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News: Trends

US Music Sales Drop Again in 2010, Digital Flat

January 7, 2011

According to Nielsen SoundScan, total album sales in the US were down 13% in 2010. 326 million albums were sold in all formats vs. 374 million in 2009. Overall music sales (albums, singles, music videos and digital tracks) fell 2.5%. Digital track sales inched up just 1% to 1.17 billion units in 2010 compared to digital ...

News: Technology

Suicide Notice: Would a U.S. Launch Kill Spotify?

January 7, 2011

Had Spotify launched in the U.S., recent reports argue it would've bled them dry. Allegedly, the major labels demanded such large minimum guarantees that Spotify began to question if the financial risk added up. Since the company is nearing profitability in Europe, technology writer Sarah Lacy contends that it might be best if they skip coming ...

News: Economics

Chart: How Amazon Can Afford to Lose Money Selling Music Plus Why Facebook and Google Won't

January 7, 2011

(UPDATE 2) Amazon offers some great deals on music downloads, often selling hit albums for $3.99—$5.00. Sometimes the labels participate with lower wholesale pricing, but often Amazon sells downloads at a loss. Loss leaders are common, but how can Amazon afford to lose money so consistently, and why are Facebook or Google with its pending music ...

News: Award / Grant

John Gilbreath Lands at #17 on CityArts' List of Seattle Culturemakers

January 7, 2011

Earshot's John Gilbreath lands at #17 of CityArts magazine's list of Seattle's top culture makers. He is in between The Seattle Channel's Nancy Guppy and Pacific Northwest Ballett's Artistic Director Peter Boal ... fine company indeed. from CityArts: 17 John Gilbreath EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EARSHOT JAZZ John Gilbreath says ...

News: Recording

One Track Mind: Hannah Miller, "All My Love" (2010)

January 7, 2011

Photograph by Caleb ChanceyBy Nick DeRiso Hannah Miller sings in a raw, emotionally available register that occasionally goes so high it's almost outside of her control. That lends a heartrending urgency to songs like “All My Love," released in August as part of a four-song EP called Journey to the Moon. With her partner away, Miller ...

News: Obituary

Gerry Rafferty (1947-2011): An Appreciation

January 8, 2011

Editor's note: Here's a repost of our review of 1978's City to City By Gerry Rafferty, who died today in London from liver failure after a lengthy battle with alcoholism. Rafferty scored Top 10 hits first with Stealers Wheel ("Stuck in the Middle") and then with his own “Baker Street" from this recording.City to City sold ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, January 7-12

January 7, 2011

Diversity reigns as Jazz 2011 gets underway, from the bluesy swing of Debbie Duncan to the virtuosic eccentricities of Stanley Jordan to such favorites as Benny Weinbeck and Bruce Henry and some edgy stuff from Zeitgeist. Notably absent however is the long-standing Fat Kid Wednesdays gig at the Clown Lounge, a Monday night staple for modern ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dakota Combo: Inspired by Mingus... and Another Bassist

January 7, 2011

I've been a fan of the Dakota Combo for about five years, ever since the first ensemble of seven high school jazz students gathered for rehearsal under the direction of trumpeter Kelly Rossum in the rehearsal space in the old MacPhail Center of Music building near Orchestra Hall. Or make that, since the first audition. Not ...

News: Video / DVD

The Viklicka1/2-Robinson Concert: A Video Report

January 8, 2011

At the end of the piece two exhibits below, I wrote that I would depend on Rifftides readers to tell us about the Emil Viklický-Scott Robinson concert the night before last. Even better, journalist and blogger Michael Steinman took his video camera to the Bohemian National Hall of the Czech Center in New York. Viklický played ...

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News: Recording

Seval Releases New LP "I Know You" on 482 Music.

January 8, 2011

Can music be gentle and intense, expansive and intimate? Seval answers that question in the affirmative on i know you (482 Music), eight tracks of sonically rich and emotionally uplifting music that is cozy and airy, panoramic and passionate, but never slight or lethargic. Formed by the Chicago-based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and filled out by Stockholm's ...