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Wanted Humanitarian Efforts Bring Positive Light Through New Reggae Release Black Wolf Records' recording artist Wanted has established a new voice in the reggae music scene with tracks produced out of the legendary Marley family owned Tuff Gong studios, with proceeds going to hungry children in the town of Jacmel, Haiti. - 2008-07-15

GAS 0095: What Does a $460 Album Sound Like…? On 14th July, experimental label Microscopics officially re-releases the seminal, ambient electronic album, 'Gas 0095', digitally re-mastered with the original, collectable artwork. With copies of the original 'Gas 0095' release currently selling for up to $460 on eBay, the time is right to revisit and appreciate an album widely acknowledged as a masterpiece. - 2008-07-10

2 Attachment Bret Michaels Adds Texas Bike Rally to 2008 Rock of Love Tour: Tickets on Sale Now for Gonzales Thunder Rally Rock Festival and Bike Rally, Oct. 10-12, in Gonzales, Texas General admission and VIP tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster for this year’s inaugural Gonzales Thunder Rally, a three-day rock festival and bike rally Oct. 10-12 at JB Wells Park in historic Gonzales, south of Austin, east of San Antonio, featuring special guest Bret Michaels of Poison and VH-1 “Rock of Love” fame. - 2008-07-02

World's First Free, Legal Music Tablature Network Launches at MXTabs.net : Taylor Guitars Given Away Throughout Launch Period The musicians’ fight for free, legal tablature (a form of text-based music notation) has finally paid off. Today MXTabs.net officially launched as the world’s first free, legal tablature network, providing guitarists, bassists and drummers with an online community in which to freely create tablature and share their knowledge of how to play tens of thousands of songs. - 2008-07-01

Warrior Records Announces Crash Kelly -- Hard Glam Rock with Renown Classical Guitarist Sean Kelly -- Ready to Rock the USA Sean Kelly grew up in North Bay Ontario, studying the classical guitar but also digging the sounds emanating from his 12-watt stereo system; Kiss, Van Halen, and Guns N' Roses - 2008-06-30

Apogee Celebrates American Artistic Excellence with a Month of Events, Concerts and Awards in New Orleans The Apogee Foundation has launched its international programs to discover, develop and celebrate artistic excellence in America with a month of educational events, awards and concerts in New Orleans. - 2008-06-25

Creedence Legend John Fogerty Returns To Royal Albert Hall John Fogerty, of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame, to play for the first time in 38 years at London's Royal Albert Hall on June 24, 2008. The concert will be filmed and recorded for a live DVD and CD, set for release Christmas 2008. - 2008-06-24

2008 Emmy Award-Winning Mixer Creates New Business Model for Breaking New Artists Charlie "C.J." Jones Leads CBS' Guiding Light Audio Team to 2008 Emmy Win. - 2008-06-24

SBMP Launches Australian Radio Promotions for U.S. Artists South Beach Marketing & Promotion, Inc. (SBMP) has expanded its radio promotion services to include radio campaigns for U.S. artists in Australia. - 2008-06-19

Masters of Modern Psychedelia, The Boxing Lesson Announce the "Dark Side of The Moog" Tour The Austin, TX proud atmospheric indie-rock band The Boxing Lesson tours in support of their new full length LP "Wild Streaks and Windy Days. The up-and-coming trio is riding the wave of a psychedelic resurgence into a DIY success garnering international press and sales. The currently unsigned band heads out to the West Coast to be followed up with a few appearances on the festival circuit this summer. - 2008-06-19

New 2-CD Set by Jeffrey Fisher presents The Bhagavad Gita Suite and The River; the Composer and Artist Revives Ancient Sanskrit Tale and Explores War/Spirituality with dynamic Ocean of Consciousness. Eclectic musician Jeffrey Fisher announces the release of his ambitious new 2-CD set that explores the subjects of war and spirituality in relation to the ancient Sanskrit text of 'The Bhagavad Gita'. This important text is among the most widely read in the world, and Fisher translates it both literally and personally with 'Ocean of Consciousness' two discs, 'The Bhagavad Gita Suite' and 'The River'. The fine art for the CD cover is provided by renowned Taos, NM-based artist and painter Charles Collins of the Charles Collins Gallery. Fisher will support this instrumental new age and world music CD with a Western regional concert, lecture and media tour in June/July 2008. 10% of CD profits earmarked for charities that protect sacred sites and benefit the arts. Early CD reviews are very positive. - 2008-06-17

Money Where Your Mouth is: Voices with No Voice - The World of the Voice Over Artist Explored in the Corporate World of Branding Professor Andrew Linn of Sheffield University released the mathematical formula for the perfect voice: a female talking 164 words per minute with a 0.48 second pause between sentences that fall rather than rise in intonation holds the most appeal to the panellists who were part of the research. Falling into this category is voice-over artist Natascha Slasten. - 2008-06-17

Release of Tim Hockenberry's Back In Your Arms is Celebrated with a Live Video Shoot and Appearance at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, San Francisco June 16th Tim Hockenberry's stunning solo debut recording, Back In Your Arms (About Records/Artist Garage/Fontana/UMD), was released on June 3, 2008. On Monday, June 16th the music will be the focus of a live video shoot for digital streaming at San Francisco's Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko. - 2008-06-16

Digital Media Wire Announces Speakers and Agenda for Digital Media Conference at the Ritz Carlton in Tyson's Corner, Virginia on June 26 Fox Interactive Media SVP & GM Ron Berryman and AOL EVP Lynda Clarizio among Speakers at Annual Industry Summit - 2008-06-11

Angel Boi has Made History as the First Artist to Sing About Toe Sucking and Put It Out to the Forefront Angel Boi, as a whole, has changed the face of music. His music will reach multi-cultural fans all over the universe. Angel Boi has many new projects in the works for his fans to enjoy. - 2008-06-11

Crash Kelly Has One More Heart Attack Toronto-based guitar slinger Sean Kelly will mark the U.S. release of his much anticipated third CD entitled, "One More Heart Attack," on July 29, 2008. - 2008-06-11

Mission House Music-iWitness Records Set to Ship Amy Douglas' "Hero at Home" to Radio CCM newcomer Amy Douglas gets set to come into the hearts and minds of Americans with her soon to be Hit debut single "Hero at Home." - 2008-06-03

1 Attachment EMI Music and SpiralFrog™ Announce North American Deal : - Legal, Ad-Supported Music Download Service Significantly Expands Library by Adding Content of the World's Leading Music Labels - SpiralFrog, Inc. (www.spiralfrog.com), the free, ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced a digital distribution agreement with EMI Music, one of the world’s leading independent music companies. With the agreement, EMI’s expansive catalog of digital music and music videos will become available to consumers for legal downloading in North America via SpiralFrog. - 2008-06-03

Easy Mo Bee Grammy Winner/Platinum Producer of Platinum Ice Records Controls Film Soundtrack About Hip Hop History Legendary/Grammy producer Easy Mo Bee to oversee National Radio Single "Bad Chick Whippin" by The Bossfather and development of entire Platinum Ice roster. - 2008-06-01

Trackbacks Available ASHANTI's New Album 'THE DECLARATION' Arrives in Stores : June 3rd Release of Ashanti's The Inc./Universal Motown Album Is Also Launch Date of New 'I Declare Me…' Virtual Community The fourth studio album by The Inc./Universal Motown superstar singer-songwriter ASHANTI, titled THE DECLARATION, reaches retail stores and digital online sellers on June 3rd, 2008. Album producers and collaborators include such genre-defining talents as Robin Thicke, Jermaine Dupri, Babyface, L.T. Hutton, and Pharrell Williams. - 2008-05-30

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