Results for "AAJ Staff"

Mia Vermillion Blues Power House is Back and Ready!

August 24, 2010

Phil Schaap: Charlie Parker (PT. 1)

August 24, 2010

Like a Nathan's hot dog or Carvel ice-cream cone, Phil Schaap is a New York original. For the uninitiated, Phil, 59, is best known as the host of Bird Flight, a radio show on WKCR that's devoted to Charlie Parker. But that isn't really what's remarkable. What's special is Phil's unrivaled passion for the subject, his ...

Spiritual Rez: Tour and New Album

August 24, 2010

ALBUM RELEASE PARTY WITH BERNIE WORRELL ON SEPTEMBER 17 AT THE PARADISE IN BOSTON On September 17, Spiritual Rez will be joined by the legendary Bernie Worrell (Original member of Parliament Funkadelic) on keys at their performance at The Paradise in Boston, MA. This 6-piece roots-reggae, funk-rock outfit is packing out clubs on a nightly basis ...

Brian Eno: Small Craft on a Milk Sea

August 24, 2010

AVAILABLE IN CD, DOWNLOAD, LIMITED EDITION AND COLLECTORS' EDITION BOX SET Small Craft On A Milk Sea, the new album from Brian Eno, will be released November 2 on Warp Records. The album was recorded alongside Jon Hopkins and Leo Abrahams. Small Craft On A Milk Sea will be available on CD & high quality download, ...

Neil Young: Le Noise

August 24, 2010

OUT SEPTEMBER 28 Neil Young has announced via a note on his facebook page that his new album, Le Noise comes out September 28. The album was produced by Daniel Lanois. Check out the note below: “Le Noise" is complete. It is a solo record. Playbacks are happening now. Release date is September 28th. It will ...

Hopscotch Music Fest: Speakers, Panels, and Lineup

August 24, 2010

SEPTEMBER 9-11 IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA The Hopscotch Music Festival will be held Thursday, September 9 through Saturday, September 11 at ten music venues in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Click here to check out the complete lineup and click here for the music schedule. In addition to the amazing line-up of performers, Hopscotch Music Festival ...

Edie Brickell Joins New Band Led by Steve Gadd

August 24, 2010

NEW RELEASE IN JANUARY 2011; TWO NEW SONGS STREAMING ON THEGADDAGOUTS.COM Edie Brickell has joined Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino and Andy Fairweather-Low to launch a new band project aptly named The Gaddabouts. The group's forthcoming debut will be released January 2011 and is composed of material written by Brickell over the past decade as well as ...

Cary Sherman, the RIAA, and Their Failure to Change the Culture of File-Sharing

August 24, 2010

It's not hard to imagine why the RIAA is one of the most loathed, criticized and beleaguered industry trade groups of the last decade. Cary Sherman is the president of their board of directors and has worked there for 13 years; he is, more or less, the public face of the organization, known most famously for ...

Five Rules for How to Make Media Go Viral

August 24, 2010

As music marketing manager, you have probably headdesked yourself more times than you've celebrated the event of your media going viral. More likely yet, you have probably never had anything go truly viral—ever. Here to help, Jonah Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, has outlined his five rules for making things go viral. The rules are: Create media ...

Interview: Chris Vinson and David Dufresne, Founder/CTO and CEO of Bandzoogle (PT. 1)

August 24, 2010

Recently, I spoke with Chris Vinson and David Dufresne, who are respectively founder/CTO and CEO of Bandzoogle, a company that offers a do-it-yourself website builder and a suite of direct-to-fan marketing tools for artists.  At present, they are also working on a yet-to-launch project named Backfed, which they described to me as “a fan-to-artist payment system ...