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News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Alexa Weber Morales (Part 1)

April 6, 2011

We all have natural predispositions towards certain activities and they often have a way of working their way into our everyday lives. It's hard to predict where a person will go when they are exploring the world as a child, but it's easy to say that the things that repeatedly fall in their path will have ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Ralph Carmichael (Part 1)

April 6, 2011

Ralph Carmichael has arranged for Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Stan Kenton, Jack Jones, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Al Martino, Roger Williams and Sue Raney. But he is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Nat King Cole between 1960 and the singer's death in 1965. In fact, each holiday season you hear Carmichael's stereo arrangement of ...

News: Recording

Galactic: Live Album in May

April 6, 2011

RECORDED LIVE AT TIPITINA'S; FEATURES CYRIL NEVILLE, TROMBONE SHORTY, SOUL REBELS, BIG FREEDIA, AND MORE New Orleans outfit Galactic has a well earned reputation as one of the most exhilarating live acts around. Last year the band released the critically acclaimed genre defying sonic tribute to the Big Easy entitled Ya-Ka-May. Now the celebrated outfit offers ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Robert Randolph: Tour Dates

April 6, 2011

TOUR STARTS APRIL 17 AT WEST COAST BLUES N' ROOTS FEST IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA Robert Randolph & The Family Band have announced a slew of tour dates that will take them through North America, Europe, Australia and a week's worth of shows in Japan. Check out all the tour dates below. TOUR DATES 04/08/11 Fri Lyric ...

News: Festival

Big up Fest Adds Tipper and RAQ

April 6, 2011

LINEUP AT LATE JULY FEST EXPANDS The Big Up Music & Arts Festival announced the addition of Tipper and RAQ to its 2011 festival lineup. They join headliners EOTO (featuring Michael Travis and Jason Hann of the String Cheese Incident), Big Gigantic, Digital Tape Machine (featuring Joel Cummins and Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee) and Marco ...

News: Award / Grant

MTV Spotlights Music Tech for New Awards Show

April 6, 2011

MTV's new awards show, The O Music Awards, is now announcing categories and nominees. The best thing about it? Music tech companies are also getting recognized for their efforts. Unlike MTV's other shows, The O Music Awards will run year-round and continue to report on the changes in the digital music sector. This show, along with ...

News: Trends

9 Reasons Apple and Google Should Be Worried About Amazon

April 6, 2011

This guest post comes from Paul Lamere of The Echo Nest and his blog Music Machinery. For the last year we've heard rumors of how both Apple and Google were getting close to releasing music locker services that allow music listeners to upload their music collection to the cloud giving them the ability to listen to ...

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News: Recording

Drew Paralic - Roll with It, Baby (2011)

April 6, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Drew Paralic is that most unusual of things, a jazz pianist and composer who has released an album of originals played by others. Having taken up the instrument too late, he says, to approach the mastery of deeply appreciated influences like Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, Paralic instead decided to focus on writing ...

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News: Recording

Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone - Thin Air (2009)

April 6, 2011

By Mark Saleski Tom Waits is a mysterious fellow. I mean, how much do we really know about him? Given the erudite nature of his music, I suppose we know enough. Oh sure, we've all heard the stories. Drivin' the kids on the field trip to the music store in that tank of an Oldsmobile... and ...

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News: Recording

Ike Turner - Here and Now (2001)

April 6, 2011

By Derrick Lord This was just what Ike Turner fans had been waiting for. The Clarksdale, Mississippi native returned to his roots with a barrel-house style blues recording that brought him back as a force on the music scene, earning two W.C. Handy Awards from the Blues Foundation for best traditional blues album and comeback album ...