All posts by Larry Philpot

  • Twitter to launch music service

    Jack Dorsey, inventor or Twitter, and the new payment portal that uses a little cube called “square” that plugs into your smartphone, is ready to provide music.    The social network is poised to release a music service...

    • Posted March 18, 2013
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  • Eminem Lawsuit May Raise Pay for Older Artists

    A federal lawsuit that has been closely watched in the music industry because of its potential effect on the contentious issue of digital royalties has been settled.   In the case, F.B.T. Productions v. Aftermath Records, a...

    • Posted March 13, 2013
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  • Billy Joel Stuns Vanderbilt with Once-In-A-Lifetime Answer to Student’s Question

    Billy Joel Stuns Vanderbilt with Once-In-A-Lifetime Answer to Student’s Question Courtesy: Gawker.com When lifelong Billy Joel fan Michael Pollack stood up to ask his childhood idol a question during the Piano Man’s recent Q&A at Vanderbilt University,...

    • Posted March 13, 2013
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  • Orion Music Festival, Belle Isle, MI, June 8-9

    Orion Music Festival Lineup Announced.. Metallica • Red Hot Chili Peppers Rise Against • Deftones • BASSNECTAR Dropkick Murphys • Gogol Bordello • FLAG Silversun Pickups • Foals • Tomahawk Destroid • The Joy Formidable • Datsik...

    • Posted February 25, 2013
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  • Santana Reuniting Original Group Lineup

    Ultimate Classic Rock reports Carlos Santana Reuniting Original Santana Group Earlier this week Neal Schon spilled the beans about him working again with Carlos Santana, who gave the future Journey guitarist his start. Now, we have learned...

    • Posted February 24, 2013
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  • Magic Slim: Dead at 75

    Magic Slim performs at the 25th Annual Chicago Blues Fest. Photo by Adam Bielawski – June 8, 2008 By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf who...

    • Posted February 23, 2013
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  • Hangout Music Fest 2013

    May 17, 18, and 19………… Gulf Shores, Alabama . Visit www.hangoutmusicfest.com for tickets and info. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers • Kings of Leon Trey Anastasio Band • The Shins • Bassnectar Kendrick Lamar • The Black...

    • Posted February 20, 2013
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  • Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup announced

    PAUL McCARTNEY • Mumford & Sons • Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers • BJÖRK Wilco • Pretty Lights • R. Kelly • WU-TANG CLAN • Daniel Tosh • The National The Lumineers • David Byrne & St....

    • Posted February 20, 2013
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  • Shadow Morton dies. Producer of Shangri-las, and more

    R.I.P. Shadow Morton. He produced all the Shangri-Las great hits. Mini symphonies of teenage love, teenage heartbreak and motorcycle crashes. From all accounts he was one of a kind and now he’s gone…I’m gonna post his songs...

    • Posted February 15, 2013
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  • Dave Clark Five co-founder dies at 72

    Rick Huxley, the bass player and co-founding member of the Sixties pop group the Dave Clark Five, has died, the BBC reports. He was 72. Huxley, a heavy smoker, had battled emphysema for years, though bandleader Dave...

    • Posted February 12, 2013
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