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North by Northeast (NXNE), Canada's #1 Showcase for the Best New Independent Music and Music-Related Films, Feverishly Announces Its Kick-off Showcase on Tuesday, October 30

Source: Just Roots PR
October 30, 2007

North by Northeast (NXNE), Canada's #1 showcase for the best new independent music and music-related films, feverishly announces its kick-ass KICK-OFF SHOWCASE on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Screw “Canadian Idol"--real careers in music get made at NXNE! Snag a ringside seat to celebrate the start of the annual NXNE circus with a Nu Music Nite at Toronto's legendary Horseshoe Tavern with four great bands:

9:30: The Dudes 10:20: Casey Baker 11:10: Purrr 12:00: DD/MM/YYYY

Every ...

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Tom Ball's New Guitar CD, Entitled "Solo Guitar - Music from Films" Released

Source: Just Roots PR
October 30, 2007

Dog Boy Records is pleased to announce the third solo guitar release by multi-instrumentalist Tom Ball.

On this new CD Ball tackles some of the most memorable film music ever composed. Alongside new arrangements of such beloved pieces as Over the Rainbow, Manh de Carnaval and Yesterday, the guitarist has also chosen several lesser known obscurities such as the sublime Wild Mountain Thyme and the hauntingly radiant themes to Once Upon a Time in the West and To Kill a ...

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Roots Music Association Proud Sponsors of Armadillo Supermoto

Source: Just Roots PR
October 30, 2007

Event Assists in Giving Centerstage to Independent Artists

Wimberley, TX--The Roots Music Association is proud to be a sponsor of the Armadillo Supermoto. The event will take place November 2-4, 2007 at Moody Gardens, Galveston Island, Texas.

“The good people that are coordinating the Armadillo Supermoto have been extremely supportive of our vision and commitment to bringing independent artists to a larger audience. The exposure that has been given our association through this sponsorship opportunity and that which will be ...

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New York Blues & Jazz Society in Collaboration with Westchester Art Council Presents: Live at the Arts Exchange: Blues & Jazz Jam!

Source: Just Roots PR
October 30, 2007

New York Blues & Jazz Society in collaboration with Westchester Art Council Presents: Live at the Arts Exchange: Blues & Jazz Jam! With Nikki Armstrong, Doug Munro, Pete Levin, Kip Sophos, and Harvey Sorgen live @ the arts exchange KICK OFF

Saturday, November 3nd at 7:30 p.m. New York Blues & Jazz Society in collaboration with Westchester Art Council Presents: Live at the Arts Exchange: Blues & Jazz Jam!

This is the opening event for the ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present the Rob Brown Trio November 2nd

Source: Improvised Communications
October 30, 2007

The Rob Brown Trio will return to New Haven's Firehouse 12 on Friday, November 2nd to perform new music commissioned by Chamber Music America as well as selections from its latest CD, Sounds (Clean Feed Records). Led by New York alto saxophonist/ composer Rob Brown, this unusual working ensemble features New Haven-based cellist Daniel Levin (who will appear again with his own group, the Daniel Levin Quartet, on December 7th) and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi.

“Brown is stretching the elastic of ...

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Percussionist Steve Berrios Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2007

Steve Berrios is an innovative drummer/percussionist well-known to aficionados of Latin jazz. His groundbreaking work with Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, numerous sessions as a sideman, as well as his two solo albums - First World (Milestone, 1995) and the Grammy-nominated And Then Some (Milestone, 1995) - show a body of work that is a unique amalgam of hard bop, Latin jazz and Afro-Caribbean folkloric rhythms.

With a swing feel as greasy as Elvin Jones, a vast knowledge ...

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Venezuelan Label Cacao Musica Enters Us Market with 11/27 Releases by Changuito, "El Negro" & Alfredo Naranjo

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
October 29, 2007

The Caracas, Venezuela-based jazz, world and Latin music label Cacao Musica enters the North American market with the November 27th release of CDs by the legendary percussionist Changuito, the prolific drummer Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez, virtuoso vibraphonist Alfred Naranjo, the folk singer Vidal Colmenares from Venezuela's “llano" region and the alternative pop band Santos Viejos (Old Saints). Cacao's audiophile CDs and associated DVDs will initially be available in selected Barnes & Noble stores around the U.S. and subsequently in other ...

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Dakshina Ensemble Feat. Kadri Gopalnath and Rudresh Mahanthappa at Asia Society and Museum Thursday and Friday, November 8 and 9, 2007 * 8:00PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
October 29, 2007

Kinsmen/Svajanam Dakshina Ensemble featuring Kadri Gopalnath and Rudresh Mahanthappa Thursday and Friday, November 8 and 9, 2007 * 8:00PM at Asia Society and Museum 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, NYC “a fresh direction for jazz" --Philadelphia City Paper Two masters of the alto saxophone return for a much-anticipated U.S. tour. Kadri Gopalnath, a living legend of South Indian Carnatic music, and Rudresh Mahanthappa, a fiercely innovative Indian American jazz musician, present a cross-cultural, intergenerational collaborative ...

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