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Fearless to the End: Remembering Margaret Moth
CNN photojournalist Margaret Moth covered conflicts spanning continents, and said she lived her life to the fullest. Her guts, skill and humor made her one to remember, dies of cancer at 59, after surviving wars. Given her jet-black hair, thick black eyeliner, black clothes and combat boots (which she often slept in while on assignment), people ...
New Zealand Capital Erects Film Sign
The New Zealand home base of Weta Digital, and a host of other NZ film companies, is set to officially become Wellywood, with a Hollywood-style sign to be erected on the hills of the Miramar Peninsula. The term has been used informally for some time but the new lettering -- mimicking the style of the Hollywood ...
Sydney-Bay Day Festival and Viva the Duo
Sydney Band at Tea Festival Viva the duo,a Local band from Northern Beaches of Sydney will be performing at Bay Day festival at Mcilwaine park at Rhodes on the 28th March. Bay day is free festival, celebrating the history of tea and the way different cultures love and enjoy the world's most popular beverage. In keeping ...
Take Five With Connie Lansberg
by AAJ Staff
Meet Connie Lansberg: Connie Lansberg is a singer/songwriter who performs original folk/pop-jazz and smooth jazz. She is a vocal interpreter of the wonderful stories told by the American Songbook and beyond. She uses her voice in such a way as to reveal and tease out even the most subtle of nuances that define these ...
ISP Defeats Hollywood Copyright Claims
A leading Australian internet service provider was cleared of copyright allegations Thursday when a federal judge ruled against Hollywoods lawsuit that iiNet was responsible for infringing BitTorrent data traveling its pipes. The Australian Federal Court decision siding with the countrys third-largest ISP was a legal blow to worldwide efforts to make ISPs liable for the unlawful ...
Ubiquitous Ace Session Guitarist/Producer Louie Shelton Interviewed at AAJ
Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...
Louie Shelton: In Session
by Alan Bryson
Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...
Trichotomy: Variations
by Bruce Lindsay
The Australian trio Trichotomy formed in 1999 and Variations, recorded in May 2007, is the group's third album--originally released in Australia under the band name Misinterprotato (Jazz Heads, 2008). The band describes itself on its website as a “contemporary music trio," which is “so much more than a traditional jazz trio"--a bold declaration, especially as the ...
Savoy Jazz Partners with Universal for Australian Distribution Deal
Savoy Jazz, the U.S. record label which is home to some of the most iconic artists in the history of jazz music has confirmed a new marketing and distribution agreement with Universal Music Australia, it was announced today by Steve Vining, President of the Savoy Label Group. Beginning January 4, 2010, the entire Savoy Jazz catalog, ...
Michael Story Trio Announce the Release of Their New CD "So You Want More"
Melbourne based piano trio the Michael Story Trio are announcing the release of their new album So You Want More. The new CD features 12 original tunes written by Michael featuring pianist Luke Howard and drummer Daniel Farrugia. The trio sound is best described as a blend of modern jazz and contemporary groove music, inspired by ...
