Archive for May, 2007
By Guest on May 26, 2007 in Albums, Bands, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Events, Festivals, Music, Organic Entertainment, Raleigh Chapel Hill, Rola Pola Records, Second Dan, WE Fest | 0 Comments
Rockin’ kids from down under and all over, Second Dan performed in-studio at WKNC-FM Friday, May 25th along with an in-store at School Kid Records and a rounding-out performance at Jack Spratt Coffee House on Sunday, May 27th in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel-Hill trisect. For more information on these shows, please visit www.myspace.com/seconddan
The band will also be [...]
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By bandweblogs on May 26, 2007 in Albums, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Chicago, Jazz, Music, Saxophone, Steve Cole, The Sax Pack, Tour Dates | 0 Comments
Acclaimed jazz saxophonist Steve Cole will be heading out for a national tour along with tour mate Brian Culbertson and dates with The Sax Pack featuring sax players Jeff Kashiwa and Kim Water this summer. The combined tours will begin in Seattle May 25 and ends in Huntington, NY September 29, 2007. In regards to [...]
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By Guest on May 24, 2007 in Bands, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Concerts, Lara Ewen, Music, Music Festivals, Musicians, Oyster Bay, Singer/Songwriter | 0 Comments
Americana artist, Lara Ewen will be performing as part of a benefit concert supporting Heifer.org on Saturday, June 2nd in Oyster Bay, NY. Her performance will be part of the Oyster Bay Music Festival’s Hoedown for a Heifer, which takes place from noon to dusk on 61 East Main Street in Oyster Bay. Proceeds from [...]
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By Guest on May 24, 2007 in Albums, Bands, Music, New Releases, Reviews | Tags: Cds, Music, Psychedelic, Rock, Track Listings | 0 Comments
After a three year wait Bird Mancini has returned with a follow up to Year of Change. Funny Day is step away from the previous release in that it is more focused on one style and sound.
Funny Day is made up of 13 infectious and addictive rock-pop-psych gems. Once again, Billy Carl Mancini and Ruby [...]
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By Guest on May 23, 2007 in Albums, Bands, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Ben Godwin, Concerts, East Village, Events, KarmaFarm Records, Music, NYC, Shows, Sidewalk Cafe | 0 Comments
Brooklyn songwriter Ben Godwin will set up residency at NYC’s Sidewalk Cafe, home to Antifolk scene, next month in June, for the entire month. He will be performing every Wednesday night (June 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th) at 10 PM. Fans can expect a host of guest musicians to join Ben each week as he [...]
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By Guest on May 23, 2007 in Albums, Bands, Music, New Releases, Reviews | Tags: Cds, Instrumental, Jazz, Music, Track Listings | 0 Comments
True is Steve Cole’s fifth album. I like the title because the feel of the entire recording is that Cole is being True to his own musical self-portrait throughout the run of this CD.
There are nine tracks in total and I loved every one. This music reminded me of when I first got into David [...]
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By Guest on May 22, 2007 in Albums, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: ABC, Boston, Cds, Events, Fat March, Music, Reality TV, Reality Weight Loss, Singers, Vocalists, Wendy Alane Wright | 2 Comments
Vocal powerhouse Wendy Alane Wright is starring in ABC’s newest reality weight loss series “Fat March” slated to air this August 2007. Wendy is one of 12 cast members who are walking from Boston to Washington D.C, approximately 550 miles!
Wendy’s objective is to lose weight and begin touring to support her debut album, ‘As I [...]
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By Guest on May 22, 2007 in Albums, Bands, Music, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Canada, CD Release Parties, Cds, Concerts, Events, Indie, Management, Mavis Drive, Mike K, Music, Recording, Rock, Toronto, Unsigned | 0 Comments
Mavis Drive, a 4 member Rock Band from Toronto, Canada is releasing their first full length CD June 1, 2007 entitled ‘Lost in the Shuffle.’ Mavis Drive will be holding a Free CD Release Party on June 1, 2007 in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada at Casey’s Bar & Grill at 11 Colossus Dr. Party starts at [...]
