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Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout Releases the Knickerbocker 7"

December 25, 2008

The Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout has released a brand new, 2 song, 7" vinyl only album. “The Knickerbocker 7"" is available only on vinyl or via digital download. Side A features Leah Siegel singing the classic “I Got Loaded" with killer solos from special guest J Walter Hawkes on trombone and Andrew Sherman's B3. Side B is ...

Spread the Holiday Joy Send a Song to Soldiers over Seas

December 24, 2008

Courtesy of Billboard and the U.S. Army, give the gift of free music to a soldier this holiday season. Give the gift of free music to a Soldier in the U.S. Army this holiday season, completely free of charge. Billboard's got the free tunes. You have the message. Just fill out the simple form below, and ...

How Norad Tracks Santa

December 24, 2008

Santa Claus may be able to fly around the world in a sleigh, but even he can't cross North American airspace without NORAD knowing about it. For more than 50 years, the joint American-Canadian air command that safeguards the continent against aerial attack has used its sophisticated tracking technology to follow Kris Kringle's journey and provide ...

Rockers to Press Obama on Music Torture

December 24, 2008

Reprieve, a British human rights law group that represents over 30 Guantanamo Bay detainees, is planning to work with musicians to lobby President-elect Barack Obama to end the practice of sonic torture by military interrogators. Earlier this month, Reprieve and the U.K. Musicians Union launched Zero dB, a “silent protest" over the use of music in ...

Franklin, Bennett, Kings of Leon Join Jazz Fest Lineup

December 24, 2008

Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Jakob Dylan, Joe Cocker, Spoon, Buddy Guy and Kings of Leon join the 40th anniversary of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Common doesn't commonly share a bill with Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Jakob Dylan, Joe Cocker, Spoon, Buddy Guy and Kings of Leon, but that's how music rolls at the proudly ...

Richard Bliwas Performs on Paula's Party

December 24, 2008

Analysis: RIAA Strategy Shift Mired in Murky Legal Waters

December 23, 2008

The Recording Industry Association of America's new enforcement strategy is based on a questionable interpretation of what constitutes copyright infringement. And its copyright-detection services remain under a cloud at the center of a class action legal challenge. The RIAA, the record labels' legal and lobbying arm, announced Friday it would begin phasing out its five-year campaign ...

RIAA Qualifies Statement on No New Copyright Lawsuits

December 23, 2008

The Recording Industry Association of America is clearing the air over its comments that it has not initiated litigation in months against alleged copyright scofflaws. On Friday, the RIAA announced it was abandoning its legal strategy of suing individuals for copyright infringement, and said it had not sued anybody for months. Ray Beckerman, an attorney the ...

Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Awards

December 23, 2008

The Recording Academy has named Gene Autry, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, the Four Tops, Hank Jones, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin and Tom Paxton as recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Award. George Avakian, Elliott Carter, and Allen Toussaint are honored with the Trustees Award. Clarence “Leo" Fender and Universal Audio will receive the Technical GRAMMY Award. ...

Wynton Marsalis, Sandra Day O'Connor Lead "A Celebration of America"

December 23, 2008

Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Rockefeller Foundation will present *A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA* in the Kennedy Center - Eisenhower Theater on the occasion of the Presidential Inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19, 2009 live on CNN at 7 p.m. The program will look back on the life of one of ...