Results for "AAJ Staff"

Warren Haynes w/DMB: "Cortez the Killer"

August 4, 2010

NEIL YOUNG CLASSIC GETS THE WARREN HAYNES TREATMENT Gov't Mule just wrapped up four dates opening for Dave Matthews Band. Check out this video of Warren Haynes joining in with DMB for a rendition of the Neil Young classic “Cortez the Killer" at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL on July 31. (Via Hidden Track). ...

Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America

August 4, 2010

OCTOBER 2 AT MILLER PARK IN MILWAUKEE Willie Nelson Farm Aid took to the field yesterday to reveal details about its 25th anniversary benefit concert, scheduled for Oct. 2 at Miller Park in Milwaukee. Farm Aid founders Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp joined executive director Carolyn Mugar by webcast at an on-field news conference at the ...

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 DVD out 11/9

August 4, 2010

SOLD OUT SHOW FEATURED ERIC CLAPTON, JEFF BECK, STEVE WINWOOD, VINCE GILL, BUDDY GUY & MORE Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 Often credited as being one of the all-time greatest guitarists and known amongst his peers as one of the all-time greatest collaborators, the ultimate Clapton collaboration took place earlier this year at the Crossroads Guitar Festival ...

Rdio Exits Beta, Pierces U.S. Market Before Spotify

August 4, 2010

Rdio, a social music service, has ended its beta, invitation-only period and is now available to anyone. In their current offering, unlimited web streaming costs $4.99 a month and additional Android, iPhone and BlackBerry access is $9.99 a month. This is, as you might imagine, an upsetting development for the crew at Spotify who have been ...

SXSW 2011: "We're Open for Business"

August 4, 2010

South By Southwest, the Music and Media Conference and Festival, is now open for business at sxsw.com. This year, SXSW will take place March 16 - 20, 2011 in Austin, TX. Throughout the downtown Austin area, there will likely be well over 1,900 acts showcased. Click here to learn more and to register to attend. Also, ...

Music Ally: Digital Music Stats for July 2010

August 4, 2010

Interview: David Dufresne, New CEO at Bandzoogle

August 4, 2010

It was announced yesterday that David Dufresne is now the CEO at Bandzoogle, so I took a moment to catch up with David and ask him a few questions. How did you come to be the new CEO at Bandzoogle? David Dufresne: I met Chris Vinson (Bandzoogle's founder and visionary) a few months ago while I ...

2012 (Or the Year We Finally Took Music Back)

August 4, 2010

This guest post is by Wesley Verhoeve (@wesleyverhoeve); he is an artist manager, producer, curator, and the founder of Family Records.   Man, I remember what the music industry was like in 2010. It was still recovering from 1-2 punch of the Great Fraud of the 1990's and the Digital Disaster of the 2000's, but some light ...

Dave Holland and Pepe Habichuela, Hands (Dare2 Records) - 07/28/2010

August 7, 2010

From Granada Caves and New York Clubs: The Collaboration of Flamenco Guitarist Pepe Habichuela & Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Parallel lives, parallel movements: through the streets of Wolverhampton, England and the jazz clubs of New York, the caves of Granada and the flamenco bars of Madrid. Over strings and oceans and language barriers, masterful jazz bassist ...

One Track Mind: Curtis Fuller - "Alamode" (2010)

August 7, 2010

By PicoA guy who has helped to pioneer a fluid yet supple sound for the trombone, participated in so many classic records and performed as a member of so many prominent jazz ensembles should be a first ballot entry into the jazz Hall of Fame, if such a thing were to exist. But the ...