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John Zorn Presents Three Special Benefit Concerts for Japan
In the wake of the disaster that struck the country of Japan and the still unresolved dangers its people now face, composer and saxophonist John Zorn has organized three special benefit concerts in New York City. Shows will be held at Columbia University's Miller Theater, the Abrons Arts Center, and the Japan Society to raise funds ...
Jazz Singer Undaunted by House Fire
By Suzanne Cloud, Executive Director of Jazz Bridge When Jazz Bridge, a nonprofit public charity that aids Philly area jazz and blues musicians, got the call on January 3rd from Sun Ra trumpeter Michael Ray that a local singer and her two children, Ian and Asia, had totally been burned out of their rented house on ...
The Decemberists to Congress: Save Our Internet, Save Our Stations...
Dear members of the Oregon Congressional delegation: We are writing to you as members of the Decemberists, and also as proud citizens of Oregon. We wanted to inform you, as representatives for our state, about a couple of issues of utmost importance to a segment of your constituency: musicians and other contributors to Oregon's creative economy. ...
Listener-sponsored WFMU-FM is having its annual fundraiser
Now in its sixth decade, non-commercial, listener-sponsored community radio station WFMU is holding its annual on-air fundraiser (through March 13 at midnight, ET). WFMU is a completely independent organization that has no commercially underwritten programming and accepts no corporate or government strings-attached funding. WFMU holds only one on-air fundraiser every year (for two) weeks, when it ...
Horns To Havana Teams-Up With Music For Lifelong Achievement
FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 INSTRUMENT COLLECTION FOR STUDENTS IN CUBA Horns to Havana: Bringing Jazz instruments—and the spirit of jazz—to students in Cuba NEW YORK, NY—Horns to Havana a non-profit organization in New York City announced a very special partnership with Music for Lifelong Achievement (MFLA) based at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. ...
Net Neutrality Bill Dead After Waxman Fails to Get Gop Support
Action on net neutrality legislation in the House has stalled after the chairman of the House Energy & Commerce committee failed to secure the support of the committee's top Republican. “This legislative initiative was predicated on going forward only if we had full bipartisan support in our committee," Chairman Henry Waxman said in a Wednesday statement. ...
