story In 2008 departing Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm left Michigan with one of the country's most generous film incentives. Within three years, Michigan was pushed into ...
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Jazz programming on WGBH-FM being scaled back, a blow to local jazz fans
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Michael Ricci
To the consternation of loyal listeners, WGBH-FM (89.7) is dropping jazz programming on weeknights, moving longtime host Eric Jackson to weekend duties only, and eliminating Steve Schwartz’s Friday show. The changes, some of which take effect July 2, come amid an expansion of National Public Radio programming on WGBH, including additional broadcasts of “Marketplace” and extending “Morning Edition” to four hours per weekday. But what the station is calling “a new focus on jazz” amounts to a serious downscaling of ...
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FCC Net Neutrality Rules Could Deliver Major Blow to Music Tech and New Music Industry
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HypeBot
The digital music industry may be dealt a major blow on December 21st when the FCC is scheduled to unveil proposed net neutrality regulations. Designed ostensibly to keep ISP's from unfairly limiting certain kinds of Internet usage, early indications are that the new rules could also hurt at several sectors critical to the growth of many music tech startups and the new music industry. Wireless internet use will not be covered in the new FCC according to ars and statements ...
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10 Stellar iPad Apps That Will Blow You Away
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All About Jazz
The iPad is less than three months old, and already programmers have whipped up 9,000 apps for the fancy tablet. But, just as with the iPhone, there's a problem: Its hard to navigate the App Store for quality wares because its just too crowded.
Right before the iPad launched and after it came out, we rounded up some apps we found intriguing. After diving into this media-savvy device, we've added a few more apps we consider to be gems, ranging ...
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Box-Office Futures Exchanges Dealt Blow by Senate Panel
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Michael Ricci
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday passed the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act, which includes in it a provision banning futures trading on movie box office.
This is a big blow to Indiana-based Media Derivatives and Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, both of which had been given the green light to create their box-office futures exchanges by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. The major studios are fiercely opposed to futures contracts related to the movie industry, maintaining that the ...
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Hohner Launches "How to Blow the Blues" iPhone Application
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Just Roots PR
Hohner, Inc., announces the release of its first iPhone application for harmonica entitled “How to Blow The Blues."
For a purchase price of $1.99 from the iTunes App Store, iPhone users can learn how to play a 12-bar blues lick on harmonica by following on-screen animation and audio/video demonstrations. Users can then play the newly learned licks and jam along with eight included grooves. They can also 'play' live sampled harmonica notes on a virtual on-screen harmonica, explore the 'Gallery ...
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