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Christian Howes: Multi-Instrumental Performance

November 3, 2010

I previously saw Christian Howes at the Dakota, about three years ago. He played violin. I don't recall that he also played guitar and bass. In looking back at my photos from that night, he came with a quartet (keyboard, drums, guitar). And had he confined his playing to just violin last week (October 27th) at ...

Steve Ross to Preview New Show "Rhythm and Romance" on November 26 and 27

November 2, 2010

Pianist and singer Steve Ross (pictured) will preview his new cabaret show “Rhythm and Romance" in St. Louis over Thanksgiving weekend before taking it NYC's famed Algonquin Room in January. Ross will perform “Rhythm and Romance" at 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 26 and Saturday, November 27 at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand Blvd. The ...

The Jazz Session #213: James Falzone

November 2, 2010

Hidden Jazz Downloads (Vol. 15)

November 2, 2010

Every so often, I e-rummage through the iTunes Store to assemble a list of albums you should own. These albums are “hidden"—meaning that unless you stumbled upon them, you'd never know they existed. That's because the folks at Apple work hard to make it impossible to browse iTunes the way people used to linger at record ...

Bruce Springsteen: The Promise 3 CD/3 DVD Box Set

November 2, 2010

INCLUDES REMASTERED ALBUM, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN STUDIO & LIVE FOOTAGE, 80-PAGE NOTEBOOK, 21 PREVIOUSLY-UNRELEASED SONGS, AND FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY On November 16, Columbia records will release The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, a 3 CD/3 DVD box set chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen's landmark 1978 album, Darkness on the Edge of Town. Media ...

Gregg Allman: Low Country Blues

November 2, 2010

FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN 14 YEARS OUT JAN. 18 2011 Gregg Allman will release his first solo record in 14 years on January 18, 2011. Called Low Country Blues for the coastal Georgia region Allman calls home, the record was produced by T Bone Burnett, recorded at his Village Recorder studio in Los Angeles and features ...

Amos Lee: New Album and Dates

November 2, 2010

MISSION BELL OUT JANUARY 25; GUESTS LUCINDA WILLIAMS, WILLIE NELSON, SAM BEAM & MORE Philly singer-songwriter Amos Lee has announced January 25, 2011 as the release date for Mission Bell, his fourth album for EMI's Blue Note Records. Produced by Joey Burns of the acclaimed band Calexico and featuring guests Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Sam Beam ...

Tom Waits Exclusive Vinyl Releases

November 2, 2010

CELEBRATE THE CLASSIC ASYLUM YEARS ON VINYL After signing with Asylum Records in the early 70's, Tom Waits recorded a series of groundbreaking albums whose noir tales of the after-midnight underworld transformed the seedy into the sublime in songs laced with both dark humor and profound longing. Nearly 40 years and several musical evolutions later, Waits' ...

Grateful Dead: 30 Free Track Downloads at dead.net

November 2, 2010

NEW TRACK POSTED EACH DAY AT NOON EST Starting on the Day of the Dead (November 1), dead.net, the official website of the Grateful Dead, will kick off 30 Days of Dead. Every day throughout the entire month of November, the Grateful Dead will post a different live track on dead.net that will be free to ...

New Facebook Friendship Pages Offer Opportunity for Social Savvy Musicians

November 2, 2010

Facebook launched Frendship Pages to allow users to follow interactions between two other Facebok friends. Friendship pages include public Wall posts and comments between the two, photos in which both are tagged, events they RSVP'd for together and more. Users can see a friendship page if they are friends with one of the people and have ...