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Elvis Williams: The Real Thing
Like the American icon whose name he bears, Elvis Williams — dubbed BlacElvis — benefited from a blues and gospel-soaked upbringing in small-town Mississippi before cutting his teeth in Memphis. Growing up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Williams accompanied his grandfather, blues singer Big Jack Johnson, on gigs to bars in Memphis. “I was amazed,” he says. “I wasn’t scared.” By 12, the self-taught keyboardist started playing piano in…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.23.09
Ties That Bind: The Dead Weather Resuscitate Art, Vinyl and Rock & Roll
There are some questions about Jack White that will probably never be answered: why, for instance, he wanted everyone thinking of his White Stripes bandmate Meg White as his sister, when she’s actually his ex-wife. Chalk that one up to perverse humor and brilliant mythologizing. The mystique kept people interested. It’s no secret, though, where White gets inspiration for his various incarnations of vital, postmodern, blues-darkened garage…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.23.09
Craig Richey’s Green Inspiration
For any film-music composer, the first rule of creating a soundtrack is that the music must be in service of the action onscreen. But when producer-director Miranda Bailey asked Craig Richey to score her documentary Greenlit, Richey took that rule to its logical extreme. Greenlit chronicles Bailey’s attempts to make a “green” movie, reflecting her own concerns about the environmental impact of the film industry. That got…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.22.09
BMI’s Richard Conlon Discusses Online Media Licensing with Fox Business News
BMI’s Richard Conlon sat down with Fox Business on Friday, December 18 to discuss new trends in music licensing. Conlon explained the current shift from music as product to music as service, emphasizing the growing popularity of streaming songs instead of actually owning singles. With new statistics detailing the music purchasing habits of the teenage demographic, Conlon explains why music licensing remains a vital link between consumers, songwriters, composers, music…
From News, posted 12.21.09
Taylor Swift Voted AP Entertainer of the Year
The Associated Press has named Taylor Swift the 2009 Entertainer of the Year, adding yet another shiny title to the country crossover star’s growing collection. Still in the midst of a dazzling trajectory that shows no signs slowing, Swift is preparing to kick off the new year as the most-awarded and most-watched star of 2009. Just last month, the 20-year-old singer/songwriter became the youngest artist ever to…
From News, posted 12.21.09
Tim McGraw’s ‘Southern Voice’
When Tim McGraw first arrived in Nashville 20 years ago, he was just one more gung-ho foot soldier in the city’s perpetually teeming ranks of country music aspirants, battling it out on nightclub stages and facing tremendous odds against ever making any headway. Yet within several years, the Louisiana-born singer-guitarist had established himself as Nashville royalty. Despite his mind-bendingly successful track record, with sales topping 40 million…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.21.09
3Oh!3’s Music Thing
According to 3Oh!3 rapper/beatmaster Nathaniel Motte, the whole “music thing” started out as just a hobby. About four years ago, Motte met Sean Foreman in a physics class at the University of Colorado. Discovering shared tastes in music, the duo began composing original tracks, honing a bawdy live act that they performed in Boulder-area clubs. Today, the so-called “music thing” has exploded into a much-buzzed about pop…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.21.09
Hard Times in the Big Easy
Four years have not lessened the horror of what happened in New Orleans during the first week of September 2005. Spared a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina, the city was decimated when the levee and federal flood protection systems failed in more than 50 places. Eighty percent of the city flooded. Visions of hell unfolded in real time as global media captured images of victims waiting for rescue and fighting…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.17.09
Abel Korzeniowski Soars with ‘A Single Man’
America, long ago established as the cultural mixing pot of the world, has over the course of its existence fostered an artistic identity that varies as widely in its styles as it does its heritage. When Abel Korzeniowski decided to leave his native Poland in search of a new home for his creative leanings, it made sense that the composer, whose musical explorations include jaunts into the…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.17.09
BMI Foundation Names Gerrit Wunder Winner of 21st Annual Pete Carpenter Fellowship
