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News: Music Industry

Amid the Turmoil, EMI Launches a New Label

March 17, 2010

EMI may be just days away from defaulting on its loan obligations to CitiGroup, but that didn't stop the music group from launching a new record label yesterday. Building on its success in the country genre (Capital Nashville was named label of the year at the recent Country Radio Seminar and 2009's #1 country imprint by ...

News: Music Industry

Interview: Zach Zalon on Hello Music's Opportunity Engine for D.I.Y. Musicians

March 17, 2010

Hello Music recently grabbed headlines when it received$4 millionfrom KVG Partners. But what's unique about Hello is its business model. Created as an “opportunity engine" for d.i.y musicians, Hello takes no upfront fees. A team of professionals at Hello connects artists with service providers like Topspin and Tunecore, new media like Slacker and opportunities like Pump ...

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News: Event

7 Ways to Pretend You're at SXSW 2010

March 17, 2010

#SXSW The film and tech folks are already in Austin and the music mavens arrive today. But perhaps your nasty boss is cutting back because of the economy or you blew your travel budget on a trip to Cannes. Either way, you can't afford heading to SXSW this year, but still don't want your hip rating ...

News: Festival

Soul'd out Music Festival

March 17, 2010

INNAUGURAL OUTING FOR EXCITING NEW FEST APRIL 11-24 IN PORTLAND, OREGON The first annual Soul'd Out Music Festival will take place over two weeks, throughout eight of Portland's most prestigious venues. Featuring artists from across the musical spectrum, including jazz, funk, blues, hip-hop, soul and more, SOMF brings them all together under the ...

News: Interview

Interview: George Avakian (Part 2)

March 17, 2010

In 1938, recordings by the latest swing bands were plentiful. The three major record companies that dominated the market (RCA, Columbia and Decca) saw to that. But earlier releases from the 1920s and 1930s that were recorded by companies that had gone bust were out of print. And other than a magazine or two, there were ...

News: Technology

Spotify: The Savior, or the Destroyer of Music?

March 17, 2010

Daniel Ek, chief executive of the music streaming service Spotify, spoke to a crowd of 2,000 SXSW attendees on Tuesday - virtually none of whom are legally allowed to use his service. Until it successfully navigates the lions den of U.S. licensing laws, the largest music market in the world will be closed to Spotify. Judging ...

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News: Recording

Curtis Clark Trio - Taagi (No Business)

March 17, 2010

As was the lot of his mentor Horace Tapscott, pianist Curtis Clark's career continues to unfold largely outside the jazz celebrity limelight. That disparity in popularity relative to talent and activity hasn't slowed him down over the years. Clark's reliably sought out unconventional collaborators both domestic and abroad and managed to build a modest discography through ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Imrat Khan, Todd Mosby to Play Benefit Concert on Saturday, April 17

March 17, 2010

Sitarist and teacher Imrat Khan and his son, tabla player Shafaatulla Khan, will team with guitarist Todd Mosby (pictured) in a benefit concert called “Music for the Heart" at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 17 at the Ethical Society, 9001 Clayton Road.The event also will showcase the latest iteration of the Imrat Guitar, a hybrid ...

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News: Interview

Catching up with Jovino Santos Neto

March 17, 2010

For 15 years before he moved to the US from his native Brazil in 1993, Jovino Santos Neto was the pianist and arranger for Hermeto Pascoal, whom Miles Davis is said to have called, “the most impressive musician in the world." Santos Neto lives and teaches in Seattle and travels to Brazil frequently, keeping up with ...

News: Radio

James Zollar - #40 at JazzWeek National Jazz Radio Chart

March 17, 2010

James Zollar debuts at #40 today on the national jazz radio chart Jazzweek. Zollar is enjoying success on the Jazzweek, CMJ and RMR national jazz radio charts with his new release Zollar Systems. The Zollar Systems CD contains a wide range of music for the musical palate, from swing, bebop and funk to avant-garde to bossa ...