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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Ann Hampton Callaway, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Peter Henderson and More

March 30, 2011

This week's calendar of jazz and creative music events in St. Louis offers another varied selection of styles, from swinging jazz in a mainstream groove to eccentric, electric fusion to cabaret to contemporary avant-garde concert music. Let's go the highlights, presented as usual in chronological order: Tonight, singer, songwriter and pianist Ann Hampton Callaway (pictured) opens ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Norman Brown, Richard Elliot to Play Saturday, June 25 at the Pageant

March 30, 2011

Guitarist Norman Brown (pictured) and saxophonist Richard Elliot are coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25 at The Pageant. Elliot was here most recently last July to perform at The Pageant on a bill with trumpeter Rick Braun. Brown hasn't been to St. Louis since 2006, when he played a holiday-themed ...

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News: Interview

Ella Fitzgerald and Irving Berlin

March 30, 2011

I will say from the outset that this post is an exercise in futility. But here goes: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book is my favorite entry in Fitzgerald's eight- album songbook series recorded between 1956 and 1964. It's an absurd claim, I know, since each of her tribute albums are like different flavors ...

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News: Festival

Telluride Jazz Fest: Tower of Power, Walter, Roberts and Deitch, Bad Plus

March 30, 2011

JAZZ, FUNK, BLUES, WINE, YOGA, PARADISE Telluride Jazz Celebration is enjoying its 35th Anniversary year of bringing world-class music to the town of Telluride, Colorado. All attendees are invited to enjoy three days of music, a complimentary wine tasting with over 20 varietals on Friday evening, morning yoga in the park and unparalleled views. Telluride Jazz ...

News: Music Industry

Billboard Targets Indie Artists with New Pro Service

March 30, 2011

Billboard has launched a new subscription-based service that targets indie artists and their entourage. The service, Billboard Pro, offers personalized artist analytics that track online and social network activity, airplay, and sales, among other things. Subscribers also gain access to editorial that focuses on artist-focused how-to's guides, case studies, and industry profiles. Members also gain access to ...

News: Trends

Twitter Study: Just .05% Generate 50% of Action

March 30, 2011

A new Yahoo Research study confirms that Twitter is more of a hierarchical broadcast network than a social network. A striking concentration of attention on Twitter—roughly 50% of tweets consumed—are generated by just 20K elite users. Media produces the most information, but celebrities are the most followed. The study also found a significant homophily within groups: ...

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News: Trends

Another Study Predicts Cloud Music to Boom

March 30, 2011

Earlier this month, ABI Research predicted that cloud music to boom in the next five years, reaching a subscriber of 161 million by 2016. They believed that smartphone penetration, a lowering in price, and an emerging Asia-Pacific market would give services like Spotify and Rhapsody a boost. Now, Juniper Research is saying similar things; they suspect ...

News: Opinion

A Psychological Analysis of Record Industry Decline

March 30, 2011

Everyone has their own theory on why the record industry is in decline. In part, they all hold a grain of truth. Hundreds of things helped exacerbate the process—some obvious, others not. The diagnosis will always remain open to speculation. After ten years (or more) of the smartest minds in various fields prognosticating and predicting the death ...

News: Trends

Streaming May Topple Music Industry Iceberg

March 30, 2011

The IFPI reports that digital sale grew a meager 5.1% last year and that in the U.S., growth was almost flat at 1.2%. These numbers and chart that accompanies them aren't that shocking, but they do illustrate why the major labels are both excited for Google and Spotify to come to the market, yet terrified about ...

News: Technology

Amazon Beats Apple, Google with Launch of Unlicensed Cloud Music Locker and Player

March 30, 2011

(UPDATED) Overnight Amazon beat both Google and Apple to market with the launch of a freemium cloud based digital media locker and robust integrated music player that accesses stored tracks across multiple computers and Android devices. The four major labels were informed late last week of the move which, Amazon insists, does not require them to ...