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News: Recording

Water from Gregory Porter

July 12, 2010

New jazz artist Gregory Porter exhibits such vocal mastery that no less a jazz luminary than Wynton Marsalis has gone on record to call him “a fantastic young singer." The debut album, Water, is out now on Motema Music. For the recording of Water, Gregory Porter tapped a powerful cadre of strong players, among them the ...

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News: Recording

The Quintet Featuring Aruan Ortiz Live at the Cornelia Street Cafe on July 16!

July 12, 2010

"Ortiz and his quartet explore a broad landscape of musical styles, performance techniques, and compositional strategies on Alameda, an inspired collection of diverse pieces." --Chip Boaz, The Latin Jazz Corner “Mr. Ortiz, a young Cuban pianist with a modern jazz pedigree, leads a promising ensemble..." --Nate Chinen, New York Times “Jazz fans applaud, and novices mark ...

News: Video / DVD

Joya Sherrill

July 12, 2010

Joya Sherrill, the singer who died in late June at the age of 85, joined Duke Ellington and his Orchestra in 1942 following her high school graduation. One of her features through the mid-forties was the Billy Strayhorn-Rex Stewart collaboration “Kissing Bug." The song received a good deal of radio air play and in its V-disc ...

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News: Recording

Studio One and the Ska Scene

July 12, 2010

Whenever I tell someone I dig reggae, I typically get a quizzical look followed by, “Isn't reggae pretty much the same thing over and over again?" Not quite, since one could pretty much say the same thing about the blues, swing or bebop. As we know, each of these genres is just a category in which ...

News: Event

Jerry Garcia Tribute at At&T Park

July 12, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR JERRY GARCIA TRIBUTE NIGHT ON AUGUST 9, BOB WEIR & MICKEY HART TO PERFORM Grateful Dead The San Francisco Giants will pay tribute to music legend Jerry Garcia on Monday, August 9, when they face the Chicago Cubs at 7:15 p.m. Garcia and the Grateful Dead are synonymous with San ...

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News: Festival

Xponential Fest Sched: Dr. Dog, Grace Potter, Greyhound

July 12, 2010

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, GRACE POTTER, ROBERT RANDOLPH, FELICE BROTHERS, & MORE Dr. Dog The 2010 XPoNential Music Festival has announced details of their day by day schedule. The festival is being held at Wiggins Park in Camden, NJ on July 16-18. Early bird tickets and three day passes are available now through July 9. Click here for ...

News: Festival

Hollingsworth Brews for Brew Fest

July 12, 2010

WATCH KYLE BREW In anticipation of this summer's sold-out String Cheese Incident run at Red Rocks on July 23-25, Kyle Hollingsworth has been busy brewing a signature beer with each of four different breweries in Colorado for Kyle's Brew Fest, a Red Rocks kick-off party at Denver's Great Divide Brewery on Thursday, July 22, to benefit ...

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News: Music Industry

Glenn Peoples: The Freemium Debate

July 12, 2010

In response to an article in the Guardian on Clay Shirky and his opinion on news paywalls, Glenn Peoples over at Billboard has written a great summary of how the music industy's digital dilemma relates to that of the newspaper industry's. As well, he frames the discussion around the freemium debate: “One of the big questions ...

News: Music Industry

Why Music Should Never Be Given Away for "Free"

July 12, 2010

Over at our sister blog Music Think Tank, there are two new posts up. One is from Chris Bracco, editor of Tight Mix, on how to track the results of your attempts to get your music on blogs. The other, from Jon Ostrow, a co-founder of MicControl, is on the why music should never be ...

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News: Music Industry

Inspiration is a Two-Way Street

July 12, 2010

As I mentioned here I've recently started to share what I've learned about getting my music out to a wider audience with my good friend Katy Bourne. Truth be told, I've been sharing things in a piecemeal fashion with my friends, colleagues and anyone who asked for as long as I can remember. I've always loved ...