Napster Debuts Exclusive Track From Van Morrison
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Napster) - Napster (Nasdaq: NAPS), the industry's leading music subscription service, today announced that the newest album from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Van Morrison will be available with the Napster-exclusive track 'The Healing Has Begun' beginning today, April ...
| Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound Opens April 26 at EMP SFM
SEATTLE, WA. (Top40 Charts/ Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame) - Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) is proud to announce an original exhibition featuring the legendary Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound, will focus ...
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Unopened, Collectible Beatles Album To Be Given Away in Radio Contest by Chapman University Disc Jockeys
ORANGE, CA. (Top 40 Charts/ Chapman Radio) - Two Chapman University radio disc jockeys have announced a contest to win an original, unopened, long playing album titled "With the Beatles," issued by record label Parlophone in 1963. The contest will be featured on the university's radio station program ...
| Willie Nile Live CD & DVD Capture Onstage Magic
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Evangeline Records) - 'Willie Nile is a great artist,' exclaims fellow singer/songscribe Lucinda Williams. 'If there were any justice in the world, I'd be opening for him instead of him for me.' Injustice has its benefits, of course - one of which is that it's still possible ...
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Camper Van Beethoven's Longtime Guitarist Greg Lisher To Release Sophomore Full-Length Solo Album 'Trains Change' On April 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts/ Greg Lisher Official Website) - Greg Lisher may be best known for his signature guitar sounds with the groundbreaking alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven, but as the accomplished artist proves on his remarkable second full-length solo album, Trains Change, he has a ...
| Multi-Platinum Selling Steve Miller Band Set To Release First Ever DVD 'Live From Chicago'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Steve Miller Band Official Website) - Coming Home Media will release Live From Chicago, the first-ever DVD from multi-Platinum selling recording artist the Steve Miller Band on May 20th. The three-disc set will be comprised of two DVDs and a 12-song CD. One of rock 'n' roll's ...
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The 'Mats, Remastered - Rhino Busts Out Unreleased Tracks For Deluxe Reissues
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Rhino/ Rykodisc) - This is where the legend of The Replacements begins. Rhino retraces the shambolic swath the influential Minneapolis quartet cut across the American Underground, reissuing deluxe editions of the band's Twin/Tone releases: SORRY MA, FORGOT TO TAKE OUT ...
| Journey Records Double Album With Telefunken/USA U47M Mics
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Telefunken/ USA) - The phenomenally successful band Journey has recorded a Greatest Hits album plus an album of new material with engineer John Neff and producer Kevin "Caveman" Shirley. Sessions took place with new lead singer Arnel Pineda at Sausalito's famed The Plant recording ...
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Who's Next For 'VH1 Rock Honors'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ VH1) - VH1 pays homage to legendary British rock band The Who in the network's third annual "VH1 Rock Honors" celebration of artists who now represent the pinnacle of rock music. As a result of The Who's revolutionary and era-defining influence on rock music, this will be ...
| Nothing Rhymes with Orange, Until Now - Christa Borden
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Christa Borden Official Website) - Feisty, energetic, stubborn, ambitious, funny, intelligent and driven...these few words give insight to the enigma that is Christa Borden. Though she is classically trained in voice and piano, her music is predominately driven by the ...
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'Rolling Stones Radio' to Air Exclusively On SIRIUS Satellite Radio
NEW YORK, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ SIRIUS Satellite Radio) - SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that it will launch Rolling Stones Radio, an exclusive channel dedicated to rock icons the Rolling Stones. The channel will debut in conjunction with the release of Shine A Light, the Martin Scorsese film ...
| Inspired By King Crimson, Tangerine Dream And Jean-Luc Ponty, Jamie Craig Explores Classic Prog-Rock Sounds On His New CD
Colorado Springs, CO. (Top40 Charts/ CREATIVE SERVICE COMPANY) - When musician, composer and keyboardist Jamie Craig decided to create an album of contemporary instrumental music, he didn't want to explore the sounds of traditional new age or jazz, but instead work more in a rock'n'roll vein representative ...
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Journey Set To Release 'Revelation' June 3, 2008 Exclusively At Wal-Mart
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Journey Official Website) - A new chapter in the legendary career of multi-Platinum rockers JOURNEY-Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums) and Arnel Pineda (vocals)—will begin on June 3 with the highly anticipated ...
| Blues-Rock Guitarist Rick Fowler's Back On My Good Foot CD Release
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Jammates Records) - Jammates Records announces a March 25, 2008 release date for Back on My Good Foot, the label debut CD from Athens, Georgia-based blues/rock singer and guitarist Rick Fowler. Among those joining him on the album are Randall Bramblett (Hammond organ), Gerry ...
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Busy Spring For Legendary Rocker Joan Jett And Blackheart Records
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Blackheart Records) - Legendary rocker Joan Jett will have a busy spring: She'll be performing at the Rock and Roll Fall of Fame induction ceremony, and will appear on the True Colors tour. She's also featured in the Converse 100th anniversary campaign. And finally, three bands ...
| Stray Cats' '80s Reunion Recordings To Be Reissued On Hep Cat Records On April 22, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Hep Cat Records) - The Stray Cats put rockabilly back onto the charts after a two-decade absence with their sly 'Stray Cat Strut' and series of early '80s recordings. The Long Island-weaned combo of Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom were influenced by the likes ...
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ASIA's New Studio Album 'Phoenix' In 25 Years To Be Released On April 15, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ EMI America Records) - The acclaimed British progressive rock group ASIA has announced the April 15 (April 14 internationally) release of "Phoenix," its first studio album since 1983. Recorded last August by all four original members, "Phoenix" will be released on CD and ...
| How Would You Like To Be A Part Of A New Southern Rock CD? Well, Here's Your Chance!
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Neil Carswell Official Website) - Neil Carswell, the driving force behind the legendary southern rock band, Copperhead, is working on his next solo project, and it will be totally fan supported. Y'all heard that right...fan supported, and that means you, the fans, will ...
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Spiritual Essence of Santana Explored on Multi Dimensional Warrior
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Legacy Recordings) - A decade after their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame (in January 1998), the hypnotic power of Santana - to mesmerize crowds of tens of thousands in the world's biggest stadiums, or to cast the same spell on a single listener in their solitude ...
| Huckabee Unplugged By Rock Star Tom Scholz Of Band Boston
BOSTON, MA. (Top40 Charts/ www.bandboston.com) - The following letter was sent to Governor Huckabee: Dear Gov. Huckabee: It has come to my attention that your campaign's use of my song More Than a Feeling and my band's name BOSTON has resulted in a great deal of false information, which it ...
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