Wikipedia: Bryan Adams

Wikipedia: Bryan Adams - career overview for singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Offers information about his music career, his work as a photographer, and trivia

Rise Against

Rise Against - official site for the hardcore punk band Rise Against. Includes news, tour dates, photos, downloads, and merchandise

15 Worst Music Releases of 2005

15 Worst Music Releases of 2005 - Pitchfork Media selects the wretched tracks that rank as the most abominable songs of 2005

Jazzanova

Jazzanova - collective of German electronic musicians, remix artists, and DJs; mixing dance, jazz, hip-hop, soul, funk, and folk in multitudinous ways

Radio Music Awards: NBC

Radio Music Awards: NBC - Radio Music Awards show site with pictures, nominees, and videos. Aired on December 19th live from Las Vegas

Jim Croce

Jim Croce - official site for the late singer-writer Jim Croce. Includes biography, pictures, memories, and information about Croce's Restaurant located in San Diego, California

Chris Brown and the Citizens' Band

Chris Brown and the Citizens' Band - poetic peacenik Chris Brown and his Citizens' Band make clever, rich, pop-folk songs with an unabashed political slant

Danny Tenaglia

Danny Tenaglia - features biography, discography, and music from the garage house DJ Danny Tenaglia

RockPoP Gallery

RockPoP Gallery - rock music fine art gallery. RockPoP Gallery offers limited edition prints, photographs, and collectibles by the Masters of Music Artwork

Musicmobs

Musicmobs - Find new music, trade your playlists and track your listening habits

GuitaroJam Guitar Resources

GuitaroJam Guitar Resources - recommended guitar and music resources from GuitaroJam. Includes links for guitar learning materials, gear, discussion forums, musician's health, artist news, and reviews

Bubar Music

Bubar Music - factory rebuilt original Hammond organs and Leslie speakers. Bubar Music also carries new and used organs from Content, Viscount, Allen, and Rodgers

Mac music record label releases new album

Mac music record label Simig Media Records has released its second and Peter Greenstone's debut album: "Something." The album spans multiple genres including alternative rock, acoustic solo guitar, and was created entirely using Apple's GarageBand software

The Smiths To Reform

Two members of the seminal Manchester pop band have announced that they will be teaming up for the first time since The Smiths split in 1987. Disappointingly, the reunion won't be involving crazy-quiffed yelping Smiths frontman Morrissey

Wikipedia: Björk

Wikipedia: Björk - career overview for singer-songwriter Bjork. Includes her work with The Sugarcubes, her personal life, and discography

Yahoo! Music: Sarah McLachlan

Yahoo! Music: Sarah McLachlan - offers music downloads, photos, album information, and music videos for singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. Videos include Building a Mystery and Fallen

Robert Pollard

Robert Pollard - official site of Robert Pollard, leader of Guided by Voices includes audio, videos, setlists, tour dates, news, and reviews

Wikipedia: Chuck Berry

Wikipedia: Chuck Berry - career overview for the classic rock and roller Chuck Berry. Includes his influence on other musicians, a list of his most famous songs, and links

Sony Music: Sly and the Family Stone

Sony Music: Sly and the Family Stone - official label site for the funk music band Sly and the Family Stone, with a discography, song samples, and wallpaper images to download

Heidi Haase

Heidi Haase - plays hammered dulcimer, an ancient trapezoid-shaped instrument that is played by striking the strings with little wooden hammers. Includes schedules, artists, and contact info

Aubrey O'Day

Aubrey O'Day - official site for Aubrey O'Day

She Wants Revenge

She Wants Revenge - droning guitars, pulsating synths, and a steady post-punk disco beat

Kenny Neal

Kenny Neal - official site for the bluesman from Louisiana, Kenny Neal. Includes tour dates, news, information about Kenny's fan club, and merchandise

ArtistServer

ArtistServer is a community for musicians and music fans to come together. Comprised completely of freely-distributable, often Creative Commons-licensed music, ArtistServer hosts hundreds of tracks in more than 100 categorized genres and sub-genres. Users can search for music by genre, artist, geographic region and can stream or download tracks easily. The site also holds enormous potential for musicians, allowing registered artists to post tracks, site or blog links and even ringtones. Although the site is a bit hard to use and seems somewhat amateurish, basic memberships (ideal for music fans) are free

