Music Industry News

The Be MO Jazz Project

Source: The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
February 18, 2010

Baltimore has a significant jazz history.  Deep in Mid-Atlantic region jazz presenting lore is B'more's historic Left Bank Jazz Society.  People in the Baltimore-Washington area still speak fondly of their now-legendary presentations, with their BYOB good-time atmosphere, coupled with the true joy-of-jazz.  Some of those singular LBJS presentations were preserved on CD by the late Joel Dorn on his Hyena label.  (Which raises the question as to what happened to that announced treasure trove of Left Bank concert recordings when Joel ...

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Red Cat Publicity - Upcoming Events

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
February 18, 2010

RED CAT PUBLICITY - UPCOMING EVENTSThe Jazz Academy of Music (501c3) Proudly Announces The 2010 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival - February 19-21, 2010 - Rockville, MDwww.midatlanticjazzfestival.orgIn addition to a cadre of the finest regional talent, artists scheduled to appear include Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Lewis Nash, Terell Stafford & Marc Cary! # # # #The Will Sellenraad QuartetFeaturing Abraham Burton (saxophones), Rene Hart (bass) & Victor Lewis (drums)Sunday, February 21st  9:30pm - 12:00am@ The ...

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National Trust Considers Buying Abbey Road Studios

Source: Michael Ricci
February 18, 2010

The National Trust, a British preservation charity, has emerged as a possible buyer for Abbey Road Studios in London. A statement on its Web site says that because of an astonishing outpouring of public emotion in response to a suggestion by a BBC radio announcer, the organization would consider buying the complex, where the Beatles recorded most of their music. According to unconfirmed reports, the studios longtime owner, EMI, is entertaining offers to sell it. Its not often that the ...

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Johnny Cash: The Hospice Sessions

Source: Michael Ricci
February 18, 2010

On 'Ain't No Grave,' it's a vulnerable Johnny Cash, accepting his physical state and making the best of it. Anyone who has lived with the decline of a loved one will feel the raw emotion.

Let me tell you a story about my dad and Johnny Cash. Many American music lovers of a certain age could spin out such a connection; Cash is primary among artists who represent the tough psyche of the post-war patriarchal male, his music exposing the ...

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FTC Orders Refunds Sweeping Changes in Ticket Resale Market

Source: Michael Ricci
February 18, 2010

Calling for an end to deceptive “bait and switch" tactics, the Federal Trade Commission Thursday announced a settlement with Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s Ticketmaster unit that requires the company to provide full refunds to consumers who bought tickets to 14 Bruce Springsteen concerts at dramatically inflated prices.

FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said thousands of fans were steered to TicketsNow, a resale site owned by Ticketmaster, where they were charged premiums of double, triple or quadruple the $90 face value. Other ...

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Music on Oscar's Mind

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2010

Some insights into the way Academy members vote. Is there a formula for winning a music Oscar? Are there certain guideposts or telling patterns that can correctly predict a win for song or score?

This awards season, Variety set out to find the answer, examining half a century of Oscar history and talking to Academy veterans and longtime observers in search of trends and indicators.

MAKING AN IMPRESSION

So come ballot-marking time, what do voters remember? Some common scenarios emerged ...

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Universal in Tune with Mike Knobloch

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2010

Film-music veteran Mike Knobloch has been named president, Film Music and Publishing, for Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley and vice chairman and COO Rick Finkelstein announced Wednesday.

Knobloch, until recently exec VP of Film Music at 20th Century-Fox and Fox Music Inc., will be responsible for all creative and production aspects of Universal films' scores, songs and soundtracks, and will oversee the administration and licensing of the studio's publishing catalog. He begins March 1, managing a department of ...

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Out Today--6 Titles by Late Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin on Sly Dog Records

Source: DL Media
February 18, 2010

Four Titles Digitally Re-Mastered From Original Tapes Today, the Mack Avenue label imprint Sly Dog Records releases six titles by singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin (who died in Los Angeles from lung cancer on June 7, 2009 at 69); Mind-Dusters, Family, Like A Seed, Silver Morning, Inside, and The Kenny Rankin Album, at all popular retailers. The following four titles—Like A Seed, Silver Morning, Inside, The Kenny Rankin Album—have been pristinely re-mastered from the original analog tapes. Kenny's son, longtime music industry ...

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