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Senate Passes Controversial 'Copyright Czar' Bill
On Friday, the U.S. Senate passed the controversial Pro-IP Bill, which would effectively create a “copyright czar" answering to the President. On Wednesday, Sen. Ron Wyden asked and was granted a request to remove a provision that would have required the Department of Justice to enforce copyright provisions, after the DOJ had objected. However, the bill, ...
Oharas Jazz & Blues Cafe on Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale to Close and Relocate
The legendary OHara's Jazz & Blues Cafe also known earlier on as OHara's Pub will be moving from their present location on Las Olas Boulevard due to the renovation and expansion of the Riverside Hotel. OHara's, a local favorite known worldwide for its quality live entertainment, after almost 20 years will have its last hurrah on ...
Miles Davis Estate Makes Donation to East St. Louis Arts Programs
A story in the Belleville News-Democrat says that the estate of trumpeter Miles Davis is making a donation to arts programs in East St. Louis. According to the story, Davis' nephew, Vincent Wilburn Jr., and Miles Davis Properties LLC General Manager Darryl Porter were scheduled to be at the East St. Louis municipal building ...
Winstone Alert
I know, I know; Doug's Picks is overdue for new entries. They'll be coming along, but the Rifftides staff is engaged in a number of projects, including preparation of a reading from Poodie James, with strings. More about that later. Among other things, I'm writing the notes for a forthcoming CD co-led by Charlie Shoemake and Terry Trotter. ...
Charlie Haden: All That Political Jazz
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra leans left, but carries a message of patriotism and hope. Despite its seemingly combative title, “Not in Our Name," by jazz bassist Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, is a surprisingly gentle and hopeful musical document. There are occasional dissonant undercurrents and dense, sophisticated interplay among the 12 orchestra members. But the ...
Why We Should Be Clear About What Trad Jazz Means
Sorry to return to the Mercury prize for a second week, but this is only a passing spin-off from that much-discussed event. Observer music critic Kitty Empire, one of the Mercury judges, described the shortlisting process in a recent article and included among the difficulties the challenge of comparing “the merits of Empirical's trad jazz against ...
Former Councilman Was Shot in Apparent Robbery at Jazz Club
Harris' killing stuns residents, colleagues By Gus G. Sentementes In his eight years on the City Council, Kenneth N. Harris Sr. worked diligently to make parts of North and Northeast Baltimore safer from crime, including the Northwood Plaza, an aging strip mall that some say had its heyday in the 1960s. But Harris, who lost his ...
Back Stage Pass with Sinatra
In May 1998, one of the greatest singers of the Twentieth Century, Frank Sinatra, passed away. In tribute to Frank Sinatra, we thought it would be fitting to offer up remembrances of the singer, by some of the people who knew and worked with him. Murray Garrett is one such person. A professional photographer, ...
Frank Zappa's Widow Protects His Legacy
For Gail Zappa, that means making sure that her late husband 'has the last word in terms of anybody's idea of who he is. And his actual last word is his music.' WHOEVER devised the slipknot contract clause “into perpetuity" hadn't conceived a Gail Zappa. She's made it her job to parse the music industry's dense ...
How Companies Pay Artists to Include Brands in Lyrics
Yes, you read that right: things have gotten so weird in the music business that high-profile acts are inserting ads into their song lyrics. The next time you hear a brand mentioned in a song, it could be due to a paid product placement. And unlike magazines, songs are not required to point out which words ...
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