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African-Born Lionel Loueke Next up in Glenwood Springs' Summer of Jazz
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Lionel Loueke brings his unique combination of jazz guitar and African roots influences to the Glenwood Springs Summer of Jazz stage in Two Rivers Park tonight. The third in the summer concert series begins at 7 p.m. at the park pavilion. Loueke joins local jazz aficionado and KDNK disc jockey Wick Moses ...
Michael Jackson's Spirit, Music, Legacy Outlive His Death
While the vultures, thieves and naysayers pick over the bones of his controversial personal life, it is only the talent and genius of Michael Jackson that matter in the aftermath of his death. Jackson is one of the most monumental figures in the history of music. He was the ultimate performer, the self-proclaimed “King of Pop" ...
Is Jazz Dead?: Stretching the Festival Definition of Jazz
With Canadian summer jazz festivals featuring everything from the gospel sounds of The Sojourners and straight-ahead jazz saxophonist David Sanborn to Nigerian superstar King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, the definition of jazz has become fluid. Okay, so here's another question: What is jazz? And another: Is jazz a meaningless term? Or even: Is jazz ...
Jazz Artists Seek out Future Fans
Musicians hope to expand beyond regular devotees, bring in the younger generation It was 8 p.m., and jazz cellist Raymond Chu — better known as “Magic Ray" — was setting up for a performance at the Mosaic Caf in College Park, a hip restaurant and hookah bar that caters to students and young people. Chu, a ...
The Kind of Music Startups One Venture Capitalist Would Like to Fund
And His Unusual Way Of Turning Them Into Businesses Y Combinator a revolutionary venture firm that speciializes in funding early stage startups. 40 or so young entrepreneurs spend months together boot camp style developing their ideas into businesses. In addition to support from each other, they are surrounded by advisers and visited by experts who help ...
Yim Yames (MMJ): Tribute to George Harrison
YIM YAMES (Jim James from My Morning Jacket) Tribute To - Featuring Songs by George Harrison; Due August 4 on ATO Yimmy by De Wilde John Lennon once said he didn't believe that musicians created emotions in their listeners. Rather, he believed that an artist's role is to bring feelings to the surface that ...
The Voice is Dark and the Emphasis Mysterious
A subdued Diana Krall held forth on Tuesday at Carnegie Hall, where she gave the first of two concerts on consecutive nights with a 41-piece orchestra, augmented by a jazz trio (Jeff Hamilton on drums, Robert Hurst on bass, and Anthony Wilson on guitar). The music, much of it from her recent bossa-nova flavored album, “Quiet ...
Study: Twitter Users Want to Discover and Will (Gasp!) Actually Pay for Music
According to a new NPD Group study, Twitter users are much more likely to be interested in discovering and engaging with music than the average internet user. And in some good news for the music industry, they are also far more willing to pay for it. According to NPD's consumer tracking, 33% of Twitter users reported ...
Jackie Deshannon Albums to be Reissued by Collectors' Choice on August 25
Look for Jackie Shannon’s self-titled debut folk album (1963), a twofer of Me About You (1968) and To Be Free (1970), and New Arrangement (1975), which gave the world the DeShannon-co-penned “Bette Davis Eyes.” LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The multi-talented, Grammy-winning Jackie DeShannon is best known for writing and recording hits like “Put a Little Love ...
Killing Itself to Live: How the Record Industry Conceived It's Own Demise
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Throwaway culture, while, perhaps, not limited to commercialized music, appears to stem from highly and quickly popularized songs that are file-shared and listened to for a short period of time. And are, then, later deleted or 'disposed of' from the listener's computer or MP3 player, typically, once the song starts ...
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