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News: Recording

Splice - Lab (Loop Records 2011) ****

June 29, 2011

By Joe Higham It seems that jazz and more open ended forms of music are alive and well in the UK, or at least that's the impression I get form a recent glut of albums I've been listening to. Here's another excellent release from the Loop Collective label featuring this fine group known as 'Splice.' If ...

News: Festival

American Roots at Caramoor: D. Grisman, Ollabelle, J. Maddock

June 29, 2011

CARAMOOR CELEBRATES AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC WITH ALL-DAY FESTIVAL, JULY 2 Caramoor International Music Festival inaugurates a new tradition with the American Roots Music Festival, a day-long celebration on July 2 of bluegrass, folk, string band, country blues and gospel music. This family-friendly event takes place at various locations throughout the Caramoor grounds beginning at 12:30pm, and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Richard Thompson Receives Obe from the Queen, Plans Tour

June 29, 2011

LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER RECEIVES OBE FROM THE QUEEN; ANNOUNCES U.S. AND CANADA TOUR STARTING AUGUST 27 Richard Thompson was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) today for his singular and substantial contribution to music. The award was presented by Queen Elizabeth during the special investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Crowning an extraordinary week, Thompson will ...

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News: Recording

Michael Franks - Time Together (2011)

June 29, 2011

You don't see me cover a lot of jazz vocalist or smooth jazz records, so you may wonder what is up with this piece about a record from smooth jazz's premier vocalist, Michael Franks? When I informed our own Mark Saleski my intention to cover Franks his reaction was to disgusted “ewwwww!" but that didn't faze ...

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News: Recording

Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman - Song X (1986; Reissue)

June 29, 2011

By Mark Saleski Sorta like Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman's Song X has long been a strange attractor for all sorts of hyperbole, rumor-mongering and dismissal. Yeah, Song X was nothing but a slap in Geffen's face (despite it being Pat's first release on that label) or ... it's the best ...

News: Opinion

Why NXNE is Better Than SXSW

June 29, 2011

Mention South by Southwest to any band, and they will know exactly what you are talking about. Mention North by Northeast (a.k.a. NXNE), however, and you might get some puzzled looks. But for a young band, if I had to pick between SXSW and NXNE, there is no doubt in my mind that I would skip ...

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News: Recording

Francois Carrier Trio + 1 with Bobo Stenson, "Entrance 3", Entrances

June 29, 2011

Francois Carrier has style. He keeps a balance between sound, linear content and expressivity in ways that are original and enlivening. When he gathered his alto, his trio and guest Bobo Stenson on piano at the Vancouver Jazz Fest in 2002, there was some magic in the air. It's captured on Entrance 3 (Ayler 106) and ...

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News: Interview

Bernard Herrmann at 100

June 29, 2011

Composer Bernard Herrmann emerged from the Golden Age of cinema and contributed a signature sound to some of history's most significant films. While his name may not be known to most of today's filmgoers—he died, after all, a full generation or two ago in 1975—Bernard Herrmann's music is undoubtedly some of the best and best known ...

News: Recording

Official Myspace Sale Announcement Press Release [full Text]

June 29, 2011

Los Angeles, Calif.— Specific Media, a digital media company, today announced it has acquired Myspace from News Corporation. As part of the agreement, News Corporation will take a minority equity stake in Specific Media. Additional terms of the agreement are confidential and will not be disclosed. “Myspace is a recognized leader that has pioneered the social ...

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News: Radio

STLJN Audio Archive: Facets: The Legend of Leon Thomas

June 27, 2011

Today, we introduce a new recurring feature, the StLJN Audio Archive, that will appear occasionally on Sundays. As the name implies, the idea is spotlight out-of-print recordings by St. Louis artists that are available as free downloads somewhere on the Internet. StLJN has featured this sort of thing before at irregular intervals, but after doing some ...