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Dr. John: Three-Weekend Residency in Brooklyn, Auerbach to Appear

January 19, 2012

DR. JOHN TO LEAD THREE-WEEKEND RESIDENCY AT BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Following Friday's announcement that Dr. John will release his forthcoming, Dan Auerbach-produced album, Locked Down, on Nonesuch Records on April 3, comes news that the New Orleans native, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will lead a three-weekend residency titled “Dr. John: Insides Out" at ...

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Peter Smith Jazz Trio at Boston's Fairmont Hotel at Battery Wharf on January 20

January 19, 2012

Jazz vocalist Peter Smith and his trio perform in the Lobby Lounge at the Fairmont Hotel at Battery Wharf in downtown Boston on Friday, January 20, 2012 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Smith is joined by James Gordon on jazz guitar and David Sakurai on acoustic bass. The group specialize in the America Songbook, especially the ...

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Layoffs at eMusic...

January 18, 2012

It could be another difficult year for eMusic. Over the weekend, we heard rumblings of layoffs, and just this morning, the company confirmed a dump-off of 9 employees. The pare-down happened in early January, according to eMusic Director of PR and Communications Tiffany Guarnaccia, who was eager to downplay the significance. “We made some minimal changes ...

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Musician Website Quick Fix #4: Make It Easy to Listen to Your Music

January 14, 2012

Another quick improvement you can make to your website is to make it easy for people to listen to your music. First time visitors should be able to sample your music in one, easy, and obvious click. Sound like common sense? Well, I can honestly tell you that from 4 years of booking bands at a ...

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Paradigm Bets on Electronic Music with AM Only Booking Agency Partnership

January 14, 2012

Talent agency Paradigm has struck a deal to create a strategic partnership with one of the leading electronic music agencies, AM Only. The agreement will allow Paradigm to continue to bolster their already solid roster in regards to electronic artists who've become a very hot commodity in recent years. The deal will also provide AM Only ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, January 13-19

January 14, 2012

There's a “Winter Jazz Blast" in Roseville Saturday but the weekend as a whole could be classified as a “jazz blast"—an explosion of diverse and high-flying artists from near and far descending upon clubs throughout the metro, with a heavy concentration in St. Paul. Meanwhile, just up on Cathedral Hill, the congestion of the International Red ...

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NEA Jazz Masters Live: Latest Grants Announcement

January 12, 2012

National Endowment for the Arts Announces $135,000 in NEA Jazz Masters Live Grants Grants support unique opportunities to engage with NEA Jazz Masters through performance and education opportunities Announcement made during 30th anniversary celebration of NEA Jazz Masters program New York, NY: At last night's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the NEA Jazz Masters program, ...

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What Live Nation's Acquisition of Bigchampagne Means to Future of the Live Music Industry

January 12, 2012

COMMENTARY: In February 2006, shortly after Micahel Rapino took the helm of Live Nation, he shared his vision of what the company needed to do to grow the live music business. He spoke of an industry where the vast majority of tickets are sold online yet the majority of marketing is still done via traditional media; ...

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Jazz Chanteuse Janis Mann Signs with SRI Jazz

January 11, 2012

SRI Jazz has just added an exciting and vibrant voice to the label with the addition of Jazz Chanteuse Janis Mann. A truly gifted performer in the vein of such greats as Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, Mann's ability to use her vocal instrument with great ease, along with her natural sense of how to interpret ...

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Leonard Cohen: "Darkness"

January 11, 2012

LEONARD COHEN GETS DARK With the forthcoming release of his new record Old Ideas on January 31, legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has made available a track off the record entitled “Darkness." Listen below. This is the second song we're hearing from Old Ideas, with “Show Me the Place" being the first. The album is available for ...