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Interview

UYS: Steve Coleman Interview.

Source: underyourskin
May 23, 2011

Recording

Jon Anderson To Release Long Awaited New CD "Survival & Other Stories"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 23, 2011

Asheville, NC—One of the most recognizable voices in music, the legendary Jon Anderson, best known for his work with Yes, Vangelis, Kitaro and other notable music artists, as well as his innovative solo efforts, is preparing to release one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, Survival & Other Stories. Featuring eleven new luminous songs with themes about love, life, understanding, healing and survival, Jon's new CD has an inspirational message for all who will listen! “About four ...

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Performance / Tour

Marc Hoffman to Perform at Founder’s Hall in Charlotte, NC on May 27

Source: Marble Arch PR
May 23, 2011

Jazz pianist and vocalist returns to downtown Charlotte venue (CHARLOTTE, NC)—Virillon Music recording artist Marc Hoffman will bring his original jazz to Founders Hall on Friday, May 27, when he performs during the Friday Acoustic Concert Series from noon to 2 p.m. Hoffman, a composer, pianist and vocalist, has been performing at Founder's Hall since 2004. Along with original jazz compositions, both instrumental and vocal, his upcoming solo performance will include his own arrangements of standards, ballads and pop tunes. ...

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Festival

Wandering Visions: The 2011 Vision Festival

Source: Chris Rich
May 23, 2011

By Steve Dalachinsky “a paradise of flowers where peace might build her nest." —Percy Shelly For 16 years the Vision Festival has led a nomadic existence. Wandering from one venue to another, this brave band of Visionaries,which I am proud to be a part of, with the ever present, stalwart & persistent Patricia Nicholson Parker at the helm & a sometimes shifting cast of characters amongst the faithful, has plodded thru the institutionalized, gentrified, money-hungry waters of the lower east ...

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Festival

Sonoma Jazz + 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
May 22, 2011

The Sonoma Jazz + festival isn't all that jazzy. The majority of main-stage headliners during the festival's seven-year run have hailed from other genres, thus putting Sonoma in league with all the other events that utilize the term “jazz" to sell a type of experience—i.e., an upscale, sophisticated one—rather than a specific kind of music. What Sonoma Jazz + has done quite well during its history, however, is offer a really nice mix of music. And that was certainly true ...

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Performance / Tour

Roger Daltrey to perform The Who’s Tommy on tour

Source: Michael Ricci
May 22, 2011

Roger Daltrey has revealed plans to tour the United States this fall for a special outing that will feature The Who frontman and his band preforming The Who's Tommy in its entirety. The tour will stop at Boston's Agganis Arena on Saturday, September 17. On the tour, Daltrey and his band will perform The Who's legendary rock opera Tommy in its entirety from start to finish. Daltrey premiered the show at The Royal Albert Hall in aid of Teenage Cancer ...

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Recording

Madeleine Peyroux Unveils Compelling New Album "Standing On The Rooftop"

Source: Michael Ricci
May 22, 2011

For her new album Standing On The Rooftop (6/14, Emarcy/Decca), multi-platinum vocalist Madeleine Peyroux teamed up with an all-star lineup-including pianist Allen Toussaint and bassist Me'shell Ndegeocello-to explore a rootsy new sound. In addition to Toussaint and Ndegeocello, the record features contributions from guitar iconoclast Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), drummer Charley Drayton (Neil Young, Johnny Cash), guitarist Chris Bruce (Seal, John Legend), and was produced by Craig Street (Norah Jones, k.d. Lang). Peyroux penned most of the tracks ...

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Performance / Tour

Return to Forever reunite for summer tour

Source: Michael Ricci
May 22, 2011

Return to Forever will reunite this summer with a new lineup for a nationwide tour. The fourth installment of the jazz and rock experimental group will make their way to Massachusetts for a performance at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion on Thursday, August 11. Tickets for the show, which range in price from $30 to $60, will go on sale Saturday at 11 a.m. through Live Nation. Zappa Plays Zappa, Dweevil Zappa's tribute band to his late father Frank, will ...

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