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News: Performance / Tour

Mario Pavone - Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po (Playscape, 2010)

January 23, 2011

Bassist Mario Pavone has been one of the leading lights of the New York creative music scene for many years now, whether as a leader or as a sideman in the likes of the sorely missed Thomas Chapin Trio. He's assembled an excellent band here with Tony Malaby tenor and soprano saxophone, Jimmy Greene on tenor ...

News: Opinion

#Midem: The Utter Cloudiness of Cloud Music...

January 23, 2011

Our very own Steve Mayall moderated a session at MidemNet today on cloud music, with a panel discussion featuring some of the key actors in the space. The panel featured Thomas Hesse from Sony Music Entertainment, Christophe Lange from streaming service simfy, Harry Maloney from platform provider Catch Media and Daren Tsui from music service mSpot. ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Tim Collins

by AAJ Staff
January 22, 2011

Tim Collins is a vibraphonist/drummer originally from NY, now living in Munich, Germany. He's played with Ingrid Jensen, Aaron Parks, John Ellis, Aaron Goldberg, Charlie Hunter, John Hollenbeck, George Porter, and Mike Moreno. His two albums, 'Valcour and Fade received 3 and 4 stars respectively in Downbeat Magazine. Look for a third album in 2011, featuring ...

News: Recording

Alison Krauss: Paper Airplane

January 20, 2011

FIRST RELEASE SINCE 2007'S RAISING SAND WITH ROBERT PLANT On April 12, 2011 Rounder Records will release the eagerly anticipated Alison Krauss and Union Station album, Paper Airplane. A truly breathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, Paper Airplane is Krauss' 14th album and the band's follow-up to 2004's triple Grammy winning Lonely Runs Both Ways. It ...

News: Technology

Roostie - We're Not Myspace, We Don't Have Everything, but Here's 3,000 Awesome Bands

January 20, 2011

Roostie is a new artist portal, but with a twist. They're only going to have 3,000 hand-picked and talented acts profiled on the site. The company has a music panel that decides who gets on the site and who stays on MySpace. The owners don't want to be the next MySpace nor can they afford to be. Behind the ...

News: Music Industry

Fanbridge Grabs $2 Million, Acquires Damntheradio

January 20, 2011

FanBridge has acquired damntheradio. This will extend the fan relationship management tools that the company offers to encompass a Facebook too. This news comes as FanBridge closed a $2 million Series A financing round. FanBridge has also taken damntheradio out of private beta and launched a fully self-serve version of the product. Artists will now be able ...

News: Festival

They Still Call It Jazzfest

January 22, 2011

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival yesterday announced the lineup for the 2011 edition. The festival will run the weekends of April 29-May 1 and May 5-8. In New Orleans, they still refer to the event as JazzFest. Here is a partial list of the hundreds of major attractions.Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Kid ...

News: Interview

Tony Scott at Bop's Dawn

January 21, 2011

Clarinetist Tony Scott didn't make many friends. A good number of jazz musicians who knew him recall an egoist who was abrasively competitive and made less and less musical sense as the years wore on. Personally, I find Scott a mixed bag, in some cases producing lovely swinging music and in other cases using a purposefully ...

News: Festival

Wilco's Solid Sound Fest 2011

January 21, 2011

JUNE 24-26, MASS MOCA, NORTH ADAMS, MA; TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 AT 11 AM EST Wilco's Solid Sound Festival, an intimate three day celebration of music, comedy, art and community, returns to MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA June 24㬖. Envisioned by Wilco and presented in collaboration with MASS MoCA, America's largest center ...

News: Performance / Tour

Kaki King: Acoustic Tour

January 21, 2011

SOLO ACOUSTIC RUN STARTS FEBRUARY 23 IN NEW YORK Kaki King will return to her acoustic roots this winter for a national tour that will make stops at renowned venues such as the Moma in New York City, Yoshi's in San Francisco and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. In her 10-year career, King has released five ...