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Rhapsody Buys Napster

October 4, 2011

(UPDATED) Rhapsody has bought Napster from Best Buy, joining two of the most established and largest streaming  music services in the U.S.  Under the agreement, Rhapsody will acquire Napster subscribers and certain other assets; and Best Buy will receive a minority stake in Rhapsody. The transaction is expected to close by the end of November. The ...

Johnny Winter - Roots (2011)

October 4, 2011

Johnny Winte returns to some of his earliest childhood favorites, and a few tracks from his first bar bands, on the aptly titled new project Roots. The Megaforce Records release boasts an all-star cast of guest artists including Derek Trucks, Vince Gill, Susan Tedeschi and his brother Edgar Winter, performing tracks originally done by everyone from ...

John Coltrane - The John Coltrane Impulse! Albums Volume 5 (Hip-O, 2011)

October 4, 2011

This fifth and presumably final boxed set from Hip-O and Impulse! tracks the original release formats for the posthumous albums released under John Coltrane's name during the late sixties and early seventies. They include some scalding free-jazz recorded both live and in the studio and a controversial album where strings and other instruments are overdubbed onto ...

The Jazz Session #314: Marcus Strickland

October 3, 2011

Saxophonist Marcus Strickland's latest recording is Triumph of the Heavy (Strick Muzik, 2011), a 2-CD set that features a live trio performance and a studio session by his new quartet. In this interview, Strickland talks about why he added piano to his band; his awareness that hes playing for other people; and the difference between the ...

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz (Pt. 1)

October 3, 2011

Norman Granz played perhaps the single biggest role in the spread of small-group jazz in the years following World War II. As a concert promoter and record company founder, Granz had tireless drive, a undiminished passion for the music and musicians, and a buzzsaw personality that came in handy along the way. Yet little is known ...

Broadband Penetration vs. Album Sales, 2000-2010...

October 3, 2011

Confessions of a Cutting-Edge Digital Strategist...

October 2, 2011

Miguel Senquiz is the digital strategist for indie label Ghostly International, home of rising stars like Matthew Dear, School of Seven Bells, and Gold Panda. He started with a simple task: to fix the label's merchandising platform, but he ended up with much more: a rich and profitable online shop, a music discovery mobile app, and ...

A Roundtable of Top Digital Music Thinkers Discuss F8, Facebook Music and More [video]

October 2, 2011

In this new episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers is joined by Antony Bruno, who just exited his position as Billboard's Digital Editor, Rachel Masters—Partner & Co-Founder of Red Magnet Media, Bob Moczydlowsky -VP, Product & Marketing at Topspin and Tyler Crowley CEO & Founder at Skweal for an in depth roundtable discussion of ...

Neo - Neoclassico (2011)

October 2, 2011

At the very moment I was waxing poetic last year over Italian whack jazz trio Neo's last album Water Resistance, the band was in a studio in Chicago recording their next album. Neoclassico, as it became known as, was finally released stateside last month on Cuneiform's Wayside imprint, and it's been a album well worth the ...

The Bennie Maupin Ensemble - Penumbra (2006)

October 2, 2011

By Mark Saleski Back in the dark ages (read: before the Internet) I spent a fair amount of time searching out new music by paying very close attention to the listings of my local public and classical radio stations. On any given week night there might be broadcasts of solo works, string quartets, and all manner ...