| The Chit Chat Lounge | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 3:07:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | Starring charismatic hosts and featuring comedy, circus, film, live music and a string of talented guests, The Chit Chat Lounge is two back to back chat shows free during Fringe 2007. Based on the traditional chat show format the one show is hosted by international man of mystery Vinyl Burns (Kim Potter), host of Heavenly Burlesque (best of Fringe 06), and the second by comedy duo HotNuts &Popcorn, the thin stage façade for Eric Amber and Derek Flores. HotNuts & Popcorn are world class improvisers, comedians, indulgent joie de'vivre-ists recently relocated to Wellington from Toronto, Canada. They describe their act as 1 part vaudeville, 1 part rat pack & 3 parts high octane unpredictability. Located in the (fully stocked) bar of the Paramount Theatre, Fringe artists and other interesting personalities will be invited to appear on the show each night for a short interview or showcase.... | |
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| | | City Paper Music Directory | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 3:06:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Charleston City Paper music department's 2006 Music Directory is a hefty, descriptive list of currently active musical acts with updated contact and website information. Hopefully, this serves as a useful tool for readers, writers, booking agents, club owners, radio stations, and others in and around the local music world. It certainly illustrates the diversity and richness of the Charleston band scene better than anything we could publish on a weekly basis. The acts listed on this page are among the most active in the Charleston area - in the bars and clubs, in the recording studios, and in the rehearsal spaces. We will maintain this directory with additions or changes that come our way. (Please contact us with any adjustments or changes). Ballard Lesemann (music editor) ballard@charlestoncitypaper.com A DECENT ANIMAL Richard Weld 860-6600 www.myspace.com/adecentanimal www.adecentanimal.com booking@adecentanimal.com THEY SAY: "Brooding acoustic music." WE SAY: Strumming the truth.... | |
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| | | Jet Announces Fall Tour Dates; Ten-City Trek Sees the Aussie Rock ... | | Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 1:16:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- August 21, 2006 -- Atlantic recording group Jet has announced a series of North American concert dates heralding the upcoming release of their second album, "SHINE ON." The Aussie rock sensations' much-anticipated follow-up to 2003's RIAA platinum-plus debut, "GET BORN," is set to land in stores on October 3rd. Jet will kick off the whirlwind ten-city tour at Austin, Texas' La Zona Rosa on September 20th, then travel across the continent through an October 7th show at Las Vegas' The Joint (see attached itinerary). The band made their long-awaited return to the live stage last week with a pair of very special shows in their native Australia -- their first in nearly two years. Next, Jet will rock the U.K.'s annual Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festivals on August 26th and 27th.... | |
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| | | EMI to preload music videos on Microsoft's Zune | | Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 7:04:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - EMI Group Plc, the world's third-largest music company, said on Thursday it had signed a deal to provide preloaded music videos on Microsoft Corp.'s soon-to-launch Zune digital media player. The London-based company said the deal would see artists, including American actor Jared Leto's alternative rock band 30 Seconds To Mars and English electro-pop band Hot Chip, featured on the player when it goes to market later this year. The news dispels speculation in media reports this month that Microsoft would have to delay the introduction of Zune's video capability until after its launch, which is expected to be in time for the year-end holiday season. Sources at record labels, who have seen the new player, say its wireless capability and a feature that allows some sharing of music between users are what differentiates Zune from Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod.... | |
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| | | Top acts head east | | Posted Friday, July 14, 2006 9:08:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | ALL roads will be leading to north Suffolk this weekend a country estate stages a massive music and arts festival which is set to attract thousands of people.With no Glastonbury this year, festival-goers have been left looking for an alternative - and that has come in the shape of Latitude.It is being held in Henham Park and promoters are not only plugging it as a musical alternative to Glastonbury, but as a completely different festival experience.As well as headline acts from some of the biggest names in music, the Suffolk event will also include art, comedy, cabaret, film, literature, theatre, performance art, dance, sculpture, workshops and restaurants and bars.Organised by Mean Fiddler, the company behind the Reading and Leeds festivals, Latitude has been inspired by a number of other events.Melvin Benn, head of Mean Fiddler , said he wanted to create a new kind of festival.“Diversity is the main thing here," he said.... | |
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| | | Music Genres, Where The Sales Are | | Posted Monday, July 10, 2006 3:05:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | While some of the more contemporary music genres have registered major drops in sales so far this year, the music industry is reporting major increases for Christian/Gospel, Country, Classical and Latin music. Country music sales have increased 17.7% so far in 2006 while Christian sales are up 11.6%, Classical is up 7.9% and Latin is up 7.8%. R&B recorded the biggest percentage drop according to Nielsen SoundScan. The genre is down 22.4% on the same period last year. Rap has dropped 15.8% and Alternative is down 14.9%. In sales, R&B has dropped from 69,312,000 units to 53,806,000. Alternative is down from 59,861,000 to 50,886,000 and Rap has dropped from 35,147,000 to 29,560,000. .... | |
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