Category Archives for "Entertainment News"
May 27, 2014
Miles Davis Way: Chats with Erin Davis & Vince Wilburn, The Babys’ Tony Brock and Ryan Aderréy, Plus Gladshot and Adam Zwig
A Conversation with Erin Davis and Vince Wilburn Mike Ragogna: Let’s start with the street. It’s about time that Miles Davis got a street named after him, but why now? What brought it on? Vince Wilburn: What brought it on? There was a lady named Shirley Zafirau, she is a neighbor on West 77th street […]
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May 23, 2014
- in Entertainment News by Mike
Leon Russell, Pat Travers, The Oak Ridge Boys & More Contribute To Allman Brothers Tribute
One of music’s biggest and most influential juggernauts gets the respect and admiration they so richly deserve on this brand new tribute album available May 27th from Cleopatra Records! Featuring an eclectic group of rock, country, and blues legends, Midnight Rider – A Tribute To The Allman Brothers Band offers energetic new covers of the classic hits “Midnight Rider,” “Ramblin’ Man,” and “Whipping Post” as well as one of the most famous instrumental songs in all of rock music “Jessica,” alongside many more Southern fried favorites!
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May 23, 2014
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Battleme Tours With Veruca Salt
Battleme announced a July US tour with the recently reunited Veruca Salt earlier this week as he wrapped up two months of touring with the Toadies. The Portland by way of Austin artist continues on the road in support of his new full-length studio album – Future Runs Magnetic – which was produced by Doug Boehm (Girls, Guided by Voices) and was released on March 11th on El Camino Media. A week after the album dropped, Battleme hit the road with the Toadies on a mega sold-out US trek that had the band playing every major city across the US. He filled in the days off with a number of headlining shows and will be doing this again the first two weeks of June when the band plays a number of Pacific Northwest and West Coast dates including a show at Barboza in Seattle, WA, Doug Fir Lounge in his homebase of Portland, OR, The Echo in Los Angeles, CA, and Brick & Mortar in San Francisco, CA.
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May 23, 2014
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Jessie James Decker’s “Coming Home” For Memorial Day
In honor of Memorial Day, singer and songwriter Jessie James Decker released a special music video today set to her EP title track “Coming Home.” The video is composed of photos submitted by fans with their military loved ones. Being able to contribute to the country’s celebration of our troops is especially important to Jessie, whose stepfather is the 914th Airlift Wing Commander in the United States Air Force.
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May 23, 2014
- in Entertainment News by Mike
Shakira’s New Video “La La La (Brazil 2014)” Released Featuring Carlinhos Brown
Shakira’s brand new video for “La La La (Brazil 2014)” featuring Carlinhos Brown is available now CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT NOW. The video was directed by Jaume de la Iguana, who has previously shot many of Shakira’s videos including “No,” “Gypsy,” “Rabiosa,” “Loca,” “La Tortura,” and others, and features cameos from Soccer Stars Gerard Pique, Eric Abidal, James Rodriguez, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Kun Aguero, Lionel Messi, Radamel Falcao and Neymar Silva da Santos Junior, as well as an appearance by Shakira’s son Milan, and legendary Brazilian Musician and Producer, Carlinhos Brown, who is featured on the song. “‘La La La (Brazil 2014)” featuring Carlinhos Brown is a featured track on ONE LOVE, ONE RHYTHM: THE OFFICIAL 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP™ALBUM.
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May 23, 2014
- in Entertainment News by Mike
KC, PSY and Jencarlos Canela Hit The Road
KC and the Sunshine Band changed the face of music when they danced onto the scene over 40 years ago. KC’s (Harry Wayne Casey) unique fusion of R&B and funk, with a hint of a Latin percussion groove, has influenced countless artists from all genres.
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May 23, 2014
From True Blood and Fargo to Everything Else
A conversation with Sean Callery, Nate Barr, FM Le Sieur, James Levine, Daniel Licht, Trevor Morris & Jeff Russo Mike Ragogna: You are basically responsible for how the viewer absorbs the emotional and sometimes subtler elements of a script and performances. Does that responsibility ever weigh particularly heavy on your shoulders? Can it also be […]
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May 22, 2014
- in Entertainment News by Mike
Trampled By Turtles To Release Wild Animals
Wild Animals, due July 15 via Thirty Tigers, was produced by Alan Sparhawk, the lead singer-songwriter of Low, and recorded in the legendary Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, MN (Nirvana, Andrew Bird, The Jayhawks). Of the new music Dave Simonett (guitar, vocals) notes, “We all tried to come into this thing extremely open-minded. How can we sound new to ourselves? I feel like the sound has changed and is changing, especially from Palomino to now. A lot of our reputation from even just a couple years ago was that we were this fast band, which we can do, and we do that. But this record focused a little bit more on other aspects of our playing together.” The first single, “Are You Behind the Shining Star?,” recently premiered at NPR’s “The Current” (Minnesota Public Radio): http://bit.ly/PURv8D. See below for full track listing.
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