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Kurt Hanson's Accuradio Raises $2.5 Million to Take On Pandora
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HypeBot
Long before there was Pandora or iHeart Radio, there was AccuRadio. Today the online radio pioneer and its CEO Kurt Hanson announced the company has raised a “Series A” round of $2.5 million from L.A.-based NantWorks. AccuRadio differentiates itself from Pandora and others by targeting upscale, educated, at-work 35-64 year olds with personalizable online radio based on 1,000 channels across all genres. The funds will primarily be used to market AccuRadio to a larger audience. “We’re delighted to finally ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 8, 2014
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JazzWeek
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks131Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)275233+4225918212Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)264246+1805518343Cyrille Aimée It's A Good Day (Mack Avenue)230217+13251354104Rodney Whitaker When We Find Ourselves Alone (Mack Avenue)224182+4225546555Bobby Broom My Shining Hour (Origin)220205+1575154676Fred Hersch Floating (Fred Hersch Music)218197+21347677167Marcus Roberts and Wynton Marsalis Together Again – Live In Concert (J-Master)212163+49242788158Al Jarreau My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke (Concord)207165+42238859319Tom Harrell Trip (HighNote)205129+761051929219Diva A Swingin' Life (MCG Jazz)205149+5614396111211Dr. John Ske-dat-de-dat: The Spirit Of Satch (Concord)202175+2764511312812Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and The Hot 9 Viper's Drag (Impulse!/Universal)196195+114378134613Mark Elf Mark ...
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Blue Note Records & SONOS Announce Exclusive Partnership
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Michael Ricci
As Blue Note Records continues to celebrate 75 years of The Finest In Jazz throughout 2014, the legendary jazz label is proud to announce an exclusive partnership with Sonos, an innovator in wireless home audio products that let you stream all your favorite music, including some of the greats from the Blue Note archives, to any room in your home in high fidelity sound. Together, we believe in the experience of listening out loud to capture the energy and passion ...
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Rdio Relaunches as a "Better Pandora", Expands Free Service
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HypeBot
Online music streamer Rdio is embracing freemium with a slick redesign that emphasizes free radio-like streams. The freemium model helped Spotify grow its substantial user base, and is seen as part of the reason that Rdio, which does not share user numbers, has grown much more slowly. “What we’ve learned collectively over the last few years,” said Anthony Bay, Rdio’s chief executive, “is that the most successful models are freemium models.” Rdio = Pandora + On Demand Music As each music ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 1, 2014
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JazzWeek
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)246280-3415617222Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)238270-3205219333Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)233221+1225817454Cyrille Aimée It's A Good Day (Mack Avenue)217201+16552445225Bobby Broom My Shining Hour (Origin)205160+4544653666Barbara Morrison I Love You, Yes I Do (Savant)200199+1148467117Fred Hersch Floating (Fred Hersch Music)197184+1324476898Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and The Hot 9 Viper's Drag (Impulse!/Universal)195193+214777949Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)189215-26040211101910Rodney Whitaker When We Find Ourselves Alone (Mack Avenue)182170+1294610511711Joe Magnarelli Lookin' Up! (Posi-Tone)179198-1914075124612Dr. John Ske-dat-de-dat: The Spirit Of Satch (Concord)175101+7464312213713Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)173198-25141210141314Hendrik Meurkens - ...
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Cynthia Basinet's Latest Single, "Eventually" On Pandora
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
Los Angeles - The singer, actress Cynthia Basinet best known for her sultry, playful version of “Santa Baby" has switched gears in her latest single, “Eventually" now playing on Pandora. Cynthia's “Eventually" is a heartbreaker of a ballad with mellow rock instrumentation, subtle use of vocal harmony and intricate melodic phrasing. The song's acoustic rhythm piano and subtle use of solo strings back up the heartbreaking lyrics. “For Cynthia Basinet, her voice itself is an instrument; in terms of emotional ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 25, 2014
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JazzWeek
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)280288-865816232Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)270242+2815318323Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)221262-4125616454Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)215222-71392105215Cyrille Aimée It's A Good Day (Mack Avenue)201160+4185153646Barbara Morrison I Love You, Yes I Do (Savant)199228-2944845777Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)198208-10043297227Joe Magnarelli Lookin' Up! (Posi-Tone)198158+40239749109Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and The Hot 9 Viper's Drag (Impulse!/Universal)193190+33507610610Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)191211-2014219111511Fred Hersch Floating (Fred Hersch Music)184171+1354311512812Marcus Roberts and Wynton Marsalis Together Again – Live In Concert (J-Master)182207-2524286131413Hendrik Meurkens - Misha Tsiganov Duo ...
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Reluctant Genius Of Jazz: Artie Shaw This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Artie Shaw was one of the top-grossing stars of the 1930s and the only serious rival Benny Goodman had to his title as “The King of Swing." To celebrate the Shaw legacy, Riverwalk's David Holt talks with Tom Nolan, the author of a new biography, Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw. Nolan drew on extended interviews he conducted with Shaw in his home between 1990 and 2004. Also on our broadcast salute to Artie Shaw, clips ...
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