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Dancehalls, Dives And Bordellos: Early New Orleans Jazz Scenes This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, New Orleans natives Vernel Bagneris and Topsy Chapman join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to bring to life in narrative and music the atmosphere of turn-of-the-century New Orleans, where strains of early jazz were heard. 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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Jim Cullum Celebrates 50 Years This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week Riverwalk Jazz honors The Jim Cullum Jazz Band tocelebrate its 50th Anniversary in a concert recorded live at The Tobin Estate in San Antonio. Bandleader and cornetist Jim Cullum Jr. traces the history of the Band through five decades of performances at home and on the road, from Carnegie Hall to a bull ring in Mexico and concert halls in Siberia. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can ...
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Celebrated Russian TV Personality/Singer Oleg Frish To Host Radio Show In The US
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Muse Media
CELEBRATED RUSSIAN TV PERSONALITY/SINGER OLEG FRISH TO HOST RADIO SHOW IN THE U.S. – WEEKLY PROGRAM TO SERVE AS HOMAGE TO THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK “Very positive and very swinging.” —New York Daily News “He has an appealing voice, his accent is charming, and he swings happily throughout songs.” —Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene New York, NY—Hot on the heels of his critically-acclaimed debut CD in the United States, “Bring Me Sunshine,” and his sold-out runs at New York’s Metropolitan ...
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Toast Of The Nation: NPR Music and WBGO/Jazz 88.3 FM Ring In 2013
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
ALL NIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVE ON TOAST OF THE NATION NPR MUSIC AND WBGO/JAZZ 88.3FM RING IN 2013 WITH PERFORMANCES COAST-TO-COAST BROADCAST AND STREAMED ON MORE THAN 200 STATIONS DECEMBER 31, 9:00 PM – 5:00 AM NEWARK, NJ: Add some jazz and pizazz to your New Year’s Eve with Toast of the Nation, the annual, all-night series of performances ringing in 2013 from east to west, produced by WBGO and NPR Music for NPR stations, Sirius-XM Satellite Radio and NPR ...
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Australian Songstress Nina Ferro This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz: Australian songstress Nina Ferro offers up a program of jazz ballads and sophisticated standards. 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. A native of Melbourne, Nina Ferro started singing at the age of 14, and began jazz at the age of 16. Nina was classically trained and participated in a number of choirs, musicals, and elite vocal ...
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WBGO JAZZ 88.3 FM Holds Fifth Annual Coat Drive December 18, 2012 - January 18, 2013
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
WBGO Acts As Collection Point for Five Coat Distribution Centers NEWARK, NJ: Everyone deserves to be safe and warm; but due to tough economic times and the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, many of our neighbors can use a helping hand. To bring warmth into the lives of infants, children and adults throughout the area, WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM is hosting its Fifth Annual Coat Drive December 18, 2012- January 18, 2013. “While reports have said that holiday spending is up, ...
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Updated: Royalties Sirius XM Pays Artists, Labels to Rise 37.5%, Soundexchange Responds
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HypeBot
UPDATED: The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set new statutory royalty rates for satellite radio that will see the percentage of gross revenue paid to artists and labels increase gradually from the current 8% to 11% by 2017. SoundExchange, which collects the royalties had wanted Sirius XM to pay up to 20% by 2017. The Judges determined that the appropriate Section 114(f)(1) rates for Preexisting Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services for 2013-2017 are 9% of Gross Revenues for 2013, 9.5% ...
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Comfort And Joy This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, it’s Hot Jazz for a Cool Yule as Jim Cullum and the Band welcome an all-star cast of jazz players, outstanding vocal artists and one masterful tap dancer to the stage of The Landing to interpret carols and holiday classics in a jazz mood. 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. Tap sensation Savion Glover joins Jim ...
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