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Billboard Don't Talk No Jazz

June 19, 2008

On the Eve of Live Nation's President Announcing they were Making Every Effort to Eliminate Jazz from the American Culture, Blogs are Blogging. Maybe I am crazy or have been lobotimized but I am 26 years old and really cannot recall the last time I saw a jazz album break the top 10 on the Billboard ...

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Live Nation Plans to Eliminate Jazz from American Culture

June 19, 2008

Fort Lauderdale tells music fest promoter: Streisand, not Metallica NO JAZZ! Don't count on watching Ozzy Osbourne bite the head off a bat at the proposed Live Nation music festival on Fort Lauderdale beach next year. City commissioners made clear Tuesday that they would only agree to allow the massive event next spring if ...

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My Morning Jacket:evil Urges

June 18, 2008

By: Dennis Cook Part of rock 'n' roll's endurance is its ability to capture the character of an age. The reason folks are still dropping the needle on Hotel California, Sgt. Pepper and Wish You Were Here is a lethal combination of beautiful craftsmanship, sheer talent AND a flickering glimmer of the Big Picture during their ...

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Saga of Capitol Records Studio's Acoustics in Jeopardy

June 17, 2008

They were singing the blues in the legendary Studio A at Hollywood's Capitol Records tower. Pile drivers and excavation would take place only feet away from famed echo chambers beneath the Vine Street tower. EMI is appealing an approval of the project as recording pros fret. “Losing this place would be a big deal. There's nothing ...

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Ghostlight's 'Legally Blonde' CD Hits 100k in Sales

June 17, 2008

'Legally Blonde' CD Exceeds 100,000 in Sales 'In The Heights' Jumps to Top Ten on Amazon, Following Best Musical Win at Tony Awards; CD Debuts at #1 on Billboard Chart Ghostlight Celebrates Growth of Independent Label Created By-And-For the Broadway Community Kurt Deutsch, President of Ghostlight Records, is pleased to confirm that sales of the Original ...

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Return to Forever | 06.11.08 | SF

June 17, 2008

Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Susan J. Weiand Return To Forever :: 06.11.08 :: The Grand :: San Francisco, CA Di Meola & Clarke :: 06.11 :: San Francisco The Basque tongue is considered a language isolate, which means it shares “no demonstrable genealogical relationship with ...

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EMI in New Hands

June 16, 2008

EMI's New Boss Sees Cracks in Music World Guy Hands, the chief of the private equity firm Terra Firma is seeking to make a success of the British recording company EMI, which has distributed the work of artists like the Beatles. One evening last autumn a group of about 10 artist managers, including representatives for the ...

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Humphrey Lyttelton - They called him Humph

June 16, 2008

This weekend saw a BBC tribute to Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz trumpeter, band-leader and much-loved Radio 4 presenter who died in April. Pat Parker was privileged to conduct one of his final interviews, in which he spoke candidly about his life IT WAS just before Christmas last year that I interviewed the great Humphrey Lyttelton. He hadn't ...

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Bob Dylan U.S. Tour

June 16, 2008

BACK ON NATIVE SOIL IN AUGUST AFTER EUROPEAN JAUNT Bob Dylan's tour returns to the United States in August. Dylan is currently performing in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. See below for currently scheduled dates and venues. Bob Dylan Summer Tour Dates 8/9 Pittsburgh, PA New American Music Union ...

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Music Without Borders Series

June 16, 2008

FREE, INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES IN CHICAGO INCLUDES ORCHESTRA BAOBAB Nile Music Orchestra of Sudan by Banning Eyre In the heart of Chicago lies an oasis. It's Millennium Park, a space created in the busy downtown hub that was designed with Chicago in mind. Until its completion in 2004, there was no recognizable ...