Lynyrd Skynyrd's Billy Powell Passes Away
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Lynyrd Skynyrd Official Website) - "Beloved Pianist for the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band, Billy Powell, passed away last night. We have no further details. The family and band request your respect and understanding during this difficult time. Thank you." Lynyrd Skynyrd is canceling ...
| Spirit's California Redux Out Now On Audio Fidelity
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Audio Fidelity) - Spirit's California Blues Redux revisits the 1996 California project from Spirit, the rock band of deceased leader Randy California. The reissue program of Audio Fidelity gives the album a complete rework by Spirit member Mick Skidmore. The set features ...
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16 Second Stare: Tampa Based Powerhouse Gets Ready to Rock the South by Southwest Tour, Which Includes a Coveted Spot Playing at the SXSW Music Stimulus Party in Austin March 20
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Luck Media & Marketing) - Tampa Bay based rock powerhouse 16 Second Stare (www.16secondstare.com) wrapped 2008 looking up at some major superstar names as the band made its debut on Radio and Records' (R&R) Top 40 Indicator Chart with 'Red Carpet Material,' the title ...
| Louisiana Rock Band Santeria To Release Fourth Full-length 'Year Of The Knife' On March 10, 2009
Louisiana (Top40 Charts/ Golar Wash Labs & Records) - Santeria, a rock band with three-parts pure Cajun blood and one-part East Indian, was born in the haunted bayous and swamplands of Louisiana where atmosphere plays as much a part of the music as the rich cultural legacy of the Deep South. For 10 ...
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The Last Hour Debut Album Out Now On Intuition
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Intuition Records) - New release from Intuition, the first full-length album of The Last Hour from Italy. First edition: limited black'n'silver digipack-CD. The Last Hour is the solo project of Roberto Del Vecchio ex-Gothica, well known Cold Meat Industry act. Some of you probably ...
| Denver, CO To Host World-Class Blues Artists In 2-Day Festival Aug. 8-9, 2009
Denver, CO. (Top40 Charts/ Mile High Marketplace) - Mile High Marketplace is proud to announce the first annual Mile High Blues Festival on August 8th and 9th 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Denver's blues scene has been without a major Blues Festival for over 5 years but the drought is over with the NEW ...
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Doug Keith Releases New Album Via The Cougar Label
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Cougar Label) - Doug Keith writes quiet revelations, stories wound effortlessly around accomplished guitar playing and a gentle, graveled voice. 'Here's to Outliving Me' (in-stores now through The Cougar Label) introduces Keith's many sides to listeners over the course of ...
| The Derek Trucks Band Sixth Studio Release Receives Critical Acclaim
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music Entertainment) - One of the most critically acclaimed guitarists and the youngest musician to be named in Rolling Stone's list of the Top Hundred Guitarists of All Time, Derek Trucks releases his much anticipated sixth studio album with The Derek Trucks Band, ...
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Reverend Zen Gets Rocky Mountain High Winning Golden Wave Award in Denver
Katonah, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blakjak Music Records) - New York's award winning rock/blues/jazz group Reverend Zen is moving into 2009 as recipients of the 2008 Golden Wave Artist of the Year Award in Denver. The Golden Wave Award is bestowed annually by The Colorado Wave and Indie Music Wave, two entertainment ...
| Angel Zuniga Martinez Of Angel & The Love Mongers Launches Solo Rock Project
Knoxville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Zunimar Music) - Angel Zuniga Martinez, from Angel and the Love Mongers, launches his new solo rock music project on a night filled with great local music on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at The Square Room at 8:30 p.m. With a voice compared to Morrissey, Freddie Mercury ...
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Bruce Springsteen Makes Guitar Hero Debut With Brand New Song 'My Lucky Day' And Classic Hit 'Born To Run'
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Activision Publishing) - Bruce Springsteen will make his videogame debut on January 27, 2009, with two downloadable songs available exclusively in Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero World Tour. Coinciding with the release of his new album, Working ...
| New Book Collects John Lennon's Essential Interviews
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rock Reader Books) - JOHN LENNON: The Essential Interviews collects the pop music legend's most candid and inspirational interactions with the media. Available for advanced order and immediate delivery from Rock Reader Books here: (https://www.lulu.com/content/5363419), this ...
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The Only Ones To Re-issue 3 Albums & Tour Dates
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music) - The Only Ones are a rare example of that magical 'thing' that bands sometimes possess, which encapsulates the whole myth and legend of Rock'n'Roll. Their appeal owed a lot to the charismatic lead singer songwriter Peter Perrett, whose innate decadence and hedonistic ...
| New Book Collects Ramones Essential Interviews
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rock Reader Books) - A new book collects three decades worth of essential interviews with America's original punk rock trailblazers will be available January 5, 2009. RAMONES: INTERVIEWS (Rock Reader Books) - available for preview and immediate purchase here (https://www.lulu.com/content/5566468) ...
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The Stooges' Ron Asheton Dies
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Stooges Official Website) - Stooges cofounder and BMI songwriter Ron Asheton was found dead Tuesday, January 6 in his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 60 years old. A guitarist whose thick riffs both drove and anchored the Stooges, his originality subsequently grafted what ...
| WAR To Break Out At Latino Inaugural Gala On Heels of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nomination
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Lobeline Communications) - Multi-platinum, multi-cultural recording group WAR will perform live in Washington's historic Union Station for the Latino Inaugural Gala - 'Renewing America's Promise, Celebrando el Cambio' two days before the inauguration, January 18, 2009 ...
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Influential Guitarist, Songwriter & Producer Delaney Bramlett Dies
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ BMI) - Singer, producer and longtime BMI songwriter Delaney Bramlett died Saturday, December 27 in Los Angeles. He was 69 years-old. Revered as one-half of Delaney & Bonnie, the duo which he cofounded with his then wife Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell, Bramlett influenced icons including ...
| Priscilla Presley To Celebrate Elvis' Birthday And The 70th Anniversary Of Graceland
Rossville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Beckwith Company) - Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.: WHEN/WHERE: January 8, 2009 9:30 a.m. Elvis Presley Day Ceremony on the front steps of Graceland The traditional ceremony with a special program hosted by Priscilla Presley, along with Graceland/EPE officials, ...
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The Nighthawks Explore American Landscape On New CD, Due February 3, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Powerhouse Records) - The Nighthawks, one of the premier seminal American roots bands of the past 35 years, will release their first studio album in five years, American Landscape, on February 3, 2009 via Powerhouse Records, distributed nationally by Redeye. The new CD ...
| 'No Line On The Horizon' Will Be Available In Five Formats
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Interscope Records) - U2's new album No Line On The Horizon, will be available in five formats. All five will be released March 3, 2009. The album is available for gifting on amazon.com NOW! Album Versions below: � Standard jewel case - with album CD and 24 page booklet ...
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