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News: Recording

Nate Wooley Keeps On Getting Better: "(Put Your) Hands Together"

June 23, 2011

With Nate Wooley, and with his latest quintet album (Put Your) Hands Together (Clean Feed CF218CD), there is plenty to suggest that growth is a factor. Nate as an artist, trumpet-composer-bandleader, does not stand still. It's a very balanced album with a band that provides the freewheeling solo work you would expect from Nate's outfit, yet ...

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News: Radio

Julian Lage - From Guitar Prodigy to Guitar Master

June 22, 2011

Another great session from the KPLU studios...check out audio, video, and photos below! By Justin Steyer, Nick Francis and Nick Morrison Guitarist Julian Lage performs live in the KPLU studios on June 15, 2011. Justin Steyer / KPLU CLICK HEAR TO LISTEN TO THE SESSION When Julian Lage was 8 years old, his skill as a ...

News: Music Industry

Merlin Adds U.S. Board Members, Indie Labels

June 22, 2011

Merlin, the non-profit global rights agency for indie labels has added four new U.S board members and announced that a number of major U.S. independent labels have joined the group. New board members include: Dave Hansen of Epitaph, William Crowley of E1, Kris Gillespie of Domino and Glenn Dicker from Yep Roc and Redeye Distribution. They ...

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News: Recording

The Bo-Keys: Got to Get Back

June 22, 2011

The Bo-Keys know how to set a Memphis groove. They ought to. The band's musicians have been doing it for some time. As I wrote in the Wall Street Journal last week (go here), the band was formed by bassist Scott Bomar in 1998, and the rest of the band's rhythm section are veterans of the ...

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News: Recording

Gerald Cleaver: Drummer by Nature

June 22, 2011

Great drummers tell stories: they are not only the time-keepers or the rhythmic base of the band. Great drummers make the music. Jack DeJohnette is in that category. So is Hamid Drake, so is Eddie Prévost, so is Tom Rainey. And so is Gerald Cleaver. It is extremely difficult to describe music, so I will refrain ...

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News: Festival

All Good Fest: Full Schedule

June 22, 2011

40 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS MUSIC FROM TWO ADJACENT STAGES WITH NO OVERLAPPING SETS Held this July 14-17 at Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, WV, the 15th Annual All Good Music Festival has announced the complete schedule and list of artists performing the event, including a rundown of the Grassroots Stage schedule. Check it out here. Fans can ...

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News: Event

The Allman Brothers Band: NYC Benefit for Hep C Awareness

June 22, 2011

GREGG ALLMAN JOINS WITH MERCK AND AMERICAN LIVER FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH TUNE IN TO HEP C AWARENESS CAMPAIGN; BENEFIT CONCERT ON JULY 27 AT BEACON THEATRE IN NYC Merck today announced that Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman will work together with the company and the American Liver Foundation on Tune In to Hep ...

News: Technology

New MP3.com is Live: Another Place to Give Your Music Away for Free

June 22, 2011

Confirming weeks of rumors,CBS has relaunched MP3.com. Free music is at the center of the new site along with music and music tech content drawn primarily from CBS owned properties Last.fm and CNet. While the new MP3.com is focused primarily on free downloads and streams of indie music, free tracks from Britney Spears, My Morning Jacket ...

News: Music Industry

Soundcloud Partners with MusicXray

June 22, 2011

Soundcloud has partnered with music opportunity site MusicXray. Two new Music Xray apps have been added to the SoundCloud App Gallery. Both apps enable SoundCloud users to have songs matched opportunities like song placements on Music Xray without having to import their music. Music Xray users can also link their accounts to SoundCloud and have their ...

News: Technology

9 SEO Tips for Musicians - Simple Steps That Drive Traffic to Your Site

June 22, 2011

This guest post comes from Lior Levin, a marketing consultant working with a psd to css company and also advises to iAdvize, a live chat support tool for websites. So you finally have a website for your group or band, but you have no idea how to get traffic there. This is an issue that many musicians go ...