GigMaven Launches In Los Angeles With Show At Saint Rocke
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ GigMaven Official Website) - Online booking platform, GigMaven will throw a launch event at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach, Calif. on Dec. 8, 2010. The event will feature GigMaven"s own Red Robot and 60"s surf rockers, Blonde Summer. "Blonde Summer is filling me up with ...
| 'Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session' Scheduled For November/December Airing On PBS
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo Music) - PBS has announced that the Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session program will air as a special on its stations beginning November 27 and throughout the month of December (check local listings). Grammy Award winning bluesman Robert Cray ...
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Eric Clapton Announces Additional Dates On 2011 Tour
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Eric Clapton Official Website) - Eric Clapton has announced initial dates for his 2011 tour that will encompass the West Coast of the U.S. in the Spring to be followed by shows in Ireland and the U.K. in May. Clapton's latest album was co-produced by guitarist and long-time ...
| The Jayhawks Announce January Gigs
New York, NY (Top40-Charts/ Jayhawks Official Website) - The Jayhawks have announced they will play five major cities in January, in support of their the reissue of the band's first two classic albums for American Recordings - Hollywood Town Hall (1992) andTomorrow The Green Grass (1995) - now expanded ...
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Brian Setzer Plays 'Santa Claus' On New Live Christmas CD
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Three-time GRAMMY winner Brian Setzer has the perfect holiday gift this year: "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus,"from his first live Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas album 'Christmas Comes Alive!' (Surfdog). Recorded in Knoxville during the BSO's 2009 Christmas ...
| Craig Fraser Set To Rock India
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Blue Pie) - Craig Fraser is set to rock India with the release of 3 separate singles over the coming year via W.O.A International's highly successful compilation albums. Craig's rockin tracks will be released upon albums: INDEPENDENT No.1's Vol.2, THE INDIA TOUR YEAR'S, Best ...
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Chicago Bluesman Little Smokey Smothers 1939-2010
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Alligator Records) - Chicago blues guitarist and vocalist Albert Abraham "Little Smokey" Smothers, 71, died on November 20, 2010. Smothers recorded multiple albums and accompanied other famed blues men and women on records and in live performance. He was also known as a mentor ...
| NY Times: Allman Brothers Band Gets Back The Beacon And Gets An Apology Too
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Allman Brothers Band official Website) - The marquee of the Beacon Theater in Manhattan on Monday morning. The gypsy may fly from coast to coast and concert hall to concert hall, but back home he'll always run. On Monday the Allman Brothers Band announced that it would return ...
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Help Send Irish Band 'La Unica' To Las Vegas!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Dead Butterflies Offical Website) - This band formed in Southwestern Ontario, Canada and started to write together in May of 2010. The first batch of original tracks written and created by Johnny Mc-Vocals/Guitars, structured by George Panayi-Bass Guitar and Martin Tom-Drums/Percussion ...
| Rock Hilarity To Continue As Arbor Live Picks Up 3rd Season
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ APTN) - Fans of APTN's Arbor Live will be sleeping easy for the next year, as the program as been picked up for a third season and season two will re-air starting December 7, 2010 running through to March 2011. If the second season was any indication of the program's penchant ...
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Little Steven's Underground Garage Earns Highest Arbitron Ratings Ever In 2010
New York, NY Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Little Steven's Underground Garage posted its highest Arbitron ratings ever this year, with a weekly audience of over 1.2 million listeners in the US alone. Cumulative listenership (CUME) increased over sixteen percent from 2009, while average quarter hour ...
| Clapton Crossroads Festival DVD Debuts At No 1
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rhino Records) - The Blu-Ray and DVD release of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 debuts at No 1 this week on the Billboard Top DVD Music Video Chart with combined sales of over 22,000 copies. The two-disc set features over four hours of music, interviews, and ...
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Remembering Eden - 30th Anniversary Tour Book
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Ultravox Fans Website) - ULTRAVOX fans launch 'Remembering Eden - 30th Anniversary Tour Book' a celebratory project to commemorate the return of the '80's synth pop pioneers to the live stage in 2009/10. The aim is to raise money for the Mick Karn appeal The official release ...
| 'Tis The Season For Ronnie Spector's 'Best Christmas Ever' Tour Dates, Including Dec. 17 Show At B.B. King's In NYC
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - As she has for over two decades, rock icon Ronnie Spector will once again ring in the holiday season with tour dates and other activity in December. On December 15, Ronnie will bring this beloved tradition to a nationwide audience with a special performance ...
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New Zappatika Album Underway
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ ZAPPATiKA Official Website) - Work has now begun in earnest on the second ZAPPATiKA studio album which will be titled "The epitomy of absurdity" and will feature 12 new compositions from this eclectic,modern-day Band of Gypsies.... ZAPPATiKA will perform one or two shows ...
| Vintage Guitar Mag Lists 10 Most Valuable Guitars!
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Vintage Guitar Magazine) - Vintage Guitar magazine has released a list of the 10 most valuable production-model electric and acoustic guitars. Using data accumulated in the research for The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide 2011, the list includes only guitars that were ...
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Blues Traveler's John Popper Signs With 429 Records
San Diego, CA (Top40 Charts/ 429 Records) - John Popper, the iconoclastic frontman of Blues Traveler, has signed with 429 Records where he'll debut a brand new project, JOHN POPPER AND THE DUSKRAY TROUBADOURS. The result of a month-long recording session in the mountains of New Mexico, John Popper's ...
| Minneapolis Rocker Ray Gilman Releases Heartfelt Cd In 'Let It Go'
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Ray Gilman Official Website) - Minneapolis musician Ray Gilman has released a stellar rock CD that showcases his amazing musicianship and ability to write heartfelt songs. "Let It Go" was written, produced and performed by Ray Gilman and is rooted in classic rock with a British ...
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Paul McCartney Plays The World Famous Apollo Theater For The First Time-celebrating 20 Million Sirius XM Subscribers
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ SIRIUS XM Radio) - SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that Paul McCartney will perform at Harlem's world famous Apollo Theater for the first time at an exclusive, invitation-only concert for SIRIUS XM listeners. The concert will celebrate SIRIUS XM reaching 20 ...
| U2 Faq Drops In November, Celebrates The 30th Anniversary Of Boy
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group) - Thirty years after the release of U2's landmark debut album Boy and its enduring single "I Will Follow" a new book titled U2 FAQ: Anything You?d Ever Want to Know About the Biggest Band in the World?And More is set for a November ...
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