Music Industry News

B.B.King on Finding His Style

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Secrets of the Guitar Heroes: B.B.King An interview with the great blues guitarist on what influences molded his playing

The first time you heard electric guitar, it was played by the reverend in your church. What do you remember? B.B.King:It was heaven! Heaven! It was unusual to even have electric light in the area, and there he was plugging up an electric guitar. It was new, different -- something I can't explain. It was like he was hitting ...

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Music Firm 'Goblins' in Copyright War

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

It's not every day that record companies are accused of behaving like goblins in a book by JK Rowling. But that is just one of the more colourful accusations being bandied around in a US legal battle that could have implications for many people's private CD and LP collections. It all began in May 2007 when Universal Music Group (UMG), the largest of the Big Four companies that dominate the music industry worldwide, sued a Los Angeles-based trader on the ...

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Raconteurs Add U.S. Dates

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

The Raconteurs Add U.S. Dates

The Raconteurs The Raconteurs have announced a string of U.S. tour dates for this fall. The tour begins with two shows in Portland, OR on September 16 and concludes on October 1 in Atlanta, GA.

The band, who recently night completed a three-night sold-out run at New York's Terminal 5, will continue to tour in support of their second album Consolers Of The Lonely.

The Raconteurs Tour Dates 06/03/08 Tue Bank Of America ...

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Mountain Jam | 5.30 - 06.01 | NY

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Words by: Brian Bavosa | Images by: Adam McCullough

Mountain Jam :: 05.30.08 - 06.01.08 :: Hunter Mountain, NY

Mountain Jam 2008 Radio Woodstock and Warren Haynes hosted the Fourth Annual Mountain Jam. Held at the picturesque Hunter Mountain in the Catskills of upstate New York, the weekend promised the usual attractions to help appease festivalgoers and undoubtedly a spot of rain. As the President of Radio Woodstock and founder of Mountain Jam, Gary Chetkof, proudly proclaimed, “It's all ...

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Bill Frisell - History, Mystery (Nonesuch, 2008) ****

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Thirty tracks spread over two CDs bring a great overview of Bill Frisell's signature music, mixing styles such as blues, jazz, country and african in one great blend of soft, gentle, clever, and technically superior playing, not only by him, but by the whole stellar cast of musicians he's lined up as usual, with Jenny Scheinman on violin, Tony Scherr on bass, Kenny Wollesen on drums, Eyvind Kang on viola, Greg Tardy on clarinet and saxophone, Hank Roberts on cello, ...

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Freddie Hubbard!

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

>Here's something I've been saving for a slow day--that is, a day when I haven't prepared a new posting. It's Freddie Hubbard in 1962 at age twenty-four, getting famous with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. To many, this was the Blakey band. It had Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman and Hubbard. Watch for Blakey's smile when Hubbard tears into the second chorus of his solo with that beautifully placed allusion to "Why Don't You Do Right?"

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Quincy Jones's Red Cross Efforts in China and Myanmar

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

Quincy Jones Lends Time And Talent To Support Red Cross Relief Efforts In China And Myanmar

Legendary music producer and entertainment icon Quincy Jones is mobilizing assistance for survivors of the catastrophic earthquake that struck China and the deadly cyclone that swept through Myanmar. Jones recently recorded several public services announcements for the American Red Cross, which are now available to the media. “This is a critical time for the survivors of the earthquake in China and cyclone in Myanmar, ...

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Vinyl Makes a Comeback

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2008

Vinyl Returns in the Age of MP3 LP and Turntable Sales Grow as Fans Find Warmer Sound in Classic Format and Artists are Making their Preferences for Vinyl Known

For his 19th birthday, Simon Hamburg wanted only one present: a turntable for his dorm room at the University of Southern Mississippi. His father bought him a portable $69 model, and Hamburg's older brother chipped in LPs by Simon and Garfunkel and the Who. “Listening to 'Baba O'Riley' on ...

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