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Wynton Marsalis Trashes Hip-Hop
2007-03-30 00:00:00 Check out this interview Wynton gave recently to the Guardian over in the U.K., where he's comparing hip-hop with jazz: Wynton Mars alis is 10 minutes into an angry denunciation of hip-hop and he's just hitting his stride. "I call it... More About: Hip-hop , Ashes , Trash , Wynton Marsalis
CD Sales Plummet 20% in first three months of '07
2007-03-23 00:00:00 OUCH! According to the Wall Street Journal, In a dramatic acceleration of the seven-year sales decline that has battered the music industry, compact-disc sales for the first three months of this year plunged 20% from a year earlier, the latest... More About: Sales , Sale , First , Three , Plum
Joni Mitchell...Busy Beaver...
2007-03-20 00:00:00 Damn, Joni Mitchell has been crankin' recently! Read this wonderful article on her that came out in the NY Times: “I’m working three shifts,” Ms. Mitchell, 63, said. “I’m doing the work of four 20-year-olds. Between the art show and... More About: Hell , Busy , Beaver
Maxine Sullivan's Memorabalia Discovered in Attic
2007-03-20 00:00:00 This delightful article that appeared in the NY Times recently details the preservation of a life in jazz - namely, the great vocalist, Maxine Sullivan 's life. Unlocking the padlocked door, 31-year old real estate developer, Ed Poteat, stepped into a... More About: Bali , Cover , Over , Disco
Brian Blade Fellowship at The Vanguard
2007-03-20 00:00:00 If you haven't had a chance to check out Brian Blade 's wonderful music (and you're in New York this weekend), run - do not walk - down to The V illage Vanguard to check out his group, "Fellowship." The music is... More About: Guard , Ship
Jazz and Art
2007-03-20 00:00:00 Saxophonist Ted Nash explains how he transformed famous works of art into a jazz composition for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Here's the accompanying article explaining his concert last month. Let's hope he gets compose music for another concert...
Amazon fills the Classical Recording Niche
2007-03-20 00:00:00 An interesting article from the NY Times discussing the ramifications of Tower Record's demise shines the spotlight on Amazon 's new Classic al Recording "Blowout" Store. Tower Records really did provide the most extensive collection of classical recordings for sale, and when... More About: Classical , Fill
Nora Jones: Revisited
2007-03-20 00:00:00 The NY Times ran a wonderful article yesterday on Nora Jones from her studio in the East Village here in New York. She comes off as totally real, completely un-Diva-like, which is so refreshing. She talks about her new CD,... More About: Site , Visi , Visit
Major Record Labels to Offer Unrestricted Music Sales
2007-03-20 00:00:00 It's coming: As even digital music revenue growth falters because of rampant file-sharing by consumers, the major record labels are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no copying restrictions — a step they once vowed never to... More About: Music , Sales , Labels , Sale , Label
2006 National Recording Registry announced at the Library of Congress
2007-03-20 00:00:00 What do President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, legendary performer and songwriter Eubie Blake, Gershwin Prize-winning musician Paul Simon and The Rolling Stones have in common? Today, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named sound recordings made by them and 21 others... More About: Registry , National , Library , Recording
Digital Music Sales Doubled in 2006
2007-03-20 00:00:00 Before we know it, CDs will cease to exist: Global digital music sales almost doubled in 2006 to around $2 billion, or around 10 percent of all sales, but failed to compensate for an overall decline in sales of CDs,... More About: Music , Digital Music , Sales , Double , Sale
Big news at La Scala
2007-03-20 00:00:00 Uh oh: Top tenor Roberto Alagna has stunned opera-goers at La Scala in Milan by storming off stage in the middle of a performance after he was booed. Poor fella, Roberto...He said that because he was in such shock to... More About: News , Big News
La Scala "Soap" Opera Continues!
2007-03-20 00:00:00 Roberto Alagna, the French Tenor who was booed off the stage this week at La Scala , is now hinting at darker, more sinister forces at play: Alagna also hinted at darker forces arrayed against him, saying that the cover [substitute],... More About: Opera , Soap , Conti
Rap Pioneers ain't feelin' the love...
