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SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE NAMED BILLBOARD 2020 TOP COUNTRY LABEL
Billboard has confirmed that Sony Music Nashville is the 2020 Top Country Label, and has topped 13 year-end charts – the most of any country label group. For the [...]
The New Mastersounds Enlist Soul Powerhouse Josh Hoyer to Usher in ‘A Brighter Day’
After the 2020 presidential election, Eddie Roberts of The New Mastersounds composed an uplifting and buoyant instrumental tune and invited some of his top-call vocal collaborators to contribute lyrics [...]
Two Michigan Companies Partner to Create, Deliver Portable Shipping Container Recording Studios
DETROIT, Two industry market leaders are joining forces to creatively shape the future of sound and A/V production. Grove Studios, a fast-growing rehearsal and A/V production startup, and Three Squared, [...]
Jon Hassell, Trumpeter and ‘Fourth World’ Composer, Dies at 84
Blending modern technology with traditional instruments, Mr. Hassell created a genre he described as “coffee-colored classical music of the future.” Jon Hassell, a composer and trumpeter who blended modern [...]
Musicians blend jazz rhythms across Estonia-Russia border
Two jazz musicians have given an unusual concert on the Estonia-Russia border • 2 min read NARVA, Estonia -- Two jazz musicians gave an unusual concert Friday on the [...]
Whitney Center Jazz Orchestra returns to Kinnison Hall
The Whitney Center Jazz Orchestra will perform in concert on April 10 in Kinnison Hall at Sheridan College’s Whitney Center for the Arts. Presented by the Arts at Sheridan [...]
Paul Jackson, Funk Bassist With Herbie Hancock, Dies at 73
He was an integral member of Mr. Hancock’s jazz-funk band the Headhunters, whose albums reached millions in the 1970s. Paul Jackson, whose springy and grooving electric bass lines drove [...]
AN AMERICAN PRAYER, RENOWNED DOORS LEGACY GROUP, IN CONCERT AT TEXAN THEATER, FRIDAY MARCH 26, 7PM
(Greenville, TX) - An American Prayer, renowned Doors Legacy group, perform live in concert at Texan Theater, 2712 Lee St., Friday, March 26. Showtime: 7:00pm. Tickets are $99. Info: [...]
Music Business Owner On The Hook For $36,000 She Can’t Afford After Mixup With PPP Loan; I Feel That I Was Misled’
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman who took out a loan trying to save her small business during the pandemic now says that loan could cause her to shut down. [...]
Jazz Bassist Paul Jackson 1947 – 2021
Acclaimed jazz bassist Paul Jackson, known for his association with Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters, died at the age of 73. A statement on Jackson’s website confirmed his death [...]
The Blues Foundation Rescinds Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2021 Blues Music Award Nomination
The decision to rescind the nomination was based upon continuing revelations of representations of the Confederate flag on Shepherd’s “General Lee” car, guitars and elsewhere The Blues Foundation (the [...]
Northampton Jazz Fest presents April concert series
In recognition of Jazz Appreciation Month in April, the Northampton Jazz Festival will present a virtual jazz series, “Up Jumped Spring” each Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The series is [...]
Famed music festival ‘Jazz in the Gardens’ on hold for 2021, but back for 2022
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The popular ‘Jazz in the Gardens Festival’ in Miami Gardens will not be happening this year, but plans are in the works to bring it [...]
A Take Five Toast to Grammy Winners in Jazz and Blues
The Grammy Premiere Ceremony — the pre-telecast ritual where most of the Grammy Awards are actually announced — took place virtually this year, like so many other recent events of its [...]
The Power of Music: A universal language that unites, inspires and gives hope to so many
TAMPA, Fla. — It’s now been a year since COVID-19 silently invaded our lives closing down restaurants and silencing musicians who made a living playing live music. Even with [...]
Music world pays tribute to celebrated jazz musician Chris Barber
© Robert Vos/EPA/Shutterstock Tribute has been paid by some of the biggest names in music following the death of “jazz great” Chris Barber at the age of 90. A [...]
