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Jimi Hendrix Childhood Home Torn Down

April 1, 2009

Despite an eight-year, $100,000-plus effort by a Seattle real-estate investor, the house where Jimi Hendrix lived as a child in Seattle is gone. A home where Jimi Hendrix lived was moved to Hi-Land Mobile Manor in Renton by its owner, Pete Sikov. Sikov complied with an order to tear down the house. It's gone, by order ...

Beck Reissuing 1994s One Foot in the Grave

April 1, 2009

Beck will reissue his 1994 slacker folk album One Foot in the Grave on April 14th, with reportedly 16 additional songs tacked onto the original track list. The rockers publicists confirmed the release date, which Rock Daily noted on Amazon.coms preorder page, which also indicates Interscope Records will handle the reissue. The LP was originally distributed ...

Ghasem Batamuntu Interview - A Gift from Trane

April 1, 2009

Too Slim & the Taildraggers Guitarist/Leader Tim "Too Slim" Langford Interviewed at AAJ

April 1, 2009

Listening to Too Slim & The Taildraggers is, as one reviewer put it, .".. like taking a journey through the history of American music." Absorbing everything he could at first, Tim “Too Slim" Langford, lead guitarist and vocalist for the group, today plays what he likes. Although his focus at first may have been blues, today ...

Vocalist April Hall Releases "Fun out of Life" on Bee Boy Records - Free Download!

March 31, 2009

On her latest CD, Fun Out of Life, April Hall revitalizes the classic jazz standard, creating music that's alive with energy and attitude. From subtly nuanced ballads to soul-drenched blues, the emotional power of her delivery is perfectly framed by the elegant simplicity of her arrangements. Hall's performance is deeply personal on “I've Got the World ...

Pianist John Di Martino Interviewed at AAJ

March 31, 2009

John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...

Tamela D'Amico - Got a Little Story by Lisa Steinberg

March 31, 2009

Q: Your album Got A Little Story comes out on April 14th, will you be doing anything special for the big release? D'Amico: Actually we are still in the process of planning something right now, but it is unclear as to what coast I will be on to do it or if we are ...

Phil Woods and Cota Big Band Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month on April 13th at Stroudsburg’S Sherman Theater

March 31, 2009

Celebrate “Jazz Appreciation Month” at the Sherman Theater in downtown Stroudsburg on Monday, April 13th, at 7:30 p.m., with the third edition of “Library Alive”— the innovation of three dedicated high-performance collaborators: NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods and the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts (COTA) Festival Orchestra, the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection at ...

Chicago Sun-Times Files for Bankruptcy

March 31, 2009

Sun-Times Media Group Inc., reeling from a painful revenue decline and tax liabilities that date back to the looting of the company during the tenure of former CEO Conrad Black, disclosed Tuesday that it has filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code. The publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and other ...

Crosby, Stills & Nash Release Demos

March 31, 2009

Early recordings of a dozen Crosby, Stills & Nash tracks -- including favorites such as “Marrakesh Express," “Almost Cut My Hair," “Deja Vu," “Love the One You're With" and “Chicago" -- will be featured on an album of demos due in stores on June 2. The release of the Rhino Records set, Crosby, Stills & Nash ...