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Academy of Country Music Awards
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All About Jazz
Sunday, Reba McEntire hosts the Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8 ET/PT).
Performers include Carrie Underwood and Lady Antebellum.
45th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES
Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Brad Paisley George Strait Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Keith Urban Zac Brown Band
Top Male Vocalist of the Year Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley ...
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Notes from the Net: Russell Gunn's Latest CD; Awards for Clark Terry and David Sanborn; 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, as we usually do, with the most famous jazz musician ever to come from the St. Louis area, Miles Davis Online has news of a jazz festival named after Davis that takes place this week at the ...
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Thursday: Zubatto Syndicate Plans to Jazz up Seattle's Crocodile Nightclub
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Michael Ricci
There are no chairs to sit in when you listen to music at the Crocodile. An open floor has always worked best for the kind of music and audiences the famous rock club is known for. Since opening in 1991 the Belltown club closed late in 2007 and reopened under new owners in early 2009 the Crocodile, an integral part of Seattle's music history, has hosted the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Cheap Trick, R.E.M., Mudhoney, Yoko Ono and, last ...
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Bandsintown Partners with Emi, Shazam and Reverbnation
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HypeBot
Ticket aggregator and event notification platform Bandsintown has added music discovery app Shazam, EMI and ReverbNation to its partner network. The company has also added former Warner Music Group EVP and former Ticketmaster UK Director, Paul Vidich to its board of advisers.
Bandsintown gathers info from more than 100 different ticketing companies in 160 countries, and currently lists more than 150,000 events. With the deal, the company now exposes its concert data to more than 50 million monthly. ...
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Rounder Records Sold to Concord Music Group
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HypeBot
The Concord Music Group has acquired the legendary independent label group Rounder Records.
The acquisition of Rounder's 3,000 masters
combined with Concord Music Group's catalog of more than 10,000 master
recordings strengthens the labels status as one of the world's most
significant independent record companies. Rounder's creative and marketing functions will continue to be based in
Boston and its founders Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian
Leighton Levy will remain eith the company in a ...
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Concord Aquires Rounder Records
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All About Jazz
Terms of the purchase were not revealed
Beverly Hills-based Concord Music Group has acquired Boston-based roots music label Rounder Records. Terms of the purchase were not revealed. Rounder, which is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, issued one of the biggest roots releases of recent years, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' “Raising Sand," winner of the album of the year Grammy in 2009. Its 3,000-title catalog covers the breadth of American roots music; labels acts include Krauss, country luminary Willie Nelson, ...
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Support Your Local Record Store . . . or Open One!
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Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
This Saturday, April 17, is Independent Record Store Day worldwide. Many's the happy hour I spent in Record World, Tower Records, Dayton's, Happy Tunes, and more... perusing, considering, talking, hanging out, pouncing on something Id never seen, wondering whether to spend twenty dollars (1972 dollars!) for BUCK MEETS RUBY or EASY NOW. I grew up in suburbia, where every department store had a record section. Those days are mostly gone, although I live near enough to Mr. Cheapo's to visit, ...
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PRS for Music Partners with Myspace
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HypeBot
The UK's PRS for Music which represents 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers has partnered with MySpace. The three main components are:
Driving PRS Membership - using the MySpace service to communicate to new writers and musicians the importance of PRS for Music membership Benefits to PRS for Members - exclusive offers including songwriting master classes, competitions, and cross promotional activities. Driving MySpace Usage - demonstrating to existing PRS for Music members the value of using MySpace to engage ...Continue Reading
