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News: Recording

Smooth Jazz Network to Feature Stevie Wonder Tribute Compilation Single

July 13, 2008

Smoothjazznetwork.com has invited Boosweet Records guitarist and label CEO Vernon Neilly to debut his 1st Smooth Jazz single titled “I Was Made To Love You" featuring U-Nam from his latest project, which is a Stevie Wonder tribute compilation entitled: Vernon Neilly & Friends: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder. The CD is set for worldwide release on ...

News: Technology

Bush Signs Spy Bill, ACLU Sues

July 13, 2008

File Under Big Brother or Oh Brother President Bush addressed reporters Thursday morning as he signed a bill expanding his surveillance powers. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Thursday over a controversial wiretapping law, challenging the constitutionality of the expanded spy powers Congress granted to the president on Wednesday. The federal lawsuit was filed with ...

News: Music Industry

Beck:modern Guilt

July 13, 2008

By: Dennis Cook Blink and you just might miss what a jewel Modern Guilt (released July 8 on DGC Records) is. While one's initial reaction might be, “Hmm, another Beck album," this turns out to be Mr. Hansen's most consistent, well constructed long player since 1999's Midnite Vultures. “Think I'm stranded but I don't know where/ ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Joe Cocker Headlines Israel Gilboa Coexistence Fest

July 12, 2008

Joe Cocker has been recruited to headline a new summer festival in Israel. The three-day Gilboa Coexistence Festival, taking place August 26-28, will promote peace between the Jews and Arabs living in the Gilboa section of the Middle Eastern country. Many acts will be original musical Arab-Jewish ensembles and bands created especially for the festival in ...

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News: Music Industry

Beatles Sgt. Peppers Drum Head Rakes Over a Million

July 12, 2008

One in a Million Lonely Hearts Club at Auction The Beatles iconic drum skin on the front cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band went to auction yesterday in London, fetching over $1 million. The item was the most popular of the Beatles memorabilia that sold at Christie's Auction House, getting four times ...

News: Technology

Beatles All You Need is iPod

July 12, 2008

New Beatle iPod goes on sale at Bloomingdales Though the Beatles' music remains unavailable on iTunes, Bloomingdales may play host to the first official meeting of the Fab Four and Steve Jobs' device. The department store has acquired the rights to Beatles images from Apple Records and will produce a series of T-shirts, jackets and accessories ...

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News: Obituary

Award-Winning Motion Picture Key Grip Gaylin Schultz Dies

July 12, 2008

Gaylin Schultz renowned for his camera mount work in major motion pictures. Schultz was honored with the The Society of Operating Cameramen's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 for his work as a Mobile Camera Platform Operator. The “American Cinematography Magazine" highlighted Mr. Schultz's work on the films Le Mans and Jonathan Livingston Seagull in articles published ...

News: Festival

Jazzdor-Strasbourg-Berlin: A French Jazz Festival in Berlin!

July 12, 2008

The 2007 event posed Jazzdor, the Jazz Festival of Strasbourg (France), itself a first challenge: a four-day Jazz festival in Berlin, in order to present the aliveness of the French scene to the citizen of Berlin. The absolutely positive balance of the first edition of the festival, the enthusiasm of all those involved and the artists ...

News: Radio

A Jazz Journey from Its New Orleans Birthplace

July 12, 2008

Listen to NPR's Broadcast on Jazz We continue our jazz series with a look at the legacy of New Orleans jazz music. Farai Chideya talks with three notable musicians from the Crescent City: Irvin Mayfield, a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader; Irma Thomas, who is known as the queen of New Orleans soul; and Greg Davis, a ...

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News: Music Industry

Ray Charles on Piano Jazz

July 12, 2008

Ray Charles Molding His Sound, Finding His Ear Singer, pianist and composer Ray Charles is one of the most legendary musicians of the 20th century. His unique style drew on a wide variety of influences that can be traced back to the music he heard as a kid growing up in the rural South: the blues ...