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News: Award / Grant

Eugene Register-Guard: Top Jazz Label Has Local Origins

July 6, 2009

From The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR): Although it’s based in Seattle, JazzWeek magazine’s “jazz label of the year” has Eugene’s fingerprints all over it. Origin Records bested Concord Records, Palmetto, Sunnyside, Heads Up and HighNote Records to take the prize in late June. The winner was announced at the JazzWeek Conference held during the Rochester Jazz Festival. ...

News: Music Industry

What if There Were a Coolness Rating?

July 6, 2009

Is Michael Jackson cool? Who is cooler--Dolly Parton or Ricky Martin? Is Katy Perry cool or a fool? We all know the answer when it comes to Britney; or do we? Paul Lamere asked these tough questions and more. “Imagine if there was an objective measure for coolness - a number that could be attached to ...

News: Recording

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: New Album

July 6, 2009

SPEED OF LIFE ARRIVES IN SEPTEMBER new album The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - the iconic and profoundly influential group often cited as a major Americana and roots music pioneer - have finished work on their first studio album in five years, Speed of Life. The new album, out September 22, finds the band at their ...

News: Technology

Lime Wire Adds CD Baby's 240k Indie Artists

July 6, 2009

Lime Wire is adding CD Baby's catalog of 240,000 independent artists to its digital the LimeWire Store. The CD Baby catalog includes topsellers from Regina Spektor, Gary Jules, Joe Purdy, Ingrid Michaelson, Melissa Ferrick, Charlotte Martin, Colin Hay and Stan Ridgway, and this deal brings the total number of licensed tracks on Lime Wire to 3.5 ...

News: Performance / Tour

David Byrne | 06.26.09 | Berkeley

July 6, 2009

Words by Nick Boeka | Images by: Josh Miller David Byrne :: 06.26.09 :: Greek Theatre :: Berkeley, CA David Byrne :: 06.26 :: The Greek David Byrne is the kind of visionary artist where a simple label is irrevocably a denial of the character and stature that he has built for himself and embodies. ...

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News: Interview

Omar Rodriguez Lopez: Genius Set Free

July 6, 2009

By: Kayceman Omar Rodriguez Lopez There will come a time, many many years from now, long after the dust has settled, when we look back at this point in music's vast history, and Omar Rodriguez Lopez will be left standing. There will be others for ...

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News: Performance / Tour

That Hollywood Bowl Magic

July 6, 2009

Three longtime Hollywood Bowl-goers share sweet memories of music under the stars, be it in a box down in front or on a bench seat on high. Cars didn't have seat belts back in the 1940s -- but then, nobody was thinking too hard about safety when Charla Janacek and her pals from Glendale's Hoover High ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Onward and Upward with Jazz Criticism

July 6, 2009

For some time--years--I have been bothered by the further deterioration of a craft that too often has not achieved the status of serious criticism. I write, sad to say, of jazz reviewing, in which assignments all too often go to the lowest bidder, or to no bidder. These days, they go less frequently than ever to ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne

July 6, 2009

Lena Horne biography tells of a star shaped by rejection, racism 'Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne' by James Gavin reveals a woman whose life reflects the civil rights struggles of the times. According to James Gavin's new biography, “Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne," the legendary singer-actress was never comfortable being an icon. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Alex Stewart Makes Pizza on the Park Debut in London

July 6, 2009

At just 21 years of age, Alex Stewart, a jazz vocalist for a new generation, performs live at London's prestigious Pizza on the Park venue on Saturday August 1st. Stewart is already creating a buzz as one of the most precociously talented vocalists of the new generation in the UK. With a voice rooted in Connick ...