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Pandora Listeners Added 1 Million New Music Stations In First 24 Hours

Source: HypeBot
June 24, 2016

Pandora’s New Music Stations surpassed 1 million station adds in 24 hours after launching last Wednesday. That's an impressive milestone and great exposure for the emerging artists added weekly to these stations. Last week Pandora added 9 curated weekly playlists of newly releases designed to promote music discovery. In the first 24 hours after launch, Pandora users added more that 1 million stations. Each week, Pandora's music team will handpick recently released music for each New Music Station blending emerging, underground and well-known artists across 9 ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 20, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
June 23, 2016

All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy!

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Gregory Porter Take Me To The Alley (Blue Note) 356 342 +14 0 62 1 6 2 2 2 Warren Wolf Convergence (Mack Avenue) 291 287 +4 2 62 2 5 2 3 2 René Marie Sound ...

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Pirate Radio Stations Are Making A Comeback

Source: HypeBot
May 29, 2016

Although many may have assumed that pirate radio's best days were behind it, a recent report from the Associated Press shows that these renegade terrestrial broadcasters are on the rise once again. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Once upon a time pirate radio stations were big business and a big influence, with Radio Caroline, Radio Luxembourg and XERF all helping birth the modern radio and music industries. Most pirate stations have been long closed, and it was ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 23, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
May 20, 2016

All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy!

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Russell Malone All About Melody (HighNote) 299 281 +18 2 58 1 7 2 39 2 Gregory Porter Take Me To The Alley (Blue Note) 253 108 +145 13 52 2 2 3 2 3 George ...

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Small Radio And The Copyright Royalty Board: Live365 [Case Study]

Source: HypeBot
May 17, 2016

While higher profile services such as Pandora tend to receive most of the attention when it comes to discussions of the CRB's royalty rates, this piece looks at how the board's recent ruling impacts smaller radio services such as Live365 Guest Post by Alexander Stewart from Berklee's Music Business Journal The Copyright Royalty Board ruled recently on the per stream rate that Pandora, and similar non-interactive online radio services, are to pay SoundExchange. As was expected, the ruling made the rate more ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 16, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
May 13, 2016

All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy!

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Russell Malone All About Melody (HighNote) 281 312 -31 1 53 1 6 2 3 2 George Coleman A Master Speaks (Smoke Sessions) 240 253 -13 2 51 2 5 3 2 3 Yellowjackets Cohearence (Mack ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 9, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
May 6, 2016

All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy!

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Russell Malone All About Melody (HighNote) 312 316 -4 2 61 1 5 2 4 2 Yellowjackets Cohearence (Mack Avenue) 262 240 +22 7 60 2 4 3 3 3 George Coleman A Master Speaks (Smoke ...

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The Evolution Of Hipness With Gary G. Vercelli

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
May 5, 2016

By Beth Ruyak We travel to the Crocker Art Museum for this week’s Sound Advice with CapRadio's jazz music director Gary Vercelli. “Cosmic Rays” by Charlie Parker Charlie Parker and other cutting edge bebop musicians had a profound influence on the beat poets. Parker was idolized by Kerouac and Ginsberg and Kerouac’s spontaneous prose was likened to Parker’s awesome saxophone solos. Barry Alfonso noted that the poets and Bird “shared an obsessive approach to their work.” They also shared reckless ...

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