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News: Education

Listening to Jazz Workshop Features the Music of Monk at Boston Public Library, Dudley Branch, on Saturday, February 4

February 4, 2012

Jazz trombonist Bill Lowe and pianist John Kordalewski are leading a Listening to Jazz Workshop at the Boston Public Library's Dudley Branch, 65 Warren Streetin Roxbury on Saturday, February 4, 2012, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The workshop helps participants understand common compositional structures (blues and 32 ...

News: Interview

Interview: Roberta Flack

February 3, 2012

You haven't lived until you hear Roberta Flack sing Feel Like Makin' Love over the phone. Her folk-soul voice is still so warm and rich. In today's Wall Street Journal (go here), I write about Roberta's new Beatles album, Let It Be Roberta. This CD isn't your typical pop-tribute album. Instead, It's a bold, revisionist interpretation ...

News: Technology

Musicmetric: CO-Founder Talks Pro Edition, P2P Data Tour Planning App

February 3, 2012

Musicmetric is a web analytics platform that recently launched a Pro edition in Beta. It offers an impressive range of stats on everything from social media activity to mentions in articles on websites. One of the most noted features in recent media coverage is their tracking of file sharing activity. Access to such data also powered ...

News: Music Industry

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, February 3-9

February 3, 2012

Having missed much of the last week of local music (in favor of a few days in New York), I am doubly looking forward to the coming week and yet another weekend filled with delightful dilemmas. Another new venue (The Lexington) previews its jazz schedule, one of our local bands-gone-international returns to the Artists Quarter; an ...

News: Music Industry

At Last, the Miles Davis Stamp

February 3, 2012

U.S., France to honor Prince of Cool Word is finally out now that the U.S. Postal Service, in some kind of conjunction with France (Don't ask me what. Do we ever know what France is up to? They are music lovers tho, and have proven over decades to be jazz lovers), is issuing a Miles Davis ...

News: Performance / Tour

Widespread Panic Cover Jimmy Cliff on Wood Tour

February 3, 2012

ANOTHER CHOICE COVER FROM ACOUSTIC WOOD TOUR Widespread Panic are currently in the midst of their Panic en la Playa shows in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, but that doesn't mean we can't bring you another highlight from the first phase of the Wood Tour. Below, check out the guys performing the Jimmy Cliff classic “Many Rivers to ...

News: Performance / Tour

Lou Reed: From Vu to Lulu 2012 European Tour

February 3, 2012

LOU REED ANNOUNCES SUMMER EUROPEAN DATES Hot off the incredible reception of his collaborative album Lulu with Metallica, Lou Reed will embark on a “FROM VU TO LULU" European tour during Summer 2012. The tour will start in Luxembourg on Wednesday June 6 and will take in several festivals, including Switzerland's Caribana Festival, France's Montereau Festival, ...

News: Music Industry

McCartney Tribute: Tony Bennett, Foo, Neil Young and Crazy Horse

February 3, 2012

STAR-STUDDED TRIBUTE TO MUSICARES PERSON OF THE YEAR PAUL MCCARTNEY An impressive star-studded cast will come together to honor 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year honoree Paul McCartney during a sold-out gala on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles, two days prior to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. Hosted by actor/comedian Eddie Izzard, artists set to perform ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bruce Springsteen to Play Apollo Theater for Sirius XM

February 3, 2012

HISTORIC CONCERT AT THE WORLD FAMOUS APOLLO THEATER CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SATELLITE RADIO Sirius XM Radio announced that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at Harlem's world famous Apollo Theater for the first time at a special concert event, only for SiriusXM, to celebrate 10 years of satellite radio. The concert will ...

News: Music Industry

Music Ownership: eMusic's Molly Neuman Looks at Consumer Motivations

February 3, 2012

For a large segment of music consumers, downloading music to own is something that's seen as music's past. But for an even larger share, owning and collecting is hugely important. Compounding the issues at hand, streaming has taken on different meanings to today's consumers, including streaming your MP3 files to a device from the cloud, or ...