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May 27, 2014

Pharrell Williams And Spike Lee Join For American Express’ Unstaged Series

American Express announced today that Grammy® award-winning, multiplatinum singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams and award-winning director Spike Lee have been selected as the next pairing in its popular live stream music series “American Express Unstaged,” in partnership with Vevo and YouTube. Pharrell Williams’ June 3rd live streamed concert will mark the artist’s debut performance from the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City at 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT on Tuesday, June 3 at amexunstaged.com directed by Spike Lee. Tickets for the concert were made available to the public at ticketmaster.com on Friday, May 23.

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May 27, 2014

Daniel Ash Crowd Funds Stripped

Daniel Ash, legendary vocalist/guitarist who founded the influential and iconic Bauhaus, Tones On Tail and Love and Rockets, has taken to PledgeMusic to have fans participate in the funding of his next album, Stripped. The album will feature modern takes on 11 songs from his Bauhaus/Love and Rockets/Tones On Tail catalogues, as well as one brand-new track. Fans are asked to vote for their favorite Ash songs and those with the most votes are being “stripped down” with reinterpreted versions recorded for the new album. Stripped is expected out in the Fall on INgrooves/GO! Studio.

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May 27, 2014

Kenny Rogers Children’s Center Presents Benefit Concert June 1st

Not very many performers can say they’ve been in the “business” for over 50 years. Not many can say they’ve played an instrumental role in the success of an organization that solely exists for the purpose of helping children with special needs. Not many can say they’ve returned five times throughout the years to hold concerts and continue to raise money for that organization. And certainly not many can say they’ve held an interest in that same organization for close to 40 years! But yes, Kenny Rogers has certainly earned his name on the building of that very organization…The Kenny Rogers Children’s Center in Sikeston, Missouri.

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May 27, 2014

Wakey!Wakey! Brings Salvation July 22nd

On July 22, 2014 MummaGrubbs Records/Thirty Tigers will release Salvation, the new album from the Brooklyn-based, Wakey!Wakey! Produced by “Fabulous” Fab Dupont, the 11-track album follows the band’s critically acclaimed Irresistible EP which was released in January and is their first full-length release in four years. Frontman Michael Grubbs knows the album is much different from his previous releases saying, “We took a big step forward toward making something bigger.” He goes on, “I wrote the last album when I was in a pretty dark place. Salvation captures my current state, which is happy. Really happy. I’m taking a leap of faith that my fans have evolved with me.” It seems that his fans have evolved with him. Grubbs and the band launched a Pledge Music campaign to help fund the new album and raised 141% of their goal. Grubbs collaborated with some big names – Boots Ottestad, Dan Keyes, Fredrik Eriksson, Peter Stengaard, Caleb Shreve – to write all the songs on Salvation. The first single off the album will be “Wake Up (Lily, I love you)” and the track was shipped to Triple A, Non-Comm and Specialty Formats on May 19 with an impact date of June 2.

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May 27, 2014

Tenacious D Back With Stacked

Tenacious D, the Greatest Band in the World, is tickled to announce the incredible lineup for Festival Supreme 2014. This year’s one-day extravaganza includes 40 of today’s most talented musicians and comedians who will take the stage alongside a Circus of Death (gory details to be revealed soon)! The bigger, better, even more supreme affair will be held at the LA Sports Arena and Exposition Park in downtown Los Angeles on October 25, 2014.

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May 27, 2014

LP On NPR

The extraordinary LP will release her highly anticipated debut album, Forever For Now, on June 3rd. Watch the album trailer here. Today, NPR’s All Songs Considered takes a look into the album and features the album track “Your Town” on its blog. Click here to listen the segment.

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May 27, 2014

Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Debuts “Whole Lotta Love” In Paris

At the conclusion of last week’s Led Zeppelin listening event at L’Olympia in Paris, a new video for “Whole Lotta Love” (Rough Mix With Vocal) was premiered following the onstage Q&A session with Jimmy Page. The video is a composite of several classic Led Zeppelin live performances, some well-known and others rarely seen, and can be viewed now at the following link: http://bit.ly/1pf2GoK. The “Rough Mix With Vocal” version of “Whole Lotta Love” is featured on the deluxe edition of Led Zeppelin II which is set for release on June 3, along with deluxe editions of the band’s debut album and Led Zeppelin III.

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