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Martin Sexton to Release "Fall Like Rain" in January 2012

Source: conqueroo
November 18, 2011

Singer-songwriter headlines U.S. tour Jan.-Feb. 2012, following December Northeast dates LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Fall Like Rain, Martin Sexton's brand-new EP, finds this artist again asking relevant questions and challenging the status quo. Entertaining us all the while, he continues to call for unity in “One Voice Together" and adds: “In a world of warfare, peace is bad for business . . ." A timely cover of Buffalo Springfield's “For What It's Worth" reminds us it's time to “stop, hey, what's that ...

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Linn Records offers Studio Master collections in ALAC

Source: C Jefferies
November 18, 2011

Back by popular demand Linn's brilliant value, no-hassle, highest quality Digital Music Collections make a welcome return for a limited time only. And, for the first time, our premium Digital Music Collections are all available in Apple Lossless as well as FLAC. Each collection is expertly put together, with all artwork included and embedded, ready for you to enjoy. And as if having the best ever digital music isn't enough, we also include the CD Quality and MP3 versions of ...

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The Complete Digital Jimi Hendrix Experience Now on the iPhone and Ipad

Source: Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy
November 18, 2011

The Free Jimi Hendrix App Brings a New Level of Interaction to Music Fans through a Digitally Immersive Artist Experience New York, NY and Denver, CO: Sony Music Entertainment and Experience Hendrix LLC today announced its Jimi Hendrix—The Complete Experience App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the App Store. The app, developed by Universal Mind, comes just in time to commemorate the iconic artist's birthday on November 27th. With Jimi Hendrix—The Complete Experience, music lovers ...

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Neil Young - Live At Massey Hall 1971 (2007)

Source: Something Else!
November 18, 2011

There's just something about Neil Young. His present-day persona along with his musical past form a sort of rolling time capsule in my head. Very strange, much like the man himself. This particular album, recorded 1971 at Toronto's Massey Hall, showcases Young and his songwriting at an early career peak. Played on acoustic guitar and sometimes piano, Young definitely had that audience in full control. Many of the songs, new at the time, went on to become part of his ...

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Seattle's Lost Funk Scene

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 18, 2011

Seattle has always been a cultural cul-de-sac. Geographically, the city sits on the edge of a state in the country's far Northwest reaches. Zoom in on the city and you'll notice that Seattle rests on an isthmus, with large bodies of water on either side. And if you happened to be a black resident between 1937 and the 1970s, you likely lived in the Central District (or “CD"), thanks to unwritten real estate rules that kept blacks from living anywhere ...

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Sony Music Presents The Complete Albums Collections By the Greatest Names In Jazz

Source: Miles High Productions
November 18, 2011

Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, The Original Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Return To Forever, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Nina Simone, Grover Washington Jr., and Weather Report Call it the Ultimate Jazz Festival, as Sony Music's PopMarket.com website presents Complete Album Collections on Columbia Records and RCA Records (spanning the 1950s to the '00s) by the greatest names in modern jazz—the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, ...

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Two new albums from Burkhard Mahler

Source: Burkhard Mahler
November 18, 2011

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Billy Vera celebrates Black songwriters with big band jazz album

Source: Tamela D'Amico
November 18, 2011

"Play that again! That's one of the most brilliant performances I've ever heard. Who the hell is this kid?" said Mr. Sinatra to a lady friend upon seeing a video of Billy Vera singing his #1 smash, “At This Moment." And every time he visited the lady, he made her play it again. Admired by his peers, loved by his fans, respected by the cognoscenti, and honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, why Billy Vera isn't a ...

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