All posts tagged "news"

  • Gov’t Mule announce 1st tour of 2013

    Photo courtesy Larry Philpot of Soundstagephotography.com Gov’t Mule’s first tour of 2013 starts at the Wanee Festival next month. The mighty quartet, preparing to release a new record later this year, will be playing new songs and...

    • Posted March 24, 2013
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  • TAJ MAHAL – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION

      TAJ MAHAL – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION   LONG-AWAITED BOX SET OF 13 ALBUM TITLES SPANNING 1965 TO 1976 BY THE LEGENDARY BLUES ICON AND WORLD MUSIC PIONEER, COVERING 15 CDs AND 170 TRACKS  ...

    • Posted March 24, 2013
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  • INDIE POP ROCK DUO SIRSY RELEASE NEW ALBUM, “COMING INTO FRAME”, IN SPRING 2013 AND HEAD OUT ON A NATIONAL TOUR

    SIRSY: Mel and Rich – Photo by Celia Kelly “Melanie Krahmer can sing, scream, blow flute, drum, & tease, and she does them all REALLY well. Rich Libutti plays everything else (he even uses his feet). Go...

    • Posted March 24, 2013
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  • National Recording Registry’s Newest Additions

    New National Recording Registry, with a Twist. “Saturday Night Fever” album cover. Image courtesy of RSO Chubby Checker, Saturday Night Fever, Janis, Simon and Garfunkel and more…………… “After You’ve Gone.” Marion Harris. (1918) In one of the...

    • Posted March 21, 2013
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Amazon to compete with iTunes

    For the first time Amazon.com is selling mp3s optimized specifically for iPhone and iPod touch, in an attempt to woo customers away from iTunes. The songs and albums can be purchased directly through web browsers on mobile...

    • Posted January 21, 2013
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