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By Guest on May 18, 2007 in Albums, Bands, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Buzz, Cds, College Radio, Dale Penner, Indie, Music, Radio, RadioIO, Rock, Starcode | 0 Comments
The singles “Another Day” and “More Time” off of Starcode’s debut self-release ‘Hum’ were recently added to “Buzz” rotation at RadioIO’s rock station.
RadioIO is a user-generated, commercial-free Internet radio network community that generates their playlists from user and listener feedback and consumer derived airplay.
These indie pop anti-hipsters released ‘Hum’ in February after introducing the album [...]
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By Guest on May 18, 2007 in Bands, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Becca, Cds, Country Charts, Country Music, Delaney Bramlett, Duets, Events, Indie, Monterey, Music, Musicians, Nari Records, National Anthem, Singers, Stan Perkins | 0 Comments
Nari Records is proud to announce that Becca will sing the National Anthem to start the U.S. Sports Car Invitational featuring the Rolex Grand American Sports Car Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California on Saturday, May 19th. This race event is part of the year long 50th Aniversary celebration for the Mazda [...]
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By Guest on May 18, 2007 in Albums, Bands, Music, New Releases, Press Releases, Reviews | Tags: Cabin, Cds, Charts, College Radio, EPs, Machine Records, Music, Radiohead, Record Companies, Sufjan Stevens, Tour Dates | 0 Comments
CABIN is a melodic rock band from Louisville, KY led by founding member Noah Hewett-Ball. As the group’s creative fountainhead, Hewett-Ball not only exhibits a masterful writing skill, but a voice that soars with commanding emotion, yet at other times quivers with endearing sincerity. The strength of lyrics and melody are re-enforced by the recently [...]
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By Guest on May 17, 2007 in Bands, Music, Press Releases | Tags: Booking Agencies, David Gwiazdowski, East Village, Entertainment, Gwiz Booking and Promotion, Management, Manhattan, Margo Drgos, Marketing, Midway, Music, Networking, New York City, Organic Entertainment, Promotion, Record Companies | 0 Comments
Manhattan-based multi-tiered entertainment group, Organic Entertainment and Media announces the launch of their own in-house booking agency.
“As we continue to develop the label-side of our business, it is clear that this is a needed and valuable service that we could provide for our current and future client base,” comments Organic President Margo Drgos.
The booking agency [...]
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By Jenny May on May 17, 2007 in Bands, Music, New Releases | Tags: Climate Change, Downloads, Events, Going Green, Hey You, July 7th, Live Earth, Live Earth Blog, London, Madonna, Music, Musicians, Pharrell Williams, Sheryl Crow, Wembley Stadium | 2 Comments
Madonna has officially gone green. She has released her latest single, inspired by Live Earth, “Hey You” available exclusively for free (for a limited time only) on the Live Earth MSN Blog.
“Hey You” was produced by Pharrell Williams and Madonna and was recorded in London. This is definitely a different sound for Madonna - [...]
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By Jenny May on May 17, 2007 in Bands, Music, Videos | Tags: Australia, Blue King Brown, Bob Marley, Carlo Santone, Damian Marley, Festivals, Going Green, Live Earth, Melbourne, Michael Franti, Music, Musicians, Natalie Pa'apa'a, Pete Seeger, Politics, Reggae, Roots, Santana, Sydney, Tour Dates, Water, youtube, Zack de la Rocha | 2 Comments
Blue King Brown. Yes - that’s right - Blue King Brown. Savor the words, roll them around a few times and if in fact you haven’t heard of Blue King Brown before then this will probably not be the last time.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Blue King Brown is a band with a message. Their lyrics [...]
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By Guest on May 17, 2007 in Albums, Music, New Releases, Reviews | Tags: Cds, Instrumental, Music, Musicians, Rock | 0 Comments
Lance Reegan-Diehl gave me what I have been asking for, an entire album of instrumental tracks. Chasing My Reflection is a compilation of tracks dating back to 1992 all the way through 2006.
What I like about this recording is that you can focus in on the pure talent of this man. There are no vocals [...]
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