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News: Opinion

How Artists Deal with All the Hate...

September 29, 2011

HATE: the internet is full of it. Technology is amplifying it. And if you grow large enough, you'll get plenty of it. But how do you effectively deal with it as an artist, without letting it interfere with your creativity and fan connectivity? That was one of several topics debated at the Scion Music(less) Music Conference ...

News: Trends

What People Actually Spend on Entertainment and Music...

September 29, 2011

There's an old myth about recessions—and depressions, for that matter. It states that people spend more on entertainment and leisure during hard times, mostly to escape a difficult reality. But the actual 'reality' on entertainment spending is far more complicated: even during the Great Depression, expenditures on things like movies plunged as the hard years wore ...

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News: Radio

Keep Jazz Radio Alive - Join KBEM

September 29, 2011

If you have been listening to KBEM radio this week, you know it is Fall Pledge time. And especially if you have been listening and are not already a member of Jazz 88, this is your chance to put your money where your ears are—tuned in to the only jazz radio station in Minnesota and one ...

News: Recording

Jazzwax List: Detective Jazz II

September 28, 2011

Earlier this month I posted a list of five favorite swinging action-jazz albums. This brassy genre was popular roughly between 1958 and 1963, with the proliferation of TV shows and movies featuring cops, robbers and private detectives. After posting the first list, I received a crime wave of emails calling for more. So, action-jazz albums: Music ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mickey Hart: Nov-Dec Tour

September 28, 2011

FAN CLUB PRE-SALE AND VIP TICKETS ON SALE NOW The Mickey Hart Band has announced a 14-date tour to kick off in Eugene, OR at the McDonald Theatre on November 30. In August, Hart's new band debuted to packed houses in New York and San Francisco. The line up for Hart's new band features vocalists Crystal ...

News: Recording

Paul Simon: Songwriter 2-Disc Collection out 10/24

September 28, 2011

2 DISC SET ILLUMINATES SIMON'S EVOLUTION FROM 1960S TO PRESENT Songwriter is a selection of songs, chosen by the composer, as the best of his decades-long creative output. Some of these are well-known hits and others more obscure works, but all bear the distinct lyrical, melodic and rhythmic signature of Paul Simon, one of the great ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Allman Brothers Band Announce Final Dates of 2011

September 28, 2011

PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON CONFIRMED; TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, 9/30 AT 10 AM EST The Allman Brothers Band have announced six final shows for 2011, with two nights scheduled in Upper Darby (Philadelphia), PA at the Tower Theatre November 26 + 27 and four nights in Boston at the Orpheum Theatre November 29 + 30 and ...

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News: Recording

Bill Frisell - All We Are Saying (2011)

September 28, 2011

The thing that makes today's release of All We Are Saying feel so connective is guitarist Bill Frisell's willingness to simply let things happen—to accept life as it goes. He selected the songs for this John Lennon tribute as they occurred, either to him or to a crack band of familiars that included Jenny Scheinman (violin), ...

News: Performance / Tour

Peter Martin, Wendell Brunious to Perform for Benefit on Saturday, November 19 at the Sheldon

September 27, 2011

Pianist Peter Martin will team with New Orleans trumpeter Wendell Brunious to provide the music for “ArtSounds: French Quarter Fête," an event to benefit the Sheldon Art Galleries to be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 19 at the Sheldon. Martin and Brunious will team with bassist Chris Thomas—who, like Martin, originally is from St. ...

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News: Recording

Pianist and Composer John Escreet Releases New CD "Exception to the Rule" on Criss Cross Records.

September 27, 2011

Asked for context on the unqualified success of Exception To The Rule, his Criss Cross debut, John Escreet cites his eclectic itinerary during the months leading up to the session that produced it. “I was in shape from the experience of doing different things," the 26-year-old pianist-composer remarked a few months later, noting a series of ...