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April 25 The Indie Collaborative's Earth Day Celebration At Carnegie Hall

Source: Anne Leighton
April 19, 2022

“Celebrating Earth in Song” at Carnegie Hall with The Indie Collaborative, April 25 Inspiring Cast of Musical Performers with a Story of Purpose Come and see more than 20 award-winning IC artists perform Celebrating Earth Day in Song, which features a unique blend of the musical genres (rock, classical, jazz, Americana, theatrical) at this legendary venue. The storyline of this three-act/two-part (with one intermission) presentation begins with the possibilities and newness of “The Beginning” and continues with the “Reality” ...

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Performance / Tour

It's Time To Celebrate! The Indie Collaborative Presents All Faiths Show at Lincoln Center on December 8

Source: Anne Leighton
December 6, 2021

On December 8th, the jazz community will be a significant part of an all-ages interfaith musical salute to Diwali, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Years! Known as The Indie Collaborative, this multi award-winning group of Independent Artists, representing a “smorgasbord” of musical genres (roots, classical, hip-hop, jazz, gospel, R&B, children’s, spoken word, musical theater, and “everything in-between”) join together for an Interfaith Holiday Concert in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. This 90-minute, high energy, family-fun concert will combine ...

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Recording

Vinyl Alert! Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius Offer Pre-Order Special For Guilty Of Innocence LP

Source: Anne Leighton
September 25, 2018

Melodic Revolution Records is pleased to announce that Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius will release the LP of their highly acclaimed fifth album Guilty of Innocence a year after the official CD release via Melodic Revolution Records. The 10-track vinyl LP will include a download card of the album. Also for sale are the already-released CD and Digital album. As with the previous CD & Digital version Guilty of Innocence features special appearances by Alex Skolnick (Testament), Rave Tesar (Renaissance) and ...

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Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius Sign To Melodic Revolution Records

Source: Anne Leighton
July 4, 2017

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius will release their fifth CD Guilty of Innocence through Melodic Revolution Records early Fall 2017. The new 10-track album will be available worldwide in both Physical and Digital formats. Guilty of Innocence features special appearances by Alex Skolnick (Testament), Rave Tesar (Renaissance) and Randy McStine (The Fringe). Guilty of Innocence highlights include a reimagined cover of Muse’s “Hysteria,” a 12-minute prog epic titled “Soul Food” which features many of the guests mentioned above, plus “Dream Diary ...

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Event

Allan Holdsworth's Re-Issues Release Party April 4 In Venice, CA

Source: Anne Leighton
March 15, 2017

Manifesto Records is presenting a special record release party for Allan Holdsworth on Tuesday, April 4, at 8:30 PM, at the Del Monte Speakeasy in the Townhouse Venice. Townhouse Venice is at 52 Windward Ave., in Venice Opening is Cameron Morgan This is a 21 and over show Admission is $20 310-392-4040 Allan Holdsworth has two reissue packages coming out on April 7. There is his 12 CD Box Set, The Man ...

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Gary Lucas & Jann Klose Release "Stereopticon" Online

Source: Anne Leighton
January 10, 2016

Guitarist Gary Lucas and singer Jann Klose’s new album, Stereopticon is now out on Cosmic Trigger Records/The Orchard. This is a songwriter’s album, probably most at home with fans of AAA, indie, acoustic folk-pop/“urban Americana” music. Also active songwriters, Gary and Jann collaborated on songs over the past three years. Their friend Dan Beck, who has written with Dion DiMucci, the Iron City Houserockers, Felix Cavaliere, joined them as lyricist on 6 songs. In September 2014 and June 2015, Jann ...

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Performance / Tour

Grand Funk Railroad & Petey Hop To Perform At The Ridgefield Playhouse On June 29 At 8 Pm

Source: Anne Leighton
June 21, 2014

Come hear Grand Funk Railroad To Perform at the Ridgefield Playhouse on June 29 at 8 PM The Ridgefield Playhouse is at 80 East Ridge Avenue, in Ridgefield, CT. Tickets are $80. Opening for Grand Funk Railroad is Petey Hop, a future classic rocker who has played over 3500 shows in the past 15 years and has the album, STEPPING STONE on sale on iTunes. His website is peteyhop.com Formed in 1969, Grand Funk was born out of the ashes ...

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Jann Klose Releases New Album, Mosaic On iTunes, June 25

Source: Anne Leighton
June 25, 2013

Singer Songwriter Praised and Pranked from TIME'S Joel Stein, WFUV's Vin Scelsa and Boston Music Critic Jim Sullivan On the eve of the release of Jann Klose's album, MOSAIC on iTunes and Amazon (June 25), people are coming out of the woodwork with truly unique support for this multi-cultural singer-songwriter and his music. In his June 24th column, TIME MAGAZINE's Joel Stein writes of his paying intern for Joel's Charitybuzz auction (Eric Poses, Inventor of Loaded Questions) pretending to be ...

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