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News: Music Industry

Phonograph Blues: Robert Johnson Mastered at Wrong Speed?

May 29, 2010

Robert Johnson's “The Complete Recordings," issued in 1990 by Columbia/Legacy, is one of the most popular blues collections ever released, and is undoubtedly the biggest- selling album ever by a pre-World War II bluesman. The compilation of works by the late, legendary singer-guitarist -- originally released in two LP volumes, in 1961 and 1970 -- has ...

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News: Technology

Free Texting on an iPhone

May 29, 2010

You don't have to pay $20 a month to AT&T--or any sum at all for that matter--to send and receive text messages on an iPhone. San Jose-based Pinger has just waived the annual $5.99 fee for its popular Textfree Unlimited app--users previously downloaded versions of the app about 4.5 million times. And that means you can ...

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News: Obituary

'Diff'rent Strokes' Star Gary Coleman Dies

May 29, 2010

Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom “Diff'rent Strokes" whose later career was marred by medical and legal problems, died Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42. Life support was terminated and Coleman died at 12:05 p.m. MDT with family and friends at his side, Utah Valley Regional Medical ...

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News: Book / Magazine

The B.B. King Treasures: Photos, Mementos & Music from B. B. King's Collection

May 28, 2010

In 1947, with a two-and-a-half dollars in his pocket and his guitar on his back, Riley B. King, a sharecropper moonlighting as a blues and gospel musician, hitchhiked to Memphis from his home in Indianola, Mississippi. Today, after touring the world as an ambassador of the blues for more than half a century, B. B. King ...

News: Technology

London's Apple iPad Launch Was Crazy

May 28, 2010

8am, Regent Street, London. Hundreds of shoppers, photographers, journalists, security staff, police and curious onlookers crowd Apple's flagship UK store as part of the British iPad launch. Stephen Fry made a surprise appearance to cheers and claps from the crowds of queuers and Apple staff. He already had an iPad of course, but showed up to ...

News: Technology

What to Expect from Apple's Iphone-Centric WWDC 2010

May 28, 2010

News outlets may have spoiled the big surprise for Apple's upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference by publishing early photos and details of the next-generation iPhone. Nonetheless, in a recent e-mail, Steve Jobs promised a customer that “You won't be disappointed" by the announcements to come. What else might Apple have in store for the event, which happens ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures

May 28, 2010

Like a celebration thrown by B.B. for his countless fans, published for the occasion of his 80th birthday, The B. B. King Treasures brings remembrances, photos, and rare and personal memorabilia together in a magnificent collection from his life and career. In 1947, with a two-and-a-half dollars in his pocket and his guitar on his back, ...

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News: Interview

Anglique Kidjo & Henry Rollins Interviews

May 28, 2010

Henry Rollins Interview Thess interviews are part of the book project “Under your skin" which includes Interviews with David Murray, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sounding Manhattan Jazz

May 28, 2010

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER: TO BILLIE WITH LOVE (Thursday) Ms. Bridgewater, the jazz singer who once earned an Olivier Award nomination for her theatrical portrayal of Billie Holiday, revisits that touchstone. (Through June 6.) At 8 and 10:30 p.m. Blue Note 131 West ...

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News: Obituary

Niranjan Jhaveri Founder of Jazz India, Jazz Vocal Institute

May 27, 2010

We mourn the passing of Niranjan Jhaveri- in Mumbai, India...on his birthday, Friday, May 21, 2010. A passionate jazz fan, whose hard work, dedication and sheer love for the music propelled India into the eye of the Jazz World. He was "Mr. Jazz India" an organization that he co- founded and spearheaded.. His drive and passion ...