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News: Performance / Tour

Chris Washburne and SYOTOS Returns to Smoke in NYC on 2/29/12

February 25, 2012

We are pleased to announce that SYOTOS will be returning to Smoke Jazz Club for a one night engagement on Wednesday, February 29. Celebrate the bissextile year with some deep Latin grooves! We will have Claudette Sierra featured on vocals. SYOTOS is: Chris Washburne—trombone Ole Mathisen—sax Yeissonn Villamar—piano ...

News: Music Industry

DJ Lazy Rich Develops Label Engine for Indie Record Label Management

February 25, 2012

Lazy Rich, a dj based in Vancouver, BC, is developing Label Engine to serve indie record label management needs via the web. Label Engine grew out of Lazy Rich's experiences with his own label, Big Fish Recordings, and his background as a programmer. Beginning with accounting issues, he's proceeded to add digital music promotion and distribution ...

News: Recording

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (2012)

February 25, 2012

The Carolina Chocolate Drops, despite their rocket-ride to Grammy fame in 2010, hadn't yet made an album that captured their live set's boot-scooting, blues-belting string-band revivalist verve—until now. Producer Buddy Miller brings a candle-lit ambiance to the proceedings, allowing the band to wander ever deeper into backwoods musical influences from across the Deep South. Again stirring ...

News: Interview

Jazz Face: Heeeeere's Doc!

February 25, 2012

My friend Joan says she has discovered the secret to eternal youth: Play the trumpet into your 80s and lead a band of hot talents half your age. That formula probably won't work for most of us but it sure seems like the right recipe for Doc Severinsen, in town this past week leading his Big ...

News: Performance / Tour

Lyle Lovett: New Album 2/28, Acoustic Tour w/ John Hiatt

February 24, 2012

LYLE LOVETT ANNOUNCES ACOUSTIC TOUR WITH JOHN HIATT; SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, RELEASE ME, ON FEBRUARY 28 Four-time Grammy Award-winner Lyle Lovett will be touring this spring. Next week, Lovett will also appear on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 27, The View on February 29, and Morning Joe on March 2. Lovett ...

News: Festival

Mountain Jam Adds James Murphy, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Lotus

February 24, 2012

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, JAMES MURPHY DJ SET, AND LOTUS JOIN ALREADY JAM-PACKED LINEUP Radio Woodstock and world-renowned guitarist Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule, Allman Brothers Band, The Dead) are pleased to announce additions to the already stellar lineup for the 8th annual Mountain Jam Festival at Hunter Mountain, NY from Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3, ...

News: Opinion

5 Social Media Fails by Musicians

February 24, 2012

Artists have a myriad of possibilities when it comes to social networking. The way these are utilized is often woefully misguided and as a result artists become their own worst enemy. Musicians so often fail to realize the fact that potential fans are not interested in what your music means to you, they are only interested ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, February 24-March 1

February 24, 2012

It's another one of those weekends when I will just have to accept missing out on something cool in order to not miss out on something cool. There should be no bored jazz fans this weekend, or into the following week either. Highlights, This Week February 24-25. He doesn't seem to perform that much these days, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Fiona Apple: U.S. Dates

February 23, 2012

MARCH TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED NEW ALBUM REPORTEDLY DUE OUT THIS YEAR Fiona Apple has announced a quick run of tour dates at the end of March, starting with a 3/15 performance as a part of Pitchfork's SXSW showcase at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX. From there, she'll play Chicago, D.C., Brooklyn, Atlantic City, NYC, and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Chris Botti, Byron Stripling, Bill Watrous, Unt One O'Clock Lab Band, St. Louis Rivermen, and More

February 23, 2012

If there's a keyword for this weekend's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis, it's “brass." The next few days will see three stellar touring brass players—two trumpeters and a trombonist—playing here as soloists or bandleaders, plus a somewhat larger-than-usual number of big band performances, and some other noteworthy shows, too. Let's go the ...