Music Industry News

Sat Eye Candy: Dr. John

Source: JamBase
November 23, 2008

CRY BONNAROO, THE GOOD DOCTOR IS 67

You ain't as freaky as me Dr. John celebrated his birthday yesterday and while a day late we're not a dollar short in honoring great souls like the Doc. The man born Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. on November 21, 1941 has done MUCH for our collective musical health, serving as an ambassador to New Orleans and the spirit world running behind it. Beyond his own work, his piano and songwriting are threaded into ...

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Derek Trucks Band | 11.07.08 | NYC

Source: JamBase
November 22, 2008

Words by: Eric Liebetrau | Images by: Hiroya Wakabayashi

Derek Trucks Band :: 11.07.08 :: Blender Theater :: New York, NY

The Derek Trucks Band In the mid-'90s, Derek Trucks began gaining cred for his work in the Allman Brothers Band, mainly due to his strikingly accurate approximation of the classic slide guitar of the late Duane Allman. Given his age (he first played with the legendary band while still in his early teens) ...

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Roots Crash Bus: Band OK

Source: JamBase
November 22, 2008

ROOTS CRASH BUS IN EUROPE: EVERYONE OK

The Roots While cruising the web we learned that The Roots suffered a serious tour bus crash in Paris on the evening of November 19. The double-decker bus, with full lounge, bathroom and sleeping bunks up top crashed hard. Check ?uestlove's email after the accident for the full play-by-play of the experience, including all the frightening details.

“I used to live life, like there was no manana Now I'm treatin ...

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Bill Evans, Relaxed and Articulate

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
November 22, 2008

Bill Evans had precise intellectual understanding of everything he did in his playing. However, like most superior improvisers, he developed his skill and knowledge to the point where he could set aside concentration on keyboard technique and the elements of musical language in order to achieve an unfettered flow of creativity in the spontaneous act of playing jazz. On occasions when he talked about the nature of improvisation, Evans spoke with exactitude and coherence to match his expressiveness at the ...

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XMAS Jam Adds Harper, Hood

Source: JamBase
November 22, 2008

Christmas Jam Adds Ben Harper and Relentless 7, Patterson Hood & Robben Ford

Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam is pleased to announce the addition of Harper and Relentless 7, the Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood, Robben Ford and Edwin McCain.

Patterson Hood Friday December 12 Allman Brothers Band The Del McCoury Band The Derek Trucks Band Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk Joan Osborne

Saturday December 13 Ben Harper and Relentless 7

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Kraftwerk Copyright Case Overturned in Germany

Source: Billboard Magazine
November 21, 2008

Germany's highest civil court has dealt Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright. Today's (Nov. 20) decision overturns a Hamburg state court ruling in Kraftwerk's favor that said reusing even the shortest bit of a song infringed on copyright. The Hamburg court will now have to take up the case again. The civil court ruling, however, forbids sampling of a song melody and insists that the sample must be part of a completely ...

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C'est Si Bon (It's so Good)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 21, 2008

When I was a kid in the late 1960s, my artist parents used to take me and my brother to Paris in the summers. My bohemian folks weren't wealthy. They had lived there in the 1950s and loved returning each year when my brother and I were off from school. We'd stay with their friends out in the Neuilly district near the Bois de Boulogne. After I got married in the 1980s, my wife and I traveled to Paris fairly ...

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Sonic Buys Cinemanow in Movie Burning Deal

Source: PC Magazine
November 21, 2008

Sonic Solutions said Wednesday that it had agreed to buy the assets of streaming movie provider CinemaNow. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agreement combines CinemaNow's online movie business with Sonic's Qflix team, the technology that allowed users to download and burn CinemaNow movies as part of a November 2007 deal. The combination of the Qflix team and CinemaNow will now be known as Sonic's Premium Content Group. Sonic Solutions, which acquired Roxio in 2004, joined forces with ...

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