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News: Recording

Zappa Family Trust to Release Beefheart's Bat Chain Puller

January 28, 2012

RELEASE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW; SHIPPING PLANNED FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13 The Zappa Family Trust is for the first time ever making the legendary Captain Beefheart album Bat Chain Puller available in its original format. Recording for the album began in 1976 and was completed but was never released on Frank Zappa's label that Beefheart ...

News: Music Industry

Major Labels Take HMV Equity Stake in Plan to Save Music Retailer

January 28, 2012

U.K. music retailer HMV has sold an equity stake in the company to suppliers, including Universial Music in an effort to solidify their financial position for the next three years. According to The Guardian, HMV has sold a 2.5% stake to their suppliers in the form of warrants, but the company declined to comment on the ...

News: Recording

Vocalist Chloe Brisson Releases CD "Blame It on My Youth" Featuring Sheila Jordan, Matt Wilson and Others.

January 27, 2012

When a musical voice is discovered so young, it always captures the listener with amazement that so much can emanate from something so early in their talent. Well, that is the case with vocalist Chloe Brisson. Her first CD “Red Door Sessions" was released at the ripe old age of thirteen, and now she is back ...

News: Music Industry

Mountain Jam 2012: Winwood, Mule, Franti, Roots, Ben Folds Five

January 27, 2012

STEVE WINWOOD, GOV'T MULE TO HEADLINE 8TH ANNUAL MOUNTAIN JAM FESTIVAL MAY 31-JUNE 3, 2012 Radio Woodstock and world-renowned guitarist Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule, Allman Brothers Band, The Dead) present the 8th annual Mountain Jam Festival at Hunter Mountain, NY from Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3, 2012. Mountain Jam will welcome its strongest lineup ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: The Wee Trio, Chris Corsano, "Jazz Under the Stars," Freddie Washington, and More

January 27, 2012

If there's a theme to this week, it would seem to be “youth," as the next few days' worth of jazz and creative music in St. Louis will feature a number of fresh faces (plus a few relatively grizzled veterans) performing in a variety of styles ranging from the traditional to the experimental. Let's go to ...

News: Interview

Interview: Arno Marsh (Part 2)

January 27, 2012

On the phone, Arno Marsh sounds the way he plays. There's a smoothness to his voice, and the cadence of his words swings. Swinging, in general, is a lost art. Those who came up in the '40s and '50s have a real knack for it. When they start blowing,they slip right into the groove, with that ...

News: Music Industry

The Black Audience Question PT. 2

January 27, 2012

Our dialogue on the black audience for creative music, which began with filmmaker-educator Natalie Bullock Brown, vocalist-educator Alison Crockett, and vocalist Angela Stribling, has stimulated some very interesting follow-ups. The first comes from an old friend, the distinguished writer, editor and author Robert Fleming. Robert and I grew up on the East side of Cleveland and ...

News: Music Industry

Mardi Gras Ball: Kermit Ruffins, Bonerama, Marco Benevento

January 27, 2012

6TH ANNUAL MARDI GRAS BALL EXPANDS TO TWO NIGHTS For the 6th year in a row, CEG Presents / NolaFunk.com—the New York-based event promoter that honors the musicians and spirit of New Orleans—will be bringing its annual Mardi Gras Ball to New York City, and for the first time, it will be a two-night event. On ...

News: Trends

Why Fans Buy Vinyl and the Apps That Guide Them

January 27, 2012

As someone who spends lots of time thinking about the future of music as an app phenomenon, it might surprise you that I do a lot of my listening on vinyl records. I'm not alone—reports abound of vinyl's surging sales numbers over the past five or so years. Though they make up a tiny percentage of ...

News: Interview

Interview: Arno Marsh (Part 1)

January 26, 2012

If you were a superb musician back in the 1940s and lived in a city or moved to one, you were likely going to find yourself auditioning for a name band pretty quickly. But for every great musician who wound up in a major orchestra, there were hundreds of others who remained in their smaller home ...