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Esperanza Spalding to perform at the GRAMMY Awards
Best New Artist GRAMMY nominee Esperanza Spalding will perform on the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. The show will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 13, 2011. The GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network from 8-11:30 p.m. ET/PT. Esperanza ...
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Scores a Huge Super Bowl Ad...
Bank Robber Music and Deutsch LA are toasting a huge one. Rather, a ginormous one. Because the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is not only getting featured in the upcoming “21st Century Beetle" campaign by Volkswagen—they're getting splashed during Super Bowl XLV. The group just tipped the inclusion to Digital Music News this morning. The spots will ...
Blast from the Past: Mark Cantor's Jazz Films
I had the pleasure ofattending Mark Cantor's “Jazz on Film" presentation on January 22nd here at theJewish Community Center of San Francisco and it was a blast from the past.Cantor is a jazz film archivist who has collected over 4,000 reels (yes, actualfilm) of vintage jazz performances. He shares programs of these rare films atpresentations all ...
Must Hear TV: Prime-Time Themes That Still Resonate
By Something Else Reviews In many ways, television is a technological wonder these days, what with remote controls, digital signals and DVRs. But, for those who fell in love with the old-school opening theme, it's not all gravy. Today, you're more likely to simply see the word LOST charging toward the screen, followed by a suitably ...
Miles Plays Miles
Dingo is a little Australian-French film released in 1991 that would probably be lost in obscurity except for one fact—it stars Miles Davis. In the first image of the film, we see John “Dingo" Anderson (played by Colin Friels) playing his trumpet in the Australian outback, which sets up the tension between his life in the ...
Roman Miroshnichenko & Sambateria featured in Berlinale nominated animated short film
The Animation film “Tides To and Fro"(on the picture film's caps) by famous Russian animator Ivan Maximov, features the soundtrack by the band Sambateria with virtuoso guitarist and 2010 Independent Music Awards winner Roman Miroshnichenko. The film will be a featured participant in the Generation Kplus Programme at the 61st Berlinale Film Festival Competition! This film ...
Brubeck Documentary to be ReBroadcast in Southern California
"Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way," a new documentary that aired on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on Brubeck's 90th birthday last month, will be rebroadcast Feb. 8 on KCET, the largest independent public television station in the United States. KCET is based in Southern California. The movie also will be screened at The GRAMMY Museum ...
Fuzzy Music Release New Recording Titled "Standards 2 - Movie Music" with Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, and Alan Pasqua
Music is often spoken of as forming the soundtrack of our lives. Movie score music compounds the effect, marrying melody with image, the exponential power of 24 frames per second combined with soaring tunes and magical counterpoint to provide all of us who love the movies a powerful emotional and cultural reference point, time and again. ...
Unusual Eminem Grammy TV Ad Campaign Proclaims "Music is the Last Chance"
Perhaps its a reflection of a country fascinated by tales of redemption: like a homeless DJ that gets a new gig or a homeless street musician that goes viral on YouTube, gets a record deal and turns his life around. But whatever the reason, this year's Grammy tv spot drops the glitz and glamor for an ...
Echo Nest to Power New BBC Music Channels
Music intelligence platform The Echo Nest has announced a deal with the British Broadcasting Corporation to power the clip-to-clip recommendations in the BBC's nw Music Showcase—a media aggregation hub that gathers all of their music and music-related video and audio clips. The partnership comes hot on the heels of Echo Nest's recent deal to develop music ...
