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News: Recording

Tony Malaby's Tamarindo Live!

April 2, 2011

Soprano-Tenor man Tony Malaby has been getting around much of late, appearing as a sideman or co-leader on quite a few dates, and putting together some very worthy sides as a leader. I'm now catching up with his latest, out a month or so, Tony Malaby's Tamarindo Live (Clean Feed 200). It certainly has clout and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Nu-Art Series Announces Spring Concerts

April 1, 2011

The Nu-Art Series has announced a schedule of spring Saturday matinee concerts beginning on April 2 and continuing until May 14 at the Metropolitan Gallery, 2936 Locust St. in downtown St. Louis. The concerts, put together by Nu-Art's George Sams, will feature a mix of St. Louis musicians and returning expats, plus a couple of Sams' ...

News: Music Industry

5 Lessons That the Latin Jazz World Can Learn from Rebecca Black During Jazz Appreciation Month

April 1, 2011

Our calendars turn towards April tomorrow bringing with them a yearly tradition, Jazz Appreciation Month. It's thirty government-sanctioned days that are officially dedicated to the history and future of everything associated with jazz. Some of us celebrate jazz 365 days a year, and for us, Jazz Appreciation Month seems a bit redundant. We can easily turn ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #253: Brian Lynch

April 1, 2011

Brian Lynch celebrates some of his fellow trumpeters whom he feels deserve more notice on Unsung Heroes (Hollistic MusicWorks, 2010). In this interview, Lynch talks about his very real connection to the generations before him; why he feels a grounding in the tradition of jazz is important; and the idea that bebop is the music of ...

News: Festival

NOLA Jazz Fest Daily Schedule

April 1, 2011

STAGE-BY-STAGE MUSIC SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE The 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has released their daily schedule. Click here to check it out. A brief look reveals several conflicts on each day of the festival. This year's festival will feature performances by Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Kid Rock, John Mellencamp, Wilco, Willie ...

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News: Technology

Bandsintown Debuts Facebook Tour Date App

April 1, 2011

In the past few months, Bandsintown has quietly been expanding its presence among artists and live music fans on Facebook with the release of their new, cross-platform tour dates app. While not the only concert app on Facebook, Bandsintown offers a particularly integrated solution. The app enables artists to manage and promote real Facebook events and ...

News: Trends

ASCAP Revenues Fall 6%

April 1, 2011

A report just released by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) shows a 6% drop revenue in 2010 to $935 million. Despite the decline ASCAP paid out $845 million in distributions to members, a decline of just 2.1%. They blamed the fall in revenue on the slower economy and court setbacks which lowered certain ...

News: Video / DVD

Topspin CEO Ian Rogers: "Record Industry Encouraged People to Steal for 8 Years."

April 1, 2011

Recently, This Week In Start Ups interviewed Topspin CEO Ian Rogers. In the interview, they spend a great deal of time talking about the early days of the web and file sharing. It's great look into the evolution of the MP3 and the record industry's initial reaction to fan behavior. Oh, and if you're looking for ...

News: Music Industry

Here's Why Amazon Picked a Fight with the Labels

April 1, 2011

Some are writing volumes about how the labels are going to force Amazon to license their new Cloud Player and Cloud storage locker. The real story is that Amazon already intended to. But in meetings late last week, they told the major labels that they were about to launch what they believe they already could—a place ...

News: Opinion

2001 Flashback - Experts Believe MP3 Can Be Killed

April 1, 2011

Pho, an infamous music industry and technology e-mail listserv, unearthed a great WSJ article from 2001 the other day. It documents the uptake in interest in the MP3 several months before the first iPod launched. The record industry wanted to make the MP3 obsolete, since it was an “unprotected" format, and it looked to the tech ...