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Interview: Anne-Marie Murray

Source: Eric Taylor
February 1, 2013

Q: When did you begin to sing? Was your family musically active? Describe the environment in which you were raised. A: I began to sing in a golden childhood by the ocean in Newfoundland. My parents were singers in the choir and teachers of literature so I heard songs and poetry all the time. My mother's ancestors were the wisest of Waterford and they wrote books and poetry. One of them was made Minister of Education. Sir Thomas was by ...

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Steve Adubato, Jr. Interview With Cephas Bowles

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
January 31, 2013

Cephas Bowles, WBGO Jazz 88.3's President and CEO, is among the first guests to appear on Conversations at NJPAC with Steve Adubato, a dynamic, groundbreaking series of programs taped at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark (NJPAC) and produced by the Caucus Educational Corporation (CEC) whose original program, Caucus: New Jersey, celebrates 25 years of broadcast excellence. Bowles segment is set to air Monday, February 4, at 7:00 pm and 11:30 pm and again on Tuesday, February 5, ...

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Interview: Americana Band Run 8 Rider Drives Through Various Influences On New Record

Source: Eric Taylor
January 28, 2013

When Run 8 Rider aren't busy rebuilding Devo's New Wave one-hit wonder “Whip It" into a Hee Haw hoedown, they are producing some of the most authentic and robust country rock around, which can be heard on their new album, Tenderfoot. For an Americana act, Run 8 Rider are decidedly less rooted in tradition; at the same time, they refuse to adapt to contemporary Nashville cheesiness, too. Q: Have you always been country music fans? What are the group's musical ...

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Interview: Australian Blues Vocalist Dee Lavell

Source: Eric Taylor
January 23, 2013

Q: When did you begin to sing? Who were your musical inspirations? A: It wasn't until I was in my 20s when friends started to tell me that I had a good voice and ought to go and get with a band. I loved soul and funk music, especially the black female singers, so I listened to the greats like Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Luther Vandross, but I also loved the great jazz singers as well - Sarah Vaughan, ...

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Ted Cohen on Music Tech and the Music Industry [interview]

Source: HypeBot
January 19, 2013

By Larry LeBlanc for Celebrity Access. Ted Cohen's nickname should be The Hammer. One of the most popular speakers on the music industry's bustling conference circuit, Cohen—managing partner of TAG Strategic, and one of the pre-eminent experts in digital entertainment—can out talk, outwit, and pummel into the ground anyone dumb enough to oppose or disagree with him. Think of a master chess player fueled up on Red Bull, and triple shots of espresso. His four-decade digital media-fueled career has encompassed ...

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Interview: Marlene VerPlanck

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 11, 2013

Singer Marelen VerPlanck has a new album—Ballads, Mostly. It's a delicious collection of moody songs with an upbeat feel. Seven of the 15 track were arranged by Marlene's late husband, Billy VerPlanck, who died in 2009. Though Marlene spent three decades starting in the '60s recording demos and jingles, she began her professional career in the bands of Charlie Spivak and Tommy Dorsey, and recorded many terrific jazz albums over the years. Marlene also continues to perfom. On Saturday at ...

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Claude Thornhill: 1941-42

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 3, 2013

For me, music doesn't spin in a vacuum. As a historian, once I know the date of a recording, a series of mental overlays drop into place—including the period's socio-political events, technological and economic developments, cultural trends, and the country's overall mood. Processing music this way comes in particularly handy when listening to Claude Thornhill's recordings between 1940 and '53, many of which have been overlooked today or written off by big-band and jazz fans. [Pictured above: Claude Thornhill in ...

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Interview: James "Jimmy G" Gutzman Of High Brow And The Shades

Source: Eric Taylor
December 3, 2012

Q: When and how did High Brow and the Shades form? A: High Brow started the way a lot of bands start — a couple of guys from one band and a couple from another. That was in 1998. The newly-formed band was fortunate in that we had four strong vocalists. We could all sing lead and harmonize, and our vocal strength allowed us to play venues that were normally booking six to 10-piece groups, and we could also play ...

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