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Start Your Web DJ/Talk Radio Career with Mixcloud
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HypeBot
London-based Mixcloud recently released an iPhone app for their service which resulted in a fresh wave of visibility for this popular service. Dubbed the “YouTube of radio" in late 2009 when they emerged from beta, Mixcloud has a lot of style and a clear focus on providing a platform for radio shows with lots of music and a growing selection of talk radio shows. Mixcloud has a lovely site, but mobile options are definitely in order. So it's good to ...
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Analyst Says Don't Touch Pandora IPO
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HypeBot
Just as Pandora raised its IPO price from $10 to $12, one major analyst is telling investors to pass on the stock offering. IPO prices are generally set based on advance investor interest and the newest initial offering would value Pandora at $1.9 billion. But analyst Rich Greenfield of BTIG is encouraging investors to stay way: “As consumers we love Pandora. It is free, incredibly easy-to-use, works across a growing array of platforms in/out-of-home, and has a de minimis amount ...
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Jazz Singer Celebrates Black Music Month with The Roots of Jazz Baltimore Exhibit at The Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Branch
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Tamm E Hunt
Baltimore, MD—"The Roots of Jazz Baltimore The Movers, Shakers and Music Makers" an exhibit curated by Jazz singer/author/historian Tamm E Hunt celebrates Black Music Month and provides glimpses of Baltimore's historic Jazz life from the 1920's through the present day. The exhibit is hosted by Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Branch, in the Annex corridor, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD from April 1 through the summer of 2011. The display can be accessed during the library's hours: Mon-Wed 10 am-7 ...
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The Manhattan Transfer's Cheryl Bentyne To Host New Radio Show!
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Paul Goldstein
Grammy Winner Cheryl Bentyne of The Manhattan Transfer to Host New Weekly Radio Show LOS ANGELES, CA—Paul Goldstein, Founder of the new jazz radio station, The Jazz Groove announced today that acclaimed artist Cheryl Bentyne of The Manhattan Transfer will host “The Cheryl Bentyne Show" a weekly radio program airing Sundays from 7pm to 10pm PST, debuting this coming Sunday, June 12th. The three hour program will feature Bentyne's exclusive interviews with straight ahead jazz artists as well as her ...
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The Story of Jabbo Smith This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Jabbo Smith had a short but important recording career in the late 1920s when he became the first trumpeter to seriously challenge Louis Armstrong with a virtuosity years ahead of its time. On this week's Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band revives their favorite Jabbo Smith compositions, we'll hear scenes of Jabbo's life from his own oral histories as told by special guest Vernel Bagneris. Mr. Bagneris wrote and directed the international hit revue One Mo' Time, and he ...
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Rockwired.com's New Online Radio Show "Jazzed and Blue" Premieres June 12th Featuring Diane Schuur, Veronneau and Randell K
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Rockwired Media LLC
Rockwired.com has been keeping itself busy with the daily online radio show Rockwired Radio Profiles and its weekly two-hour program Aboriginal Sounds. Now, the music website is on the eve of launching its latest weekly show Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 12pm (EST). The two-hour show will be hosted by Rockwired founder Brian Lush and will be available for both streaming and download at Rockwired.com. “Personally, I am truly excited to ...
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