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Kayos reports: Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to release, through its Eagle Eye subsidiary, The Willie Nelson Special Featuring Ray Charles, an incredibly special one-hour concert, on DVD September 22. [Pre-book Order Date September 2, MSRP $11.98].
Performed at the Austin Opry House in 1985, Willie Nelson captivated the crowd with his classic tunes, such as "On The Road Again" and "Always On My Mind" before being joined by special guest Ray Charles. While complimenting each other effortlessly on the six duets the two share, they flawlessly meld country, R&B, blues, and soul. Those tracks, "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Georgia On My Mind," and "Angel Eyes," among others, are testament their unique artistry.
In addition to this exceptional performance, The Willie Nelson Special is interspersed with footage of Nelson's trip to his hometown of Abbott, Texas. These clips of Nelson with family and friends gives the viewer a chance to observe his roots while listening to the distinguished sound these roots helped to produce.
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PR reports: The second It Came from Brooklyn concert will take place September 25, 2009, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum with performances by Julian Plenti (aka Paul Banks of Interpol) and I'm In You and readings by authors Rivka Galchen and Hampton Fancher. Comedian Eugene Mirman will serve as the MC for the evening.
It Came from Brooklyn, the new concert series showcasing Brooklyn's emerging and established talents in the fields of music and literature was conceived by coproducers Sam Brumbaugh and Bronwyn Keenan as part of the museum's 50th Anniversary celebrations. The title of the series references Robert Gordon's book It Came from Memphis, which details the birth of rock-n-roll in the 1950s.
"Over the past decade, Brooklyn has emerged as a place of astonishing artistic creativity and interdisciplinary experimentation," said Brumbaugh, "Our aim is to share the spirit of this scene with the museum's audience and beyond, while keeping a local feel for New Yorkers."
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PR reports: The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international foundation that harnesses the power of music to make a difference in global cancer care, is taking its fight against cancer to the streets of Philadelphia in a symbolic walk that retraces the final steps of Rocky Balboa's famous fist pumping run. Dubbed "Rocky's Run", participants will ascend the "Rocky Stairs" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art while being led by LHS Co-Founder and 2-time Leukemia survivor Mike Peters of The Alarm, Cy Curnin of the Fixx, and singer/songwriter Nick Harper. The event will be followed that night by Philly Rocks, an unprecedented charity concert at The Field House in Philadelphia featuring members of The Gin Blossoms, Squeeze, The Alarm, The Fixx, Gene Loves Jezebel and Nick Harper who will perform to raise money for cancer care.
Prayer flags bearing 5,000+ names of cancer survivors, patients, lost loved ones will be carried along the way, and a special acoustic performance by Mike Peters will take place at the top. The prayer flags will be held high for the last time in the United States before they depart to the top of Kilimanjaro in Africa for Kilimanjaro Rocks, the Love Hope Strength Foundation's latest musical journey to the roof of Africa.
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Metal Blade reports: The one and only "Scumdogs of the Universe", GWAR, have truly outdone themselves this time. Their 25th anniversary album Lust in Space debuted at number 96 on the Billboard Top 200 chart making it the band's highest chart position in their storied career.Lead singer and current Fox News Red Eye Intergalactic correspondent Oderus Urungus had the following to say about GWAR's record setting chart debut, "We are appalled, shocked, outraged, and completely ecstatic over GWAR's latest master-work, LUST IN SPACE debuting at # 96 in the Billboard Charts�in keeping with my finally confirmed uber-rock star status, I have already vomited on Lindsay Lohan's puss, visited the the Obama girls, and sodomized Carrot-Top. And there was much rejoicing."
Still sporting nachos in his beard, Oderus continued to rant "But 96? That's just not going to do it�GWAR and Metal Blade Records plan to keep on with this relentless assault until we go all the way to # 95!"
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Metal Blade reports: Job For A Cowboy has announced a fall North American tour in support of its critically acclaimed sophomore album, Ruination. The electrifying group will team up with metal titans Lamb of God for a massive 25 city run that will launch on September 16 in Memphis, TN. The scheduled 8 week trek is slated to run through mid-November.Job For A Cowboy's Ruination skyrocketed to #42 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart last month and has met to scads of critical acclaim in the weeks since its release.
JFAC just completed a summer North American tour with Slayer and Marilyn Manson as part of the 2009 "[Overpriced Energy Drink] Mayhem Festival", where the group was called "one of the tour's shining highlights."
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PR reports: After two years of shaping, A Smile From The Trenches has inked a deal with up and coming record label DC Hardcore (home of punk legend H.R. of Bad Brains) and is ready to show the world what they've become. Originally formed in Grand Junction, Colorado, the band now resides in Los Angeles, California. They will hit the road in support of their debut EP, "Leave The Gambling For Vegas," which will be re-released with three new tracks on October 13, 2009. With notable tracks such as "Start Worryin' Star Warrian," "Dani," "Juicy Fruit," and a cover of the Katy Perry hit "Hot N Cold," the album has created a well-deserved buzz."This tour means so much to us. Collectively as a band, we are ready to share our new material with the masses and hype everyone up for our killer full-length album," shares lead singer Stoney Anderson.
Comparable to My Chemical Romance and The Used, A Smile From The Trenches' sound carries a unique punk-rock vibe with hints of unconventional pop, combining melodic melodies and gut-wrenching lyrics. Referred to as the new "Bad Boys of Pop," A Smile From The Trenches is an experience not to be missed.