The BMI Foundation has named Gerrit Wunder the winner of the 21st annual Pete Carpenter Fellowship for aspiring film composers under the age of 35. The Fellowship was established by the BMI Foundation and Mr. Carpenter’s family, colleagues, and friends to honor the late co-composer of television themes and scores including The A-Team, Magnum P.I. , The Rockford Files, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hunter and Riptide. Wunder will…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: Butterfly Boucher
It would be difficult to write a boring biography about Butterfly Boucher’s career to date. She spent her youth in Australia, growing up in a family that picked up roots every few months traveling the outback in a Toyota Corolla wagon and eventually up-grading to a small motor-home. She’s made records on three continents with various labels. And finally, with fans in her corner including
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: The Voyeurs
Emerging from the suburbs of Los Angeles known as the South Bay, The Voyeurs are an energetic and melodic pop/rock duo with an upbeat and harmonic sound, reflecting a wide pantheon of influential bands from the 60s British Invasion and mod rock era, all the way through now. In late 2007, their previous band, E>K>U>K parted ways and two of the four members decided to start fresh…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: Apteka
Coming together through a shared reverence for volume and reverb, Apteka formed in 2006 to play rock music inspired by everything from psychedelic rock bands Flower Travellin’ Band and early Black Sabbath to late 80s/early 90s noise pop acts Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, and Ride. According to Said the Gramophone, the band is a polygamous marriage of paradoxical combinations: "If The Clientele were a…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: Stephen Jerzak
Seventeen-year-old Stephen Jerzak is focused on spreading a positive message of peace, love and truth to his listeners and it seems his musical philosophy is catching on. With over twelve million plays, around 75,000 singles sold independently on iTunes and an exciting new partnership with Universal/Republic for his debut album, the young Wisconsin native is ready to put a smile on faces worldwide. Stephen’s latest EP, “Smile,…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: Links
From the moment Robbie Arnett and Eric Frank got together with a couple guitars and big ideas, it was clear that something extraordinary was in the works. Through trading music and writing songs in every spare minute of their time, they discovered a love of groove, soul, and spirit found in the rock and roll of the 70s. They set out to form a group that retained that old blues…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: Rob Roy
If you haven't seen the video for “Fur In My Cap,” you may as well have been living under the rocks. Rob Roy's first official video has the internet going nuts, with Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown and ?uestlove all showing love to the multi-talented rapper/singer/producer from The Swamp (Jacksonville, Florida). But forget the hype.…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: The Lonely Forest
After establishing themselves in 2006 as a prime young band to watch as winners of the highly coveted EMP Sound Off! Competition, The Lonely Forest have spent the last few years experimenting with a variety of sounds, from pop-rock to piano-driven ballads about a fictional character in the future. From the small town of Anacortes, WA, the band had the press exclaiming they'd "created a new world…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: Friendly Fires
Ed Macfarlane, Edd Gibson and Jack Savidge make up the Friendly Fires, born of commuter belt boredom, and now, recognized as one of the most exciting new bands in the United Kingdom. Last year, a super limited seven-inch, Paris, was named the single of the week in both the The Guardian and NME, who called the group “one of the most exciting live bands on the planet.”…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: Ha Ha Tonka
Roaring out of the Ozarks with a bottle in one hand and a bible in the other, Ha Ha Tonka mix sanctified four-part harmonies and blistering rock, carving out songs that evoke the dichotomies that define their home. Their dark view of the realities of socio-economic hardship, backwoods prejudices and drug abuse is leavened by wry humor and a deep appreciation for regional storytelling traditions. Coming straight out of Springfield,…
From News, posted 12.17.09
Indie Spotlight: Langhorne Slim
Entertainment Weekly dubbed him “Your next obsession,” while Rolling Stone pronounced him “damn near perfect.” Needless to say, it’s been a nonstop journey of excitement for Langhorne Slim. Since March 2008, the band have headlined over 150 shows and played major festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot, Austin City Limits Festival, Newport Folk Fest, Sunset Junction, Pickathon, Rhythm and Roots, and SXSW. This fall, Langhorne Slim toured the…
From News, posted 12.17.09
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