Performance / Tour News

New Marketing Study Shows More Content Could Mean More Fans

Source: HypeBot
June 18, 2011

The results of a HubSpot study offers conclusions that can be as useful to musicians and labels, as they are to the traditional businesses surveyed. The study makes a compelling case that “more is better" when it comes to posting. Those that create more content, generated more traffic in return. A summary of study findings: Companies that blogged 20 or more times in a month saw the most return in traffic and leads Companies with over 400 indexed pages generated ...

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Massjazz: Live Jazz on Saturday, June 18 in Greater Boston and Across Massachusetts

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
June 18, 2011

Looking for great live jazz this weekend? Here is a sampling of jazz throughout Massachusetts on Saturday, June 18, 2011. You can find more jazz details by visiting MassJazz.com. Boston Charles Floyd & Gospel Night at the Pops Boston Pops with Keith Lockhart Boston Symphony Hall 301 Mass Ave., Boston Jack Jones Scullers Jazz Club at Doubletree Suites 400 Solders Field Road, Boston Steve Soares Trio Top of ...

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Head for the Hills: Summer Dates

Source: JamBase
June 18, 2011

SUMMER DATES INCLUDE APPEARANCES AT HIGH SIERRA, TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS, YARMONY GRASS, NEDFEST, AND MORE Head for the Hills, the Colorado based progressive acoustic quartet, has a busy summer ahead. The group will appear at a host of music festivals this summer including: NightGrass at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Crested Butte Music Festival (Bluegrass in Paradise), Yarmony Grass Music Festival (Late Night Set), NedFest, Strings Music Festival, Boats & Bluegrass & more. Members of Head for the Hills ...

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Pianist Beth Levin Performs at Bargemusic in New York on Friday July 22nd, 2011

Source: Two for the Show Media
June 18, 2011

Dreaming: Piano at Bargemusic Programme Works of Rameau, Scarlatti, Andrew Rudin, and Robert Schumann Fairouz, Mohammed: Piano Miniatures, No.7 and 8 (*World Premiere) Programme is subject to change) Pianist Beth Levin performs a varied programme, including a world premiere composition by Mohammed Fairouz, at Bargemusic. Bargemusic presents chamber music in an unlikely and startlingly beautiful venue—a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Both established and emerging musicians perform at Bargemusic on a small stage with the dramatic ...

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The Legend Of Clifford Brown, Delaware's Jazz Great, Lives On

Source: Chris Rich
June 17, 2011

If you're not that familiar with the work of the namesake of the jazz festival starting in downtown Wilmington this weekend, consider this: When Wilmington-born Clifford Brown died at the age of 25, his name was already being used in the same breath as iconic names like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. After all, it was Gillespie himself who pushed a 20-year-old Brown to continue with his gift after an earlier car accident in 1950 that left him ...

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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio featuring Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, 6/22 at Regattabar, 6/30 at Iridium

Source: Scott Foster
June 17, 2011

The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio featuring Bernard “Pretty" Purdie will present two Universal/Decca CD release concerts: June 22, 2011 at Regattabar (Cambridge, MA) and June 30, 2011 at Iridium Jazz Club (New York City.) At Iridium, Chihiro and Purdie will be joined by bassist Ben Williams. Chihiro Yamanaka's latest CD, “Forever Begins" (Universal/Decca), her U.S. major label debut, was released in May, 2011. “Forever Begins" was first released in Japan (on Universal/Verve) in the fall of 2010, where it quickly ascended ...

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Empty Space Orchestra: Midwest Headlining Tour

Source: JamBase
June 17, 2011

EMPTY SPACE ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCE MIDWEST HEADLINING TOUR; TWO DATES SUPPORTING MINUS THE BEAR Empty Space Orchestra hit the road once again, this time supporting Minus The Bear in the Pacific NW. Shortly thereafter, the Bend, OR quintet of impeccable musicians bring their symphonic, melodic sound throughout the Midwest in July. Please see complete dates below. Empty Space Orchestra Tour Dates

06/17 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom * 06/18 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory * 07/07 Denver, CO @ Cervantes' Other ...

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Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials to Perform in Sellersville

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
June 16, 2011

Alligator recording artists Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials will perform at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Thursday, July 14, 2011. They will be playing songs from their most recent CD, Full Tilt. Chicago slide guitar master Lil' Ed Williams and his blistering, road-tested band, The Blues Imperials—guitarist Mike Garrett, bassist James “Pookie" Young and drummer Kelly Littleton—are celebrating an amazing 20 years together. Full Tilt is simply the rawest, truest, most electrifying blues being made today. Amazon selected ...

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