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News: Award / Grant

Tommy Castro Collects Four Blues Music Awards

May 10, 2010

Singer-guitarist Tommy Castro scooped up four Blues Music Awards at the non-profit Blues Foundation's annual ceremony, held in Memphis on Thursday. During the Cook Convention Center fete, journeyman Castro received the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award, and also took home honors for band of the year, best contemporary blues male artist and best contemporary ...

News: Interview

Guitarist Nels Cline Interviewed at AAJ

May 10, 2010

While joining alt-country group Wilco in 2004 has done a lot for Nels Cline's profile, it's his own work as a fearless, boundary-averse guitarist that's turned him into what Jazz Times has called “The World's Most Dangerous Guitarist." The guitarist's latest release with Nels Cline Singers, Initiate (Cryptogramophone, 2010), represents a number of first for his ...

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News: TV / Film

Beatles 'Party' on Bigscreen

May 10, 2010

Richard DiLello's rock-history tome “The Longest Cocktail Party," which tracks his experience at the Beatles' company Apple Corps, is set to be adapted for the bigscreen. Pic will be produced by London-based Revolution Films in conjunction with Liam Gallagher's newly formed shingle In 1 Prods. Gallagher, the former Oasis frontman, is known for his love of ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Other High Minded Sounds and Assorted Festivals

May 10, 2010

Carole King & James Taylor You've got a friend: The longtime pals come together on their new combo CD/DVD, Live at the Troubadour. While Baby James' easygoing vocals and lyrics are still a little bland, King is a masterful songwriter (and performer) who's composed several lifetimes of memorable tunes, including “Chains," “Up on the ...

News: TV / Film

FCC Lets Hollywood Turn Off Your Output Jacks

May 10, 2010

Hollywood will soon have the power to remotely disable the analog outputs on your set-top box, under a decision by federal regulators on Friday intended to prevent home recording of new movie releases. The move by the Federal Communications Commission grants cable and satellite providers the power to block consumers from viewing just-released movies in an ...

News: Technology

5 Things Apple Must Do to Look Less Evil

May 10, 2010

It's appropriate that the Apple logo on the iPad is black. The Cupertino, California, company's image is taking on some awfully sinister tones lately. For a company that made its name fighting for the little guy, it's a surprising reversal. In the past, Apple touted itself as the computer company for nonconformists who “Think Different." Now ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Legendary John Heard Returns to Charlie O's

May 10, 2010

John Heard has worked almost constantly in the jazz world, for over four decades appearing on over 150 albums. Heard's bass line has been the back bone working with Benny Carter, Rashan Roland Kirk, Hampton Hawes, Tete Montoliu, Oscar Peterson, Wes Montgomery, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, the Gerald Wilson Big Band, Freddie Hubbard, Count Basie, Sonny ...

News: Technology

Sneak Peek: Hands-on with iPhone OS 4 Beta

May 10, 2010

Although Apple's next iPhone operating system is at least a month away from release, Wired.com got a hands-on peek at the latest beta and found some interesting goodies that have not been officially announced. Most notably, the iPhone OS 4 beta 3 software includes a brand new iPod widget and a file-sharing feature that was previously ...

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News: TV / Film

Anita O'Day Biopic in Development

May 8, 2010

Producer Sheri Howell is developing a biopic of jazz singer Anita O'Day through Los Angeles-based 47 Pictures Inc. Howell, who spent over a decade as an MTV exec, has optioned the life rights to O'Day, who died three years ago at the age of 87. The documentary “Anita O'Day: Life of a Jazz Singer" received a ...

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News: TV / Film

Geek the Beatles: 'Let It Be' Recombined Reality Bites

May 8, 2010

Forty years ago, Let It Be closed out a decade of The Beatles artistic and technological influence. Its a period that has yet to be matched in popular culture. Wired.com will explore the bands lasting impact in a new occasional series called Geek The Beatles, anchored to the bands momentous anniversaries in 2010. Let It Be, ...