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News: Opinion

The User is the Story

September 14, 2012

Guest post by Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm I have become convinced that one of the major voices missing from the conversation about the future of music is the user. We cite studies and various data points, but when it comes to talking about Spotify and Pandora, we concern ourselves only with the views of experts. This ...

News: Technology

Hub and Spokes: The Key to Driving Fans to Your Band Website

September 14, 2012

By David Dufresne, CEO of musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle In a previous blog post we talked about the importance of driving fans to your website. In this post, we'll go over the “Hub & Spokes" analogy and method to help drive traffic to your site using your social media profiles, and some of the best ...

News: Festival

Jazz This Week: Bobby Broom and Deep Blue Organ Trio, Bonerama, Kirk Whalum, Spoke, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, St. Louis Jazz Club Picnic and More

September 13, 2012

It's shaping up to be a busy weekend for live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several touring musicians and bands in town, plus some noteworthy free events that should appeal to those looking for some budget-friendly entertainment. Let's go to the highlights... On Thursday night, Chicago guitarist Bobby Broom, best known as a ...

News: Interview

Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 3)

September 13, 2012

Sir George and I spent a little over an hour in the gazebo on the lawn behind his summer house. Afterward we retired to his home's charming sitting room to enjoy tea and cookies that his wife, Lady Judith, served. Interestingly, many of his awards were sitting haphazardly on a shelf. Which makes perfect sense. What ...

News: Interview

Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 2)

September 12, 2012

After I arrived at Sir George Martin's summer home several weeks ago for my Wall Street Journal interview, the Beatles producer and I chatted briefly outside about my drive. Then he suggested we converse in a low-roofed gazebo atop a slow-rising hill behind his home. As we walked up the lawn, Sir George told me he ...

News: Technology

6 Top Music Concert Apps

September 12, 2012

Guest post by Denise Lu of Evolver.fm. Concerts apps are mostly similar, in that they typically mash the now-familiar GPS on your phone against show listing databases. But when you're on the run, trying to find that last-minute concert or be among the first to score tickets to something before it sells out or scalpers ruin ...

News: Interview

Interview: Sir George Martin (PT. 1)

September 11, 2012

A few weeks ago, I rented a car in London and drove two hours west to visit the Sir George Martin at his summer home for a Wall Street Journal profile. (The interview appears in today's paper, or go here.) Directions took me through horse country, along narrow roads with dense hedgerows, but I managed to ...

News: Video / DVD

Start Your Week with Hampton Hawes

September 10, 2012

By the time Hampton Hawes' third trio album appeared, his piano playing had me in thrall. I was so taken with the LP’s cover that I traced its portrait of an alligator transported by music, inked in the outline, colored the gator with an Asparagus green Crayola and framed the copy. I have been carting it ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Fall 2012 Schedule

September 9, 2012

The Jazz at Holmes series of free concerts at Washington University will kick off its Fall 2012 series at 8:00 p.m. this coming Thursday, September 13, with a performance by the Freddie Washington Quartet. Washington, a local favorite from the late 1960s through the early 1990s, recently reemerged on the St. Louis scene after a hiatus ...

News: Recording

Sam Newsome Explores Ellington, Coltrane and African Suites on Third in a Trilogy of Solo Soprano Sax Releases.

September 8, 2012

Following such acclaimed projects as 2010's Blue Soliloquy (which received a five-star rating from Downbeat and was named one the Best CDs of 2010 by All About Jazz) and 2007's Monk Abstractions, virtuoso saxophonist Sam Newsome unveils the third in a trilogy of potent solo soprano recordings, The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1. Utilizing an ...