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March 20, 2014

Pitchfork Music Festival’s July Lineup At Chicago’s Union Park

The 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival, happening Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20 atChicago’s Union Park, rounds out its lineup with an exciting, diverse group of emerging artists and established favorites. Added to Friday’s lineup are Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, SZA, Hundred Waters and Isaiah Rashad. Saturday sees more performances by St. Vincent, Danny Brown, Cloud Nothings, The Field, FKA Twigs, Empress Of, Twin Peaks and Kelela. And Sunday now includes Real Estate, Hudson Mohawke, Schoolboy Q, Jon Hopkins, Dum Dum Girls, Earl Sweatshirt, Perfect Pussy, Deafheaven, Majical Cloudz, Mutual Benefit, Speedy Ortiz and DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn. It’s the summer’s most adventurous, inviting and affordable weekend of music around.

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March 20, 2014

Sam Moore With A Celebration Of Blues & Soul: The 1989 Inauguration

On January 21, 1989, the evening following the Presidential Inauguration, some of the biggest names in classic rhythm and blues, soul and blues performed at a Presidential Inaugural Concert. This celebration featured artists including Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Bo Diddley, Dr. John, Sam Moore, Billy Preston, Albert Collins, Percy Sledge, Chuck Jackson, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, Carla Thomas, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Joe Louis Walker, Ronnie Wood, Jimmie Vaughan, Steve Cropper , Donald “Duck” Dunn and Cash McCall. Although a video and 24-track audio recording were made of this historic concert, the tapes were considered lost until their rediscovery nearly 20 years later.

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March 20, 2014

Roy Orbison’s Legacy Celebrated With Sony Legacy Releases

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, in conjunction with Roy’s Boys LLC, the Nashville-based company formed by the sons of the late Roy Orbison, commemorate the 25th anniversary of the artist’s Mystery Girl with the release of both a CD/DVD Deluxe edition coming Tuesday, May 20, 2014 as well as a 15-track (audio only) Mystery Girl Expanded edition CD.

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March 20, 2014

Hellyeah Offers Single Download

HELLYEAH – featuring Chad Gray (Mudvayne) on vocals, Vinnie Paul (Pantera) on drums, Tom Maxwell (Nothingface) on guitar and Kyle Sanders (Bloodsimple) on bass – has brought a new level of audio fury on its new album, BLOOD FOR BLOOD. The band’s premiere Metal single off the album, “Cross To Bier (Cradle of Bones),” will be given away to fans who sign up via the band’s webpage www.hellyeahband.com. This free download will only be available for 48 hours, starting 9am PST/ Noon EST on Friday, March 21st. The track will be available via iTunes on March 25th – along with the band’s Rock Radio single “Sangre Por Sangre (Blood For Blood).”

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March 20, 2014

Paula Poundstone’s Comedy Comes To The Englert

The Englert Civic Theater in Iowa City, IA is proud to present comedian Paula Poundstone Friday, April 18th. 25 years ago Paula Poundstone climbed on a Greyhound bus and traveled across the country — stopping in at open mic nights at comedy clubs as she went. A high school drop-out, she went on to become one of the great humorists of our time. You can hear her through your laughter as a regular panelist on NPR’s popular rascal of a weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. She tours regularly, performing standup comedy across the country, causing Bob Zany with the Boston Globe to write: “Poundstone can regale an audience for several hours with her distinctive brand of wry, intelligent and witty comedy.” Audience members may put it a little less elegantly: “I peed my pants.”

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