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News: Technology

Head-Direct HiFiMan HM-801 Audio Player

May 10, 2010

Suck It, iPod: Meet the King of Geeky Portable Audio Devices It used to be there were only two ways to improve the sound quality on your portable music player: Ditch the shoddy included earbuds for real headphones, or hook in a headphone amplifier. Now there's a third option, in the form of the HiFiMan HM-801 ...

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News: Award / Grant

Tommy Castro Collects Four Blues Music Awards

May 10, 2010

Singer-guitarist Tommy Castro scooped up four Blues Music Awards at the non-profit Blues Foundation's annual ceremony, held in Memphis on Thursday. During the Cook Convention Center fete, journeyman Castro received the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award, and also took home honors for band of the year, best contemporary blues male artist and best contemporary ...

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News: Obituary

Stephanie Jordan on the Passing of Lena Horne

May 10, 2010

Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her signature song “Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, has died. She was 92 according to AP writer Verena Dobnik. Horne died Sunday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman ...

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News: Recording

Amazon Offering Free Downloads of Jazz Sampler Albums

May 10, 2010

As part of its Spring Jazz Sale, Amazon.com is offering free .MP3 downloads of several jazz sampler albums.There's a compilation of remastered tracks from Concord Music's Original Jazz Classics (OJC) series, with music from Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck and more, and a sampler from Mack Avenue Records featuring tracks from Christian McBride, ...

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News: Radio

Music Choice Airs Tribute to Lena Horne

May 10, 2010

Music Choice, the multi-platform video and music network, will celebrate the life of singer/dancer/actress LENA HORNE through May 18th on its SINGERS & SWING Audio Music Channel. Horne will be featured at the top of the hour during the Singers segment at 10am, 11am, 12 noon, 1pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm 10pm, 2am, 3am, 4am, & ...

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News: Video / DVD

Saturday Eye Candy: The Yardbirds

May 9, 2010

PERHAPS THE MOST UNDERRATED BRITISH INVASION BAND OF THEM ALL! While the guitarists in the 1960s incarnations of The Yardbirds get the lion's share of historical recognition - easy to understand when one band helps launch the careers of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page - but today we salute co-founder and original bassist Paul ...

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News: Obituary

Lena Horne, Singer and Actress, Dies at 92

May 10, 2010

Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan. Her death was announced by ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Lauren Kinhan to Perform at Joe's Pub on Thursday, May 27

May 10, 2010

SINGER-SONGWRITER LAUREN KINHAN TO PERFORM AT JOE'S PUB ON THURSDAY, MAY 27THAVALON CD RELEASE PARTY DL Media is proud to announce that singer-songwriter Lauren Kinhan will perform at Joe's Pub on Thursday, May 27th to celebrate the release of her newest album, Avalon. The 12 track release will be available through E1 ...

News: Recording

Recent Listening: Trios. Part 2, Carrothers, Smith, Sills, Peterson

May 10, 2010

Bill Carrothers, Joy Spring (Pirouet). Carrothers, a pianist, lives in a remote area of Michigan, has a quixotic web site and records copiously for European labels. A prodigious technician, he is a master of the reassembled melody and the customized harmonic scheme. Here, he renovates pieces from the repertoire of the great trumpeter Clifford Brown. “Joy ...

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News: Obituary

Legendary Singer Lena Horne Dies

May 10, 2010

Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress who reviled the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, slowing her rise to Broadway superstardom, died Sunday. She was 92. Horne died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman Gloria Chin. Chin would not release any other details. Horne, whose striking ...