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Dance Music Icon Banco de Gaia to Release New Music February 8

January 17, 2011

Banco de Gaia, Songs From The Silk Road (Disco Gecko) Best of Founding Father of Eclectic Electronica Release: 02/08/2011 Persian strings and prog rock. Tibetan songs and ecstatic house. Welcome to the strange, wonderful world of DJ/remixer/dance music maestro Banco de Gaia (aka Toby Marks) whose work sprang from the hopeful exuberance ...

News: Recording

Mint Records Goes Klezmer with Geoff Berner

January 17, 2011

Geoff Berner, Victory Party (Mint Records) Victory Party Introduces Klezmer to Creepy Release Date: March 08, 2011 Vancouver's Geoff Berner to make his Mint Records debut as he continues to expand his sound with his first release since completing the internationally celebrated Whiskey Rabbi trilogy. Berner's fifth full length studio album,Victory Party is produced by mastermind ...

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Article: Book Review

Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story

by Chris M. Slawecki
January 15, 2011

Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis StoryGeorge LipsitzHardcover; 264 pagesISBN-10 0816666784University of Minnesota Press2010 For six decades, Johnny Otis played just about every role you can play in the music business: musician (on drums, vibes and piano), singer, songwriter, arranger, bandleader, talent maven, ...

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News: Education

Saint Blues Guitar Workshop

January 11, 2011

MEMPHIS, TN: Saint Blues Guitar Workshop announced the suspension of their Korean imported Pro Series, and that they are moving their USA made Workshop Series and Custom production back to Memphis where the brand started in 1984. There are two main reasons for these moves: the desire to focus on production in the US, and the ...

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News: Recording

Afro-Latin Dance Percussionist: Carlos GoGo Gomez

January 5, 2011

Carlos GoGo Gomez, New Paradigm Global Music (KidLat Records) Preacher/Martial Artist/Musician With Smooth Electronica Release Date: Feb 01, 2011 Smooth Electronica artist and Latin percussionist Carlos “Go Go" Gomez is three things: master musician, priest, and martial artist. Now after decades as a sought-after rock, pop, and Latin player and as a spiritual seeker, he has ...

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Africa's Golden Age Revisited: Chopteeth Live!

January 4, 2011

Bursting with old-school big band power, Afrobeat crew Chopteeth know how to turn skeptical foot-tappers into shirt-whirling, wolf-whistling believers. The group regularly fills DC's dance floors with nostalgic African fans and American-born converts to the style exemplified by the now revered Fela Kuti. They've supported diverse acts from Aaron Neville to Gov't Mule, from Konono No. ...

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News: Radio

Dave Brubeck Tops CMJ Jazz Charts

January 4, 2011

Dave Brubeck Celebrates 90th Birthday as Critically-Acclaimed Dave Brubeck: Legacy of a Legend Two-disc Collection Tops CMJ Charts Released in advance of jazz legend Dave Brubeck's 90th birthday on December 6, Dave Brubeck: Legacy of a Legend, the artist's recently released two-disc compilation of tracks from 1954-1970, bulleted 18 positions, from #19 to #1, on the ...

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Alligator Records Begins 40th Anniversary Celebration with New Shemekia Copeland & Roomful of Blues

January 4, 2011

As 2011 kicks off, Alligator Records, the company The Washington Post calls “the premiere blues label in the United States," celebrates its 40th anniversary. The celebration kicks off with the January 18 release of Hook, Line & Sinker from the kings of horn-driven swing, jump blues and early rock 'n' roll, Roomful of Blues, and Deluxe ...

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Legendary Keyboardist Bernie Worrell to Release New Collection of Jazz Standards

December 29, 2010

Legendary keyboardist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bernie Worrell will release a remarkable new album of jazz standards on March 15, 2011 on Scufflin' Records. The album, titled Bernie Worrell: Standards, features Worrell alongside an all star line up of renowned musicians including Smokey Hormel on guitar, Melvin Gibbs on bass, JT Lewis on ...

News: Performance / Tour

Roomful of Blues Celebrates New Release in Sellersville

December 24, 2010

"Excellent...marvelous wall-to-wall grooves—between the wicked guitar work and the brassy horn section, things never stop swinging."—USA TODAY The horn-fueled, jumping, swinging, award-winning band Roomful of Blues, touring in support of their new Alligator CD Hook, Line & Sinker, will perform live at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Friday, January 21, 2011. Roomful of Blues, according ...