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Jazzwax List: 10 Singing Boppers

January 20, 2011

By the late 1940s, bebop was all the rage—thanks largely to radio disc jockeys who hyped the music and artists through the air-play of records on late-night shows. What began in the mid-'40s as a spectacular, secular jazz style flourished by 1948 as more musicians figured out how to play and arrange it for small groups ...

Spotify Closes First U.S. Deal with Sony

January 20, 2011

Last week, rumors surfaced that Spotify was close to a U.S. deal with Sony. That rumor has turned out to be true. Sony has finally signed up with Spotify. Before they launch in the U.S. though, Spotify will need support from at least two other labels, one of which needs to be Universal, as they're the ...

RIAA Thinks .Music Domains Will Be Piracy Havens

January 20, 2011

The RIAA is lowering it's horns and taking the .music initiative head-on. Even though the .music domain extension hasn't seen the light of day yet, the RIAA is already challenging ICANN to ensure that, if approved, this top-level domain won't be used to encourage music piracy. The RIAA would like to work closely with ICANN and ...

Why a Music Social Network Won't Succeed - Less Fan Interest Than We Imagine [interview]

January 20, 2011

Recently, I spoke with Kevin Leflar, who is the Founder, President and CEO of officialCOMMUNITY, a leader in creating commercialized online communities for established recording artists. In this interview, Leflar talks about how shortening of fame cycles and the challenges in monetizing viral activity. Hypebot: How has the shortening of fame cycles affected the ability of ...

On the Road to Midem Part 1

January 20, 2011

I'm packing for an overnight flight to Paris and then on to Midem. The question that's running through my mind is whether or not this is finally the year that the music industry changes. Not the forced change of slashed budgets and layoffs, but a radical shift in attitude and focus that can realize the promise ...

Beehive Jazz Club in Boston Presents Singer Spotlight Series on Monday Nights

January 20, 2011

Gimme Five: Five Disco Songs That Don't, You Know, Suck

January 20, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Nobody is arguing that there weren't excesses. “Disco Duck," that song about CB radios, Barry Gibb's chest hair. But don't let one or two—OK, a teetering truckload—of bad apples spoil the whole batch. The 1970s had their moments. Even amidst those dark days when pointing straight up counted as a dance move. Here ...

Unsigned Treasures: Sasha and the Indulgents - Love in a Box (2010)

January 20, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Sasha and the Indulgents' Love in a Box is shot through with a devastating sense of foreboding, from the crafty creep-rock of its opening title track almost all the way through to its desolate final moments of lonesome acceptance. Yet, and this is the power and magic of the record, they never bog ...

One Track Mind: Pinetop Perkins, with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, "Grinding Man" (2010)

January 20, 2011

By Nick DeRiso With “Grinding Man," a rollicking rapscallion highlight from his Grammy nominated album with Willie “Big Eyes" Smith, we get a winking glimpse into how 97-year-old Pinetop Perkins has kept himself going all these years. Perkins, who like Smith made his bones playing with Muddy Waters, connects the dots between blues music's rustic era ...

Joe Lovano Us5 - Bird Songs (Blue Note, 2011)

January 20, 2011

Multi saxophonist Joe Lovano began his unique two drummer band Us5 a few years ago, releasing their first unsettled album on Blue Note last year. Touring and greater familiarity with each other has led the band to the music of Charlie Parker, not a tribute exactly, but an exploration of Parker themes brought into the present ...