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Jobim and Regina: The Waters of March
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
While two days of March remain, it would be a good idea to revisit an Antonio Carlos Jobim classic. It is, of course, “Águas de Marco.” March is the rainiest time of year in Rio de Janeiro. Jobim fashioned the progress of the music and the Portuguese lyric to suggest the storm waters’ relentless flow toward the sea. The words, in Portuguese and in his English version, constitute a paen to “the promise of life.” A 2001 poll of Brazilian ...
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Echo Nest CEO Lucchese on the Future of Data Driven Music Discovery [video]
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HypeBot
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of the Original Flecktones
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, let's take a look at some recent videos featuring Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, who will be back in St. Louis next week to perform Thursday, March 29 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Although they've played in St. Louis numerous times in the past, this is the first appearance here for the Flecktones since their original lineup reconvened in 2009 with keyboard and harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold. (Saxophonist ...
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Creative Copyright Math and the $8 Billion iPod [video]
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HypeBot
"[The first MP3 player] was a big Christmas hit, because what little hoodlum wouldn't want a million and a half bucks-worth of stolen goods in his pocket?" The RIAA, IFPI, major labels and many others have always thrown around astronomical numbers “proving" the damage that filesharing and unauthorized copying has had on the music, film and other content creation industries. There's no question that its had an affect, but how big is it really? In this TED video, a very ...
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Grammy Nominated Soul Jazz Vocal Sensation Gregory Porter Releases First Video From His Critically Acclaimed New CD, "Be Good"
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GoMedia PR
Whimsical Treatment of CD's Title Track, “Be Good (Lion's Song)" Directed by Award Winning Filmmaker Pierre Bennu, with Cinematography by Shawn Peters and Special Set Work by Visual Artist Dirk Joseph Riding high on the out of the box success of soul/jazz vocalist Gregory Porter's sophomore release, Be Good, Motema Music has just released a video of the CD's title track, “Be Good (Lion's Song.)" The video, which was directed by Pierre Bennu of ExitTheApple Productions, features cinematography by Shawn ...
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Interview: Rodney Crowell on His Life as a Musician and Changes in the Industry [video]
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Nostalgic Look at the Rock & Roll Teen Scene of the 1960s in "Teen A Go Go"
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Chris M. Slawecki
The 1960s undoubtedly ushered in the birth of 'Rock-N-Roll' in America, largely in part to the influence of The Beatles.The British invasion took over the United States like a wildfire after The Beatles premiered on The Ed Sullivan Show. The next morning, garage bands across the country woke up with “Beatle fever" and began growing long hair. From that moment on America's youth had a new obsession for this groovy music and thus the “teen scene" was born. This phenomenon ...
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