SWING46–Another Legendary Staple of Times Square Nightlife, is Raising GoFundMe Pandemic Money Through a 12-Hour March 14 YouTube Telethon
NEW YORK-- A live-streamed fund-raising concert set for Sunday, March 14, will be raising urgently needed money for Times Square and New York big band venue SWING46 in hopes of helping [...]
Ralph Peterson Jr., Drummer Who Re-Enlivened Hard Bop, Dead At 58
Ralph Peterson Jr., performing in 2012 at Symphony Space in New York. Dave Kaufman Ralph Peterson Jr., a drummer, bandleader, composer and educator whose lunging propulsion and volatile combustion [...]
Tulane University jazz archive gets new name and expanded mission
Golden Eagles Black Masking Indians, 1980. Photographer: Michael Smith. Allison Miner Collection, Tulane University Special Collections. Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce an expanded mission and [...]
Downtown venue offers free weekly jazz, blues concerts in Colorado Springs
Jazz fans, this is your year. And you have Evan Hooton, owner of The Gold Room, to thank. Last April, he started doing somewhat regular jazz shows at his [...]
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival goes virtual
The 54th annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, hosted by the University of Idaho’s eponymous school of music, will be delivered virtually this year, but organizers are still finding a [...]
National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment will Host a Facebook Conversation with Memphis Legend Joyce Cobb
The public is invited to join the conversation Feb 28th at 6 p.m. as the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment hosts Memphis legend Joyce [...]
Sony Music Entertainment Appoints Andrew Davis Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 15, 2020 – Sony Music Entertainment (SME) today announced the appointment of Andrew Davis to the role of Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources [...]
RCA Records Unveils New Leadership Structure
Mark Pitts Appointed President, John Fleckenstein Elevated to Chief Operating Officer NEW YORK, JANUARY 14, 2021 – RCA Records today announced a new leadership structure for a new era [...]
Legendary Music Label Philadelphia International Records Celebrates 50th Anniversary In 2021
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Chappell Music, the global publishing arm of Warner Music Group, are thrilled to announce today the launch of the [...]
Pianist Christian Sands Receives Second NAACP Image Awards Nomination
Pianist Christian Sands Receives NAACP Image Awards Nomination for Be Water in Outstanding Jazz Album Category Nomination Follows Sands’ First GRAMMY® Award Nomination as a Leader for Best Instrumental Composition [...]
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Sheila E. will headline the 10th annual Uptown Jazz Festival
The annual Uptown Jazz Festival will return to North Long Beach [...]
Exclusive Video Premiere: Elder Jack Ward’s Sacred Soul Song, ‘The Way Is Already Made’
Bible & Tire Recording Co. — the label founded in 2019 [...]
Jazz On the Narrows Music Festival Coming to Kent Island Yacht Club in August
Get ready for Jazz on the Narrows ™ at the Kent [...]
Montclair Jazz Festival is back, starts this month at Lackawanna Plaza
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World Premiere Video: Steve Marriner Brings Americana To The Fore With ‘Long Way Down’
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Snoop Dogg, jazz and more live music to take in this week in San Antonio
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MARC ANTOINE – Something About Her
Marc Antoine's latest is a musical love letter to his wife as [...]
DANIEL GASSIN and his CROSSOVER BAND – Change of Heart
Daniel Gassin is an Australian pianist and composer of Franco-American descent based [...]
WATCH: New Official Music Video For Tom Petty’s ‘Drivin’ Down To Georgia’
BLUES - The official video for Tom Petty’s “Drivin’ Down to [...]
Andrew Bird Returns to Ravinia for Bowl of Fire Reunion, First In-Person Headline Show of 2021
Today, Andrew Bird announces his first headline, in-person show of 2021. After [...]
Cellar stellar: Vancouver jazz label celebrates 20 years of making records
What began as tenor sax player Cory Weeds’ vehicle to promote [...]
The Cold Stares Announce New Studio Album, ‘Heavy Shoes,’ Reveal New Song And Video For ‘In The Night Time’
Indiana duo The Cold Stares will release their new album Heavy [...]