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News: Performance / Tour

Mehldau, Mostly in Motion: The Premier of Highway Rider

November 8, 2010

Epic works are not for the faint-of-heart, and present challenges to composers, performers and audiences alike. Ideas need to flow convincingly, hold audience interest over a significant period of time, and showcase performers as well as composition. In creating his first orchestral work, pianist Brad Mehldau comes close to meeting these challenges in full. And even ...

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Article: Live Review

Bad Reputation Live At Barbes

by AAJ Staff
November 7, 2010

Bad ReputationBarbesBrooklyn, NYAugust 26, 2010 Singer and songwriter Pierre de Gaillande's group Bad Reputation played a humorous and musically elevating two-set gig at Brooklyn's famous Barbes, the tiny venue with the enormous selection of music. Bad Reputation plays the songs of French poet/singer George Brassens (1921-1981) in English, with translations ...

News: Music Industry

Don't Be Afraid to Get "Squishy" with Your Marketing

November 4, 2010

Igor Stravinsky once famously said that “a good composer does not imitate; he steals." And today, with most musicians in charge of their own brands, it's important to note that Stravinsky's wisdom applies to marketing, too. Over the weekend, the veteran French Touch production duo known as Cassius released the above video teaser for their new ...

News: Technology

Study: Facebook and Twitter Drive Most Blog Traffic, but Don't Forget Stumble Upon, Flickr, Linkedin

November 5, 2010

A new Technorati 2010 State Of The Blogosphere study reinforces something that most who guide web sites and blogs already know: Facebook and Twitter drive traffic. But several sites that music marketers don't always consider—Linkedin, Stumble Upon and Flikr—also proved to also be significant traffic sources. MySpace barely registered in the study, which is perhaps not ...

News: Music Industry

Getting Your Music into China, Part One: Why China? Why Now?

November 5, 2010

Next week, the good people at Music Dish will be hosting a panel discussion entitled “Breaking Into International Markets, From China to MIDEM." Though the discussion will likely be about quite a lot of different things, we figured this would be the perfect opportunity to delve into the world's biggest, and arguably most interesting, music market: ...

News: Performance / Tour

Galactic Returning to the Pageant on Thursday, March 17

November 6, 2010

The New Orleans funk/jazz/hip-hop band Galactic (pictured) is coming back to St. Louis to perform on Thursday, March 17 at The Pageant. Percussionist and singer Cyril Neville of the Neville Brothers and trombonist Corey Henry of the Rebirth Brass Band will be featured as special guests. Galactic was in St. Louis most recently in February 2010, ...

News: Award / Grant

Jazz St. Louis Wins 2011 Missouri Arts Award

November 6, 2010

Jazz St. Louis will receive a 2011 Missouri Arts Award from the Missouri Arts Council. The Missouri Arts Council is a state agency and division of the Department of Economic Development that provides over $8 million a year in grants to nonprofit organizations to stimulate the growth, development, and appreciation of the arts in Missouri. The ...

News: Interview

Interview: Fats Domino (Part 2)

November 7, 2010

Like a parent playing favorites, New Orleans dotes too heavily on its jazz heritage. I know this sounds like heresy, but it's true. The airport is named for Louis Armstrong, there's a 150-foot trompe-l'oeil mural of a clarinet running up the side of a Holiday Inn, and you don't have to look too hard for the ...

News: Recording

The Disco Biscuits: New Album Jan Colorado Run/ Nye Tix

November 6, 2010

RING IN A NEW BISCO YEAR IN DENVER & BOULDER The Disco Biscuits have announced a four-night run in Colorado, Thursday January 13 through Sunday January 16, 2011. The band will spend two nights at the Boulder Theater, Thursday and Friday January 13-14, before heading to Denver to close out the long weekend at the Ogden ...

News: Performance / Tour

Phish | Halloween 2010 | Review | Pics

November 6, 2010

Words by: B. Getz | Images by: Dave Vann Phish :: 10.29.10-10.31.10 :: Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall :: Atlantic City, NJ Pop over here to see the full gallery of pictures from the Halloween run! Like a whirlwind of ocean and sand, the tidal wave that is Phish 3.0 stormed into Atlantic City for a Halloween ...