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News: Performance / Tour

Young Violinist Touches Older Heartstrings

July 14, 2009

Since February, Knecht has been playing at a VA medical center in Loma Linda. He's convinced that his music can free patients, if briefly, from the prisons of their own bodies and minds. Alexander Knecht unpacked his violin and sheet music and slipped into Marvin Baker's dimly lit hospital room. “Hello, Mr. Baker, is it OK ...

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News: Festival

Down on a Virginia Farm, a New Festival of Music

July 14, 2009

CASTLETON, Va. After Lorin Maazel conducted his last concerts as New York Philharmonic music director with four performances of Mahlers grandiose “Symphony of a Thousand" in late June, you could hardly fault him for seeking escape at his country home. Mr. Maazel, 79, however, has an idea of retreat that is different from most peoples: awaiting ...

News: Recording

EMI Music Releases New iMix Compilations

July 14, 2009

EMI Music brings two new iMix compilations that celebrate the finest jazz in honor of Jazz Fest 2009 and the best of New Orleans jazz. The collection mixes include jazz classics by Buddy Guy, Tony Bennett, Aaron Neville, Wynton Marsalis and Fats Domino. You can now download the iMixes from iTunes: Jazz Fest 2009! -- http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=308739240&s=143441 ...

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News: Recording

Pianist/Composer Tony Foster 2009 Debut Trio Release "In Between Moods"

July 14, 2009

Canadian-born jazz pianist/composer Tony Foster puts all the jazz piano influences together to create a personal sound running the emotional gamut of explosive to soulful to melancholic. An equally gifted composer and arranger, his trio takes you on a trip. May 2009 marks the release of jazz pianist and composer Tony Foster's debut trio recording entitled ...

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News: Music Industry

Vandals deface 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' icon

July 14, 2009

If terms like “street art" seem a little disingenuous, I have to admit graffiti was never an issue that has really upset me much. But some jerks going at the iconic “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign Monday really upset me and a lot of people I have spoken to about this vandalism. Like many cities, ...

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News: Technology

Jefferson's Crib 18th Century Palace of Gadget Geekery

July 14, 2009

Thomas Jefferson loved new technology and modding his surroundings to his lifestyle. From food to comfort to efficiency, he was always looking for ways to improve his living space with inventions and hacks. If he were alive today, we like to think hed be reading Wired. Jefferson thought of his house, Monticello, as a machine for ...

News: Radio

Pandora Nails Down $35 Million in Funding

July 14, 2009

Days after securing a deal for royalty rates, Internet radio station Pandora has also locked up venture capitalist funding rumored to be in the neighborhood of $35 million. “Pandora recently closed a round of financing" with Greylock Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm, a Pandora spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail. Pandora declined to comment on ...

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News: Recording

Huun Huur Tu and Carmen Rizzo Collaboration Releases August 18

July 14, 2009

Stone Ancestors, Forest Spirits, and Pink Floyd Across Fifteen Time Zones: Huun Huur Tu and Carmen Rizzo Distill a New Sound for Tuva's Soul on Eternal The songs that echo in boreal forests and bounce off primordial peaks have a blind date in the Hollywood hills. There, carefully crafted electronica meets the horse-hair spike fiddle and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Kate Schutt - New Fall Tour Dates!

July 14, 2009

ArtistShare is pleased to announce that Kate Schutt will be touring the Northeast to support her new album, Telephone Game. She will be making stops in: September 3 Philadelphia, PA Chris' Jazz Cafe September 4 Boston, MA The Lily Pad September 5 Portland, ME ...

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News: Recording

Gong Announce New Studio Album "2032"

July 14, 2009

GONG, the legendary psychedelic prog rockers, announced they will release their stunning new album 2032 on Monday 21st September. Released on Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy's subsidiary G-Wave label, the album is officially released two months before Gong's highly anticipated nationwide UK tour which kicks off at the Brisol O2 Academy on Thursday 19th November. Described ...