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News: Recording

Dixie Chicks New Band Court Yard Hounds

February 22, 2010

They're “country music's most recognizable sidewomen," the familiar faces who founded the Dixie Chicks... with voices only heard on harmonies. Now, sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire are moving to a place they haven't been in years -- center stage, where the mic is all theirs. Court Yard Hounds is the name of the Texas natives' ...

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News: TV / Film

Erhu Soloist Added Heartfelt Tone to "Up in the Air"

February 22, 2010

In the Oscar-nominated film “Up in the Air," audiences watch the familiar routines of contemporary airline travel while hearing the unfamiliar sounds of an ancient Asian instrument, thanks to erhu virtuoso Karen Hua-Qi Han. Like the violin, the erhu is a stringed instrument played with a bow, but many of the similarities end there. “It's two ...

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News: Award / Grant

Up Wins Best Music at BAFTA Awards

February 22, 2010

'Hurt Locker' wins big at BAFTA Awards The Iraq war drama wins six awards at England's version of the Oscars. “The Hurt Locker" left “Avatar" in the dust Sunday at the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards, winning best film, best director for Kathryn Bigelow, original screenplay for Mark Boal, cinematography, editing and sound. ...

News: Recording

New CD Release: Raffaele Matta's "RossOnirico"

February 22, 2010

The new Raffaele Matta CD RossOnirico, released by the Italian record label DodiciLune and distributed by IRD is now available. RossOnirico has been described as “a deep exploration between jazz, sketches of Japanese music and classical concepts for an amazing work." Personnel: Raffaele Matta: guitar and electronics Paolo Botti: viola Simone Mauri: ...

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News: Interview

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater Interviewed at AAJ

February 22, 2010

It is almost inevitable for most people to think of Billie Holiday as a wounded human being who suffered, struggled and eased her pain with drugs and song lyrics on her way to self destruction in 1959. In her greatness, Billie was as devastating and as devastated as a summer with no water. And yet her ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: James Reese Europe

February 22, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating James Reese Europe's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY James Reese EuropeJames Reese Europe - piano, violin, composer, arranger, conductor, bandleader, recording artist (1880-1919) During the first two decades of the twentieth century... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow James ...

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News: Recording

Anne McCue Returns to Raw Sound with 'Broken Promise Land'

February 22, 2010

The May 18 release, recorded in Nashville, features rhythm section of Ken Coomer (Uncle Tupelo/Wilco) and Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil) NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Anne McCue describes her new album, Broken Promise Land, due out on May 18, 2010 on Flying Machine Records Records, as “a bit dirty, a bit rockin', a bit swampy and a bit ...

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News: Event

Live Canadian Jazz and Blues in Brampton - Aria Bistro & Lounge

February 14, 2010

Queen Bee Events and Promotions is offering some of the finest Canadian Blues and Jazz talent in the warm and intimate environment of Aria Bistro And Lounge, located in the Historic Calvert House on Brampton's Main Street North. John Calvert, owner of one of Flowertown's largest greenhouse estates, built his home in 1927, at the height ...

News: Technology

Why No Love for the Universal Inbox?

February 21, 2010

A couple of years ago, the new launch from Webwalks, a universal inbox, news aggregator, password manager and kitchen sink-type application would have caught my eye. I'd rush out to try it, merging my multiple accounts under its one roof then wait to see how well my life improved, how much time I saved. But today, ...

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News: Interview

Arturo Sandoval Can Freely Trumpet His Affinity for Jazz

February 21, 2010

Anyone who thinks Cuban-born trumpet great Arturo Sandoval's dramatic life story is worthy of being made into a movie is absolutely correct -- and a decade too late. “There is a movie about me that HBO made in 2000. Andy Garcia played me, and Charles Dutton played Dizzy," said Sandoval, who rose to international fame in ...