Oldies (16/05/2013) New Album, 'Abraham Lincoln And The Election Of 1864' Explores US Legacy A new album of twelve 19th-century campaign songs, "Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1864," explores the popular media that helped influence political history in the United States before the 24-hour cable news cycle, Twitter and presidential debates broadcast on YouTube, says American Pioneer Music ...
Oldies (15/05/2013) May 14: R.E.M. GREEN 25th Anniv Edition R.E.M. achieved global success with the 1988 release of GREEN, the Athens, Georgia quartet's sixth studio album and first for Warner Bros. Records, which would be the band's label home for the rest of their recording career. While R.E.M. was fast becoming one of the most acclaimed and revered acts in ...
Oldies (06/05/2013) Legacy Recordings Celebrates Miles Davis As Artist Of The Month For May 2013 Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, celebrate the genius of Miles Davis , honoring the 20th century jazz avatar as Legacy's Artist of the Month for May 2013.
On May 16, at 3pm, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission will honor ...
Oldies (03/05/2013) James Brown 'Live At The Apollo' Turns 50! Two music icons, James Brown and the Apollo Theater, both steeped in rich history and community, bringing out the best in each other: That's what you'll hear on the brand-new collection, JAMES BROWN - Best Of Live At The Apollo: 50th Anniversary, to be released June 25, 2013 by Universal Music Enterprises ...
Oldies (29/04/2013) 20 Years Later: Disincarnate - Dreams of the Carrion Kind In the early 1990s, guitarist James Murphy was revered within the death metal community. Between 1990 and 1992, he played lead guitar on multiple classic albums - Obituary's Cause of Death, Death's Spiritual Healing, and Cancer's Death Shall Rise all featured his brutal riffing and searing, intricately ...
Oldies (26/04/2013) Prime Time Music To Release The Exotic Birds CD (Pre-NIN) The Exotic Birds were a Cleveland synthpop band which in hindsight was sort of a farm team for electronic musicians. The band, which formed in 1983 featured three Cleveland Institute of Music percussion students, Andy Kubiszewski, Tom Freer and Tim Adams. In 1985 Trent Reznor (who later formed Nine ...
Oldies (22/04/2013) George Beverly Shea Remembered At Public Memorial Service Billy Graham Crusades soloist George Beverly Shea , who passed away Tuesday, April 16, at the age of 104, was remembered today in a public memorial service at Anderson Auditorium in Montreat, N.C.
"This man's life can be summed up in a few simple phrases," said Dr. David Bruce , who offered the ...
Oldies (22/04/2013) Artisthead Music Re-Issues The Cult Classic 1977 Topper Album "At Last," After 36 Years Artisthead Music Re-Issues The Cult Classic 1977 Topper Album, "At Last", After 36 YearsArtisthead Music presents the official re-release of the cult classic Topper album, "At Last", after 36 years, including two, previously unreleased songs. Originally released in 1977, with only 5000 copies printed, ...
Oldies (18/04/2013) Classic Video Of The Week: Gang Green Last week, we launched a new feature, the Classic Video of the Week! Every Wednesday, we'll present a clip from the Roadrunner vaults that we think deserves a return to the spotlight. This week, given the recent events in Boston, we decided to pull out a video by one of that city's most beloved bands, ...
Oldies (11/04/2013) Classic Video Of The Week: King Diamond Introducing a new feature, the Classic Video of the Week! Every Wednesday, we'll present a clip from the Roadrunner vaults that we think deserves a return to the spotlight. And we couldn't kick this off with anyone but the man who did so much to put Roadrunner on the map in its earliest days - King ...
Oldies (10/04/2013) Lake George Elvis Festival Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary May 29 For the 10th year in a row, Lake George, "the Queen of American Lakes," will be the site of one of fans' favorite Elvis Festivals. Sherry Management, the festival's producer, expects this to be the biggest and best LakeGeorge.com Elvis Festival ever as fans of the King of Rock-n-Roll® will be treated ...
Oldies (02/04/2013) Legacy Recordings Set To Release Bennett & Brubeck RPM/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is proud to release - for the first time ever - the complete Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck performance from the White House Seminar American Jazz Concert , held on August 28, 1962. With the Washington Monument ...
Oldies (29/03/2013) The Recording Academy Statement Re: Gordon Stoker GRAMMY® winner Gordon Stoker was known for his stellar tenor voice, which graced countless memorable recordings throughout his more than 60-year career. As a longtime member of the vocal quartet the Jordanaires, he helped to influence the sound of gospel, country and pop music with a unique and versatile ...
Oldies (27/03/2013) Universal Music Enterprises' Acclaimed 'Icon' Series Continues With Bon Jovi Icon, In Stores Today Today, hot off BON JOVI's No. 1 album debut for their latest release WHAT ABOUT NOW, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) has released BON JOVI ICON, a new single-disc collection featuring 14 of the legendary band's biggest hits and fan favorites.
Over an illustrious career spanning three decades, ...
Oldies (27/03/2013) Dig Deeper Brings Jamaican Legend Ken Boothe AKA Mr. Rocksteady To Brooklyn For Rare Show 5/3 It has taken years of planning for Dig Deeper founders Michael Robinson and Richard Lewis to book legendary Jamaican singer Ken Boothe (aka Mr. Rocksteady) for their series of Brooklyn soul parties - painstakingly amassing an unparalleled collection of his 45s, 12"s, and LPs in the process. The enigmatic ...