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News: Performance / Tour

Sing the Truth: Nina Simone Remembered: Barbican Concert Featuring Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright and More

June 12, 2009

Thursday 16 July 7.30pm Sing The Truth: Nina Simone Remembered featuring Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Angelique Kidjo and Simone Tickets 20/25/30/35 Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious Part of Blaze A singer of unique emotional effect, Nina Simones passing left a huge gap in the music world. This tribute, by some of the greatest ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra Headline at the Barbican

June 12, 2009

Friday 24 July 7.30pm Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with special guest Chano Dominguez Tickets 25/30/35 Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious Part of Blaze Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis returns with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for their last one-off concert before the Orchestra begins its long-term relationship with the Barbican as ...

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News: Award / Grant

Jazz Vocalist and Songwriter PJ Parker's "Not Beneath the Tree" Awarded Honorable Mention in International Songwriting Competition

June 12, 2009

Somerset, New Jersey - Jazz vocalist and songwriter PJ Parker has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the 12th Annual Unisong International Songwriting Contest for her composition, “Not Beneath the Tree.” The song was one of 11 in the “seasonal” category so honored among submissions from songwriters from around the world. Songs in the competition are ...

News: Interview

Five Drummers Whose Time is Now

June 12, 2009

Drumming is jazz’s foundation, but it’s also where the music makes its deepest adjustments. Ten years ago jazz suddenly started to sound different, and drumming had a lot to do with it. Not everything, but a lot. At the time Nasheet Waits, Rodney Green, John Hollenbeck, Eric Harland and Daniel Freedman were among those developing their ...

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News: Radio

Is Radio Punishing Artists That Support Performance Royalties?

June 12, 2009

musicFIRST has filed a formal request with the Federal Communications Commission, asking that they investigate reports of radio stations refusing to air musicFIRST ads and withholding airplay from artists who support the payment of broadcast radio performance royalties. No specific artists were named in the filing, but several sources suggest that U2 ...

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News: Music Industry

Music and the Creative Class: Why Place Matters to Music and Music Matters to Place

June 12, 2009

(Part 3) In previous installments of Music & The Creative Class, I explored the importance that musicians and the business that follow them play in the growing Creative Class that is reshaping America and much of the developed world. Not only does music add flavor to a neighborhood or city, as they have in Nashville, Memphis ...

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News: Music Industry

The 10 Commandments of Music 2.0

June 12, 2009

Thou Shalt Not Worship False Prophets - Neither a record deal or auto-tune are your saviors. Thou Shalt Worship Only One God - He (or she) is called The Fan. Thou Shalt Giveaway Free Music - Like Jesus and the loaf of bread, give your flock a gift that multiplies ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Roots Picnic | 06.06.09 | Philadelphia

June 12, 2009

Words & Images by: Jake Krolick The Roots Picnic :: 06.06.09 :: Festival Pier @ Penn's Landing :: Philadelphia, PA The Roots :: 06.06 :: Philly When it comes to a Philadelphia royal family no one can touch The Roots (well maybe the Phillies). They are as embedded in the hearts and musical pulse of ...

News: Interview

The Soul of Michelle Shocked

June 12, 2009

By: Nancy Dunham Michelle Shocked Michelle Shocked wasn't born in the right year. At least, that seems the metaphoric reason that she hasn't received the warm societal embrace enjoyed by so many activist musicians - Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan - that came of ...

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News: Interview

Photostory3: Zoot Sims

June 12, 2009

After Dave Pell's remarks Monday about Zoot Sims and his influence on West Coast jazz, I thought it only fitting to ask photographer Paul Slaughter to tell us what was going on when he took this fabulous image of the expressive tenor saxophonist: “I remember this night well. The photo was taken on Sunday, September 19, ...