The C-Nuts

The C-Nuts: Blitzkrieg Bop and Other Jazz Mutations

by Dave Nathan
June 1, 2001

Mapleshade Records created the offshoot Wildchild! Label to record fun stuff from the R&B, soul, rock and country musical genre. Fine. But that's not what's happening with this C-Nuts release - - a play on the name of the popular Squirrel Nut Zippers band? True, one can hear some R&B, especially when Jon Ozment or Derek Wille turns on the organ. But the charts are closer to post bop, with the emphasis on swing. Listen to the aptly named “Sultans ...

Barry Cleveland Assails Wing Nuts With "Warning" Video Starring The Artist General

Source: Barry Cleveland
September 15, 2011

Barry Cleveland's video accompaniment to his avant-metal protest song “Warning," from the critically acclaimed Hologramatron album on MoonJune Records, facilitates a full-frontal assault on the Corporate Media ("Truth is willing but the press is weak"), Big Oil ("Oilygarchs"), the Military Industrial Complex ("Chickenhawk multi-millionaires"), Climate Change deniers ("The North Pole has melted”), and self-righteous hypocrites of all stripes—before soaring into metaphysical exegesis ("That's just how it is, that's how it works: the Universe is HUGE!"). “The Artist General improvised his ...
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The Nuts & Bolts of Touring - Free Video Seminar from Jason Parker

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2010

Fresh on the heals of his highly successful tour with The Jason Parker Quartet, trumpeter Jason Parker gave a free touring seminar on Ustream yesterday. All sorts of wonderful musicians gathered to talk about what worked and what didn't.

With all the negative talk about the industry and the economy, Parker wanted to show that it can be done. He gave the seminar to share what he learned in the hopes that it can help you have a successful tour ...
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Conan's Lone Tweeter Followee: It's Just Nuts!

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2010

CONWAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, she has 20,000 -- as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding.

The unsuspecting rural Michigan woman has one out-of-work late-night talk show host to thank for her newfound online popularity -- Conan O'Brien. O'Brien decided last week to pick Killen as the only person he would follow on Twitter, turning the 19-year-old's life ...
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