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The Rolling Stones Shine a Light on 'Exile on Main St.' Reissue
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Michael Ricci
Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and recent producer Don Was discuss the band's 1972 album and the rerelease's previously unheard material.
Keith Richards remembers the period in the early 1970s when the Rolling Stones were working on “Exile on Main St." as a fairly down time. The parts he remembers at all, that is. That's partly due to the fact that the recording sessions took place as the Stones guitarist and songwriter's heroin habit took hold in a big way, a ...
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The Princeton Record Exchange: For Music Lovers, Something for Everyone
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Michael Ricci
By Lauren Zumbach
The Princeton Record Exchange just off of Nassau Street was founded by Barry Weisfeld in 1980. The store sells more than 140,000 LPs, CDs and DVDs. The town of Princeton may be best known as home to the University, but a store just off of Nassau Street has garnered fame of its own. The Princeton Record Exchange, a local icon since Barry Weisfeld founded the shop in 1980, was rated the top record store in the country ...
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For Musicians, Economy is the Mother of Invention
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Michael Ricci
Enterprising music makers are turning to the Internet and micro-financing through donations.
Los Angeles singer and songwriter Sam Phillips turned up recently for a small-scale show at Hollywood's Hotel Caf. Playing for an intimate audience of several dozen, she was testing on a live audience new material she's been working on in her home recording studio. But for a select few regular visitors to her website, the new songs weren't so new they'd been able to hear them weeks or ...
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EMI Back on Terra Firma?
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All About Jazz
Terra Firma appears to have raised the funding it needs to prevent lender Citigroup from foreclosing on embattled music giant EMI Group, according to unconfirmed reports on Tuesday.
The Wall Street Journal is claiming that Terra Firma chairman Guy Hands succeeded in persuading 75% of his fund's backers to inject a further 105 million ($156 million) so that EMI could meet banking covenants agreed to with Citigroup. However, Terra Firma is remaining tight-lipped, with a spokesman reiterating to Daily Variety ...
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Ask the Readers: Choice, a Paradox or Paradise?
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HypeBot
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor-- (@kbylin)
There's an essay I've wanted to write for quite awhile now, tentatively titled: Paradox or Paradise: Music Choice in the Digital Age; it would explore the topic as to whether or not the shift in the music landscape from scarcity to abundance has resulted in a positive or negative experience when fans purchase music.
Todo this, I would compare and contrast two of the leading voices on this issue.
On one hand, there's ...
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Notes from the Net: Miles Davis' Blue Moment; Clark Terry Honored in KC; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* Starting with some Miles Davis news, “We Want Miles," the exhibit about the trumpeter's life and work first staged last year in Paris, has now opened in Montreal. We Want Miles also is the name of a new ...
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The Marriage of Ticketmaster and Live Nation: Say Hello to the $400 Ticket?
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Michael Ricci
Monday was a historic day in the music business. Concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment posted its first quarter results as a newly merged company with ticketing giant Ticketmaster. Much of the post-earnings-call press has focused on the stats. The highlights: Concert attendance for the first quarter was down 3%, and the company's revenue from resale site TicketsNow has fallen sharply.
But listen carefully to the conference call discussion with Live Nation Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Rapino and there are hints ...
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