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Seattle Post Intelligencer Tuesday, October 06, 2009Dennis Diken's Rich And Vibrant 'Late Music'Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Dennis Diken's new album Late Music. Diken, the drummer for the Smithereens, has recorded this project with a group called Bell Sound.
NPR Tuesday, October 06, 2009Exclusive First Listen: Nellie McKayHer new
record is free of cynicism, full of heart and more elegant than a mere nostalgia trip. Normal as Blueberry Pie revisits the past while offering a fresh take on American classics by George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Burt Bacharach and Les Brown. She also sings an original.
NPR Tuesday, October 06, 2009Sonoma Wire Works Acquires Discrete Drums Multitrack Drum Recording LibraryLOS ALTOS, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoma Wire Works, makers of RiffWorks recording software and the FourTrack and InstantDrummer iPhone Apps, has acquired the Discrete Drums brand and product line of drum recording libraries. This move will ensure the continuation and expansion of impeccable drum library products for both Discrete Drums and Sonoma Wire Works customers. Discrete Drums' acclaimed libraries are
available in a wide variety of formats, and new Discrete Drums products will be launching soon in various styles, including the Heavy Mental 2 multitrack drum library of performances by legendary drummer Tony Morra, recorded in the world famous Big Boy Room at The Sound Kitchen.
prnewswire.com Tuesday, October 06, 2009Sunset Entertainment Group Refuses to Cancel Buju Banton Concert at Cabana Club in Hollywood, Oct. 15"Faggots. . . have to die" Sings Buju Banton, Who Has Had Concerts Around the Country Canceled
prnewswire.com Tuesday, October 06, 2009Diddy and His Dirty Money, Snoop, Young Jeezy, Fabolous, Soulja Boy, Ludacris, Monica, Tiny & Toya ... Will Be in the Building Shutting Down the ATL for the BET HIP HOP AWARDS, Saturday, October 10, 2009NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks is gearing up for its fourth annual BET HIP HOP AWARDS in Atlanta, GA hosted by actor and comedian Mike Epps, the show will tape on Saturday, October 10th at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlantic Civic Center and will premiere on the network on Tuesday, October 27 at 8:00 p.m.* This year's show is sure to have you on your feet with appearances and performances by Snoop, Jeezy, Soulja Boy, Wale, E-40, Fabolous, Gucci Mane, Goodie Mob, Lil Scrappy, Dorrough, Monica, Tiny & Toya, DJ Khalid, DJ Drama, Trina, Diddy
featuring his sexy Dirty Money crew, and of course you know they'll be some surprises.
prnewswire.com Tuesday, October 06, 2009Nellie McKay's Love Letter To Doris DayWhat can eccentric young New York singer-songwriter Nellie McKay have in common with notoriously normal Hollywood icon Doris Day? The comparison only begins with McKay's new album, Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day.
NPR Tuesday, October 06, 2009Rapper Jim Jones pleads guilty to NYC assaultNEW YORK -- Rapper Jim Jones admitted Monday to punching a friend of Ne-Yo's in the face in a Louis Vuitton store during a scuffle that erupted as the R&B crooner was browsing.
Seattle Post Intelligencer Tuesday, October 06, 2009Dafnis Prieto Si O Si: Kaleidoscopic ClaveDafnis Prieto came to New York from Cuba more than a decade ago. He needed very little time to scare the pants off most drummers in jazz and Afro-Cuban music. In a session from WBGO, Prieto superimposes the clave over the role of each member of the Si O Si Quartet.
NPR Tuesday, October 06, 2009Live: Thom Yorke at the Orpheum TheatreWith Flea driving the groove, Radiohead's frontman funks it up. To understand what Thom Yorke is up to with the new ensemble he brought to the Orpheum Theatre on Sunday, it's useful to quote one of pop's surviving godfathers. "Once you've done the best you can, funk it!" said George Clinton, the founder of Parliament Funkadelic and guiding light for countless musicians trying to find their footing on the dance floor.
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