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Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus & MojoFlo Join Forces For "Motor City Soul Revue," March 2 At Lincoln
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series continues its 2012-13 season at the historic Lincoln Theatre with a tribute to the famed “Hitsville U.S.A." label and the artists and songs that exemplified “The Motown Sound." On Saturday, March 2, Columbus' favorite neo-funk band MojoFlo joins forces with members of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and a cast of local music all-stars to present the “Motor City Soul Revue," an evening of classic hits from Motown's golden era! Jazz ...
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The Doors - Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman DVD (2012)
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Something Else!
Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story Of L.A. Woman is a new, 100 minute DVD documentary from Eagle Rock that chronicles the creation of what turned out to be the Doors final album with iconic lead singer Jim Morrison—the band recorded two more as a trio, before disbanding— 1970's L.A. Woman. As tempting as it might be for some to grouse that the Doors have already been done to death as a “rockumentary" subject, this film actually manages to unearth some ...
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Mojoflo - Neo Funk from Columbus Ohio Releases 7" Single "Home To You/Dance"
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George Barrie
In a digital world of mp3s, iPods, and online listening services the Columbus based neo-funk band Mojoflo is going old-school. The band's first release of 2011 will be a 45rpm vinyl single due out on April 1st. The A side “Home To You" is a mojo-fan favorite. It's an up-tempo James Brown inspired groove that details a musician's long trip home after a gig. The song features a heavy drum break, a scorching performance from lead vocalist Amber Knicole, and ...
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Mojo" (CD Review)
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Between the Grooves with Philip Booth
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, who remain one of my favorite American rock bands, are back with new material. My review of the CD was published recently in Las Vegas City Life--Click here to read or see the full text below.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Mojo (Reprise)
That old appealing Heartbreakers sound is all there on Tom Petty's first official studio recording with his reliable bandmates in eight years. It's a durable blend of rootsy garage rock and Americana--Petty's ...
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With 'Mojo,' Tom Petty Happily Sings the Blues
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All About Jazz
Tom Petty's plunge into the blues left him ecstatic. “We finally made a record worthy of the band, one that makes use of the musicianship," he says.
“Every rehearsal for years started with blues. It's how we sound after hours. I thought, 'we should stay where we naturally play.' I'm more excited than I've been in a long time."
Mojo, out Tuesday (June 29 on audio Blu-ray and vinyl), is Petty's first album since 2006 solo disc Highway Companion and ...
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Tom Petty Plans "Mojo" Tour
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All About Jazz
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on Thursday revealed plans for a North American tour in support of their upcoming release of Mojo (Reprise), their first studio album in eight years. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will kick off May 6 in Raleigh, NC, the beginning of a 36-city trek across the U.S. and Canada. Joe Cocker will open for the band at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on May 22, with a supporting act to be determined for ...
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Yoko Ono Wins Lifetime Achievement Award at "Mojo" Magazine Awards
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All About Jazz
June 6 - Yoko Ono receives Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale
June 14 - Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND with special guests Ornette Coleman, Antony Hegarty & Mark Ronson.
DON'T STOP ME! gives a taste of the YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND 15-song album BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY coming in September
DONT STOP ME! EP Featured In iTunes “What's Hot" Section
The legendary Yoko Ono won the lifetime ...
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Cadillac Records Got Their Musical Mojo Working
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Michael Ricci
In Cadillac Records, Darnell Martins rollicking and insightful celebration of Chicago blues in its hectic golden age, Jeffrey Wright plays the singer and guitarist Muddy Waters.
This feat is made even more impressive and interesting when you reflect that in the same movie season Mr. Wright has portrayed another notable real-life African-American, the former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in Oliver Stones W. The man is equally credible as a statesman and a bluesman. If thats not range, what ...
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Maximum Mojo Celebrates Ten Years of the Best in Blues Music on Electro-Fi Records
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Just Roots PR
Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective Celebrates With Some of the Most Celebrated Names in Contemporary Blues Recording
Electro-Fi Records celebrates it's tenth anniversary (1997-2007) with Maximum Mojo, a specially priced, 32 track-2 CD Blues extravaganza featuring the music of Blues legends: Snooky Pryor, Mel Brown (the artist Rolling Stone calls “Funky, Primeval and Perfect"), West Coast harp ace Mark Hummel, Billy Boy Arnold, Pinetop Perkins, Finis Tasby, acoustic Blues troubadour Fruteland Jackson, Harmonica Shah, Paul Osher (he played in the Muddy ...
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Maximum Mojo Celebrates Ten Years of the Best in Blues Music on Electro-Fi Records
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Just Roots PR
Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective Celebrates With Some of the Most Celebrated Names in Contemporary Blues Recording
Electro-Fi Records celebrates it's tenth anniversary (1997-2007) with Maximum Mojo, a specially priced, 32 track-2 CD Blues extravaganza featuring the music of Blues legends: Snooky Pryor, Mel Brown (the artist Rolling Stone calls “Funky, Primeval and Perfect"), West Coast harp ace Mark Hummel, Billy Boy Arnold, Pinetop Perkins, Finis Tasby, acoustic Blues troubadour Fruteland Jackson, Harmonica Shah, Paul Osher (he played in the Muddy ...
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