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Latin Jazz Conversations: Paquito D'Rivera (Part 5)

January 15, 2011

Depth and diversity really define the magnitude of an artist's career, and determines the impact that their musical will have over time. Most artists pick a direction that dictates their musical output, but only a select few dig far into the history and potential of their chosen path. If they do, they rarely change course and ...

News: Interview

Jazzwax List: Lou's Organists

January 15, 2011

Lou Donaldson was one of the first alto saxophonists to perform and record consistently with a Hammond B3 behind him. He used the sound extensively on the road in the '50s while touring across the country and developed a new jazz-funk approach in the '60s. Here's a list of the groovy organists who have recorded with ...

News: Interview

Remembering the Jazz Ambassador: Billy Taylor

January 15, 2011

On Monday, January 10 Dr. Billy Taylor was given a rich, warm send-off totally befitting one of the classiest musicians and people jazz music has ever produced. Dave Brubeck wrote of “The Real Ambassadors," Dr. Billy Taylor was the most REAL Ambassador of all. Here's a man responsible for introducing the beauties and wonders of jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks: North American Tour

January 15, 2011

TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY JANUARY 21 Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show yesterday that they have joined forces for “The Heart & Soul Tour." Launching March 20, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the tour will unite the two for a series of arena concerts throughout North America—with performances already confirmed ...

News: Event

Moe. to Ramble with Levon Helm

January 15, 2011

CELEBRATING THE 200TH RAMBLE ON FEBRUARY 5 Levon Helm has lined up his next series of Midnight Rambles, held at at his studio (The Barn) in Woodstock, NY. Guests include Carolyn Wonderland, Dirty Guv'nahs, Hayes Carll, Cindy Cashdollar (playing the 200th ramble), and moe. on March 12. Click here for complete lineup information and click here ...

News: Interview

Efforts to Prevent Piracy Destined to Fail - It's Hard to Police People at Home [interview]

January 15, 2011

This is part two of my interview with Joe Cox. He is an economist at of the University of Portsmouth. He recently published a paper titled Seeders, leechers and social norms: Evidence from the market for illicit digital downloading and proclaimed that file-sharers see themselves as the Robin Hoods of the digital age. In this interview, ...

News: Music Industry

As MySpace Falls, Where Will Fans and Musicians Go?

January 15, 2011

Updated. It hasn't been an easy year for MySpace. It's numbers have been down for months, earlier this week the company let go of 47% of its staff and parent NewsCorp is publicly trying to offload it. But at least until recently, a core portion of it's user base—musicians and the fans that support them—have remained, all ...

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News: Video / DVD

Your Brain While Improvising Music, Freestyling Rap

January 15, 2011

Is it possible to study creativity scientifically? That's what researcher Charles Lamb wants to know. He has been analyzing how the brain works during musical improvisation. To do so, he has been putting jazz musicians and rappers into fMRI machines and surveying what goes on in their brains when they're improvising. This is a facinating talk. ...

News: Technology

Why You Should Start Using Flattr

January 15, 2011

This guest essay is written by Robbert van Ooijen. He recently studied online music and music piracy at the master level at New Media & Digital Culture at the Dutch University of Utrecht. Van Ooijen also blogs at HaveYouHeard.It. Last December I integrated the micropayment tool Flattr into my blog, Have You Heard It ,and started ...

News: Music Industry

Report: Spotify Much Closer to U.S. Launch with Support of Two Major Labels

January 15, 2011

We know you've heard this all before, but Spotify really does appear to be getting much closer to a U.S. launch. The music streamer is nearing a US deal with Sony Entertainment and has gained the support of at least one other major label group, two music industry sources have told the NY Post. “Spotify is ...