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News: Recording

Savoring the Perfect Mystique of MPS

March 9, 2011

Over the last couple of years, the great German label Promising Music has issued some of the more eclectic and iconoclastic releases of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer's legendary MPS label. The releases are beautifully packaged in gatefold LP-like sleeves, fully reproducing the album's original cover graphics (encased in a wrap-around utilizing oddly Japanese text, suggesting that the ...

News: Performance / Tour

This Week at the Cornelia Street Cafe! March 7-14, + Upcoming Highlights for March and April!

March 8, 2011

March 7-14 at The Cornelia Street Café Showtimes: Weeknights: 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, Weekends: 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM (doors open @ 5:45 PM-early shows, & @ 8:30 PM-late shows) Sun-Thurs-$10 cover + $10 minimum, Fri-Sat-$15 cover + $10 minimum The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich ...

News: Event

St. Louis Jazz Club to Celebrate 60th Anniversary on Saturday, May 14

March 8, 2011

The St. Louis Jazz Club will celebrate its sixtieth anniversary on Saturday, May 14 with a pair of performances at the Concord Farmers Club. The venerable presenters of monthly concerts of traditional jazz and swing will feature Red Lehr and the St. Louis Rivermen (pictured) from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., followed that evening by a ...

News: Performance / Tour

Fareed Haque Bringing MathGames to 2720 Cherokee on Friday, March 18

March 8, 2011

Guitarist Fareed Haque is returning to St. Louis later this month, bringing his new band MathGames to town for a performance at 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 18 at 2720 Cherokee. In an interview earlier this year, Haque (pictured) told the blog Chicago Jam Scene that MathGames is now his “primary project" following his departure from Garaj ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #246: Scott McLemore

March 8, 2011

Drummer Scott McLemore and the ASA Trio just released a new album of the music of Thelonious Monk, a follow-up to last years daring take on Coltrane's A Love Supreme. In this interview, McLemore tells the story of how he ended up playing jazz in Iceland; talks about the ASA Trios chemistry and origins; and explains ...

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News: Recording

Elvis Presley: Honorable Discharge

March 8, 2011

When Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in March 1958 and deployed to the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32nd Armor, 3rd Armored Division in West Germany, his absence created a rock vacuum. With the King in uniform, other worthy recording artists were poised to command a larger share of the limelight. Rockers-in-waiting included the Everly ...

News: Music Industry

A Jazz/Cultural Beachhead in Brooklyn: Sista's Place (Part One)

March 8, 2011

Some weeks back an invigorating, spirited Saturday evening was spent at Sista's Place, a cooperative black enterprise at 456 Nostrand Avenue (corner of Jefferson Avenue; by subway take A or C train to Nostrand Ave. stop) in Brooklyn. The occasion was an all-star band including trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah, baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, violinist Billy Bang, pianist ...

News: Performance / Tour

Neil Young: Spring Tour

March 8, 2011

TOUR STARTS APRIL 15 IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Neil Young has announced a solo Spring tour set to begin April 15 in Durham, NC. The performances will feature classic tracks as well as songs from his most recent album, Le Noise. Check out all the dates below. Young is set to appear with a reunited Buffalo ...

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News: Festival

Santa Cruz Blues Fest: Boz Scaggs, Experience Hendrix, Shorty

March 8, 2011

PRIMO DAYTIME FEST NEAR THE BAY The 19th Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival will take place in Aptos Village Park over Memorial Day weekend. The lineup for this year includes: Saturday May 28, 2011 Experience Hendrix featuring: Billy Cox (Band of Gypsys), Steve Vai, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd; David Hidalgo & ...

News: Career

How to Actually Make $50,000 a Year as a Musician

March 8, 2011

One of the reasons we started MusicianWages.com was because of the huge reservoir of unqualified career advice that was being served to musicians online. I usually keep quiet about the charlatanry tips I find online, but I just can't pass this one up. It displays the characteristics of bad career advice so acutely that I just ...