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Metal Blade reports: Evergreen Terrace have announced the track listing for their upcoming full length, Almost Home, due out September 29th on Metal Blade Records. "We've always had a lot of pop culture references in our song titles and this record is no exception. Before we even started writing new songs we already have a list of titles from books, movies, and comedians. Half of the song titles on this record are pulled from the lyrics. The others are pop culture references that relate to the lyrical content." Guitarist Josh James said.Splitting the recording process of the album in half, they tracked all the music at Martell Studios and all of the vocals were recorded by Audio Hammer Studios (August Burns Red, Bury Your Dead, Trivium).
Continuing their blistering combination of melodic hardcore and metal, Evergreen Terrace has gone back to their roots for Almost Home. "I think this record will surprise the new listeners as well as have the old ones stoked. I'd say its best described as a good mixture of Burned Alive by Time and Wolfbiker." comments James.
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antiMusic reports: Rescue Signals "Indecisions" will be in stores September 22, 2009 but it comes with this interesting back story: What do you do when you're the guitarist for one of the most successful unsigned bands in the Mid- and Southwest, your best friend kills himself, and you realize that the reasons you play music simply aren't enough anymore? The answer: you shake things up and find the difference between what you have and what you really need. Such was the case when Rescue Signals' singer Beau Tyler left the band Upside in the summer of 2006. "I didn't really know what to do next," recalls Tyler. "Should I keep playing music, or should I hang it up? At 21 years old, I knew that quitting wouldn't be the worst mistake I had ever made. I decided that if I was going to stay in the game, it had to be for something more than personal glory."
Tyler stuck to these convictions, and only one year after leaving Upside, he formed Rescue Signals under the following guidelines: to be the most fan-based band on earth; to be a cure, not a cause; and to give people something to believe in.
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PR reports: Detroit based punk and thrash unit Hellmouth have announced that their debut album "Destroy Everything, Worship Nothing" will receive the vinyl treatment from Livewire Records. A CD version and download has been available of late via Ferret Music. The band will press 666 albums. That is 500 in black and 166 in Blood red, all copies will be hand numbered and include high quality gatefold sleeve and a poster insert.
Speaking on the release Alex Awn (guitarist) said, "Hellmouth was immediately drawn to Livewire Records because they've always been about custom releases and attention to detail. We went balls-to-the-wall with this release from heavy-weight vinyl to limited colors to hand-numbering all 666 copies to the poster insert and gatefold sleeve.
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CMJ reports: John Scher, Co-CEO of Metropolitan Talent, Inc. will deliver the keynote address at the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) accredited Entertainment Business Law Seminar at CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival in New York City on Friday, October 23, 2009 at New York University's Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for University Life, in the Richard L. Rosenthal Pavilion. [That's a mouthful]The keynote address is part of an all-day seminar titled The New Deal: Music and Film in a Brand New Environment and is hosted by the Entertainment Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association, in association with CMJ Network, Holland and Knight LLP and Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP.
Mr. Scher, who will speak at the MCLE luncheon, is one of the most well-known and highly respected veterans in live entertainment. He will share his thoughts on the rapid changes in the music industry while sharing experiences of a career that began at age 19 booking shows while attending college. Named Pollstar Magazine's Bill Graham/Promoter of the year in 2000, Mr. Scher was inducted into Performance Magazine's "Touring Hall of Fame" and was listed three times as the magazine's top grossing promoter in the nation.
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PR reports: Naked Raygun announce east coast dates and a 7" vinyl series this fall. They recently made their first trip into a recording studio in over a decade (this is the first new material since 1992 and first recording since 1997), tracking at Transient Sound in Chicago. The songs will be released as a series of 7" records, the first of which is available for presale at RiotFest.org � fans will receive exclusive free stuff and mp3 download card with early purchase. The band plans East Coast dates in September; will headline Riot Fest Chicago in October before getting down to work on their new album, due in 2010.
The tour hits cities Naked Raygun hasn't played in almost twenty years; joining them on the tour are Philadelphia hardcore stars Paint It Black and Chicago's own Shot Baker.
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PR reports: As well as many other secrets found in the world of rock 'n' roll, this one also was destined to be revealed. Metal Mind Productions presents the complete collection of Steeplechase's music which showcases a true legend of the 80's rock era and a band worth remembering forever�
The story of Steeplechase begun in 1975, when Kevin Brenner, an agent for the Creative Talent Associates (CTA - one of the largest club and bar scene booking agencies in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area at that time) came up with the idea of forming a band which would include the most talented local musicians around. Brenner knew exactly who he wanted to have in his project and presented his offer to three musicians � drummer Vinny Conigliaro, bassist Bob Held and guitarist Tony Summo. At first Steeplechase was meant to be merely a pop/commercial cover band, playing songs by the Beatles, Elton John and Peter Frampton. They even had two singers at that time, male and female. This formula, however, was soon abandoned, as the group was pretty much tired of the poppy repertoire and wanted to take on a more rock-oriented style. After finding a proper frontman � Eli Holland � Steeplechase finally went on to write original material, strongly influenced by Bad Company, Led Zeppelin and the guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.
This exclusive re-release brings back Steeplechase's original debut album from 1981 - "Steeplechase". New digipak edition is limited to 2000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on a golden disc. The release date is set on 7th September in Europe and 6th October in USA (via MVD).
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In a world obsessed with fly-by-night celebrities its rare to find a picture book that transcends its subject. Bill Hales book is one of those few that are more than developed film on paper, but a time machine in book form of the mightiest metal band the world has ever known- Metallica.
- Read the full Metallica: The Club Dayz 1982-1984 Photo Book by Bill Hale review
A tall guy wearing a stove pipe hat, a singer wearing jeans with the legs all shredded to pieces and an old feller with a banjo slung over his shoulder. It sounds like the beginning of one of those "three guys walk into a bar" jokes.
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