Event News

All About Jazz's Chris May to speak at Fela Kuti events across UK

Source: Chris May
October 19, 2010

AAJ senior editor Chris May will give the first in a series of talks about Nigerian Afrobeat originator Fela Anikulapo Kuti at the British Library, London on Saturday 23 October, as part of the Nigeria 50+ festival. The event is the first of several to be held in British cities this fall. May, the author of AAJ's Afrobeat Diaries column and a friend of Kuti's since the 1970s, will be speaking alongside Rikki Stein, Kuti's longtime manager, Gilles Peterson, the ...

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CMJ Marathon 2010 Preview: What Labels Really Do

Source: We All Make Music
October 16, 2010

There are a lot of misconceptions floating around these days about the future of record labels. You've got people like Erin McKeown suggesting that rising artists don't need labels at all, saying you can promote yourself just fine. You've got people who say that everybody will be enslaved in a 360 deal one day, that labels are little more than a credibility stamp, that they will eventually be folded into publishers or the marketing departments of gigantic corporations. All of ...

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Kinky Friedman Plans a Monstrous Halloween

Source: conqueroo
October 18, 2010

Kinky Friedman To Host Gala First Annual Monsters Ball of Salado With Pauline Reese SALADO, Texas —Yes, something wickedly fun and funny is coming to the Salado Springs Music Hall in downtown Salado, Texas on Friday, October 29. It's the First Annual Monsters Ball of Salado, and none other than Kinky Friedman, Texas' best-known author, songster, humorist and wicked political gadfly, will host. Joining Kinky on stage will be Texas Music Awards' Entertainer of the Year, Pauline Reese. Festivities, including ...

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Music 4.5 Conference Confirms Panels and Speakers

Source: HypeBot
October 13, 2010

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New Orleans Feast and Jazz Jam in Chestnut Hill (PA) on October 17th

Source: Michael Ricci
October 15, 2010

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CMJ Marathon 2010 Preview: Radio, and You

Source: We All Make Music
October 15, 2010

As you might have heard, the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon starts next week, and our coverage begins with new information on an old medium: radio. On Thursday morning, the hosts of WRXP's morning show, Matt Pinfield and Leslie Fram, who is also WRXP's Program Director, will lead a discussion entitled “The Truth and the Crossing Lines of A&R and Radio." Though it lacks the buzz and brand spanking newness of subscription services or cloud-based access, radio remains a vital medium ...

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Six Concert Extravaganza presented by the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival

Source: Lisa
October 15, 2010

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2010, 7:30PM National Arts Centre Fourth Stage, Ottawa Ontario Tickets (HST included): General admission: $15

Ottawa Jazz Festival office: 294 Albert, Suite 602, 613-241-2633; Fourth Stage concert series is not available through the Jazz Festival website, only by phone Ottawa Festivals office (47 William Street, Ottawa) Single tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster Featuring: Megan Jerome Duo “Megan Jerome appears particularly delicate, sitting at a small keyboard ...

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Kansas City Metro City Starts Concert Series

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
October 15, 2010

Jazz at the Hollywood Theater is a concert series that was developed to present performances in the community by world class talent that is based in the Kansas City metro area. These concerts are recorded for broadcast by Kansas Public Radio. JAZZ AT THE HOLLYWOOD THEATER The first event will be held on Nov. 13 at 8 p.m., features the Sons of Brasil and the Roger Wilder Quartet and proceeds will go to benefit the City Parks and Recreation Department. ...

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