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News: Book / Magazine

Spin Magazine Replaces Most Album Reviews with 140 Character Tweets

January 14, 2012

Spin Magazine, the 26 year old music magazine once known for it's counter-culture reporting (today known to be more pop-culture centered), has announced that it will be moving a large portion its album reviews over to Twitter, with more than 1,500 album reviews this year alone arriving as 140-character tweets. The magazine has said, however, that it ...

News: Video / DVD

OutListen's Crowdsourced Concert Videos: Creating a New Music Format

January 14, 2012

Attending a show is different now. Everybody's holding up a cellphone shooting video instead of watching and listening. This doesn't have to be a 100-percent bad thing, however. A startup called OutListen intends to turn this sow's ear into a silk purse by encouraging concertgoers to upload their smartphone footage to an online calendar. If enough ...

News: Music Industry

Paradigm Bets on Electronic Music with AM Only Booking Agency Partnership

January 14, 2012

Talent agency Paradigm has struck a deal to create a strategic partnership with one of the leading electronic music agencies, AM Only. The agreement will allow Paradigm to continue to bolster their already solid roster in regards to electronic artists who've become a very hot commodity in recent years. The deal will also provide AM Only ...

News: Obituary

More Tributes to Chuck Metcalf

January 14, 2012

LARRY CORYELL: Chuck, along with Jerome Gray and Overton, was a primary mentor for me back in 1964-65. Because of his encouragement, I was able to have a career that has surpassed all expectations. After I'd been in New York for about, oh, 7-8 months, Chuck sent me an unsigned letter—it was long, and interesting. But ...

News: Festival

2012 Twin Cities Jazz Festival -- Headliners Announced

January 14, 2012

Jon Weber, long-time “house pianist" for the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, came to the Artists Quarter last night for an evening of solo and trio excitement, but the excitement began before he played his first note. Twin Cities Jazz Festival Director Steve Heckler, hosting Weber's gig, started the evening with the much anticipated announcement of the ...

News: Music Industry

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, January 13-19

January 14, 2012

There's a “Winter Jazz Blast" in Roseville Saturday but the weekend as a whole could be classified as a “jazz blast"—an explosion of diverse and high-flying artists from near and far descending upon clubs throughout the metro, with a heavy concentration in St. Paul. Meanwhile, just up on Cathedral Hill, the congestion of the International Red ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Young and the Fearless

January 14, 2012

t's been a good winter so far for young jazz musicians in the Twin Cities. It seems new opportunities come along every week, and often it's because these future stars are creating their own—through teachers, slightly older peers, whatever connections they can find. The latest installment of the Twin Cities Jazz Society's Young Artists Series kicked ...

News: Award / Grant

The Critics Speak

January 13, 2012

I keep swearing to swear off critics polls. I fail when Francis Davis persuades me to take part in his. For years, Francis ran the Village Voice jazz critics poll. This year he moved the operation to the Rhapsody website and recruited more than 120 jazz critics, writers and broadcasters. Who knew there were so many ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Legacy Jazz Quintet Plays Art Blakey, a Tribute to Fran Landesman, and More

January 13, 2012

Assuming that drivers in the St. Louis area recover from the havoc caused by today's snowstorm, there are a number of jazz and creative music performances happening over the next few days that may reward those who choose to venture out into the mid-January cold. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, pianist Ken Kehner, who teaches ...

News: Performance / Tour

News and Tour Dates on Trombonist/Composer Ryan Keberle

January 13, 2012

In-demand and multi-faceted jazz trombonist and composer, Ryan Keberle, will unveil his newest project, Ryan Keberle and Catharsis, in a series of performances around the tri-state area this February. Ryan Keberle and Catharsis, a “piano-less" quartet highlighting Keberle's tuneful compositions and emotive arrangements in a bluesy, groove based, latin-jazz influenced atmosphere features three of the jazz ...