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Video / DVD

Seattle Singer/Songwriter Agnes Ingarra Offers Soulful Rendition Of New Bruno Mars Single "Young Girls"

Source: Eric Taylor
November 21, 2012

The R&B-fueled pop style of Top-40 staple Bruno Mars is given a soulful, heartbreaking take by Seattle-based singer/songwriter Agnes Ingarra. “Young Girls," the new promotional single from Mars' latest album, Unorthodox Jukebox, has its unapologetic confession of a player unable to change flipped upside down, this time capturing the emotional wounds of the woman. This is reflected in Ingarra's melancholic croon, her voice flowing with a hauntingly sad undertow. Ingarra is an eclectic young artist whose artistic vision recognizes no ...

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Recording

Muthawit Returns To The Post-2012 Election Musical Battlefield With The Epic Socio-Political Firebomb Recording, PMS Junkie

Source: 4961 Polemics
November 21, 2012

Boston Fielder’s musical collective releases irresistible set of original avant rock, electronic n soul songs on URB ALT Media What has been said about MuthaWit: “If post-punk soul is a genre, then that’s what Muthawit is doing" - MTViggy “MuthaWit featuring Boston Fielder is simultaneously urban and tribal; a meeting of the musical hemispheres, mutatis mutandis and presto! - a carnival of twisted soul." - Magnet Magazine Anderson, Virgin Islands. The words “mission accomplished" have strangely come to represent unfinished ...

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Education

Over 1,000 Jazz Guitarists Sign Up For Free Online Guitar Lessons

Source: James Taylor
November 20, 2012

Online lessons are changing the way people learn music, including how to play jazz guitar. Martin Taylor, the world's most popular online solo jazz guitar teacher, is joining in that disruption by offering a free jazz guitar course. Over 1,000 guitarists signed up to this free course within the first three days. Though Martin Taylor's course is introductory, it offers guitarists a chance to check out some of the online lessons from his online guitar school that covers concepts including: ...

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Berklee's Danilo Perez Named UNESCO Artist For Peace

Source: Berklee Media Relations
November 20, 2012

Danilo Perez, renowned pianist and artistic director of Berklee College of Music's Global Jazz Institute, was named a UNESCO Artist for Peace at a ceremony held today in Paris, France. The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization describes Artists for Peace as “internationally renowned personalities who use their influence, charisma, and prestige to help promote UNESCO's message." Perez is a Grammy-winner whose distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music of the Americas, folkloric and world music) has won critical ...

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Website

All About Jazz Improves Photo Gallery

Source: All About Jazz
November 19, 2012

We upgraded our photo gallery, creating a new website (photos.allaboutjazz.com) and improving navigation and photo management capabilities in the process. It's much easier to tag and title your photos—it's also easier to change the properties of a single photo. We've changed how you cycle through your photos, your favorite photos, professional photos, popular photos and recently uploaded photos. We've also improved the appearance of a photo's detail page (example). If you're interested in licensing a photo in our gallery, click ...

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Recording

Marshall Crenshaw Helps Pioneer New Subscription Vinyl And Digital Model

Source: conqueroo
November 19, 2012

Loyal fans help surpass Kickstarter goal, ensuring success for new model First EP of the series, I Don’t See You Laughing Now, set for January 22, 2013 release with November 23 exclusive to brick-and-mortar retail on Record Store Day’s Back to Black Friday NEW YORK, NY - “I wanted to think of a different way of working that would inspire me and keep me motivated,” Marshall Crenshaw says of his newest endeavor: a subscription- only service that addresses the recent ...

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WBGO's Champions Of Jazz Celebrated In Stormy Weather!

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
November 19, 2012

WBGO’s Champions of Jazz Benefit 2012 Honoring Global Law Firm Hogan Lovells, Grammy® Award Winner Bobby McFerrin and Music Industry Executive Bruce Lundvall Included Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance During a Historic Noreaster As the snow fell, the dollars were raised for jazz’s number one public radio station NEWARK, NJ: WBGO’s Champions of Jazz Benefit 2012 took place the night of the historic Noreaster “Athena” as many of the performers and audience members braved not only the cold, but also their own personal ...

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German Superstar Herbert Groenemeyer To Release English Language Debut Album, I Walk

Source: 1888 Media
November 19, 2012

Public Television Concert Special Airs in December 2012 and January 2013. February 19, 2013 Album Release to Coincide with Select American Tour Dates Over the course of the past three decades, Herbert Groenemeyer has established himself as Germany’s most successful recording artist of all time, with album sales surpassing 18 million copies, and two of his albums, 1984’s 4630 Bochum and 2002’s Mensch, becoming the biggest German- language releases in history. But for audiences in the United States — and, ...

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