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Prog Rock Records To Release Highly Anticipated Second Album By Prog Duo Centric Jones "The Antikythera Method''

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 2, 2012

One of the most highly anticipated new CD releases in 2012 by prog duo Centric Jones has the music community buzzing with excitement. Slated for release on March 6th by Prog Rock Records, 'The Antikythera' is Centric Jones's sophomoric release and promises to take the listener on a sonic adventure. With influences like Rush, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, UK, YES and King Crimson, Centric Jones has taken progressive rock to a whole new level! Centric Jones is Chris Fournier and ...

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Salute to The Rhythmakers This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
February 2, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, New Orleans-based trumpeter Duke Heitger, along with Bay Area guitarist Clint Baker, join the Jim Cullum Jazz Band for a tribute to the remarkable set of hot 1932 recordings known today as The Rhythmakers. 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. It all started with a routine business trip to Cleveland for jazz impresario Irving Mills, who ...

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Irish Chamber Music Performance of James Joyce Poems at Princeton University

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 2, 2012

Soprano Judith Kellock, pianist Janice Weber and theater critic Fintan O'Toole will present a chamber music performance of Ross Lee Finney's setting of poems by James Joyce on Friday, February 10 at 4:30 p.m. at the Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall on the Princeton University campus. The performance is part of a series presented by Princeton's Fund for Irish Studies. The event is free and open to the public.

Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997) was an American composer who taught for ...

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Earl Klugh's Weekend Of Jazz Returns To The Broadmoor For Its Ninth Season

Source: Audrey Birnbaum
February 2, 2012

WEEKEND OF JAZZ RETURNS TO THE BROADMOOR FOR ITS NINTH SEASON Grammy Award-Winning Artist Earl Klugh Is Back This April! Colorado Springs, CO—It wouldn't be spring at The BROADMOOR without our exceptional group of guests, musicians and friends that gather each year to share their passion for jazz. GRAMMY® award-winning guitarist EARL KLUGH annually invites these jazz and music enthusiasts to experience a unique, luxurious getaway weekend for Klugh's Ninth Annual Weekend of Jazz, April 12-14, 2012. Join breakout New ...

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Chick Corea and Gary Burton to Appear at Tanglewood in 2012

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 2, 2012

Tickets for the entire 2012 Tanglewood season, June 22-September 2, 2012, went on sale Sunday, January 29, at 10 a.m. online at tanglewood.org, by phone at 888-266-1200, or at the Symphony Hall box office in Boston, MA. Celebrating its 75th anniversary season this year, Tanglewood is one of the world's most beloved music festivals and the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and is located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.

Tanglewood's 75th anniversary season will ...

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Jambalaya Brass Band to Perform for Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party at B.B. King Blues Club

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
February 2, 2012

New York, NY—Jambalaya Brass Band, NYC's ultimate New Orleans party band, will be performing four sets at the Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party at Lucille's in the world famous B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, starting at 7:00 PM. At Lucille's, along with tunes from their successful CD It's a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band's foundation will be provided by Ron Caswell on Tuba, ...

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Boy Katindig, Back And Making Waves In Los Angeles

Source: Boy Katindig
February 2, 2012

LOS ANGELES, CA: International Filipino-American contemporary jazz artist, Boy Katindig, just held a concert last month at The Promenade at Gano Excel in Irwindale, CA—the jazz keyboard player's second sold-out concert at the same venue. The show also starred, as guests, Al Jarreau's famed saxman, Michael Paulo, and seasoned vocalist from Manila, Louie Reyes. Here, Katindig reunites with Paulo after years of separation from being in the same label, Noteworthy Records, back in 1995. Katindig was backed-up by a strong ...

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DRUM! Magazine, Tom-Tom Mag And Major Drum Companies Conduct “Hit Like A Girl” Beat Breaking Female Drum Contest

Source: JCM Media
February 1, 2012

San Jose, Calif., DRUM! Magazine, Tom-Tom: A Magazine About Female Drummers, and several drum products companies have joined to launch the “Hit Like A Girl" drumming contest. This ground-breaking contest for female drummers officially begins (today) Feb. 1st. The announcement of this major female drumming event was made during NAMM 2012 and featured in an interview between DRUM! publisher, Phil Hood, and well-respected female drummer, Hannah Ford. DRUM Contest Details The international contest invites female drummers to upload video links ...

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