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BROWSING COLLECTION - 'Don't Want to Dance'
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BROWSING COLLECTION BIOGRAPHY Mimi Brander: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Moa Lenngren: Lead Guitar, Vocals Nora Lenngren: Bass, Vocals Carro Karlsson: Drums “We’re often inspired by society, incidents that affect us or weird and crazy stuff we are told about. The song “One Time A Year” was inspired by the movie The Purge, where one day […]
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Stone Leaders - Stone Leaders
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“Dark-Prog” act STONE LEADERS came to life in early 2016 when renowned drummer John Macaluso (of ARK, Yngwie Malmsteen, TNT, Symphony X, James LaBrie, Labyrinth and Michael Romeo) was contracted to do a drum clinic in Zagreb, Croatia. Asking the clinic organizer to find a band to accompany him in the clinic, Macaluso then met […]
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Hillsong UNITED Returns to the United States for Highly Anticipated USA Tour 2019
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Presented by Premier Productions – the Australian-based, multi-platinum-selling group Hillsong UNITED has announced that after three years they are returning for their highly anticipated USA Tour in 2019. UNITED will be joined by special guests Amanda Lindsey Cook and Mack Brock (*lineup to vary by city). Tickets will go on sale Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. […]
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Multicultural piece 'Nomaden' wins Grawemeyer music award
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Dutch composer Joel Bons has won the 2019 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for “Nomaden,” a one-hour work for cello solo and an ensemble of instruments from diverse cultures. Bons, 65, wrote the piece for French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and the Atlas Ensemble, a group of 18 eminent musicians from China, Japan, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Cello Biennale Amsterdam commissioned the […]
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StubHub Releases 2018 Year in Live Experiences Report
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StubHub, the world’s largest event marketplace, today released its fourth annual Year in Live Experiences report. This year’s report highlights the best-selling events of the year, as well as the most sought-after artists, matchups, teams, festivals and shows in a year when more people than ever crossed borders to experience a live event. “The power of […]
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Jazz Legend McCoy Tyner Signs with ALG Brands
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ALG Brands (“ALG”) has been tapped to represent jazz icon McCoy Tyner, it was announced today by ALG CEO Ashley Austin. ALG will curate initiatives that expand awareness of Mr. Tyner’s music and his storied career as a pianist, bandleader, artist and composer. ALG will collaborate with brand and media partners in the creation of officially authorized content […]
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JOAN BAEZ EARNS GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST FOLK ALBUM
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The Recording Academy has nominated Joan Baez’s Whistle Down The Wind, her first new studio record in ten years, for Best Folk Album. The 61st GRAMMY Awards will air February 10th. Fan’s can purchase the album here. Due to popular demand, Baez has extended her final formal tour, the extensive “Fare Thee Well Tour,” into 2019 including stops at New York’s Beacon Theatre, […]
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LATIN POWERHOUSES WISIN & YANDEL ANNOUNCE U.S. ‘COMO ANTES TOUR 2019’
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Latin music’s most iconic duo, Wisin & Yandel, announced their first U.S. tour today since their five–year hiatus with the Como Antes Tour 2019. Co-produced by Live Nation and CMN, the 15-city tour will kick off May 23rd in Phoenix, AZ and make stops in Miami, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and more, before wrapping June 23rd in Orlando, FL. […]
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R&B and Pop Icon Valerie Simpson and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Melinda Wagner Receive Top Awards at the 2018 ASCAP Foundation Honors in NYC
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The ASCAP Foundation honored R&B and pop icon Valerie Simpson with its George M. Cohan Friars Foundation Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner with The ASCAP Foundation Masters Award at the 2018 ASCAP Foundation Honors tonight. The ceremony took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, in New York City. The ASCAP Foundation 2018 scholarship recipients […]
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Wounded Warrior Project Congratulates Def Leppard for 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
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Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) shares a special, lasting bond with legendary Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen. In 2009, Rick met WWP National Service Director John Roberts, and they joined forces to reduce the stigma associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for wounded veterans, and for citizens alike who’ve lived through traumatic experiences. Because of the years working together to raise […]