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Renowned Jazz Bassist / Composer / Educator / Community Activist Jeff Denson Spearheads Ridgeway Arts, Inc. New Non-Profit Serving Bay-Area Jazz Scene
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Renowned bassist/composer/educator/community activist Jeff Denson and a small group of colleagues have formed Ridgeway Arts, Inc—a multi-faceted San Francisco Bay Area-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. Two years in the planning, Ridgeway Arts is built upon a series of initiatives designed to enhance and fortify the Bay Area scene, and to make a strong contribution to the national landscape of jazz and the arts in general. While Jeff Denson’s vision provides an extremely significant force, the spirit of partnership and collective effort ...
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Exclusive: Jim Griffin, WIPO Spearheading an 'International Music Registry'...
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Digital Music News
If there's one question this industry can't reliably answer, it's 'who owns what?' And a close second, 'how do you locate these owners?' Some songs are easy, but others have complicated ownership structures and splits that traverse recordings and publishing, or cross international borders. And, it can be incredibly complicated to contact, license, or pay the right parties (just ask SoundExchange). So why not create a comprehensive, centralized database forfinding, contacting, and then licensing musical works? Well, that's exactly the ...
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Life is Good Festival: Avett Bros, Ray Lamontagne, Levon, Spearhead
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JamBase
FULL ARTIST SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR SEPTEMBER BENEFIT FEST Life is good has announced the lineup for the 2011 Life is good Festival. Set to take place September 24-25 in Canton, MA, a suburb of Boston, the multi-faceted fundraiser combines world-class headliners and nationally known musical talent on three stages, including several of today's most popular children's performers. This one-of-a-kind festival aims to raise $1 million to benefit the Life is good Playmakers, the action arm of The Life is good ...
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Delfeayo Marsalis Tours The U.S. With His Original Theatrical Jazz Production Sweet Thunder Honoring Duke Ellington And William Shakespeare
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICIAN DELFEAYO MARSALIS TOURS THE U.S. WITH HIS ORIGINAL THEATRICAL JAZZ PRODUCTION SWEET THUNDER HONORING DUKE ELLINGTON AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Major U.S. Tour Will Stop in 36 Cities and Towns from January 19 to May 6, 2011 Featuring Marsalis, Actor Kenneth Brown, Jr., and Jazz Octet Simultaneous Release of Sweet Thunder CD on Troubadour Jass Records ..." a resoundingly skillful trombonist and composer."—Nate Chinen, NY Times “Technical excellence, an inventive mind and frequent touches of humor..."—Leonard Feather, Los ...
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Earthdance Festival 2010 Spearhead, Matisyahu, Eoto, Shorty
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JamBase
FAREWELL TO BLACK OAK RANCH
Earthdance '09 by Michael Buchanan The 14th annual Earthdance Festival will take place at the renowned Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA, a property rich in native history and old growth oak trees. The ranch has been home to Earthdance for the past 8 years, but due to expanding audiences, the festival will be moving to a larger facility for 2011. Often described as a festival that combines the artistic liberation of Burning Man with ...
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Mountain Jam: Mule, Avetts Spearhead, Alo, Les, YMSB
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JamBase
MOUNTAIN JAM TO RETURN TO HUNTER, NY JUNE 4-6, 2010 GOV'T MULE TO HEADLINE SIXTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL INITIAL LINEUP ALSO INCLUDES MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, DEREK TRUCKS & SUSAN TEDESCHI BAND, THE AVETT BROTHERS LES CLAYPOOL, YMSB, TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS, MATISYAHU, DARK STAR ORCHESTRA AMONG OTHERS
Haynes at MTN Jam '09 by Chapman Radio Woodstock and guitarist Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers Band, The Dead) are proud to announce that the ...
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Portrait of Shakespeare Unveiled, 399 Years Late
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Michael Ricci
On Monday in London, Stanley Wells, the chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, unveiled what he claims is the only picture of William Shakespeare painted during the playwright’s lifetime.
The trust explains the significance in a statement on its Web site:
Up to now only two images have been accepted as authentic representations of what Shakespeare may have looked like. One is the engraving by Martin Droeshout published in the First Folio of 1623. The other is the portrait bust ...
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Michael Franti and Spearhead | 11.21 | NYC
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JamBase
Words & Images by: JC McIlwaine
Michael Franti & Spearhead :: 11.21.08 :: Nokia Theatre :: New York, NY
Michael Franti :: 11.21 :: NYC Many things can be taken away from a Michael Franti & Spearhead show: a newly defined and invigorated sense of purpose, buoyed by the band's socially conscious and inspiring take on the world; a newfound feeling of community spurred on by sharing a night with thousands of other like-minded ...
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Spearhead Nye in Vancouver
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JamBase
GOOD VIBRATIONS GO NORTH!
Too often Americans forget to think of our good neighbors to the north, but thankfully Michael Franti & Spearhead are doing their part to rectify this oversight over the year-changing holidays ahead. The “How ya feelin'" man and his talented cohorts will celebrate New Year's Eve at The Vogue Theater in Vancouver, British Columbia, in an event described as following:
Where curiosity and curioso abounds! Come one, come all! A delightful treat to your ears ...
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Mosaic Records to Launch New Imprint--Label to be Spearheaded by Jazz Industry Veteran Matt Pierson
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All About Jazz
New York, NY - Mosaic Records, widely recognized as the most respected name in the jazz catalog business, is pleased to announce the launch of MOSAIC CONTEMPORARY, a new imprint dedicated to reissuing and compiling timeless recordings from the annuls of Contemporary Jazz. Mosaic Contemporary is being spearheaded by producer Matt Pierson, formerly EVP/GM-Jazz for Warner Bros. Records, and will launch March 20, 2007 with the release of two exciting reissues: Freddie Hubbard's Super Blue and Hubert Laws' classic CTI ...
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