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February 27, 2015

Skrillex & Diplo Offer Jack Ü Project

Skrillex & Diplo shook the music world in 2014 with the announcement of their collaborative Jack Ü project and a monumental co-headline show at the legendary Madison Square Garden on New Years Eve. They first teased new music with their single “Take Ü There”, featuring vocals from explosive popstar Kiesza and a timely remix of the song with Missy Elliott marking her first big musical project after her Super Bowl XLIX appearance. Right this moment the two artists are half-way through their 24-hour marathon DJ set, livestreaming now at Jack Ü’s website: http://jackuofficial.com/

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February 27, 2015

APA Jazz Fellowship Awards Present Semi-Finals

On Friday, March 27, the American Pianists Association’s Jazz Fellowship Awards presented by REI Real Estate Services Semi-Finals presented by Barnes & Thornburg will take place at The Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis, IN featuring each of the 5 Finalists over two sets. The five Finalists, in no particular order, are: Christian Sands, Zach Lapidus, Emmet Cohen, Kris Bowers, and Sullivan Fortner.

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February 26, 2015

The Doobie Brothers Join Tortuga Roster

Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival has added legendary rockers Doobie Brothers to its already stellar music line-up joining headliners Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown Band. Doobie Brothers’ four-time Grammy Award-winning sound has become part of America’s musical firmament, sampled on dance records, reinterpreted on “American Idol,” and a fixture on radio formats from Top 40 to classic rock. With the release of their new record Southbound, a collaboration with the top country stars of today, including a version of their classic hit “Black Water” featuring Tortuga headliner Zac Brown Band, they are breaking new creative ground in the exploration of their musical connection with Nashville.

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February 25, 2015

Lily & Madeleine Bring “Blue Blades” To NPR

“Blue Blades” is from the duo’s new album, Fumes, which was recently released to widespread critical acclaim (Asthmatic Kitty Records). Of the music, Teen Vogue praises, “There’s a good chance Lily Jurkiewicz and Madeleine Jurkiewicz are about to become the coolest girls you know…prepare to fall in love the second you hear their voices,” while NPR Music describes, “Fumes is a misleading record, the way a masterfully performed dance is misleading: It looks easy only because the complexities behind it are unfathomable to outsiders.

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February 25, 2015

Della Mae Drops Della Mae This May

Della Mae expands upon the musical achievements of the group’s widely acclaimed, Grammy-nominated 2013 breakthrough album This World Oft Can Be, which established the multi-talented female combo, which features Celia Woodsmith on vocals and guitar, Kimber Ludiker on fiddle and vocals, Jenni Lyn Gardner on mandolin and vocals, and Courtney Hartman on guitar, banjo and vocals, as a potent musical force.

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