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Master Guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
When guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick walked up to the stage on January 30th, 2008, they were not only preparing to record a live album for Muthspiel's Material Records label, they were celebrating a musical and personal relationship that stretches back more than two decades. First meeting at the New England Conservatory, where Muthspiel studied ...
Randy Weston Interview - "African Rhythms" - Autobiography
Randy Weston - Tribute to James Reese/Uhuru Afrika. This conversation is part of the book/dvd project “Under your skin" which includes discussions with Ahmad Jamal, Angelique Kidjo, Melissa Auf der Maur, Chuck ...
Live Nation's Stock Drop 16% Due to Concert Cancellations
Concert touring giant Live Nation, a Wall Street darling for much of the past year as it far outperformed the S&P 500 index, has hit some sour notes of late. Widespread reports of a poor summer concert season -- including high-profile cancellations, poor ticket sales and the move by the company to drop its $13 per ...
Calgary Jazz Festival Cancelled
Rather than kicking off today, the cash-strapped Calgary Jazz Festival has been cancelled, leaving hundreds of ticket-holders waiting for refunds and the future of the event uncertain. The decision to shut down the festival came after a six-hour emergency meeting called by organizers on Saturday, during which board members allege financial mismanagement meant they were going ...
Best Album Art of All Time
Columbia's Microgroove LP Makes Albums Sound GoodColumbia Records introduced the first successful microgroove long-playing phonographs way back in June 1948. But it took decades before album cover artwork came into its own. To celebrate the LPs birthday, Wired.com's staff compiled the following list of stellar albums featuring mind-bending graphics and kick-ass inserts. The Beatles: Revolver, Sgt. ...
Jimmy Buffett Plans Free Concert on Alabama Beach
Jimmy Buffett and a few of his friends plan to give a free concert on the Alabama coast to show support for the Gulf region. Alabama tourism director Lee Sentell says show will be July 1 on the beach at Gulf Shores. Buffett's website says the concert is meant to demonstrate support for the people, ...
June 21, 1948: Columbia's Microgroove LP Makes Albums Sound Good
1948: Columbia Records puts the needle down on historys first successful microgroove plastic, 12-inch, 33-1/3 LPs in New York, sparking a music-industry standard so strong that the digital age has yet to kill it. Columbia engineer Peter Carl Goldmark set out with his staff in 1939 to evolve the 78-rpm record forward to 33-1/3 rpm, extend ...
So Cal Hot Summer Jazz
Lee Ritenour with Dave Grusin Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA The jazz favorites who teamed on Ritenour's 2008 album “Amparo" take on Ritenour's latest, “Six String Theory," joined by fellow guitarists John Scofield, Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'. With Dianne Reeves. July 21st 8 p.m. Cassandra Wilson ...
Music Revolution Forces Major Label EMI to Evolve
Back in the nineties, when CDs were selling strong, we called the major labels the Big Six. After the music business's major transformation over the past decade, we're down to the Big Three -- officially speaking anyway. EMI, one of the so-called Big Four major record labels, no longer considers itself a “label" per se, but ...
Is the Mac Mini the New Apple TV?
Apple was rumored to release a new Apple TV at WWDC and it never came to pass. But it did release a brand-new Mac mini in the days hence. Could the new Mac mini be the replacement for the Apple TV? I have to admit to getting caught up in the excitement when rumors of a ...