2007-03-20 00:00:00 Flavor Flav, Ice-T, and Rev-Run of Run-D.M.C. are certainly feelin' some love, as each are starring in reality shows, but the royalty checks from their old recordings certainly aren't showing up: Over Thanksgiving weekend, the longtime rap D.J. AJ Scratch... More About: Love , Pioneer , Feel
International Association of Jazz Educators in NYC 2007
2007-03-20 00:00:00 Well, the big Shabang is in town this week, and the NY Times has an interesting article about what it all means: If you happen to stop by the Hilton New York or Sheraton New York during the latter half... More About: International , National , Jazz , Cat , Inter
Music at YearlyKos
2007-03-20 00:00:00 The 2nd annual YKos is taking place in Chicago in August (8/2 - 8/5/07). Here's a new way for musicians to get involved this year: a YKos Yahoo Group: This group is for Kossacks and affiliated liberals and progressives interested... More About: Music , Early , Year , Earl , Advil
2006: A Year of Online Expression
2007-03-20 00:00:00 Jon Pareles of the NY Times had a monumental article in early December regarding the changing online landscape of artistic expression, or "user-generated content": Imagine paying $580 million for an ever-expanding heap of personal ads, random photos, private blathering, demo... More About: Press , Online , Sion , Xpress , Line
Jazz and Art
2007-03-18 00:00:00 Saxophonist Ted Nash explains how he transformed famous works of art into a jazz composition for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Here's the accompanying article explaining his concert last month. Let's hope he gets compose music for another concert...
Major Record Labels to Offer Unrestricted Music Sales
2007-03-18 00:00:00 It's coming: As even digital music revenue growth falters because of rampant file-sharing by consumers, the major record labels are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no copying restrictions — a step they once vowed never to... More About: Music , Sales , Labels , Sale , Label
Joni Mitchell...Busy Beaver...
2007-03-18 00:00:00 Damn, Joni Mitchell has been crankin' recently! Read this wonderful article on her that came out in the NY Times: “I’m working three shifts,” Ms. Mitchell, 63, said. “I’m doing the work of four 20-year-olds. Between the art show and... More About: Hell , Busy , Beaver
Maxine Sullivan's Memorabalia Discovered in Attic
2007-03-18 00:00:00 This delightful article that appeared in the NY Times recently details the preservation of a life in jazz - namely, the great vocalist, Maxine Sullivan 's life. Unlocking the padlocked door, 31-year old real estate developer, Ed Poteat, stepped into a... More About: Bali , Cover , Over , Disco
Brian Blade Fellowship at The Vanguard
2007-03-18 00:00:00 If you haven't had a chance to check out Brian Blade 's wonderful music (and you're in New York this weekend), run - do not walk - down to The V illage Vanguard to check out his group, "Fellowship." The music is... More About: Guard , Ship
2006 National Recording Registry announced at the Library of Congress
2007-03-18 00:00:00 What do President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, legendary performer and songwriter Eubie Blake, Gershwin Prize-winning musician Paul Simon and The Rolling Stones have in common? Today, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named sound recordings made by them and 21 others... More About: Registry , National , Library , Recording
Nora Jones: Revisited
2007-03-18 00:00:00 The NY Times ran a wonderful article yesterday on Nora Jones from her studio in the East Village here in New York. She comes off as totally real, completely un-Diva-like, which is so refreshing. She talks about her new CD,... More About: Site , Visi , Visit
Digital Music Sales Doubled in 2006
2007-03-18 00:00:00 Before we know it, CDs will cease to exist: Global digital music sales almost doubled in 2006 to around $2 billion, or around 10 percent of all sales, but failed to compensate for an overall decline in sales of CDs,... More About: Music , Digital Music , Sales , Double , Sale
2006: A Year of Online Expression
2007-03-18 00:00:00 Jon Pareles of the NY Times had a monumental article in early December regarding the changing online landscape of artistic expression, or "user-generated content": Imagine paying $580 million for an ever-expanding heap of personal ads, random photos, private blathering, demo... More About: Press , Online , Sion , Xpress , Line
Music at YearlyKos
2007-03-18 00:00:00 The 2nd annual YKos is taking place in Chicago in August (8/2 - 8/5/07). Here's a new way for musicians to get involved this year: a YKos Yahoo Group: This group is for Kossacks and affiliated liberals and progressives interested... More About: Music , Early , Year , Earl , Advil
Rap Pioneers ain't feelin' the love...
2007-03-18 00:00:00 Flavor Flav, Ice-T, and Rev-Run of Run-D.M.C. are certainly feelin' some love, as each are starring in reality shows, but the royalty checks from their old recordings certainly aren't showing up: Over Thanksgiving weekend, the longtime rap D.J. AJ Scratch... More About: Love , Pioneer , Feel
La Scala "Soap" Opera Continues!
2007-03-18 00:00:00 Roberto Alagna, the French Tenor who was booed off the stage this week at La Scala , is now hinting at darker, more sinister forces at play: Alagna also hinted at darker forces arrayed against him, saying that the cover [substitute],... More About: Opera , Soap , Conti
Big news at La Scala
More articles from this author:2007-03-18 00:00:00 Uh oh: Top tenor Roberto Alagna has stunned opera-goers at La Scala in Milan by storming off stage in the middle of a performance after he was booed. Poor fella, Roberto...He said that because he was in such shock to... More About: News , Big News 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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