Songfacts

Songfacts is a searchable database of song information compiled by radio professionals, music enthusiasts, and visitors to this web site. We hope using this site will help you better understand and enjoy the songs you listen to, and invite you to share your knowledge with us so that others may benefit. We provide the album, year the song was released, highest US and UK chart position, and "Songfacts" about each song. The "Songfacts" are interesting tidbits like what the song is about, who wrote it, and what makes it different. Songfacts is free

Wikipedia: John Barry

Wikipedia: John Barry - provides a hyperlinked profile of the composer John Barry, one of the "Big Four" of modern film composers. Includes details on his film scores, television themes, other works, and more

The Choice Music

The Choice Music - Free Downloads, DJ Mixes, Events and News. You can personalize this site to your musical taste. Free mp3 downloads, event listings and specialist music news to match your lifestyle. Contributors can upload press releases for free onto our site with images and audio. Our editors filter content to our global membership using matching technology

Pandora

Pandora - created by the Music Genome Project and offering a selection of music streams based on your favorite and previously heard songs

Rockstar Taste Of Chaos

Rockstar Taste Of Chaos - traveling music festival featuring a variety of hard rock acts. Site includes tour dates, ticket information, and forum

Deadboy and the Elephantmen

Deadboy and the Elephantmen - fan site for the band Deadboy and the Elephantmen with Dax Riggs, a former member of Acid Bath, and Tessie Brunet. Contains biography, tour dates, news, pictures, and song samples in MP3 format

Who Really Killed John Lennon?

Who Really Killed John Lennon? - Steve Lightfoot offers a selection of conspiracy theories about John Lennon's murder in December 1980

Graham Colton Band

Graham Colton Band - official site of the Graham Colton Band includes audio, photos, video, articles, and lyrics

Teddy Geiger

Teddy Geiger - official site of the singer/songwriter and finalist on VH1's series In Search of the New Partridge Family. Includes song samples, photos, journal, and screensavers

Jeff Lorber

Jeff Lorber - official site of jazz pianist Jeff Lorber. Site features news and tour information, discography, biography, and photos

Earl Klugh

Earl Klugh - official site for jazz guitarist Earl Klugh. Site features news, tour information, albums, biography, and contact information

Douban

Douban - Rate, tag, discover books, movies and music, and people

Wikipedia: Eddie Van Halen

Wikipedia: Eddie Van Halen - career overview for rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Includes details about his innovative guitar playing, the formation of Van Halen, and his personal life

Zoe Records: Kathleen Edwards

Zoe Records: Kathleen Edwards - record label site features biography, photos, audio and video clips, and tour dates

Lisa Scott-Lee

Lisa Scott-Lee - ofiicial site of the former Steps member Lisa Scott-Lee. Features audio, tour dates, videos, lyrics, and photos of the singer

Damon Dash

Damon Dash - official site of rapper and Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash. Site includes audio, video, bio, and photos

Black Rob

Black Rob - official site of the rapper Black Rob includes news, audio, videos, tour dates, and pics

Karen Clark Sheard

Karen Clark Sheard - official site for Karen Clark Sheard, formerly of the gospel group, the Clark Sisters

Wikipedia: Roy Clark

Wikipedia: Roy Clark - career overview for country performer Roy Clark. Includes information about his film roles, TV appearances, and links

Steve Anthony

Steve Anthony - official site of a country music band Steve Anthony fronted by singer-songwriter Steve Klein from Hudson Valley of New York. Contains jukebox, pictures, and members info

Wikipedia: The Zombies

Wikipedia: The Zombies - career overview for the '60s British rock band The Zombies. Includes band history and discography

Wikipedia: Marilyn Manson

Wikipedia: Marilyn Manson - career overview for shock-rocker Marilyn Manson. Includes a breakdown of his music career, details about the controversy he has caused, audio samples, and discography

Wikipedia: Tony Bennett

Wikipedia: Tony Bennett - career overview for singer Tony Bennett. Includes details about his military days, music and painting career, photos, and discography

Wolf Parade

Wolf Parade - MySpace page which acts as the unoffical home for the Canadian indie-rock band, Wolf Parade

Thane St. Andrew

Thane St. Andrew - offers biography, music, gigs schedule, photos, contact information of indie pop-soul vocalist and songwriter, Thane St Andrew, based in Toronto, Canada

