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Al Bell Receives Grammy Trustees Award

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
December 23, 2010

MEMPHIS MUSIC FOUNDATION AND STAX MUSEUM CONGRATULATE AL BELL ON RECEIVING 2011 GRAMMY TRUSTEES AWARD Award acknowledges Al Bell's lifetime of musical excellence and cultural enrichment MEMPHIS, TN: The Memphis Music Foundation and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located at the original site of Stax Records, proudly congratulate Al Bell on receiving the highest honor the music industry offers, the 2011 Grammy Trustees Award, given by the Board of Trustees of the Recording Academy. Bell now joins the ...

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The Unexpected Grammy Contender

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
December 23, 2010

GRAMMY Nomination Shines Light on an Untold Story: Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon's Soul Call Creates a Community “Totally Lost" in Song

When the GRAMMY nominations were announced earlier this month, a light shined on the untold story of a singer little-known in the music scene. This is the tale of a woman who scoured every corner of the planet in search of soulful music, while climbing the elite ranks of business circles. After years of intense study, she is taking an ...

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End of Year Awards: Best Use of Emerging Technologies, 2010

Source: We All Make Music
December 16, 2010

Technology, media, and music are moving so quickly nowadays that it's hard to tell what to pour your time and energy into.

Apps? Bundled music and merch? Foursquare? HTML5? iPads? How do these things work again? What do they do?

The best part is that in today's world, you have to ask these questions as you're running out the door and jumping off the cliff, not before, and so we hail the following artists for capitalizing on the latest trends ...

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This Year's Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Are:

Source: HypeBot
December 16, 2010

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Jazz Favorites for 2010

Source: Something Else!
December 16, 2010

By Mark Saleski What kind of a year was it for music? It was so good that very often, I had a tough time figuring out what to listen to next. The proper cliché to be applied is “an embarrassment of riches." Not only was it a great year for music, it was a great year for writing about it. I had an epiphany of sorts around the middle of the year and joined forces with Something Else! cohorts Nick ...

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Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2010

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
December 16, 2010

Here are what JAZZzology deems to be the top ten JAZZ albums of 2010!!! 1. Maurice Brown “The Cycle Of Love" (Brown Records 2010) 2. Jason Moran “Ten" (Blue Note; US: 21 Jun 2010; UK: 21 Jun 2010) 3. Marc Ribot “Silent Movies" (Pi; US: 28 Sep 2010; UK: 20 Sep 2010) 4. Matthew Shipp “4D" (Thirsty Ear; US: 26 Jan 2010; UK: 26 Jan 2010) 5. Mike Reed's People, Places And ...

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El Intruso Poll

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
December 15, 2010

The Argentinian jazz website El Intruso asked me to participate in their year end poll. Much like the polls in Downbeat or Jazz Times, the poll was broken down by instrument. Here were my submissions with a few comments: Musician of the year—Mary Halvorson (MH has seemingly been everywhere this year, releasing a great album as a leader, and participating in a number of forward thinking groups.) Newcomer Musician—Darius Jones (He's actually been on the scene for a while, but ...

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The Best of 2010: It's About That Time

Source: Something Else!
December 15, 2010

By Pico Like mistletoe and egg nog, the “Best Of" lists has become a holiday tradition here. 2010 has been a very good year at Something Else, and not just because we got to listen to a lot of swell tuneskis: we added to our ranks someone whose writing we've admired from afar for a long while in Mark Saleski and now we're privileged to see it up close. Hand in hand with his joining the SER Club, we've reached ...

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