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News: Recording

Feufollet: Cajun Stars Experimenting on New Album

Deathbed ballads meet glockenspiels and omnichords. Cajun French choruses are written on iPhones. Indie-rock vibes invade Acadian archives. Welcome to the world of Feufollet, a band both deeply rooted in the francophone soil of Louisiana and pushing boldly into unexplored yet utterly natural varieties of Cajun experience. Though famous for their renditions of heartbreaking songs and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jose Conde Joins the Legendary Los Van Van at Summerstage June 6th

Booty-Shaking History Making: Jose Conde Joins the Legendary Los Van Van at SummerStage as Cuban America and Cuba Reunite Songwriter and musical bridge builder Jose Conde knows how to take sounds and run with themall the way to the dance floor. He brings his playful pan-Latin power pop to Central Park SummerStage on June 6, 2010 ...

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News: Obituary

Dave Fisher Founding Member and Lead Singer of the 1960s Folk Group the Highwaymen Dies

Dave Fisher Founding Member and Lead Singer of the 1960s Folk Group the Highwaymen Dies

Dave Fisher, founding member and lead singer of the 1960s folk group the Highwaymen, whose recording of the Civil War anti-slavery song “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" became a surprise pop hit in 1962, has died. He was 69. Fisher died Friday at his home in Rye, N.Y., of myelofibrosis, a rare blood disease, family friend ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Corey Christiansen at Tula's May 19

Corey Christiansen at Tula's May 19

Guitarist Corey Christiansen returns to Seattle after his performance at The Ballard Jazz Festival to celebrate the release of his new CD, Outlaw Tractor, at Tulas Jazz Club on Wednesday, May 19 at 7:30pm. WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 TULAS JAZZ CLUB 2214 2nd Ave, Seattle 7:30pm, All Ages Reservations: 206-443-4221

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News: TV / Film

Europe Strives to Catch up with Digital Revolution in Hollywood

As film critics hunker down in Cannes for the next week and a half to assess the state of cinematic art, millions of people across Europe will buy tickets to Hollywood blockbusters like Iron Man 2 and How to Train Your Dragon. Europeans flocking to the cinema are contributing to a global boom in box-office receipts ...

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News: Music Industry

For Musicians, Economy is the Mother of Invention

Enterprising music makers are turning to the Internet and micro-financing through donations. Los Angeles singer and songwriter Sam Phillips turned up recently for a small-scale show at Hollywood's Hotel Caf. Playing for an intimate audience of several dozen, she was testing on a live audience new material she's been working on in her home recording studio. ...

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News: Technology

What's a Facebook Fan Page Worth?

Vitrue, a social media research firm, has rolled out a tool for company's trying to figure out how to value its Facebook fan page. Dubbed Social Page Evaluator, the tool attempts to help companies determine the page's potential revenues and marketing impact. Visitors need only to input a Facebook fan page's URL into the search box ...

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News: Technology

Rockin' out with the Fender G-Dec 3 Amp

Rockin' out with the Fender G-Dec 3 Amp

In the past few years, as music has become computerized, many aspiring and homegrown musicians may have forgotten about that old standby, the practice amp. Fender's new G-DEC 3 attempts to correct that equation. You can plug your guitar straight into the amp and rock out, but additionally, as you could do with a music program ...

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News: Music Industry

EMI Back on Terra Firma?

EMI Back on Terra Firma?

Terra Firma appears to have raised the funding it needs to prevent lender Citigroup from foreclosing on embattled music giant EMI Group, according to unconfirmed reports on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal is claiming that Terra Firma chairman Guy Hands succeeded in persuading 75% of his fund's backers to inject a further 105 million ($156 million) ...

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News: TV / Film

Cutting Edge Group Eyes Music-Based Films

Cutting Edge Group Eyes Music-Based Films

International music-rights company Cutting Edge Group is looking to broaden its scope into the production sector. According to CEO Phillip Morris, the group wants to make music-based films through an executive producer role. Cutting Edge has inked multi-picture deals with Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment and Exclusive Media Group (international sales arm to Hammer Films) whereby ...


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