Music Industry News

My Morning Jacket:evil Urges

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

Part of rock 'n' roll's endurance is its ability to capture the character of an age. The reason folks are still dropping the needle on Hotel California, Sgt. Pepper and Wish You Were Here is a lethal combination of beautiful craftsmanship, sheer talent AND a flickering glimmer of the Big Picture during their respective moments in time. History is frequently summed up more accurately by a mood than with strict record keeping. Beginning in fear and ending ...

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Saga of Capitol Records Studio's Acoustics in Jeopardy

Source: Michael Ricci
June 17, 2008

They were singing the blues in the legendary Studio A at Hollywood's Capitol Records tower.

Pile drivers and excavation would take place only feet away from famed echo chambers beneath the Vine Street tower. EMI is appealing an approval of the project as recording pros fret.

“Losing this place would be a big deal. There's nothing better than this anywhere in the world," said recording engineer Al Schmitt. Schmitt, a 19-time Grammy winner, was standing over the banquet-table-size mixing board ...

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Ghostlight's 'Legally Blonde' CD Hits 100k in Sales

Source: Seth Cohen PR
June 17, 2008

'Legally Blonde' CD Exceeds 100,000 in Sales

'In The Heights' Jumps to Top Ten on Amazon, Following Best Musical Win at Tony Awards; CD Debuts at #1 on Billboard Chart

Ghostlight Celebrates Growth of Independent Label Created By-And-For the Broadway Community

Kurt Deutsch, President of Ghostlight Records, is pleased to confirm that sales of the Original Cast Recording for 'Legally Blonde The Musical' have exceeded 100,000 copies, as of this week. This is yet another milestone for Deutsch's independent label, ...

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Return to Forever | 06.11.08 | SF

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2008

Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Susan J. Weiand

Return To Forever :: 06.11.08 :: The Grand :: San Francisco, CA

Di Meola & Clarke :: 06.11 :: San Francisco The Basque tongue is considered a language isolate, which means it shares “no demonstrable genealogical relationship with other living languages" (Wikipedia). It's a reminder that for all the talk of “nothing new under the sun" there are unique facets to the ...

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EMI in New Hands

Source: Michael Ricci
June 16, 2008

EMI's New Boss Sees Cracks in Music World

Guy Hands, the chief of the private equity firm Terra Firma is seeking to make a success of the British recording company EMI, which has distributed the work of artists like the Beatles.

One evening last autumn a group of about 10 artist managers, including representatives for the pop stars Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams as well as an executive who oversees the Beatles catalog, clustered around a table in an executive ...

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Humphrey Lyttelton - They called him Humph

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

This weekend saw a BBC tribute to Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz trumpeter, band-leader and much-loved Radio 4 presenter who died in April. Pat Parker was privileged to conduct one of his final interviews, in which he spoke candidly about his life IT WAS just before Christmas last year that I interviewed the great Humphrey Lyttelton. He hadn't been terribly well but was as genial, gentlemanly and generous as always. The previous year, 2006, had brought sadness. His wife, Jill, whom he ...

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Bob Dylan U.S. Tour

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

BACK ON NATIVE SOIL IN AUGUST AFTER EUROPEAN JAUNT

Bob Dylan's tour returns to the United States in August. Dylan is currently performing in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. See below for currently scheduled dates and venues.

Bob Dylan Summer Tour Dates

8/9 Pittsburgh, PA New American Music Union - SouthSide Works

8/10 Baltimore, MD Virgin Festival - Pimlico Race Course

8/12 Brooklyn, NY Prospect ...

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Music Without Borders Series

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

FREE, INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES IN CHICAGO INCLUDES ORCHESTRA BAOBAB

Nile Music Orchestra of Sudan by Banning Eyre In the heart of Chicago lies an oasis. It's Millennium Park, a space created in the busy downtown hub that was designed with Chicago in mind. Until its completion in 2004, there was no recognizable public space in Chicago comparable to the great plazas and squares of European or Mexican urban areas that bring people together and capture a ...

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