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News: Recording

"Barabajagal" by Donovan

May 5, 2011

The music of Donovan (b. 1946, Glasgow, Scotland) has long remained a perverse and pervasive fascination for me. Like most “flower power" hits of the sixties, “Mellow Yellow" and “Sunshine Superman" are emblazoned upon my musical transom. But whether it's the dated oddities of either song or the mere fact that we've all heard them a ...

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News: Award / Grant

RFT 2011 Music Awards Ballot Now Online

May 4, 2011

Reader voting is underway for the 2011 Riverfront Times Music Awards. This year's nominees for “Best Jazz Artist" are guitarist Dave Black, saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, pianist Peter Martin, singer Denise Thimes and pianist Reggie Thomas. (If none of those choices are to your liking, there's also a write-in option. ) For the first time, this year ...

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News: Interview

Lockjaw Davis: Goin' to the Meeting

May 4, 2011

Fans of tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis will completely understand what I'm about to say: There are great Lockjaw Davis albums. And then there are really great Lockjaw Davis albums. What constitutes a really superb Davis recording? Davis has to be a bit on edge and faced with formidable, assertive competition behind him. On such albums, ...

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News: Recording

Colorlist - The Fastest Way to Become the Ocean (2011) ***

May 4, 2011

By Joe Higham “*** LIMITED EDITION 10" VINYL *** The Chicago based Colorlist is comprised of crossover jazz duo Charles Rumback and Charles Gorczynski. Both multi-instrumentalists, Rumback mans percussion, bells and melodica, while Gorczynski plays saxophone, numerous woodwind instruments, synthesizers and harmonium.“ This is the start of the press release for the latest from Colorlist, however ...

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News: Festival

Jam Cruise 10: Dates, Lineup Umphrey's, Hornsby, Galactic

May 4, 2011

10th SAILING WITH CLASSIC JAM LINEUP! Cloud 9 Adventures has announced the details of Jam Cruise 10, which will sail January 9-14, 2012 on board the MSC Poesia, heading to Labadee, Haiti & Falmouth, Jamaica. Jam Cruise 10 Lineup Umphrey's McGee; Galactic; Keller & the Keels; Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers; Toots & the Maytals; Soulive; ...

News: Festival

Camp Barefoot: RAQ Out, KDTU In

May 4, 2011

RAQ OUT AND KARL DENSON IN FOR CAMP BAREFOOT 5 Camp Barefoot 5 Music Festival, taking place August 18-20, 2011 in Bartow, WV, has issued the following announcement: “We regret to bring you the news, that RAQ will not be able to make the Camp Barefoot 5 line up, due to some unforeseen circumstances. It is ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Maceo Parker | Santa Barbara | Review | Pics

May 4, 2011

By L. Paul Mann Maceo Parker made it clear early on in his set at UCSB on a sleepy Sunday night that he plays funk music not jazz. In witty banter with the audience, he jokingly said, “I love jazz, especially when I am reading a book or washing a car." Then to accentuate his point, ...

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News: Career

How to be a Studio Musician Without Leaving Home

May 4, 2011

Musicians are always looking for ways to supplement their income and find new performance opportunities. If you have always wanted (and more so if you already are) to be a session musician, but didn't have the right contacts or weren't located in an active scene, you might want to look into offering your services as a ...

News: Rights

EMI Pulls Digital Rights from ASCAP in Radical Plan to Streamline Licensing

May 4, 2011

In a radical shift, EMI Music Publishing today announced that it is taking back the responsibility for licensing digital rights in North American from ASCAP. The performance rights society will continue to license EMI's performance rights for traditional media services, including television and radio stations. As digital music innovation has picked up pace, bundled rights and ...

News: Technology

How to Use Storify to Share Story of Musical Events

May 4, 2011

Storify, the buzzed about web service whose goal is to “make stories using social media", is now in public beta and . I spent a bit of time playing around with Storify as a tool to focus on a music related event—the release of country music group Whiskey Myers' new album Firewater. My goal was to ...