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Soulive and Lettuce: Royal Family Ball Fall Tour
BRINGING THE ROYAL FAMILY ACROSS THE U.S. THIS FALL; NEW MIXTAPE FROM DRUMMER AL EVANS OUT NOW Preeminent soul-funk trio Soulive, fresh off hosting their first ever festival The Royal Family Affair earlier this summer, have announced a full-on Royal Family Ball tour for Fall 2011. The run will see the return of Soulive to eight ...
Debut Album from Tony Levin, David Torn and Alan White
SENSATIONAL DEBUT FROM NEW TRIO OF VETERANS Some combinations are truly unique, a breed apart that stretches even known factors into interesting new spaces. This is absolutely the case with Levin Torn White, the debut collaboration of powerhouse, ultra-high-end players Tony Levin (bass, Chapman stick), David Torn (guitars, textural events) and Alan White (drums, percussion). The ...
Beck Asks Band to Change Their Name
Beck's representatives contacted the Texas duo formerly known as Beck & Cauthen asking that they change their name. And despite the fact that it means that their album release is bumped until November, the two complied. Here's why, in their own words: Hello Beck & Cauthen fans - We are changing our name from Beck & ...
Nielson Social Media Survey: Facebook Dominates Time Online, Tumblr and Mobile Use Exploding
The new Nielson Social Media Report shows again the growing dominance of social networks in general and Facebook in particular. Highlights of “State of the Media: The Social Media Report“ (Charts after the jump below.: Social networks and blogs continue to dominate Americans' time online, now accounting for nearly a quarter of total time spent on ...
NARM Launches digitalmusic.org
NARM has launched Digitalmusic.org, a virtual home for the trade group's digital initiatives, formerly known as the Digital Think Tank. The blog on digitalmusic.org will feature updates from industry experts, starting with posts from Mark Isherwood, COO of DDEX on standards, Jim Griffin of OneHouse on the International Music Registry; Paul Jessop of County Analytics on ...
7th Annual Pittsfield City Jazz Festival Taking Place October 7-20 in Western Massachusetts
Grace Kelly, Phil Woods, Armen Donelian, Greg Caputo, and the BerkshiresJazz Youth Ensemble are among the performers at the 7th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, October 7-20, 2011. The festival gets under way on Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 7-9 with Jazz About Town, when several restaurants and lounges in downtown Pittsfield offer a variety of instrumental and ...
Trombone Shorty - For True (2011)
Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews, once again, incorporates all of the fun but none of the fussy formalism of the New Orleans tradition in his new recording, For True. A contemporary, and vividly frisky, blending of funk, R&B, pop, hip hop, jazz and fusion, Trombone Shorty's second national release is due today from Verve Forecast. Andrews wrote ...
Exegesis - The Harmony of the Anomaly (2011)
Electronic and eclectic, Exegesis represents one of the latest attempts to marry technology to the spirit of jazz. With mathematical jazz compositions, sampling and software applied to an improvisational spirit, Exegesis comes off as a jazzier King Crimson, and the musicians used on here are likewise of the highest order. Exegesis boasts of core players Nick ...
Jeff Coffin and the Mu'tet - Live! (2011)
Saxophonist and composer Jeff Coffin, a three-time Grammy winner, traverses a fine line on Live!, a record that feels both timeless and fresh. The beauty is that he and his Mu'Tet don't stumble into the pitfalls of either concept. That is to say, Live sounds old without feeling prosaic, and new without feeling too professorial. Coffin, ...
Make the Perfect Electronic Press Kit
Electronic Press Kits (EPKs) come in all shapes and sized. There is a right way to make an EPK, and a wrong way. They can help a band obtain great shows, reviews, and press, but they can also take away opportunities if they are poorly constructed. Here are some surefire tips for making the perfect EPK. ...
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