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Blues Foundation Nominates Singer-Songwriter Jean Shy for "Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year"

Source: All About Jazz
December 20, 2008

MEMPHIS, TN - The Blues Foundation nominates King Edward Records Artist JEAN SHY for the 2009 Blues Music Awards in the category of “Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year,” with her new CD “The Blues Got Soul.” The Blues Music Awards are recognized as the highest honor given to Blues Artists. This is Jean Shy’s first nomination.

Born in the Blues capitol of the world “Chicago", her vocal Background had its beginning in Gospel Music. Jean is definitely a ...

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Dave Brubeck, 88 Keys, 88 Years, Another Honor

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
December 19, 2008

On Tuesday, Dave Brubeck was inducted into the California Hall of Fame along with eleven others including actors Jane Fonda and Jack Nicholson, fitness maven Jack LaLanne, musician and producer Quincy Jones, chef Alice Waters and -- posthumously -- Theodore Geiss (Dr. Seuss), scientist Linus Pauling, architect Julia Morgan, and Dorothea Lange, the photographer best known for documenting the human toll of the Great Depression. Brubeck turned eighty-eight on December 6. Paul Conley of Capital Public Radio in ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars Receive Two Grammy Nominations

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
December 18, 2008

Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars Receive Two Grammy Nominations For “Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival" MJF Veterans Terence Blanchard And James Moody Nominated For Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Grammys Grammy Nominations Are Historic First For Monterey Jazz Festival Records MJF Commissioned Work, Appearing Nightly At The Black Orchid By Carla Bley Also Nominated For Grammy December 18, 2008; Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that NEA Jazz Master and longtime MJF veteran, saxophonist ...

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Sag Announces and the Real Race Can Now Begin

Source: Michael Ricci
December 18, 2008

With this morning's announcement of the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, the “real" race for Oscar can now begin in earnest. Critics awards are nice and we are getting a steady diet of them every day, but it's the guild awards that tend to be a real barometer of the temperature of the race. This is where peers vote for peers and much of the membership tends to overlap with the academy's. The SAG Awards nominations are a ...

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Chris Brown Billboard Artist of the Year

Source: All About Jazz
December 13, 2008

The accolades keep coming for Chris Brown this time, he's been named Billboard's top artist of 2008. R&B enjoyed solo hits such as With You and Forever.

Chris Brown won three awards at the American Music Awards in November, including artist of the year. “It's bigger than what I can ever imagine. It's unexpected totally, so it's a surprise," Brown said in an interview Thursday. It shouldn't be too much of a surprise for Brown. He not only nabbed ...

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Clint Eastwood Nominated for Golden Globes Best Film Score

Source: Michael Ricci
December 12, 2008

Clint Eastwood is riding high. Giving a first time screen writer a boost, in June green lighting Gran Torino, then beginning shooting in July. The film just released and this morning Eastwood was nominated for Best Song for the film as well as Best Original Score for his motion picture soundtrack the Changeling.

The other nominations:

ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Clint Eastwood, Changeling James Newton Howard, Defiance Hans ...

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Springsteen, Gabriel Snag Golden Globes Noms

Source: Billboard Magazine
December 12, 2008

Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Miley Cyrus and Beyonce Knowles are among the music-related nominees for the 2009 Golden Globe awards. The ceremony will be broadcast live Jan. 11 on NBC. Springsteen was nominated in the best original song category for “The Wrestler" from the feature film of the same name. Knowles got a nod as a co-writer on “Once in a Lifetime" from “Cadillac Records." The song's other writers are Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring and Jody ...

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Berklee Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 29 Grammy Awards

Source: All About Jazz
December 11, 2008

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated 22 Berklee alumni and one faculty member for a total of 29 Grammy Awards. The nominees were recognized for their outstanding contributions across the spectrum of fields, including pop, rock, rap, alternative, jazz, Latin, country, polka, producing, engineering, arranging, and composing. To date, 58 known Berklee alumni have won a total of 168 Grammy Awards. The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2009, and broadcast on ...

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