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News: Performance / Tour

Sharon Jones: Nov/Dec Dates

October 5, 2011

TOUR ENDS WITH SEVEN SHOWS IN NEW YORK Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings will play string of tour dates over the next couple of months, including two dates with My Morning Jacket on 12/1 and 12/2. The band will hit Portland, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, San Diego, and more before wrapping up the tour with a seven dates ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Spring 2012 U.S. Tour Dates

October 5, 2011

TOUR STARTS MARCH 1 AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have announced plans for a Spring tour in 2012. The run starts on March 1 at University of Wisconsin and will take the band through San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Omaha, and more before wrapping up on April 28 ...

News: Technology

First Look at the New MySpace: It's All About Music

October 5, 2011

The week, new MySpace owners Specific Media are pitching the site at Advertising Week along with investor Justin Timberlake. A leaked ad pitch deck (click on image at left to enlarge) and an interview are offering the few hints we have as to what the new MySpace will look like—and its all about music and the ...

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News: Trends

The Business of 'Pay What You Want' Music Pricing

October 5, 2011

Though we tend to hear of “pay what you want" music pricing models from big artists like Radiohead, Atlum Schema has found pay what you want for CDs at live shows to be a viable model for lesser known artists as well. However, fans may not be looking for specific products so much as something that ...

News: Music Industry

BalconyTV: A Simple Concept That Offers Indie Artists True Global Reach

October 5, 2011

(UPDATED) Romeo and Juliet found their future on a balcony, now more than a few musicians theirs are as well. BalconyTV launched in Dublin when YouTube was still young. A group of friends were filming things from their balcony and when a musician performed there, it got thousands of hits. The idea went viral and before ...

News: Radio

Slacker Radio Favors Human DJs over Algorithms

October 5, 2011

In the last few months, digital radio service Slacker has added a premium channel, partnered with AOL and helped launch the new Facebook. But they've also been a successful example of music programming by expert humans, aka djs, as opposed to more algorithmically inclined solutions. Music curation is taking on many forms and Slacker was recently ...

News: Technology

First 7 of 16 Music Services Go Live on Facebook

October 5, 2011

(UPDATED) By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced 16 music partners on September 22nd ranging from almost-unheard-of to the incredibly popular. Of those, 7 have completed their integration with Facebook, meaning that they can automatically send users' listening activity to their friends' Facebook tickers and Music sections, and to their own Facebook Timelines. Here's ...

News: Video / DVD

Jonathan Coulton: Creative Commons, Coding and Being an Internet Rockstar [video]

October 5, 2011

D.I.Y. artist Jonathan Coulton has found real success as a musician by channeling his inner geek and appealing to the tech community. In this interview on Engadget, Coulton talks about his unique path to a career as a full time musician. WATCH:

News: Recording

David Paul Mesler, with Tony Rondolone - Moonsongs (2011)

October 5, 2011

ianist David Paul Mesler and saxophonist Tony Rondolone offer 13 takes on a theme during the appropriately titled Moonsongs, an album perfectly suited for twilight. Each of the tunes here, familiar though they may be, is approached with a thoughtful restraint—resulting in an album that is bold in its conception, yet often touchingly poignant in its ...

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News: Recording

Geoff Vidal - She Likes That (2011)

October 5, 2011

The toughest part about writing this review has been trying to decide if I should put it another the jazz category or the fusion jazz category. And whenever that conundrum happens, it's usually a good sign for the record. Geoff Vidal is an up-and-comer tenor saxophonist whose made his name in the Boston area as well ...