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News: Recording

Charlie Haden returns to his roots for his latest album

Charlie Haden returns to his roots for his latest album

He changed the shape of jazz playing with the original Ornette Coleman Quartet in the late 1950s, and went on to record some of the most seminal albums in music with artists like John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, and Pat Metheny, as well as his own provocative Liberation Music Orchestra and noir-tinged Quartet West, garnering over 15 ...

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News: Music Industry

Lennon 'Peace' Lyrics Sell For Nice Piece of Change

Lennon 'Peace' Lyrics Sell For Nice Piece of Change

Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to “Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654. The lyrics were written during Lennon's 1969 Bed-in protest for peace at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Christie's spokeswoman Zoe Schoon said Lennon gave the sheet to 16-year-old Gail Renard during the eight-day Bed-in. Lennon wrote the lyrics and ...

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News: Music Industry

An American Pastime: Smoking Pot

An American Pastime: Smoking Pot

And You Thought It Was Baseball! It's a matter of culture: the U.S. is home to a huge baby boomer population that came of age when experimenting with drugs was a part of the social fabric. The Netherlands, with its permissive marijuana laws, may be known as the cannabis capital of the world. But a survey ...

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News: Technology

UK Computer Chaos Hits iPhone Launch

UK Computer Chaos Hits iPhone Launch

Don't worry if you aren't getting an O2 iPhone - nobody else is either. Especially if they haven't sent their passport. Well, the day dawns for the launch in the UK of the 3G iPhone, and the people who decided not to queue are getting about as many iPhones as the ones who did. A quick ...

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News: Recording

Cecil Taylor Jazz Advance CD Release

Cecil Taylor Jazz Advance CD Release

Review Cecil Taylor Jazz Advance Today, most listeners think of Cecil Taylor as an awesome enigma. After all, it was more than 40 years ago that the American pianist started playing music in which it was tough to discern a tune unless you had a brain that could slow down a red-hot rush of ...

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News: Recording

Rapper Nas on Dylan, Jazz and Why He Changed

Rapper Nas on Dylan, Jazz and Why He Changed

Name Dropper The Title of His Controversial New Album THE RAPPER NAS got people talking about his new album months before its release by announcing it would be titled with a racial epithet. However, he eventually backed away from the plan after some major retailers said they wouldn't stock an album bearing the n-word; ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Beyond Persia Brings Mohsen Namjoo to US

Beyond Persia Brings Mohsen Namjoo to US

Mohsen Namjoo, Iran's best known, and most controversial contemporary musician, is scheduled to perform his first 6 US concerts, starting September, 2008. Namjoo has signed an exclusive agent agreement with Beyond Persia, a San Francisco based, non-profit cultural organization, dedicated to fostering cross-cultural appreciation via the arts. Beyond Persia will be representing Mohsen Namjoo as his ...

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News: Festival

OLG "Presents Music" Sponsors Windsor Bluesfest International

OLG "Presents Music" Sponsors Windsor Bluesfest International

As Music Sponsor, OLG proudly supports the 13th annual Windsor Bluesfest International which has quickly grown into one of Canada's premier blues festivals. Featuring performances by top local, regional and international blues artists, such as Taj Mahal and David Wilcox, Bluesfest promises to be four full days of world-class music and entertainment. Running from Thursday, July ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Catch the Swing During Ragtime Street Fair at Greenfield Village

Catch the Swing During Ragtime Street Fair at Greenfield Village

Are you ready to experience an upbeat, electrifying time period in American history that greatly impacted music today? The Second Annual Ragtime Street Fair at Greenfield Village offers several opportunities to travel back to these unforgettable days of early jazz through dancing, dramatic performances, live entertainment, parades and authentic food from the early 20th century. Ragtime ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Latin Jazz Vocalist Carolina and Vida Vibrante Band Appearing at Ryles Jazz Club

Latin Jazz Vocalist Carolina and Vida Vibrante Band Appearing at Ryles Jazz Club

Latin Jazz Vocalist Carolina Chacin performs at Ryles Jazz Club with her Jazz Band Vida Vibrante on Tuesday July 29, 2008 This will be Carolina's second appearance at Ryle's Jazz Club with her band Vida Vibrante. Carolina is a dynamic, up and coming vocalist that has been taking the local mainstream latin Jazz scene by storm. ...


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