Jazz News

Opportunities for Indie Filmmakers, Pop Composers

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2010

For years it was common for studios to cross-market a film with a well known performer, but today niche artists are landing more tracks in films and reaping the spoils, especially around award season.

Glancing at recent best song nominees, offbeat names like “Bird" York ("In the Deep" from “Crash"), A.R. Rahman ("Jai Ho" from “Slumdog Millionaire") and Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard ("Falling Slowly") have slipped into the category, elbowing out bigger artists contributions and often winning. Most studio ...

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Country Music Award Winners

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2010

45th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS Winners

Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood was the first performer to win Entertainer of the Year two years in a row.

Top Male Vocalist of the Year Brad Paisley

Top Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert

Top Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum

Top Vocal Duo of the Year Brooks & Dunn

TOP NEW SOLO VOCALIST of ...

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Dalai Lama's Voice Heard On 'Renaissance'

Source: Michael Ricci
April 19, 2010

There's a sanctuary where the pulse of cumbia moves to Tibetan notions of eternal time, where Native American and Indian sonics transform the voice of a female Sufi from Iran. A retreat where one of the planet's most revered teachers' words become a melody, and the message dances in the medium.

This place, created in a cozy home studio in the L.A. hills, is the home of the striking soundtrack to the documentary film Dalai Lama Renaissance (White Swan; May ...

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EMI Faces Bank Takeover

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2010

Equity owner must decide whether to bail out 123-year-old music firm

Amid an exodus of artists and execs, the management team at EMI Group is making what many see as a final attempt to secure additional investment from private equity owners Terra Firma this month to stave off repossession by Citigroup. The banking group loaned Terra Firma $3.8 billion to buy EMI in 2007, but despite massive cost cuts and a reorganization that is now generating improved profits, EMI was ...

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Christie Winn and the Lowdowns, "Closer to Home" Just Released

Source: Michael Ricci
April 19, 2010

The Band: Christie Winn - Vocals, Keyboards, Melodica; Steve Bissinger - Guitars, Lap Steel Guitar; Joe Kyle - Acoustic Bass; Jim Bove - Drums. About The Lowdowns The Lowdowns weave a sparse musical tapestry in support of Winn's nuanced vocals. Their rst album, “Further Away From Here" was described by one reviewer as “Diced americana thrown into a simmering vat of thick, swampy jazz." Gabriel Fehrenbach of Suddeutsche Zeitung writes, “As songwriters, Winn and Bissinger have a great feeling for ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "Chuck Anderson - Freefall" Giveaway

Source: Michael Ricci
April 19, 2010

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Great American Taxi Donate Track to Coal Miners' Relief Fund

Source: conqueroo
April 19, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just in time for Earth Day (April 22), Great American Taxi, whose current album Reckless Habits is climbing the Americana radio airplay charts, has donated a free download of a song, “Appalachian Soul" culled from its debut album Streets of Gold, to raise awareness of the plight of coal miners and their communities in West Virginia. The track is offered free to radio stations that agree to direct listeners to greatamericantaxi.com, which in turn links to West ...

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Whitney Houston - The Soul-Pop Diva Will Always Love You

Source: One Creative Publicist & Management
April 18, 2010

(New York, NY) Whitney Houston is arguably one of the greatest singers in the entire history of music, yet she can't get a break or pardon from the press, bloggers and tabloids lately as she is currently performing around the world on her “Nothing But Love" Tour. While making recent stops in Britain, critics have been very harsh. For the record, Divas such as Ms. Houston aren't made; they're born with the God gift to bring down the house with ...

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