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News: Music Industry

Musicians Plead for Increased Arts Funding

April 1, 2009

Musicians Linda Ronstadt, Josh Groban and Wynton Marsalis recall their experiences with music before a House panel in hopes of raising the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts to $200 million. A woman held a BlackBerry over the crowd surrounding Linda Ronstadt to get a shot of the onetime queen of country rock. Someone ...

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News: Music Industry

How Song, Dance and Movies Bailed Us out of the Depression

April 1, 2009

Popular culture provided the optimism and energy that helped the country get moving. We may need that again. Many were surprised that the final stimulus legislation signed by President Obama preserved a $50-million increase in arts funding that had been the subject of a heated battle in Congress. Though it amounted to only a tiny fraction ...

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News: Radio

WBGO Launches New Program, the Checkout, to Air Tuesdays at 6:30PM

April 1, 2009

ONE HOUR MAGAZINE FORMAT WILL FOCUS ON NEW MUSIC AND INAUGURATE NEW CONTENT RICH WEBSITE The Checkout, which makes its debut on Tuesday, April 7 at 6:30pm, will be the first new produced program on the WBGO airwaves since JazzSet began 17 years ago. Josh Jackson, host of The Checkout, first began his life ...

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News: Recording

Radam Schwartz Features the Hammond B3 on New Release Blues Citizens

April 1, 2009

Radam Schwartz his many talents are completely engaged on the new release Blues Citizens. Radam's prolific career has led to many successful recordings. His own Organized (Muse Records) was mentioned in the B3 Bible as one of the essential organ records of all time. He also has been featured on Cecil Brooks III and the CBIII ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dave Samuels, Ron Oswanski, Marko Marcinko - Live Concert - April 20th

April 1, 2009

Untitled Document Keystone College Jazz Series Presents: Dave Samuels - Vibraphone / Ron Oswanski - Organ / Marko Marcinko - Drums Where: LaPlume, PA - Evans Hall - 7pm When: Monday April 20th Information: 570-945-8000 La Plume - The Keystone College Concerts and Lectures Series, in association with the Pennsylvania Jazz Alliance, ...

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News: Recording

Gene Ess - "Modes of Limited Transcendence" CD - Available Now!

April 1, 2009

Gene Ess Modes of Limited Transcendence CD released The album features 8 original compositions of mine and features Tigran Hamasyan on piano, one of the most musical bassist I know Harvie S, and the great drummer/composer/pianist/trombonist Tyshawn Sorey, and some guy playing the guitar. It will soon propogate to all the mp3 download sites if that ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bernadette Peters Resplendent with the Pittsburgh Pops

April 1, 2009

Silver, gold, and, yes, a gorgeous helping of brass. We're not just talking about the bugle beads on Bernadette Peters' skin-tight, flesh colored gown but of the precious metals glinting off her voice last night during a spectacular 90- minute concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Pops at Heinz Hall. At 61, she is still in ...

News: Performance / Tour

Santana Putting Roots in Vegas

April 1, 2009

The guitarist and his band will play about three shows a week through 2010. What's the one thing Las Vegas needs more of? Light, according to Carlos Santana, who figures he's just the guy to bring it during a Sin City residency he'll begin May 27 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Santana, the man ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Allman Brothers Band Wrap Beacon Theatre

April 1, 2009

The Allman Brothers Bands return to New Yorks Beacon Theatre came to a triumphant end over the weekend, riding the success of 15 shows, over 100 songs played, and a guest list that rivals that of The Last Waltz. The Brothers moved into the recently restored venue March 9th and the critically acclaimed run is already ...

News: Performance / Tour

A Frizzy, Fizzy Welcome to the Untamed 60s

April 1, 2009

Hair, the unsprayed, hirsute tribal love-rock musical, with Will Swenson, center, is back on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theater after a summertime revival in Central Park. Youll be happy to hear that the kids are all right. Quite a bit more than all right. Having moved indoors to Broadway from the Delacorte Theater in Central ...