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News: Technology

Shazam Suddenly Wants More Recognition...

September 8, 2010

Shazam is a necessity for some app-toting music fans, though even the savviest users can miss a tune. The reason is simple: songs are typically a few minutes long, and that means they often end before a recognition can me made. The solution? Shazam's latest batch of iPhone and iPod touch updates actually enable tagging on ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz at Holmes Announces Fall 2010 Concert Schedule

September 7, 2010

The Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University has announced its schedule of free concerts for fall 2010. The series begins this Thursday, September 9, with an outdoor performance in Brookings Quadrangle by the St. Louis Nu-Jazz Quintet, which includes trumpeter Randy Holmes, saxophonist Jason Swagler, guitarist Eric Slaughter, bassist Jeff Anderson, and drummer Miles Vandiver. ...

News: Recording

CD Discoveries of the Week

September 7, 2010

Since this is a holiday weekend, I decided to move my usual Sunday review feature to Monday and stretch out a bit. What's more, I had a bunch of new discs to share with you, so making this a day's post rather than a squeezed-in feature made the most sense: You've got to sample Chico Pinheiro's ...

News: Video / DVD

Labor Day Videos

September 6, 2010

WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE AND HAVE A COLD ONE WITH PALS! We have President Grover Cleveland for making today a national holiday in the United States. The catalyst, as with many positive changes in U.S. history, was prompted by bloodshed—the deaths of workers during the infamous Pullman Strike—but few things worth having happen without some ...

News: Music Industry

"The People Who Invented the Paradigm and Were Trusted to Run It Let It Run Afoul. We Have to Fix It"."

September 7, 2010

"I don't want to hear some guy chomping on a cigar in Beverly Hills telling me it's all gone pear-shaped. The people who invented the paradigm and were trusted to run it let it run afoul. We have to fix it...There are going to be far fewer skyscrapers in the music business and many, many more ...

News: Technology

Apple's Ping Grabs 1 Million Users in 48 Hours

September 7, 2010

iTune's new social network Ping is drawing a lot of criticism for its lack of connectivity to other networks (Facebook shut Ping out) and a profile system that limits access for many indie artists. Still, less than 48 hours since its launch on Wednesday, more than one million users had joined Ping, according to Apple. “One-third ...

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News: Recording

Pat Metheny - Secret Story (1992)

September 7, 2010

By Nick Deriso The cover art for “Secret Story" on Geffen is telling: There's no central image, but a dizzying patchwork of photographs. The lineup is much the same: Leave it to Pat Metheny to make a solo album with about 80 other players—including everybody from the Metheny Group and a good portion of the London ...

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News: Recording

One Track Mind: Bill Frisell "Live to Tell" (1992)

September 7, 2010

By Mark Saleski Bill Frisell has often been referred to as the mad scientist of the guitar. His good friend Gary Larson goes the idea one better, that Frisell has a team of mad scientists living inside of his brain. The notion is a funny one, because the stereotype of the wild-haired & wild-mannered man in ...

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News: Recording

Soulive - Rubber Soulive (2010)

September 7, 2010

By Pico As the most popular pop band of all time, it naturally follows that the Beatles have been the most-covered band of all time. Their songs' popularity has extended into every form of music, and that greasy, soulful organ jazz has been no exception. Before the Beatles were even history, Lonnie Smith was covering “Eleanor ...

News: Opinion

Belabored Day.

September 7, 2010

“Because americans are concerned with market share and sales. conflict leads to sales. I met these guys from Finland...in their late 30's, like, in their 18th year of university or some shit like that—and getting paid to go. they played all day long, did some teaching, and that was set up for them...I remember they said ...