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NEW YORK, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The 2015 summer concert season is here and some of your favorite music artists are hitting the road to perform their biggest hits for you… LIVE! To celebrate the greatest summer of live music ever, Live Nation announced today that May 5, 2015 will be the first ever […]
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Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States. Hine was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1874. After his father died in an accident, […]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), widely recognized as the most prestigious and respected international songwriting competition, has announced its 2014 winners. Created in 2002, ISC awards more than $150,000 in cash and prizes to winners of the competition.The Grand Prize winner is awarded $25,000 in cash (US) and […]
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The American artist Paul Strand had a long and productive career with the camera. His pictorialist studies of the 1910s, followed by the coolly seductive machine photographs of the 1920s, like the contemporary work of Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped define the canon of early American modernism and set its premium on the […]
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As a freelance photographer for over 30 years Dave’s work has primarily centered on the sports industry for such publications as Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek and the award winning TV show Sports Century on ESPN. The list of event coverage includes the Masters, Kentucky Derby, National Football League, NASCAR and extensive work regarding the United States Olympic Committee, Olympic athletes […]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 30, 2015) – With the recent chart success of “Country” from Curb recording artist Mo Pitney, the name of Bill Anderson once again enters the Country Music history books. The success of the track gives Anderson the distinction of having an entry on the country charts for seven straight decades – a record […]
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LOS ANGELES – – Fender, the world’s leading musical instrument brand, today unveiled the Fender Accelerator Tour, a new initiative that provides emerging musicians the support and resources they need to grow their fan base and promote their music. Kicking off this week and extending through June, the Fender Accelerator Tour is made up from […]
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LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The world’s best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That’s What I Call Music!, has gathered today’s biggest hits for NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 54, to be released May 4. On the same date, NOWMusic will release NOW That’s What I Call #1’s, celebrating many of the […]
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Epic/Legacy is excited to announce the debut release of SLY & THE FAMILY STONE–LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST OCTOBER 4(th) & 5(th) 1968, a four-disc set of previously unreleased live shows recorded during the band’s rise at New York City’s legendary venue. The set is scheduled to be […]
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SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Rolling Stones recently announced that they will kick off their new 15-city North American stadium, ZIP CODE tour, on May 24 at San Diego’s Petco Park, and the highly-anticipated tickets went on sale last week. As San Diego will be the only West Coast stop on the tour, fans from all around […]