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Ty Roberts: From Working with David Bowie to CO-Founding Gracenote

March 9, 2013

Gracenote CTO and Co-Founder Ty Roberts is one of those tech guys who crosses such divisions as the creation of the World Wide Web and the boundaries between art, music and technology. At a time when programmers are ascendant with a growing pushback from creative types, Roberts is someone whose work back in the days of ...

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Stereotypes: A Little App with Big Plans

March 9, 2013

Guest post by Daniel Turner (@dantrnr) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. While the ideological tug-of-war trudges on between hardline anti-piracy crusaders and digital rights freedom fighters, music tech innovators are focused on the future. This dynamic was on sharp display during the “Streaming Music Business" panel at the recently held California Lawyers for the Arts ...

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Sammy Davis Jr.: "Hey There"

March 8, 2013

The Pajama Game—an improbable musical love story about two pajama-factory employees—opened on Broadway in May 1954. In the play, Sid (the factory manager) is spurned by Babe (the grievance committee head) and moons his feelings into a Dictaphone. There were three hit covers of the song out that year. [Pictured above: Sammy Davis Jr. and Eartha ...

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Musicians Need to Rethink Their Struggle with Piracy

March 8, 2013

Tyler Hayes (@thealbumproject). Talking about music piracy has become an exercise in self deprecation, an emotional argument that never seems to end. I understand that music piracy was a real issue, it hurt a lot of people, and it still exists, but we're now at the point where it's been talked to death, and then some. ...

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Jazz This Week: Kurt Elling, Ronnie Burrage, Phil Woods, Andre Delano, and More

February 27, 2013

It's another busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with the return of one of the top male singers in jazz; a rare local appearance by a legendary saxophonist; homecoming gigs featuring three different musicians who grew up in the area, and much more. Let's go the highlights.... Tonight, the St. Louis Jazz ...

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Shirley Bassey: "Goldfinger"

February 25, 2013

Dame Shirley Bassey finally invaded America. At last night's 85th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, the 76-year-old, Welsh-born pop singer brought Hollywood's elite to their feet with a rousing and coy performance of Goldfinger—the James Bond movie theme she first recorded in 1964 and made famous in the years that followed. Though Dame Shirley eventually would record ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 22-28

February 23, 2013

Two of the world's premiere guitarists happen to be in the Twin Cities at the same time.... At the same price. Free. Both Mike Stern and Bill Frisell turn up on college campuses this weekend, making this perhaps the best “free" jazz weekend of the year outside of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. But it is ...

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ShowGo.tv Launches at SFMusic Tech Summit

February 21, 2013

SFMusic Tech Fund, Media Execs Lead Investment Advisory Board Includes XM Founder/CEO Hugh Panero, Former Napster COO Milt Olin, Legendary Artist Manager Ron Stone San Francisco, CA: ShowGo.tv, the leader in delivering live music experiences from clubs around the world, today launches its global concert streaming service. Founded by a group of cable, music and streaming ...

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Police Shoot Jazz Band Members In Dorner Manhunt

February 13, 2013

SOURCE: The Daily Current Three members of a jazz band were shot by Los Angeles police Monday afternoon in relation to a massive hunt for an avenging ex-cop, police and witnesses said. Police were reportedly acting on a tip in their search for Christopher Jordan Dorner when they stopped a van at an Arco station on ...

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Rue Lafayette Closes

February 12, 2013

Rue Lafayette, the Lafayette Square cafe and boutique that featured live jazz regularly on weekends, has closed. According to reports published today on STLtoday and the website of St. Louis magazine, the closing is a byproduct of divorce proceedings between proprietress Araceli Kopiloff and her co-owner and soon-to-be-ex-husband. The venue (pictured) had presented live jazz during ...