Music Industry News

The Noise from Brazil: 50 Years of the Bossa Nova

Source: All About Jazz
May 22, 2008

On the 50th anniversary of the Bossa Nova, Jon Lusk charts its rise, from Rio's beaches to a cultural force that shaped politics and fashion If there's one style of music that people everywhere associate with Brazil, it's Bossa Nova. And the best-loved Bossa Nova of all is “A Garota de Ipanema", better known as “The Girl From Ipanema". Astrud Gilberto's hit 1963 version was the peak of the worldwide Bossa Nova craze of that decade, but the first ripples ...

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Lou Pearlman Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2008

'NSYNC, Backstreet Boys Mastermind Lou Pearlman Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison. Judge offers to shave a month off term for every $1 million Pearlman pays back to defrauded investors.

A judge sentenced former boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman to 25 years in federal prison on Wednesday (May 21) for his part in running a two-decade-long financial scheme that cheated investors out of more than $300 million. And, in an unusual deal, Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp offered the ...

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Perfect Harmony CD Duplication Services and Film Music

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2008

PERFECT HARMONY MUSIC Announces CD Duplication Services Film Music/ Background Music/ Atmospheric Music Hosting

We are also proud to announce that this service is the cheapest available in the UK. However having made that statement if you are to find the same service elsewhere cheaper then we will match the price and beat it!

Perfect Harmony Music has made the process as simple as possible for the user. There are two methods of track delivery. You can either ...

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Monolith Adds 22 Bands!

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2008

MONOLITH - SEPTEMBER 13-14 AT RED ROCKS ANNOUNCES 22 ADDITIONAL ARTISTS: ATMOSPHERE, HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR, FOALS, DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?, PORT O'BRIEN, POMEGRANATES, COLOUR REVOLT, KAISERCARTEL, ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL, CANDY COATED KILLAHZ, JUKEBOX THE GHOST, AMERICAN BANG, LOVELIKEFIRE, AND MORE Foals MONOLITH FESTIVAL announces additional artists to an already stellar lineup. The festival, returning to Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, debuted in 2007 as the first multi-day, multi-stage festival ever held at ...

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Anthony Braxton and Joe Morris - Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007 (Clean Feed, 2008) *****

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2008

Congratulations to the excellent Portuguese label Clean Feed, not only because this its 100th release, but also for their continuous effort to bring new avant and free talent into the spotlight, while at the same time managing to publish albums with vested names like Anthony Braxton and Joe Morris. Many (young) artists would not have received the possibilities they get now without Pedro Costa's ongoing attention. And sure, not every album is a hit, but for me personally, some of ...

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Eric Dolphy Bio Coming from Penguin Jazz Guide Co-Author

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2008

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Phil Minton - A Doughnut in One Hand (FMP)

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2008

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Industrial Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2008

I'm not sure why it took me so long to find out about the Industrial Jazz Group, but life is full of unintentionally delayed gratification. I'm also not sure why it took me so long to come across Amedei chocolate, Norma Winstone, the writing of James Salter or the psychic rewards of gardening.

In any case, Andrew Durkin--the Industrial Jazz Group's leader, pianist and composer-- intrigued me with an e-mail message asking if I would be willing to hear a ...

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