Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... Season Two To Be Released On Blu-ray And DVD On June 7, 2011
28 April, 2011
Video Services Corp. (VSC) and MVD Entertainment Group (MVD) will release Elvis Costello's Sundance Channel hit, Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... Season Two on June 7th in standard DVD and Blu-ray formats. The two-disc sets feature all seven episodes of the second season of the show, plus over one ...
| Musicians Wanted! Bands Compete For $2500 Grand Prize
28 April, 2011
Historic Sunset Station is recruiting unsigned musicians for the third annual Summer Sounds at Sunset, a weekly summer music series. Five bands will compete every Saturday night in June for a spot in the finale concert on July 2nd. One hundred percent audience votes will determine the winner. The grand ...
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Pop-soul Phenom Nikki Jean Co-writes With Bob Dylan, Carole King, Carly Simon, Burt Bacharach And Others For Historic Debut
28 April, 2011
Brian Setzer dives deep into the heart of surf rock with "Go-Go Godzilla," a washy, hard-hitting jam from his "ultra cool" album 'Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL!' (Surfdog) that sees the dexterous guitarist "grooving like Dick Dale" (USA Today). While heavy toms keep a plodding beat, Setzer "shred[s] his ...
| Steve Cooke Sets The Tone For Endeavour's Last Space Flight With Dedication Of His Song 'Gravity' To Nasa Commander Mark Kelly And His Crew.
28 April, 2011
The star studded song is featuring members of Madonna, Seals and Adam Lamberts band. The commander for Endeavour's final flight, slated for this Friday, is veteran NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. Kelly is the husband of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford, who is in a Houston hospital recovering from ...
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Bruce Hornsby Set For Amazon.com 'Daily Deal' With New Album May 2nd 'Bruce Hornsby And The Noisemakers: Bride Of The Noisemakers'
27 April, 2011
Legendary Grammy winning singer-songwriter Bruce Hornsby has signed with 429 Records and is readying the release of "BRIDE OF THE NOISEMAKERS"�”A 2CD collection of 25 handpicked songs chosen from throughout his multifaceted 20 year career. "BRIDE OF THE NOISEMAKERS" was recorded live ...
| Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. Announces Record Number Of Preliminaries For The 2011 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest; President Clinton Center Joins As A Location
27 April, 2011
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) announced today that for the fifth annual Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, there will be a record-breaking 26 preliminaries held around the world throughout the spring and summer. The 26 winners will then compete in Memphis, Tenn., on August 11 and 12, ...
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UK Guitarist Festival 'Monkeyfest' Offers Guitar Tuition From Virtuoso Talent
27 April, 2011
MonkeyFest is a new UK-based music festival taking place from the 1st to the 3rd of July 2011 at Bisley Pavilion, Woking. Hosted by Rob "The Monkey Lord" Chapman - who is frequently YouTube's UK No 1 most-viewed musician, and is internationally acclaimed for his free online tuition - Rob is bringing ...
| Rvq Have A Future Change As Their Debut Single Gets Recalled!
26 April, 2011
RVQ have a future change as their debut single gets recalled and swapped from Bohemian to Her Heart And Soul. RVQ management have made the executive decision in the camp of pop rock band RVQ as they have a back flip regarding which song to release as the band's debut single half way through the making ...
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Joe Hamgeri's New Breed Of Songwriting
26 April, 2011
The term "singer/songwriter" almost seems as if it's become a pejorative term. The label gets thrown around a lot these days and seemingly applies to any musician with a voice and an instrument. Joe Hamgeri is here to change all of that. Joe's unique and refreshing approach to songwriting is the byproduct ...
| Shawn Michael Perry & Only The Brave
26 April, 2011
SHAWN MICHAEL PERRY & ONLY THE BRAVE a power pop, country, funk, rock band that performs original music and brings an exciting attitude to the stage! This band is as diverse as they come. The band is fronted by Shawn Michael Perry who shares the stage with a group of the hottest musicians. They offer ...
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Rock Out With Fools On Sunday's Album Release
26 April, 2011
If a kid can rock, like REALLY rock, is it okay to have him front a rock band? In rock band Fools On Sunday, the answer's a no-brainer. Of course you do, and when his name is Evan Seligman, you better! Fools On Sunday is all about old-school all-out classic rock (Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, ...
| Michigan's Own Pop Evil To Take Main Stage At Rockapalooza 2011, On June 25
22 April, 2011
PopEvil, the best thing to come out of Michigan since the automobile. will take the main stage at the Jackson Race Track, Jackson County Fairgrounds, Jackson, Michigan, Saturday, June 25 at Rockapalooza 2011 (#4). "Pop Evil is an exciting band to watch. Being Michigan boys, what better band to have ...
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'Rock Against Poverty' To Hold New York City Earth Day Concert
22 April, 2011
Rock against Poverty (RaP), a grassroots movement mobilizing musicians and artists worldwide to inspire urgent action on fighting poverty and climate change, officially launched on Apr. 21 at a press conference with Grammy Award Nominee R&B artist Trey Lorenz and American Idol Finalist ANWAR. Rock ...
| Garfan Rocks With New Album Release
22 April, 2011
Two words to describe the band Garfan: they rock! Garfan is a music project started in 2004 by its lead guitarist-vocalist-songwriter, Dale Hayes Sr. Born in Sioux City, Iowa and now a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, Dale's passion is to create a distinctive type of rock. When an illness began to rob ...
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Marianne Faithful To Release New Album 'Horses And High Heels' On June 28, 2011
21 April, 2011
Marianne Faithful will release her 23rd album, Horse and High Heels, in the US on June 28th via Naive Records. The collection of songs consists of four originals and eight covers ranging from Carol King's "Going Back" to Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan's "The Stations." Four of the tracks feature virtuosic ...
| Foreigner And The Grammy Foundation Launch New Music Program
21 April, 2011
Foreigner and the GRAMMY Foundation are pleased to announce a new program that will help provide funds for high school music programs across the country. As part of Foreigner's on-going commitment to music education in high school, the GRAMMY Foundation will join the band in a combined effort to fund ...
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Brian Setzer's 'powerful Showcase' 'Setzer Goes Instru-mental!' Earns Stellar Reviews
21 April, 2011
Brian Setzer's "chops sound as sharp as ever" on his latest album 'Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL!' out now on Surfdog Records. The genre-defying guitarist's first completely instrumental effort was praised by New York Post's Dan Aquilante, who wrote that it "again shows off how [Setzer's] one of the most ...
| DJ B.O Presents: Joey Ramone's B-day Dance Party
21 April, 2011
Joey Ramone, legendary lead singer of the Ramones, was born in Queens, New York on May 19, 1951. His legendary vocal stylings were instantly iconic, with a voice that represented the sincerity, posturing, longing, and frustrations of adolescence. We'll celebrate what would have been his 60th birthday ...
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Origins Rocks Earth Month: Grammy-winners Train Live In Concert Webcast
20 April, 2011
In celebration of Earth Month 2011 and its Global Earth Initiatives, Origins the skin care brand that is powered by nature and proven by science will partner with the threetime Grammy Awardwinning band Train to host its second annual Origins Rocks Earth Month concert at Webster Hall in New York City ...
| Peter Furler Releases First Solo Album 'On Fire,' June 21, 2011
20 April, 2011
With multiple GRAMMY nominations and Dove awards, "Songwriter of the Year" nods and musical talent that has driven the sales of five RIAA Certified Gold records, over seven million albums sold and 25 No. 1 songs, Peter Furler returns to music after ending his long tenure in 2009 as the lead singer of ...
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