About 100 miles south of Atlanta, next to a field just outside the town of Byron, there stands a plaque erected by the Georgia Historical Society marking the location of the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival, where from July 3-5, 1970, “Over thirty musical acts performed, including rock icon Jimi Hendrix playing to the largest […]
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When Sunday, August 16 arrives this year, Elvis Presley fans around the world will pause to mark the 38 years that have passed since the King died. As you know, singer-songwriter Ronnie McDowell is one of the biggest Elvis fans of all time. He can trace much of his success to his 1977 blockbuster, “The […]
Leading digital music distribution and publishing administration service provider, TuneCore, announced today that TuneCore artists have earned more than $35 million in Q2 of 2015, a 6 percent increase versus the same time in 2014. Since 2006, TuneCore Artists have earned more than $576 million from over 18.7 billion downloads and streams. International discovery is […]
In honor of a career spanning more than 60 years, rock-and-soul great Sam Moore will be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. The voice behind such hits as “I Thank You” and “Hold On I’m Coming” joins singer/songwriter Gregg Allman, composer John Barbe and his wife, Jane, producer John Huie, and numerous others […]
The second annual Horton’s Hayride was hosted at the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro, California. The atmosphere of the show was geared towards the lovers of all things fast and loud. Classic cars,completed with a best in show competition, which Jim himself presented the trophy and prize money of $400 for first place. […]
Award wining artist, Diana Krall brought her Wallflower World Tour to SoCal last night to the delight of a packed house at Humphreys. On a cool crisp evening Diana seemed to have the crowd mesmerized as she and the band pumped out some of the fans favorites. Although this particular stop didn’t include the “Orchestra […]
VAN HALEN As it turns out, the rumors of Van Halen’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Was it only just several weeks ago that naysayers were populating what passes for the modern-day town square — Twitter, Facebook and the comments sections of popular rock websites — pronouncing all kinds of gloom and doom about Van […]
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will commemorate five decades of Simon & Garfunkel’s extraordinary sound with two special career-defining collections to be released on August 7, 2015. Simon & Garfunkel – The Complete Columbia Albums Collection features six 12″ LPs, newly remastered and struck on 180gram audiophile vinyl, with a 20-page […]