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Performance / Tour

Stix Bones Returns To Host Another Jazz Night At New York’s Legendary Metropolitan Room

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
August 13, 2012

New York, NY: The incomparable Stix Bones will be hosting another Jazz Night at the renowned Metropolitan Room in NYC on Saturday, August 25, 2012, at 9:30 PM. The internationally esteemed Metropolitan Room is one of the most critically acclaimed venues in NYC and home to big name talents as well as rising stars. Jazz Night is a seventy-five minute performance highlighting music from the forefathers of Jazz such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Dizzy Gillespie, and original compositions ...

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Event

Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform At the "Brooklyn Brass Clash" At Brooklyn Bowl

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
July 31, 2012

New York, NY: Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing in support of their hit CD release It’s a Jungle Out There in the second round, “Midway to Mardi Gras,”of Brooklyn Bowl’s “Brooklyn Brass Clash” on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 9:30 PM. At Brooklyn Bowl, along with tunes from their successful CD It’s a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band’s foundation will be provided by Dorian Parreot on Tuba, Washington ...

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Event

Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform Live At D.B.A. New Orleans

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
July 25, 2012

New York, NY: In support of their highly successful CD release, It’s a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing two live sets at D.B.A. in New Orleans on Thursday, August 2, 2012, starting at 10:00 PM. At D.B.A., along with tunes from their popular CD, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band at D.B.A., native New Orleans players that also appear on It’s a Jungle Out There, will feature the foundation ...

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Recording

Guitar Great John Tropea's Complete Catalogue Now Available For Digital Download

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
July 19, 2012

New York, NY: The time has finally arrived when guitar master John Tropea’s complete body of solo artist recordings are available as a digital release on CD Baby, iTunes and other digital platforms. And what a showing this offering is! From his first release, Tropea (1975), to his latest 11th CD release, Take Me Back to the Ol’ School, many of which were co-produced with Will Lee, Tropea’s solo work has defined him as the guitarist’s guitarist, as well as ...

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Recording

Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfege’s "Million Download Campaign" Excedes 50k Dowloads With Innovative Open Source Music Business Model

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
June 23, 2012

New York, NY: Since its inception in January, Ghana-born Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège’s Million Download Campaign (MDC) has generated over 50,000 downloads from more than 50 countries and had blogs translated into ten different languages, using an “open-source” approach to music promotion and distribution. The MDC’s mission is to offer a million free downloads of songs and remixes from Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège’s recently released and highly successful CD, AFropolitan, by Christmas of 2012. In a recent interview ...

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Event

Love Assassin To Perform At The Legendary Apollo Theater

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
June 11, 2012

New York, NY: Love Assassin will be performing live in support of their soon to be released self-titled CD, Love Assassin, as contestants at the renowned Apollo Theater’s Amateur Night in NYC on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. These compelling indie/melodic rockers are truly a breath of fresh air. Love Assassin is a tight and polished unit, yet still retains a high energy and raucous rockin’ attitude and presentation, which is all abundantly demonstrated on their self-titled full-length debut CD release ...

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Performance / Tour

Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfege To Perform At Benefit Concert For The Boston Center For Refugee Health And Human Rights

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
May 24, 2012

New York, NY: Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège are at it again. After recently performing at Club de Madrid’s gala dinner honoring former President Bill Clinton with the Democratic Leadership Award; the competitive selection of their animated short film Love Rain Down (a cut from their latest highly successful CD, AFropolitan) for an April screening at the prestigious Palm Beach International Film Festival; launching a national commercial & public radio broadcast campaign; and reaching nearly 50,000 downloads for their Million ...

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Event

Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform For Crawfish For Cancer’s 4th Annual Crawfish Broil

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
May 18, 2012

New York, NY: Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing live at the Crawfish for Cancer’s 4th Annual Crawfish Broil for the benefit of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) at the 79th St. Boat Basin Café in NYC on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. At the Crawfish Broil benefit, along with tunes from their successful CD It’s a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band’s foundation will ...

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