Influential American jazz multi-instrumentalist who remained at the cutting edgeThe multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers, who has died aged 88, was one of the last messengers...
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Today's Live Performance comes courtesy of Gary Moore, recorded and filmed at the Town and Country Club on the 30th of April 1993, it features special guest B.B. Kin...
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B.B. King is bringing the blues to a handful of Canadian cities next spring.
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Rapper whose career included hit singles and acting rolesThe rapper Heavy D, who has died suddenly aged 44, after collapsing at his home, was among a handful of hip-hop s...
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Hip-hop veteran hailed by peers, including LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj, collapsed with breathing problems and died in hospitalRapper and actor Heavy D, one of the defining ...
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Friendly Fires @ Summerstage in Aug (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * Mike McGinnis @ Barbes * Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes * Hugh Cornwell @ Mercury Lounge * Ace F...
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Without firms like mine being able to make a profit, rare recordings would be lostBob Stanley, in his article on the extension of the copyright law for musicians, conflat...
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Opeth @ Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by Paul Birman) today in NYC * Totally J/K @ UCB East * B Street Band @ BB King's * Marco Cappelli @ The Stone * Eleanor Friedberger @ Ba...
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Distinguished and subtle New Orleans arranger and musicianWhen the tape stopped rolling as the string section finished playing Wardell Quezergue's orchestration of Mona L...
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Sloan @ KF in July (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) today in NYC * 826NYC Prom @ MHOW * JJ Grey @ City Winery * Todd Rundgren @ BB King's * Holy Ghost! @ Tribeca Grand *...
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photos by Greg Cristman & Suren Karapetyan, words by BBG From Ashes Rise From Ashes Rise returned to NYC on Monday night (8/15), their first NYC date since their reunion ...
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today in NYC * Yellowman @ B.B. King's * Queen Latifah @ Wingate Field * Outernational @ Bowery Electric * The Woes, Bird Dog, Turner Cody @ The Rock Shop * Risk! Storysl...
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Peter Wolf will play a Brooklyn show at The Bell House on October 28 in addition to the the previosuly mentioned Manhattan and CT shows he has scheduled. According to The...
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Union Chapel, LondonBoris Johnson and Sebastian Coe aren't known to be great cheerleaders for jazz, so their public support for London's current BluesFest is confirmation...
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