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SXSW 4 Japan Telethon
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JamBase
MUSICIANS IN AUSTIN BRING ATTENTION TO JAPAN DISASTER A Livestream telethon spearheaded by Hanson and in partnership with SXSW has been organized by some musicians gathered in Austin for the event. The hosted telethon was drawn together in a short 24-hour period through tremendous efforts from all involved, with the aim of offering assistance and support to victims of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake on March 11th, 2011. The earthquake and resulting tsunami has left countless dead and homeless across Japan ...
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John Zorn Presents Three Special Benefit Concerts for Japan
Source:
Warren Allen
In the wake of the disaster that struck the country of Japan and the still unresolved dangers its people now face, composer and saxophonist John Zorn has organized three special benefit concerts in New York City. Shows will be held at Columbia University's Miller Theater, the Abrons Arts Center, and the Japan Society to raise funds to directly benefit earthquake and tsunami victims. Each night will feature performances by some of the most amazing artists working in modern jazz, rock ...
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Jazz Singer Undaunted by House Fire
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Suzanne Cloud
By Suzanne Cloud, Executive Director of Jazz Bridge When Jazz Bridge, a nonprofit public charity that aids Philly area jazz and blues musicians, got the call on January 3rd from Sun Ra trumpeter Michael Ray that a local singer and her two children, Ian and Asia, had totally been burned out of their rented house on New Year's Eve and were living at a Red Cross shelter at 40th and Powelton Avenue, I thought to myself, “If this isn't a ...
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The Decemberists to Congress: Save Our Internet, Save Our Stations...
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Digital Music News
Dear members of the Oregon Congressional delegation: We are writing to you as members of the Decemberists, and also as proud citizens of Oregon. We wanted to inform you, as representatives for our state, about a couple of issues of utmost importance to a segment of your constituency: musicians and other contributors to Oregon's creative economy. In order to continue doing what we do, our community requires access to the internet and a supportive broadcast media. We are concerned with ...
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Listener-sponsored WFMU-FM is having its annual fundraiser
Source:
Doug Schulkind
Now in its sixth decade, non-commercial, listener-sponsored community radio station WFMU is holding its annual on-air fundraiser (through March 13 at midnight, ET). WFMU is a completely independent organization that has no commercially underwritten programming and accepts no corporate or government strings-attached funding. WFMU holds only one on-air fundraiser every year (for two) weeks, when it endeavors to raise the bulk of its operating budget. Jazz is a vital component of WFMU's programming. Rather than isolate the music in a ...
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Horns To Havana Teams-Up With Music For Lifelong Achievement
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Jennifer Kramer
FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 INSTRUMENT COLLECTION FOR STUDENTS IN CUBA Horns to Havana: Bringing Jazz instruments—and the spirit of jazz—to students in Cuba NEW YORK, NY—Horns to Havana a non-profit organization in New York City announced a very special partnership with Music for Lifelong Achievement (MFLA) based at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. Throughout February and March 2011, MFLA will team up with Horns to Havana to collect used musical instruments to be delivered to students in ...
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Net Neutrality Bill Dead After Waxman Fails to Get Gop Support
Source:
PC Magazine
Action on net neutrality legislation in the House has stalled after the chairman of the House Energy & Commerce committee failed to secure the support of the committee's top Republican. “This legislative initiative was predicated on going forward only if we had full bipartisan support in our committee," Chairman Henry Waxman said in a Wednesday statement. “We included the Republican staff in our deliberations and made clear that we were prepared to introduce our compromise legislation if we received the ...
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