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10 Ways The GRAMMYs Are Taking Over The Social Web

10 Ways The GRAMMYs Are Taking Over The Social Web
Liz Burr - January 22, 2010 - 12:00pm


Earlier this month I had the privilege of visiting the offices of The Recording Academy to learn more about the social media and online initiatives planned for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY… Continue

Posted by Mike Stokes on January 30, 2010 at 1:51pm

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Carrie Underwood

2010 had a flying start for singer Carrie Underwood not only in her professional, but also in her personal life. A little before Christmas the 25-year-old country singer announced her engagement to hockey player Mike Fisher. Fisher plays center for the NHL’s Ottawa Senators.
Carrie says the night they got engaged they had to spend the whole evening on the phone telling personally their friends and family the big announcement so that nobody would be surprised reading about it in the press.
The bl… Continue

Posted by popmusic on January 27, 2010 at 8:11am

Kim Clarke

LADY GOT CHOPS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH JAZZ FESTIVAL VIII

GREETINGS to All supporters:
I know its a terrible time to ask for help. I am hoping that we all no matter who we are will stop and support Haiti inthis terrible crisis.
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Thanks to the Jazz Spot for providing a great place to play and be in fellowship for 7 years! Please visit Tiecha @
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Posted by Kim Clarke on January 16, 2010 at 9:58pm

Leon P. "Sealey2k" Sealey

MusiCares Dental Clinic January 14, 2010 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. MusiCares, in conjunction with the AFM…

MusiCares Dental Clinic
January 14, 2010

9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

MusiCares, in conjunction with the AFM Local 802 and Smile New York, is proud to offer New York City-area musicians and music industry professionals the opportunity to participate in our dental clinic. Services will include a dental exam, simple cleaning and bitewing x-rays. These services will be provided FREE OF CHARGE to pre-screened, pre-approved music professionals with limited income upon establishing eligibility. A minimum of f… Continue

Posted by Leon P. "Sealey2k" Sealey on December 16, 2009 at 11:59am

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Exclusive First Listen: Local Natives

Right from the start, it's clear that Gorilla Manor is a special album. The harmonies grab hold immediately, but there's also a gentleness to the singing. These aren't knockout vocals, but they're sweet, and they serve Local Natives' swaying, graceful songs just right. Hear Gorilla Manor in its entirety for the week leading up to its release.

Dave Holland Announces New Album, Band, Internet

New music from Holland is always good news. But today's revelations are great news. Not only is the veteran bassist and composer announcing a new album, Pathways, with a new band, the Dave Holland Octet — he's also launching a new Web site built with the direct-to-fan platform Topspin.

Gumbo, Joie De Vivre And The New Orleans Saints

Saxophonist John Ellis is not a football fan. But he does love New Orleans — he lived there for five years, and still works with musicians from the city. And last night, when he finally grasped that the New Orleans Saints had won the Super Bowl, he cried.

Hope I Die Before I Get Old: When Should Death Break Up A Band?

I know that at least a few of you watched Super Bowl XLIV. I know that, because 106 million people watched yesterday's game, which makes it the most-watched telecast ever. Perhaps you tuned in to see if New Orleans might finally get its due — not ju...

A Celebration Turned Sendoff For Johnny Dankworth, 82

After the show — the star-studded, 40th anniversary celebration of the venue she and her late husband had founded — had ended, Dame Cleo Laine broke the news of the death of British jazz icon Johnny Dankworth.

NYTimes Music

Music Review: 2 Singers, One Experienced and One Not

On Sunday the promising young tenor Sean Panikkar joined the coloratura soprano June Anderson for an eclectic program ranging from Beethoven to Weill.

Music Review | Fireworks Ensemble: Lou Reed’s ‘Machine’: Now More Strings, Less Metal

A real-time, chamber-music performance of an inhumanly generated composition: that was Lou Reed’s “Metal Machine Music” as played by the Fireworks Ensemble at Miller Theater.

Music Review | Delta Spirit: Charting an Earnest Course Between the Rah-Rah and the Reflective

Hectoring and uplift enjoy an uneasy truce in the music of Delta Spirit.

 

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