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Great American Taxi Donate Track to Coal Miners' Relief Fund
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just in time for Earth Day (April 22), Great American Taxi, whose current album Reckless Habits is climbing the Americana radio airplay charts, has donated a free download of a song, “Appalachian Soul" culled from its debut album Streets of Gold, to raise awareness of the plight of coal miners and their communities ...
Thelonious Dub, the Brad Rabuchin Trio, and Stephen Lockwood Group Play Fundraiser for New Orleans Musicians Clinic
Thelonious Dub, The Brad Rabuchin Trio, and Stephen Lockwood Group are helping with a project for the musicians of New Orleans. April 29th.The funding for their beloved Musicians Clinic has recently been cut to the bone leaving many of them with nowhere to turn for important health care services.We're going to get ...
Baaba Maal from Senegal to Royce Hall
Musical inspiration can strike Baaba Maal in any place, at any time. It might happen on the Paris Metro, where he sometimes hears echoes of African drum beats in the rumbling of the train cars. Or he could be in his native environs, on the banks of the Senegal River, listening for hidden melodies in the ...
Studios Step up Futures Fight
The major movie studios may have lost their first battle over box-office futures trading, but they unveiled a powerful new weapon in response. Financial reform legislation unveiled Friday by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., contains a provision that would ban futures trading based on box-office receipts. Lincoln is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction ...
Cameron Carpenter's Organic Cool
Cameron Carpenter brings his organist showmanship to L.A.'s First Congregational Church on Sunday The player with a flair for dramatic performances and glitzy outfits gives a prelude to his Disney Hall debut next season. The pipe organ's massive physical dimensions and its potential for earthshaking sonorities make it an instrument like no other. But those who ...
Monterey Jazz Festival Announces 2010 Next Generation Jazz Festival Results
Presented by Verizon, September 17 - 19, 2010 April 15, 2010; Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the results of the 6th Annual Next Generation Jazz Festival, incorporating MJF's 40th Annual National High School Jazz Competition. A full list can be found on the Festival's web page montereyjazzfestival.org Results by Category ...
A Hoot - Fred Jackson
Tenor sax man Fred Jackson released only one album as a leader, but it was a fine one. Jackson got his start playing in Little Richard's band in the early 1950s. Later, he toured with rhythm-and-blues vocalist Lloyd Price, who was most famous for the single “Stagger Lee," and he also recorded with B.B King. In ...
2010 Jazzy Jam-Pasadena
Every year the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) students lose a bit more as arts programs are sacrificed and teachers are pink-slipped due to state funding cuts. Such solutions are supposed to be temporary, but in reality once the arts and enrichment programs are cut, few will ever be restored, and its the students who will ...
Dave Douglas Ticket Giveaway ~ World Premiere Performance
April 24th, 2010 will see the World Premiere of Dave Douglas' collaboration with Bill Morrison, Spark Of Being, at Stanford University. You can purchase tickets here. But before you do, answer the question below in the comments section of the blog post for a chance to win yourself tickets. Question: What is the origin of the ...
Grateful Dead: "Crimson, White and Indigo" to Screen in Theaters
On April 20th, Grateful Dead and Rhino Records will release the new CD & DVD package Crimson, White & Indigo. Crimson, White & Indigo CD/DVD captures their July 7th, 1989 performance at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to an audience of 95,000. The entire full-length theatrical concert experience is fully mastered and coming to theaters nationwide this ...
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