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Matt Wilson Appointed First Artist in Residence at Litchfield Jazz Festival
Kent, CT--World-renowned drummer, Matt Wilson has been appointed the first Artist-in-Residence to mark the 15th anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival, August 6th--8th in Kent, CT. In this role Matt will be a presence for the Festival throughout the year, giving clinics around the state and a Christmas concert in Kent celebrating the release of his ...
JEN and Berklee join to present John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year Award
The Jazz Education Network and Berklee College of Music will collaborate to present the John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year award. The award is named after legendary jazz educator John LaPorta who served as a distinguished professor at Berklee for more than three decades prior to his death in 2004 and played a pivotal role ...
Mercury Prize Shortlist Announced
The nominees for the Mercury Prize 2010 Albums of the Year have been announced. Biffy Clyro 'Only Revolutions' Villagers 'Becoming A Jackal' Corinne Bailey Rae 'The Sea' Mumford & Sons 'Sigh No More' Paul Weller 'Wake Up The Nation' Wild Beasts 'Two Dancers' Kit Downes Trio 'Golden' ...
Neil Peart Barely Paradiddles Past Travis Barker Winning Fourth Straight "Drummer Of The Year" - To Be Inducted Into Drummies Hall Of Fame
San Jose, Calif., This year's Drummies have been very interesting for a variety of reasons. As previously reported, recording voting occurred as 6500 drummers casted 100,000 votes in the 40 categories that make up The Drummies. Neil Peart, for a fourth straight time, has won “Drummer Of The Year." It was a very tight race with ...
Jazz Unites The House As Yamaha Honor Britain's 2010 Jazz Scholars
The hugely successful, high-powered and influential partnership between Yamaha in association with Jazzwise, PPL and the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group celebrated the fourth year of its Jazz Scholarship programme at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group's annual 'Summer Jazz' event in association with Jazzwise and PPL in the House of Commons on Wednesday ...
Janet Lawson, Grammy-Nominated Jazz Vocalist, Returns to Latvia to Perform and Teach at Music Camp
NEW YORK, NY--New York City-based jazz vocalist JANET LAWSON is off to Latvia once again to sing and teach at the IX INTERNATIONAL LATVIAN YOUNG MUSICIANS MASTER CLASSES. Held every two years, previously in Ogre, the music camp takes place in Sigulda, Latvia July 15 to 24, 2010. Dace Aperans is the Artistic Director of the ...
New Date Announced for ASMAC Golden Score Awards
NEW DATE ANNOUNCED: COMPOSER MARC SHAIMAN AND ARRANGER SAMMY NESTICO TO RECEIVE GOLDEN SCORE AWARDS; ROB REINER TO HOST JULY 22nd TRIBUTE Los Angeles, CA: On Thursday evening, July 22, 2010, The American Society of Music Arrangers & Composers will host the Annual Golden Score Awards, hosted by actor/producer Rob Reiner, at the Universal Hilton Hotel ...
Gaga Power, the Rules for the Grammys Change
Due to a technicality, Lady Gaga was ineligible for the nomination of best new artist at this year's Grammys -even though she was the most popular artist of 2009. Since she was a nominee the previous year, it meant that she couldn't be one in the next. Determined to prevent another oversight like this from happening in ...
The Grammys Amend Best New Artist Eligibility Rules, Now Accept Online Submissions
Change is in the air for the Grammys. Actually, the award show itself will probably be pretty much the same, but there have been some changes to the rules for submissions and nominations. In an effort to not be left out at a time when almost every other aspect of the music industry is evolving, the ...
Roman Miroshnichenko: The Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Winner!
Kimberly Bjorklund, president of K&B Entertainment and our Global Partners congratulates Mr. Roman Miroshnichenko on winning the Independent Music awards second category in the Voters Choice awards, called THE PEOPLE VOX POP CHOICE! In January 2010 Roman Miroshnichenko already has won the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards in the category of “World Traditional Song." The song ...
