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The Cars: Take Another Look

September 13, 2011

By Dennis Cook From the first notes of their 1978 self-titled debut it was clear The Cars were a true original. A muddle of pop savvy, proto-new wave inquisitiveness and good ol' fashioned rock instincts, The Cars created a blueprint that countless groups have followed in the intervening 33 years. It's hard to argue with the ...

News: Festival

Boston Pops to Play W.Levon, Brandi Carlile at Life is Good Fest

September 13, 2011

BAREFOOT TRUTH SELECTED TO OPEN THE FESTIVAL; LIFE IS GOOD SET FOR SEPT 24-25 AT PROWSE FARM IN CANTON, MA Life is good is excited to announce that musicians from the Boston Pops have signed on to play at the 2011 Life is good Festival. World-class musicians from the Pops' string and brass sections led by ...

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News: TV / Film

"More to Live for" to Screen at the Gig Harbor Film Festival

September 13, 2011

A film that I have been waiting (and waiting, and waiting) to get a chance to see will finally be screening in the Pacific Northwest. The documentary More To Live For will be screened at the Gig Harbor Film Festival. The official screening date has yet to be announced, but the festival is slated to run ...

News: Technology

Google Launches Magnifier Music Discovery Site

September 13, 2011

Google Music launched in beta four months ago as a rather unexciting music locker service. And with the launch of Facebook Music next week and iTunes Match in October, it seemed destined to stay a second-tier offering. But various rumblings we've heard suggest that Google Head of Music Programming Tim Quirk is ramping up a number ...

News: Interview

Leading Questions: Bill Anschell

September 13, 2011

When I was 14 I was a miscast classical clarinetist with no real interest in classical music or clarinet. Or jazz, for that matter. My guilty pleasure was playing pop tunes by ear on my family's upright piano. The piano is a climate-sensitive instrument that, sadly, can't tune itself no matter how nice it looks. Practice ...

News: Performance / Tour

Cuban Jazz Pianist Alfredo Rodriguez Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Tuesday, September 13

September 13, 2011

Cuban jazz pianist Aflredo Rodriguez is performing at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased online. Rodriguez left Cuba in 2009 to pursue a musical career and has since played around the world. His influences range from Back and ...

News: Recording

On Second Thought: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2003)

September 13, 2011

By Tom Johnson Over time, I have had to face that fact that this album is far better than I'd once thought. When I picked up Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—the day it was released—I really enjoyed it. I didn't think it was anywhere near as groundbreaking or startling as the hype would have had me believe. ...

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News: Recording

Claudio Roditi - Bons Amigos (2011)

September 13, 2011

Claudio Roditi is on a roll coming off the critical triumph of Grammy nominated Brazilliance X 4 (2009), and the master trumpet player continues “trumpeting" his Brazilian roots with Bons Amigos. Using a rotary valved trumpet (a rarity in jazz), a flugelhorn and a piccolo trumpet for these recordings, Roditi opts for a warmer, more lyrical ...

News: Recording

Gene Ammons - Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2011)

September 13, 2011

Gene Ammons was one of the leading advocates of the Chicago sound of big brawny tenor saxophone and lush emotional ballads. Despite some personal problems that kept him off the scene a few times, he remained a vital and popular part of the jazz scene from the late 40's to the early 70's. This collection features ...

News: Music Industry

Robertson: Major Label Licensing Will Kill Your Startup...

September 13, 2011

Time to rub it in, baby! And that's exactly what Michael Robertson was doing this morning at SF MusicTech Summit. In a licensing panel that preditably morphed into the 'Michael Robertson Hour,' the headstrong MP3tunes founder urged startups to avoid major label licensing—literally, at any cost. “The odds of making money with a major record label ...