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Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs Signs To ULTRA Records; Releases Video Featuring Dizzee Rascal
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Chris M. Slawecki
Ultra Records is home to some of the biggest names in electronic music, representing Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Benny Benassi, Armin van Buuren and the mighty David Guetta amongst others. Now, the label has signed legendary producer DJ Muggs for his upcoming solo effort, 'Bass For Your Face.' “Snap Ya Neck Back" is the lead single from 'Bass For Your Face' and sees DJ Muggs teaming with platinum UK rapper Dizzee Rascal for a mind-bending dub-hop experience. The pair have unleashed ...
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Jazz at the Bistro: Marlena Shaw Postponed, Russell Malone and Cyrus Chestnut Added
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This just in: Jazz St. Louis has announced that due to “circumstances beyond their control," singer Marlena Shaw's upcoming engagement at Jazz at the Bistro, scheduled for Wednesday, April 11 through Saturday, April 14, has been postponed. JSL director of operations and artistic administration Bob Bennett says they're working with Shaw's representatives to reschedule for next season. Shaw's place on the calendar will be taken by guitarist Russell Malone (pictured) and pianist Cyrus Chestnut's trio. Both have played the Bistro ...
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Santa Cruz Blues: Doobies, Los Lobos, J. Osborne, Jonny Lang
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JamBase
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION KICKS OFF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND The San Cruz Blues Festival 20th anniversary celebration will kick off Memorial Day Weekend on May 26-27 at Aptos Village Park in Aptos, CA. To get the party started, Doobie Brothers and Los Lobos will headline on Saturday, while Jonny Lang and Los Lonely Boys will close out Sunday. See the rest of the lineup below. Tickets are now available for purchase online here, at Moe's Alley (Santa Cruz) and Streetlight Records ...
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Muhal Meets the Warriors Part 2/4
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Ars Nova Workshop
Leading up to the April 28th premiere at Montgomery County Community College of a new piece written by Muhal Richard Abrams for Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, music writer Shaun Brady will be contributing a series of blog posts about the project. This is the second installment of Brady's four-part series. A Conversation With Bobby Zankel and Jason Moran On April 28 at Montgomery County Community College, Bobby Zankel’s big band the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound will ...
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Lawrence Morris Brings a Conduction to New England Conservatory on March 2
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Lawrence “Butch" Morris brings his unique talents as composer, conductor, arranger, and performer to the New England Conservatory on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 general admission and $18 for students, and can be ordered onlline. Morris is recognized internationally as the principal theorist and practitioner in the evolution of Conduction® (a term borrowed from physics), a type of structured free improvisation where Morris directs and conducts an improvising ensemble with a series of hand and ...
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The Great Ticket Scandal Exposes Questionable Practices of Secondary Ticket Sellers
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HypeBot
The debate over secondary ticket sales, scalping and related issues is a hot topic in England thanks the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics in London and an investigative documentary that aired last week titled The Great Ticket Scandal. Aired on England's Channel 4, the documentary featured journalistic investigators that got jobs at secondary ticket sellers Viagogo and Seatwave. Unfortunately The Great Ticket Scandal is not available in the U.S. but you can currently find the show on YouTube by searching for ...
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DJ Lazy Rich Develops Label Engine for Indie Record Label Management
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HypeBot
Lazy Rich, a dj based in Vancouver, BC, is developing Label Engine to serve indie record label management needs via the web. Label Engine grew out of Lazy Rich's experiences with his own label, Big Fish Recordings, and his background as a programmer. Beginning with accounting issues, he's proceeded to add digital music promotion and distribution tools. His ultimate goal is for Label Engine to provide “everything you need to run a record label." Label Engine has been under development ...
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Theo Bleckmann Covers Kate Bush on Hello Earth!
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JamBase
ALBUM RELEASE SHOW AT NYC'S HIGHLINE BALLROOM ON APRIL 7 After tackling American maverick composer Charles Ives and receiving a Grammy nomination for it, vocalist Theo Bleckmann now takes on the mysterious songbook of British pop recluse Kate Bush on Hello Earth! out March 13. This project goes beyond merely re-creating Kate's Bush music, taking it into other realms of sound and interpretation. Bush's œuvre is indeed mysterious and often enigmatic in nature: unusual song forms, oracular lyrics amd unpredictable ...
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