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Steve Miller Band: Spring Tour Featuring Gregg Allman

April 14, 2011

NEW STUDIO ALBUM LET YOUR HAIR DOWN IN STORES ON APRIL 19 The Steve Miller Band will kick off a series of theater and small arena dates through the South and East Coast, this month, featuring special guest Gregg Allman. The spring tour outing begins Saturday, April 16, with the band's first show at the Allman ...

A Musicares Tribute to Neil Young DVD out May 31

April 14, 2011

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY CROSBY, STILLS & NASH, ELVIS COSTELLO, JOHN FOGERTY, ELTON JOHN, LADY ANTEBELLUM, DAVE MATTHEWS, JAMES TAYLOR, AND MORE In January 2010, legendary singer-songwriter-performer, philanthropist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year. The prestigious gala featured superstar artists like Dave Matthews, James Taylor, ...

Part 4: Reputation Building

April 14, 2011

In November of 2008 I moved to New York City. I'd been working in local, regional theatre and tours for over ten years and I was determined to get a job playing keyboards on Broadway. This is part 4 of a 5-part series. For the full story, visit the series home page: How I Became a ...

Microsoft's Bing Control's 30% of Search and Why You Should Care

April 14, 2011

It's a basic rule of marketing. Customers (fans) need to be able to find you; and in the internet age that means search engines. Until now that meant where you show up on Google search.  But a new Experian Hitwise numbers show that Microsoft's Bing now controls 30.01% of U.S. search" 14.32% from Bing.com and 15.69% ...

Soundcloud Founders Explain Why They Want to Fix Audio on the Web [video]

April 14, 2011

Soundcloud is clearly one of music tech's success stories; and that the music industry has embraced their service couldn't please the company's founders more. “The web...sound and music. That's really our life," explain Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss in this short video that tells why they chose to devote themselves to make sharing audio on the ...

Ballard Jazz Festival Starts in One Week

April 14, 2011

The 32nd Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Presents the Triumphant Return of Champion

April 14, 2011

Tickets on sale Friday at noon Montreal, Wednesday, April 13, 2011—"I'm not sick anymore! ;)" proclaims Champion on his official site, and that's music to our ears! The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is extremely happy to announce that the famed Montreal DJ will rock the walls of the Métropolis during our 32nd edition presented ...

In the Mood Revue - Featuring Big Band Jazz of the 1940s - Coming to Lowell Auditorium on Friday, April 15

April 14, 2011

In the Mood, a musical revue of the 1940s, is coming to the Lowell Memorial Auditorium this Friday, April 15, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., featuring the music of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and other big band leaders of that era. Tickets are $39.50 and can be ordered online or by calling 978 454-2299. In ...

Argentinian Singer Silvina Moreno Performing at Bond Lounge in Boston on Wednesday, April 13

April 14, 2011

Argentinian singer Silvina Moreno is performing at BOND Restaurant | Lounge at the Langham Hotel in Boston this evening, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Moreno moved from Buenos Aires to Boston in 2008 to attend the Berklee College of Music, and since then has performed with jazz legends like Bobby McFerrin and ...

Something Else! Interview: Former Yes Frontman Jon Anderson

April 14, 2011

By Nick DeRiso After a difficult bout with respiratory problems, Jon Anderson has returned with a furious creativity, beginning with last year's successful collaboration with fellow Yes alum Rick Wakeman. A forthcoming solo release, set for late spring, is to be part of a three-album cycle of songs—a rebirth both in the figurative and literal sense ...