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Jazz This Week: Candy Dulfer, Warren Wolf and Peter Martin, Erin Bode, Melton Mustafa, Miles Davis Jazz Festival, and More

May 19, 2011

We're still in a transitional period between spring and summer music schedules here in St. Louis, but there nevertheless are a number of noteworthy jazz and creative music performances happening around town over the next several days. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Sheldon Concert Hall puts on a benefit concert for tornado relief, featuring ...

New Music Circle Previews 2011-12 Season

May 19, 2011

New Music Circle has posted a preview of the lineup for their 2011-12 season on their website. At this point, it's just a list of artists—no dates or venues yet—but most notably, the proposed season would include the St. Louis debut of pianist Matthew Shipp (pictured). The 51-year-old Shipp has been a noted figure in free ...

New York Press Conference on Elimination of Latin Jazz Grammy - May 22, 2011

May 19, 2011

May 22nd PRESS CONFERENCE IN PROTEST OF GRAMMY TRAVESTY NARAS ELIMINATES 31 CATEGORIES FROM THE GRAMMY AWARDS OUTRAGED MUSIC COMMUNITY RESPONDS On Sunday, May 22nd at 1 pm, world-renowned artists, celebrities, writers, activists and members of the media will gather at the world-famous Nuyorican Poets' Café, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, to voice their ...

The Jazz Session #269: TK Blue

May 19, 2011

Interview: Marcos Valle (Part 3)

May 19, 2011

Upon his return to Rio in 1968 following an extended American tour, Marcos Valle began to record with a new confidence. His music also took on a more percussive and rock feel as Brazilian music changed and developed over the decades. But he also retained his knack for passionate ballads and spirited songs with catchy melodies. ...

PT. 2 Fab 5 Freddy: Jazz Upbringing @ The Roots of Hip Hop

May 19, 2011

In part one (scroll down or check the archives) of our lively conversation with Fab 5 Freddy, the graffiti artist who was one of the pioneers of what has become the global pop phenomenon known as hip hop we discussed the heavy jazz influence on young Fred’s Brooklyn upbringing, which included the significant influence of his ...

Jazz Fest After Dark | New Orleans | Review | Pics

May 19, 2011

By B.Getz Jazz Fest After Dark :: 05.04.11-05.08.11 :: New Orleans, LA Jump right to Casey's shots of ALO & Tea Leaf Green, The Funky Meters, Galactic, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and The New Mastersounds by clicking on band's name! “It is rare to see crowd surfing at a Jazz Fest show, especially by a guy ...

Royal Family Affair: Soulive, Chromeo, Lettuce, Big G, Denson

May 19, 2011

DUMPSTAPHUNK, MEDESKI, DEITCH & SKERIK, JENNIFER HARTSWICK, BREAK SCIENCE, PIMPS OF JOYTIME, ZACH DEPUTY, ALSO CONFIRMED In celebration of its 13th year as a band, the preeminent soul funk trio Soulive has announced the inaugural Royal Family Affair—a three-day music festival from August 12-14 set in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont at Stratton Mountain Ski ...

Eventbrite Grabs $50 Million More for Live Ticket and Marketing Platform

May 19, 2011

Even as Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino was touting synergies created by its merger with Ticketmaster at this morning's JP Morgan conference, investors were signalling that it's far from game over for the event ticketing sector. Ticketing upstart Eventbrite announced today it has secured $50 million in a Series E financing round led by Tiger Global. ...

Top 5 Ways to Fail on Twitter

May 19, 2011

This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the new Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle.  Most artists and bands now use Twitter to promote their music and connect with their fans. But like with all promotional tools, there are certain things you should avoid doing. I've searched through literally thousands of artist ...