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Will Spotify's Transparency Lead to New Demands from Artists?
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By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Following thousands of articles about how Spotify pays—or doesn't pay—enough money to artists, the company, again worth $4 billion after another round of investment, issued a mini-website on Tuesday to explain how it is not ripping off artists by streaming their music for free or for a monthly subscription to music fans in 39 countries. It's not just a public relations move. Spotify is also giving artists direct access to their data (soon), assembled ...
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Pandora Releases Latest Audience Metrics
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Pandora today announced new metrics for the month of November 2013. Listener hours for Pandora during the month of November 2013 were 1.49 billion, an increase of 18% from 1.27 billion during the same period last year. Share of total U.S. radio listening for Pandora in November 2013 was 8.44%, an increase from 7.17% at the same time last year. Active listeners were 72.4 million at the end of November 2013, an increase of 16% from 62.4 million during the same time period last year. Pandora ...
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"When Swing Was The Thing" This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we time-travel back to 1930s Manhattan to hear what the Swing Era was like from the perspective of a young fan, thanks to the teenage diaries of Bob Inman collected in his Swing Era Scrapbook published by Scarecrow Press. Special guest, San Francisco actor Darren Bridgett joins us with excerpts from Bob Inman’s diaries. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 2, 2013
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JazzWeek
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 310 308 +2 0 48 1 11 2 2 2 Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound) 282 302 -20 0 47 2 7 3 3 3 Ahmad Jamal Saturday Morning (Jazzbook) 239 261 -22 0 48 2 10 4 5 4 Houston Person Nice N Easy (HighNote) 227 240 -13 5 47 4 3 5 4 ...
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Topsy Chapman, Clark Terry Celebrate Thanksgiving On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we “break bread together” with songs in the spirit of Thanksgiving. New Orleans’ Topsy Chapman joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, lending her soulful vocals to classic Spirituals and Gospel hymns. Three legends of American music—trumpeters Clark Terry, “Sweets” Edison and bass-baritone William Warfield—perform with the band and share heartfelt and humorous family stories of what this music has meant in their lives. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 25, 2013
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JazzWeek
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 308 342 -34 1 53 1 10 2 4 2 Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound) 302 262 +40 3 53 2 6 3 3 3 Ahmad Jamal Saturday Morning (Jazzbook) 261 263 -2 1 54 2 9 4 2 4 Steve Turre The Bones Of Art (HighNote) 245 288 -43 0 45 2 ...
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Whiz Kid Of Swing John Hammond This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with guests Dick Hyman, Topsy Chapman, Harry Allen and others, explore the towering legacy of John Hammond, the man called “the most influential talent scout and music producer in history.” The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive ...
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Rockwired.com's Podcast Jazzed And Blue Presents Music And Exclusive Interviews With Alexander Gershman Of Sasha's Bloc And Chanteuse Lyn Stanley
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Rockwired Media LLC
The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features music and exclusive interviews with Alexander Gershman of Sasha's Bloc and songstress Lyn Stanley." It's exciting to have this podcast in it's 90 minute glory!" exclaims Jazzed and Blue host Brian Lush “This latest edition of the show embodies the sound and artistic excellence that we here at Rockwired want people to associate with our jazz program and upcoming ...
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