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News: Recording

Femi Kuti: Day by Day

December 3, 2008

By: Jim Welte Femi Kuti by Nicolas Hidiroglou The mythology of Fela Anikulapo Kuti is unrivaled in music. As the story goes, the Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer stood tall in the face of vicious, politically-charged harassment from the government for nearly three decades. His Kalakuta Republic compound was raided relentlessly, including a ...

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News: Recording

Neko Case New Album

December 3, 2008

NEKO CASE'S NEW ALBUM MIDDLE CYCLONE - HER FIRST IN THREE YEARS SET FOR MARCH 3 RELEASE ON ANTI- RECORDS Neko Case On March 3, 2009, Anti- Records will release the eagerly awaited new Neko Case album Middle Cyclone. The fifteen-track collection is Case's first release since 2006's Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Pretenders '09 Tour

December 3, 2008

PRETENDERS ANNOUNCE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR SINCE 2003 TOUR IN SUPPORT OF WIDELY ACCLAIMED ALBUM BREAKUP THE CONCRETE The Pretenders The Pretenders announced a tour through North American starting January 29 at the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY with the final show taking place on March 14 in Reno, Nevada. The tour is ...

News: Recording

Rundgren to Produce NY Dolls

December 2, 2008

GLAM BAM, THANK YOU, MAMS A CLASSIC PAIRING REUNITES 36 YEARS LATER Yes, the boy wonder and the boys who taught boys they could dress like girls and still rock are together again. The surviving members of the New York Dolls and legendary producer Todd Rundgren are reuniting for the first time in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Digable Planets | 11.16 | Colorado

December 2, 2008

By: TK Kayembe Digable Planets :: 11.16.08 :: The Fox Theatre ::: Boulder, CO Digable Planets by Danny Fontaine When hip-hop veterans Digable Planets surfaced in the early '90s, they instantly stood out in the rap community, breaking free from the gangsta rap norm by integrating smooth funk and cool ...

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Spearhead Nye in Vancouver

December 2, 2008

GOOD VIBRATIONS GO NORTH! Too often Americans forget to think of our good neighbors to the north, but thankfully Michael Franti & Spearhead are doing their part to rectify this oversight over the year-changing holidays ahead. The “How ya feelin'" man and his talented cohorts will celebrate New Year's Eve at The Vogue Theater in ...

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News: Music Industry

Happy Birthday Jaco Pastorius!

December 2, 2008

INSTRUMENTAL HEAVYWEIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN 57 TODAY Once in a spell music finds new languages, fresh dialects drawn from the same Rosetta Stone that everyone thought well studied, known terrain. Jaco Pastorius was one of these rare individuals, opening up forever the possibilities of the electric bass guitar and eroding the calcification that occurs when ...

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News: Recording

Madeleine Peyroux New Album

December 2, 2008

CHARMING SONGBIRD COMES INTO SONGWRITING OWN ON NEW SET DUE NEXT MARCH Smoky voiced singer Madeleine Peyroux's earthy new album Bare Bones will be released March 10, 2009 on Rounder Records. Peyroux had a hand in writing all the songs on Bare Bones, including collaborations with album producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell), Walter ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Turbine: U.S. Winter Tour

December 1, 2008

Turbine Announces U.S. Winter Tour Turbine The versatile four-piece band Turbine has jam-packed their calendars with coast-to-coast U.S. tour dates, spanning December through February. True to their native New York City, the quadraphonic barrage is a genre splitting melting pot of rock, funk, bluegrass, and Americana. Hitting the road for nearly two straight months, Turbine is ...

News: Performance / Tour

The War on Drugs Tour

December 1, 2008

ONE OF JAMBASE'S DISCOVERIES OF 2008 RETURNS TO THE STATES The War On Drugs In the six months since The War on Drugs released their critically acclaimed Wagonwheel Blues, a subtly haunting slab full of hooks and undertows full of warped presence, the band has spent the bulk of their time overseas. Beginning December 9 in ...