Music Industry News

Publisher Launches Root Music Press Release Distribution Site

Source: Just Roots PR
January 4, 2008

The activities of roots musicians have gone largely unreported by the major media for too long. Now the publishers of online music publication Cross Harp Chronicles would like to change that. They have launched a press release distribution site/publicity firm exclusively for root musicians and root music industry professionals. This would include, but is not limited to Blues/Jazz/Folk/World and Root Rock musicians.

“We became aware of exactly how little press Blues musicians receive about two years ago, when we found ...

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Now Blues / Jazz/ Roots Music Performers, There is a Publicity Firm That Specializes in Creating the Exposure You Desire

Source: Just Roots PR
January 2, 2008

There is no arguing the fact, the most cost effective way of promoting your band, a newly released CD, an upcoming music video release, or a multitude of other things for which you may need press, is through a well written press release. A well written, targeted press release can get you more publicity than advertising ever will.

Until now, independent Blues/Roots musicians, performers, music video-graphers, etc. often had to be their own publicists How could they hope to compete ...

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Utopia Records is Proud to Introduce to the World New Sultry & Soulful Smooth Jazz Flautist Shana Kaye

Source: All About Jazz
December 28, 2007

Shana Kaye - New on the Smooth Jazz scene Flautist/Vocalist. Shana is currently in the studio working on her much anticipated debut Smooth Jazz CD, Shana Kaye has created a unique style soon to be felt and heard. Her impressive musical feel & technique can be heard on two tracks from Alfonzo Blackwell's (www.alfonzoblackwell.com) latest CD “Dance To This" where she is featured on “Take A Look" and “Inside My Heart". The mood for this track embodies a combination of ...

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Utopia Records is Proud to Introduce to the World Smooth Jazz Baritone Saxophonist Rebecca Buxton

Source: All About Jazz
December 28, 2007

Rebecca Buxton - An innovative jazz musician in command of her Baritone Saxophone. Rebecca is poised to take on the Smooth Jazz World with her bold, slick and strong sound. A taste of Rebecca's deep powerful resonance can be heard on Alfonzo Blackwell's latest CD “Dance To This" where she is featured on the track “Back it up". Among her many wonderful talents as a baritone sax player Rebecca is also an accomplished Flautist and Clarinetist. Some of her greatest ...

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Another Featured Artists at Utopia Recordings

Source: All About Jazz
December 18, 2007

RRebecca Buxton - An innovative jazz musician in command of her Baritone Saxophone. Rebecca is poised to take on the Smooth Jazz World with her bold, slick and strong sound. A taste of Rebecca's deep powerful resonance can be heard on Alfonzo Blackwell's latest CD “Dance To This" where she is featured on the track"Back it up". Among her many wonderful talents as a baritone sax player Rebecca is also an accomplished Flautist and Clarinetist. Some of her greatest influences ...

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New Artist at Utopia Records!

Source: All About Jazz
December 18, 2007

Shana Kaye - New on the Smooth Jazz scene Flautist/Vocalist. Shana is currently in the studio working on her much anticipated debut Smooth Jazz CD, Shana Kaye has created a unique style soon to be felt and heard. Her impressive musical feel & technique can be heard on two tracks from Alfonzo Blackwell's latest CD “Dance To This"where she is featured on “Take A Look" and “Inside My Heart". The mood for this track embodies a combination of intensity as ...

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2007 Jazz Charts Showcase a Vocal Majority

Source: All About Jazz
December 15, 2007

Jazz is one of the great instrumental genres, but in 2007, albums recorded by singers, or featuring impressive lineups of guest vocalists, commanded the charts. The chart-topping exception? Kenny G, the perennial victor in the contemporary jazz sweepstakes, who ranks as No. 1 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Artists tally thanks to three Arista CDs: I'm in the Mood for Love ... The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time, Holiday Collection and The Essential Kenny G. The sets rank Nos. ...

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Anat Cohen Rises in Jazz World

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2007

Anat Cohen's clarinet wailed like a woman scorned, dispensing with any need for a vocalist as she played the soulful 1950s torch song “Cry Me A River" with her Anzic Orchestra during a recent jazz club run that saw her perform with four of her bands. Cohen, who comes from a family of prominent musicians, has come a long away since arriving in the United States in 1996 with a scholarship to study at the Berklee College of Music in ...

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