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Blues Blast Music Awards Announces Partial Entertainment Lineup
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Just Roots PR
The 2nd Annual Blues Blast Music Awards take place on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago.
Blues Blast Magazine has listed a partial lineup of nominees who will perform at the event These include Kenny Neal, Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, Shirley Johnson, Albert Castiglia, John Primer, Chris James & Patrick Rynn w/ Bob Corritore, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Robin Rogers, The Insomniacs, Dave Herrero, Guy King, and Dave Gross. More to be announced soon! ...
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Derek Trucks Jams w/ Already Free Contest Winner
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JamBase
Derek Trucks Band “Get Out Of My Life Woman" Featuring Mike Gannon, Indaba Music Contest Winner
In February of 2009, Indaba Music partnered with the Derek Trucks Band and their label, Sony Music, on a unique program that invited musicians from all over the world to collaborate with the band on their (then) new single “Get What You Deserve" from Already Free. The song's instrument stems were posted for fans to remix and re-imagine on IndabaMusic.com, an online ...
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Emmy Nomination in Hand, Don Wolff's I Love Jazz is Ready for a Second Season on HEC-TV
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
An episode of the HEC-TV series I Love Jazz, hosted by longtime St. Louis DJ and jazz advocate Don Wolff, has been nominated for a local Emmy Award in the category of “Special Event Coverage (other than news or sports ) Live or Edited" by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.The nominated episode, “I Love Jazz Live," was a combined production of I Love Jazz and HEC-TV LIVE and originally was cablecast ...
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Berklee Honoring Brubeck at Monterey
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
On September 20, jazz great Dave Brubeck will have something in common with Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Loretta Lynn and Gloria and Emilio Estefan - an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee for their contributions to music and humanity.The Boston-based Berklee College of Music will present the pianist and composer with an honorary doctorate just before his performance that evening at the 52nd annual Monterey Jazz Festival.“It feels fitting to make this presentation to Dave for his ...
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U.S. Army Field Band Soldier-Musician Wins State Award for Musical Composition
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Michael Ricci
By Heather Santos Fort George G. Meade, Md.--Master Sgt. Jeffrey Thomas Lopez, bass player for the Jazz Ambassadors - America's Big Band, won a 2009 Individual Artist Award in Music Composition from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) for his original Latin-Jazz scores, “Gibraltar," “Blue Waves," “Las Mujeres," “Chile Sauce," as well as his original composition “Soldier of The Euphrates," a military march that pays tribute to the Soldiers serving in Iraq. Inspired by his experiences with The US Army ...
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Dave Brubeck to Receive Berklee Honorary Doctorate
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Michael Ricci
NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck, designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress, will be presented with an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music at the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival, held on September 18 - 20, 2009. The presentation will be made on the Jimmy Lyons Stage in the Arena on Sunday, September 20, at approximately 8:00 p.m., just prior to the Dave Brubeck s Quartet s set - celebrating the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking album Time ...
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Steve Martin's 'Crow' Wins Kudos
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Michael Ricci
He's won an Emmy and a Grammy, and now Steve Martin is nominated for the International Bluegrass Music Assn. Awards.
The writer-comedian picked up six nominations Thursday in connection with his first music record, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo.
Martin was nominated as best banjo player and the album, which is No. 1 on Billboard's bluegrass chart, was nominated as best instrumental recorded performance of the year.
The Dan Tyminski Band led all nominees with nine. Tyminski, ...
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Grady Nichols,Zac Maloy and David John Receive Grassroots Nomination
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PCS Management
Grady Nichols, Zac Maloy and David John received a nomination from the grassroots music organization Just Plain Folks for their song, “Bellisimo."
Recorded by Nichols for his Take Me With You project, “Bellissimo" was nominated in the Smooth Jazz Song category. The 2009 Just Plain Folks Awards is billed as the Worlds Largest Music Awards. They received a record setting 42,000 albums and over a half million songs from 163 countries around the world for consideration. As their staff and ...
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