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The Strike released their debut album "Faint of Heart" in June of 2017, which was met with great enthusiasm nationally. The success of the record allowed them to expand their presence into Los Angeles and the greater Mountain West region and has put them on the radar as one of the up and coming bands to watch for.
On August 17th 2018, their song “Human Right” from the album was featured in Netflix’s original movie “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.” In less than one month, the song was streamed over 1 million times on Spotify alone, and well over a million times across all platforms. It was “Shazamed” over 20k times in the month following the release of the movie. Among those who saved Human Right to their library, it is listened to at an average of 10+ times. It was featured on Spotify’s New Alt Playlist (700k+ subscribers), as well as the US Viral Top 50 Chart.
In the summer of 2017, they were selected to play at the 27th annual Qingdao Beer Festival in China where they performed to thousands of festival goers for a month and a half. Their music is now being circulated across Asia.
In early 2018 The Strike was hand selected by Quincy Jones to play a three month residency at Q's Bar and Lounge in Dubai. There they were able to win over fans from all over the globe. They played 60 shows in 82 days while in the UAE.
The Strike is known for their captivating live performances. In an age of musical minimalism, The Strike is reminiscent of rock bands from the 70's and 80's. They feature true showmanship in an age where the art of performance has been forgotten. Chris Crabb's vocal style is akin to rock vocalists such as Lou Gramm, or Steve Perry. The band members are all students at their craft. Those attend Strike shows become instant fans.
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Bassist John Gray And The Jazz Thieves "Brooklyn Elegy" Strike Again With New Video!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
New music video supporting their latest release Brooklyn Elegy. The Jazz Thieves, through personal and evocative lyrics, passionate and soulful improvisation, and thoughtful, wide-ranging originals revitalize jazz by reconnecting it to its roots. Inspired by their heroes Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Bill Withers and Ray Charles, they “steal" the feel, fire and fervor of 70's soul, 50's R&B, church gospel, and Mississippi Delta blues, uniting it with jazz improvisation and imagination. Their music is a modern exploration of the many ...
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Top Musicians Threaten Strike over EMI Sale to UMG
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HypeBot
With all the reporting and coverage of the completed $1.9 billion acquisition of EMI by Universal Music Group, one very important voice has been (unsurprisingly) left out of the conversation entirely: the artists themselves. Some of the world's greatest musicians are now considering withholding any new albums as an act of protest, unhappy they are being treated as “assets" in the forced sale of their label. Leading the revolt is English alternative rock band Blur against the sell-off of Parlophone ...
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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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Another Strike Against 'Copyleft': Senate Judiciary Passes Hard-Hitting S.3804...
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Digital Music News
A very forceful S.3804 is moving right along, thanks to a unanimous approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. In short, the bill—known as the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, or COICA - gives the Department of Justice the ability to shut down infringing sites, among other enforcement powers. It has also been part of a rhetorical battle against the 'copyleft,' and UMGD chief Jim Urie has been rallying industry support around the initiative.
Well, looks like those ...
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Strike Seen as Likely at New York City Opera
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Michael Ricci
Efforts by the New York City Opera to get back on its feet hit a road bump road Friday when a union leader cited what he called the likelihood of a strike by singers, chorus members and production staff members.
The official, Alan Gordon, said he had sent a letter to singers agents accusing City Opera management of trying to void the contract unilaterally to extract concessions. When announcing the companys 2009-10 season, its general manager and artistic director, George ...
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Morse Theatre Operators, Owners Strike Deal to Remain Open
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All About Jazz
The music may keep playing at the Morse Theatre.
An agreement in principle has been struck between the firm that has operated the refurbished Morse since October and the owners of the building.
The two parties fell into a dispute last month over operation of the facility, which opened in October to critical acclaim, after a multimillion-dollar restoration. The theater's operators— Rogers Park Entertainment Ventures Inc.—said last month that the theater might be shuttered.
Instead, 86th Ohio LLC—a corporation based ...
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Update: Screen Actors Guild Delays Strike Vote
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Michael Ricci
The union, which has been rocked by internal dissent, will convene a special meeting of its national board to discuss the matter.
Rocked by growing internal dissent that is splintering Hollywood's largest union, the Screen Actors Guild has postponed plans for a controversial strike authorization vote until after the union's national board meets to discuss the matter. The union's 120,000 members were poised to vote on the planned strike referendum next month, with ballots going out Jan. 2. But in ...
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Screen Actors Guild Postpones Strike Authorization Vote
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Michael Ricci
BREAKING NEWS
The Screen Actors Guild has postponed the strike authorized by the guilds board of directors last month. The mailing of ballots to the members was about to be sent January 2, 2009.
Securing such a vote in the current climate could be difficult for SAG. The referendum would require 75% approval from members who vote in order to pass. Although union members typically grant strike authorizations to leaders in negotiations, that could be a difficult threshold to meet ...
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Jazz! Strike up the Bland
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Michael Ricci
The sax player and the Brazilian chamber group explore the works of Darius Milhaud and Heitor Villa-Lobos in an uneven performance at Royce Hall.
Make a poet a diplomat and good may come of it. France sent the great humanist writer Paul Claudel to Brazil during World War I, and food found its way from South America to France during a period of privation. So too did Brazilian music, once the war was won.
Make a composer a diplomat and ...
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