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Barack Obama Selects the Dead for Inaugural Ball

January 15, 2009

Just a week after confirming their first tour in five years, the reunited Greatfull Dead are booked to rock the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. on January 20th. A DJ will open up its a long, strange trip! [Barack Obama] picked us specifically, so it was quite an honor. There was a short list and ...

NAMM Chief Joe Lamond is Upbeat About Music Equipment Sales

January 15, 2009

Starting today, the Anaheim Convention Center becomes ground zero for guitar geeks. It's the annual four-day trade show of the music products industry, and hotshot musicians from around the country will be there to check out the latest guitars, amps, electronic keyboards and digital recording gear. Guitar sales remain strong, up about 1% in spite of ...

Armen Nalbandian New Ensemble at 'Day One' Inauguration Celebration

January 15, 2009

Valentine Nights with Bill Charlap & Freddy Cole - Jazz at Lincoln Center

January 13, 2009

Valentine Nights featuring Bill Charlap & Freddy Cole in The Allen Room February 13-14, 2009 Who/What: Jazz at Lincoln Center brings pianist Bill Charlap and his trio to The Allen Room to deliver a very special Valentine, enhanced with the romantic backdrop of Manhattans skyline. The experience is made complete by the lush vocals of Freddy ...

The Knitting Factory Finale in Fotos

January 12, 2009

Megafun performed the first set on the main stage on the final night of the Knitting Factory in Manhattan. The Knitting Factory has been celebrating noise and eclecticism since it opened on East Houston Street in 1987, and in its earlier days the club gained a wide reputation as a defining stage of downtown ...

Motown Stars Mark 50th Anniversary in Detroit

January 12, 2009

A variety of Motown alumni returned to Hitsville USA today (Jan. 12) -- in Studio A, which the Four Tops' Abdul “Duke" Fakir referred to as “hallowed ground" -- to officially kick off a year-long celebration of the famed label's 50th anniversary. Fakir was joined by other Detroit-based Motown artists, including Bobby Rogers of the Miracles, ...

Musicians Will Honor Whisky Founder Elmer Valentine

January 11, 2009

Man behind the Whisky and Roxy will have a street named for him. Elmer Valentine, founder of the Whisky a Go-Go and co-founder of the Roxy nightclubs on the Sunset Strip, will be memorialized. On Jan. 26 some of the musicians whose careers he boosted will join in and a street in West Hollywood ...

Diane Nalini Performing at Toronto Launch Party for International Year of Astronomy on January 10

January 10, 2009

Toronto, ON -- 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, and Mayor David Miller has declared Jan. 10 the official kick-off day for the International Year of Astronomy in Toronto . The Treehouse Group is getting involved by throwing a party at the Gladstone Hotel. We'll be looking at the points of intersection between astronomy and ...

APAP Conference 2009: Schedule at a Glance

January 9, 2009

Friday, January 9 8:00AM – 10:00AM SPECIAL INTEREST SESSIONS 9:00AM – 5:00PM EXHIBIT HALL LOAD-IN 9:00AM – 12:00PM PRE-CONFERENCE FORUMS 1:00PM – 2:30PM CONFERENCE BEGINS APAP PLENARY Conscious Connections Keynote and Response Jeremy Nowak, Robyn Archer, Kenny Leon, Rafael Lozano-hemmer, and Alicia Anstead Hilton, ...

SXSW Partial Band List

January 9, 2009

SXSW Music Announces Partial Band List The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 18 - 22, 2009 in Austin, Texas, is pleased to announce the first round of bands scheduled to perform at the 23rd edition of the music festival. A few highlights selected out of over 10,000 ...