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Esperanza Spalding Releases "Radio Music Society" On March 20

January 6, 2012

On March 20th, 2012, Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group, gives us Esperanza Spalding's latest release, Radio Music Society, her most diverse, ambitious and masterful recital yet. Each of the 12 songs are accompanied by conceptual music videos, which further express Esperanza's inspiration and story behind each track. Shot in various locations including ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, January 6-12

January 6, 2012

"From Bop to Bach" and a fond farewell to a favorite songbird warm Twin Cities jazz venues this week. Highlights This Week Back in November, pianist Laura Caviani revisited some of her classical repertoire, now interpreted through her post-bop experiences as composer and performer. In trio format, she captivated the Artists Quarter audience with her new ...

News: Music Industry

Webster Records to Close January 31

January 6, 2012

According to a story by Deb Peterson published Wednesday on STLtoday.com, Webster Records will close permanently on January 31. The story says the store has been in operation for 58 years, which would make it St. Louis' longest-running independent music retailer and one of the more long lived businesses in the Old Webster business district of ...

News: Interview

Interview: Sheila Jordan (Part 3)

January 6, 2012

Sheila Jordan isn't a trained singer. But she is a passionate singer whose roots date back to Charlie Parker and other bebop musicians of the late '40s and early '50s whom she knew and sang with as a teen. Sheila also is an example of an artist who had a very rough early life but used ...

News: TV / Film

Jerry Garcia Doc in the Works

January 6, 2012

DOCUMENTARY TO BE BUILT AROUND 1987 INTERVIEW WITH GARCIA Music documentary filmmaker Malcolm Leo has announced plans to produce and direct a feature length documentary on Jerry Garcia. Personal manager John Hartmann will co-produce the project. Since the documentary is being created with full authorization and support from the family of Jerry Garcia, the ninety minute ...

News: Technology

Soundslates Provides Platform for Online Music Collaborations

January 6, 2012

Swiss-based Soundslates.com (beta) is an online collaborative music-making community that's one part social media platform and one part creative exchange platform. The service offers a simple collaboration tool for musicians, producers, songwriters, and sound professionals around the world to contribute to and complete each other's tracks. “I was frustrated by not being able to find exactly the ...

News: Trends

Indie Labels Just 12% of 2011 U.S. Sales. Here's How the Major Labels Divided the Rest

January 6, 2012

Overall U.S. music sales rose 6.9% in 2011, as album sales increased for the first time since 2004, according to Soundscan. Digital powered the increase, with sales of album downloads up 19.5% over 2010. But for all the talk here and elsewhere about the ascendancy of independent music, indies accounted for just 12.1% of U.S. music ...

News: Performance / Tour

Blues Singer Darrell Nulisch Performs at Regattabar in Cambridge on January 7

January 6, 2012

Blues and soul singer Darrell Nulisch is performing at Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $15 and can be purchased online. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Nulisch has been singing since 1978, he has performed with the world's great bluesmen, including James ...

News: Recording

Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You: The Hits Collection (1998)

January 6, 2012

Having a hit single the first time around is either a blessing or a curse. It's a blessing because most musicians dream of instant recognition, but on the other hand sudden success means there's a lot to account for when it comes to future endeavors. The pressure is on to create something just as fabulous if ...

News: Recording

Pianist/Composer Luis Perdomo Releases New CD "Universal Mind" from RKM Music on February 14th, 2012

January 5, 2012

Universal Mind is the perfect title for the newest release from Luis Perdomo. The three-way connection between the extraordinary jazz pianist and composer and his world-class collaborators, bassist Drew Gress and the legendary Jack DeJohnette on drums, is apparent from the first moments of this exhilarating new release from RKM Records. The Village Voice called Perdomo ...