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“Country Songwriter of the Year†Natasha James to Receive Plaque, Walk Red Carpet@2010 Los Angeles Music Awards
HOLLYWOOD, CA- Natasha James, who seamlessly blends Americana, Blues, Country and Rock into her music,will receive her “Producer’s Choice: Country Songwriter of the Year” plaque at the Los Angeles Music Awards’ Main Event, taki
‘Baker Street’ Singer Gerry Rafferty Fighting for His Life
Singer Gerry Rafferty is reportedly fighting for his life after suffering kidney failure. The 63-year-old singer was put on a life support machine five days ago after being admitted to hospital. Doctors told his fiancee Enzina Fischini that Rafferty R
Neil Young’s Music Equipment, Cars Destroyed in Fire
A San Carlos warehouse filled with rock legend Neil Young’s music equipment, vintage cars and other memorabilia burned in a three-alarm blaze early Tuesday, causing an estimated $1.1 million in damage. Workers and friends of the longtime Peninsula r
Gibson to Reproduce Eric Clapton’s Classic “Beano†Les Paul
One of the most important guitars in the history of rock and blues music will be released this December: Eric Clapton’s 1960 “Beano†Les Paul. The axe that Slowhand wielded on the classic John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers album Blues Breakers w
Detroit International Jazz Festival Receives $100,000 from Knight Foundation to Support DJF’s Jazz Planet
DETROIT,MI-- The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded the Detroit International Jazz Festival (DJF) a $100,000 grant to help the festival reach a global audience through an exciting web-based initiative, DJF’s Jazz Planet. DJF’s
RCBS Special Event – “Bluesology†– November 13th – Scottish Rite Cathedral – Peoria, IL
Join the instructors of Academy of Fretted Instruments, in conjunction with Music is the Medicine and River City Blues Society, for a blues-infused journey that began down in the delta and continues through music today!! This is a kid-friendly show! Man
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Luminescent Orchestrii to Release EP on January 25; Pre-Order Now to Download Opening Track
Nonesuch releases its second record from North Carolina-based string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops—a four-song EP—on January 25. The record is a collaboration with the New York City–based Romanian gypsy punk band Luminescent Orchestrii; it was
Kim Waters Saturday-Nov. 20 ****SPECIAL TICKET PRICE ****
“Buy two tickets and get one ticket free of equal value”. Don’t miss this great saxophonist in a rare LA/OC appearance. He will perform at the Huntington Beach Library Theatre, an intimate 319 seat theatre located at 7111 Talbert Av
Available Today: Randy Weston and his African Rhythms Sextet, the Storyteller: Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
“…a lifelong scholar of Africa, (Randy Weston’s) playing has always had a ring of the ancient in it; his percussive, resounding bass-clef chords are among the great pleasures in jazz piano.” – Ben Ratliff, The New York Times
Spike Hill Presents Spirit Kid On Friday, November 19th at 11:00 PM
New York, NY – Cambridge singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Spirit Kid will perform at Spike Hill on Friday, November 19th at 11:00 PM. There’s something about a well-turned pop song that gets you every time. You start catching the m