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News: Technology

What's a Facebook Fan Worth? Study Says $3.60

April 15, 2010

What is the true value of all of those Facebook fans you've been collecting? Some social media specialists have done the math and it turns out that on average each fan is worth about $3.60 a year. The study does not specifically look at bands or fans of music, but its' clear that not all fans ...

News: Technology

Please Twitter, Don't Kill Tweetdeck

April 15, 2010

Twitter is about to become a much more robust platform for doing, well, whatever it is we do on Twitter every day. I usually call it “micro-blogging," but it's really so much more than that. It's my random thought register, a place where whatever notion is flitting through my mind--no matter how brief or unusual--is often ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #160: Matt Lavelle

April 15, 2010

One of the things that makes Matt Lavelle uncommon is that he doubles on trumpet and bass clarinet, as youll hear on his album The Manifestation Drama (KMB, 2009). In this interview, Lavelle talks about his own growth as a musician; why he started playing bass clarinet; and his fascinating friendships with swing-era veteran Hildred Humphries, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Steve Martin: 2010 Banjo Tour

April 15, 2010

LESS YUCKS, MORE PLUCKS FROM LEGENDARY COMEDIAN Steve Martin :: Hardly Strictly '09 :: by Dave Vann Following his successful tour last year in support of his Grammy award-winning album The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, Steve Martin, once again joined by the award-winning Steep Canyon Rangers, will embark on a 2010 music tour ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Nancy Wilson (Part 3)

April 15, 2010

No other jazz-pop singer is as fluent in post-War American music as Nancy Wilson. She has always understood that a Tin Pan Alley standard requires a different approach and attitude than a jazz standard and that Broadway showstoppers have a different sound than a pop, rock or soul hit. Remarkably, Nancy approaches each genre with a ...

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News: Festival

A Jazz Festival in Enchanting Barcelona

April 15, 2010

Yes indeed, in addition to it's abundant charms, the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona, situated on the northeastern coast of Spain's Iberian Peninsula, also boasts an auspicious jazz festival. At a luncheon as part of last January's Association of Performing Arts Presenters' jazz component, I had the pleasure of meeting the director of the Barcelona Jazz Festival, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Lubriphonic/Mastersounds Dates

April 15, 2010

LUBRIPHONIC NAIL DOWN OPENING SLOT FOR TOUR WITH THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS CO-BILL PAIRS GREAT BRITISH FUNK PATRIOTS WITH CHICAGO'S FUNKIEST IN 'MONSTERS OF FUNK' LUBRIPHONIC OFFERS FREE SHOW DOWNLOADS FROM ITS WEBSITE Lubriphonic has announced it will hop aboard an April tour with The New Mastersounds for their Southeast run, culminating in ...

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News: Recording

Widespread Panic: Two Free Downloads from New Album

April 15, 2010

TASTE OF THE 'DIRTY' FOR FREE! As part of Record Store Day (Saturday, April 17), Widespread Panic is giving away a 'Digital 45' for free. Side A is “North" and Side B is the title track “Dirty Side Down." Get 'em here. Dirty Side Down, the 11th studio album from Panic, is comprised of 12 songs ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Mother Hips/Dusty Rhodes | 04.11 | CA

April 15, 2010

By: Kevin Flinn The Mother Hips/Dusty Rhodes & The River Band/Blue James Band 04.11.10 :: briXton :: Redondo Beach, CA The Mother Hips by Andrew Quist Redondo Beach's briXton played host to three very stylistically different yet thematically linked bands. As passe as the “hippie" moniker may be in the Age of the ...

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News: Technology

David Grisman: New Website Featuring Garcia Material

April 15, 2010

NEW WEBSITE FEATURES NEW AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PROJECTS WITH JERRY GARCIA VIDEOS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, STREAMING RADIO & TV, DAILY DOWNLOADS NEW RELEASES AVAILABLE EACH MONTH David Grisman David Grisman has announced the arrival of his new website, www.acousticoasis.com, featuring new and previously unreleased projects that are now available as high-quality digital downloads, ...