Wikipedia: Brandy

Wikipedia: Brandy - career overview for R&B singer Brandy. Includes breakdown of her music and acting career, discography, and links

GeorgeJones.com

GeorgeJones.com - official site for country-western legend, George Jones. Site gives tour dates, latest appearances, news, webboard for fans, and music samples

Link Wray

Link Wray - official site of Link Wray, the late guitar innovator and inventor of the power chord and fuzz tone

Haifa Wehbe

Haifa Wehbe - official site of the controversial Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe includes photos, audio clips, downloads, and news

Sugarland

Sugarland - official site of the pop country band Sugarland. Features music samples, video, tour dates, photos, and fan club information

Brazilian singer blasts Vatican in condom dispute

Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury, who was banned from performing in a Vatican Christmas concert, said on Monday she was outraged at a Vatican claim that she had threatened to promote condom use during the show

The Independent Artist Registry

The Independent Artist Registry is a talent scouting service for over 100 of the nation's top record labels. Its goal is to find and promote the US's top independent artists to a quarter million music industry professionals, including those A&R reps. The IAR evaluates artists in four categories and only selects the best artists for induction into the Registry

BETA Records, LLC

BETA Records, LLC - a fast growing Internet music company, maintains the goal of finding, developing, showcasing, and launching unsigned artists to the Music Industry. BETA Records, LLC uses the latest in music streaming technology to showcase and distribute its website content to visitors with traditional and broadband connections. To supplement Internet exposure, BETA Records, LLC will use traditional marketing tools to recruit and expose artists to major record labels

Music group considers share issue

UK music management business and record label Sanctuary has said it is considering a new share issue as a means of cutting its debts. The firm - whose stable of artists include Sir Elton John, Beyonce and Morrissey - said it recognised its level of debt was "too high"

Indies tune in to podcasts

Britain's independent music companies have taken a significant step towards making music available on "podcasts", the fast-growing internet broadcasting phenomenon.
Podcasting allows listeners to subscribe to radio shows, which are automatically downloaded to their computers or digital-music players such as the iPod. These podcasts can then be listened to at any time

BET Jazz

BET Jazz - official site for BET Jazz programming and shows. Includes recent news for jazz shows and events, polls, and articles featuring jazz artists and music

Wikipedia: Gackt

Wikipedia: Gackt - career overview for Japanese pop star Gackt. Includes a look at his days with the band Malice Mizer, his solo work, and a discography

Gackt

Gackt - official site for Japanese vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Gackt. Instruments he plays include the trumpet, tuba, trombone, piano, guitar, drums, and bass. Web site offers news, tour dates, audio clips, and merchandise

Greg Kihn

Greg Kihn - official site of Greg Kihn, leader of popular rock groups of the '70s and '80s and radio DJ

Wikipedia: Jermaine Dupri

Wikipedia: Jermaine Dupri - offers a hyperlinked article about record producer Jermaine Dupri

Ramy Ayach

Ramy Ayach - official site of Lebanese pop star Ramy Ayach. Features a biography, videos, discography, photos, and fan book

Tierney Sutton

Tierney Sutton - official site for jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton. Includes news, reviews, schedule, photos, and more

Wikipedia: Rick Rubin

Wikipedia: Rick Rubin - Features a hyperlinked article about record producer Rick Rubin

Wikipedia: Bootleg Recording

Wikipedia: Bootleg Recording - offering up information on what bootleg recordings are, sources of material, official bootlegs definition, and bootlegging versus piracy issues

Wikipedia: Pete Best

Wikipedia: Pete Best - career overview of The Beatles first drummer Pete Best. Includes his role in The Beatles, his career after the group, and links

Wikipedia: Charlotte Church

Wikipedia: Charlotte Church - career overview for Welch soprano Charlotte Church. Includes musical background, discography, filmography, and photos

Lazarazu

Lazarazu - official site of the electronic outfit Lazarazu. Plays a lush mix of loops and beats, texured guitar, driving bass, and melodic female vocals

Pura Vida

Pura Vida - New York-based, Costa Rican-born Reggaeton rappers singing lyrics in Spanish and English. Features biography, pictures, and online audio samples

Rock Hall of Fame Announces Inductees

Black Sabbath, Miles Davis and the Sex Pistols are among five musical legends to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation will hold its induction ceremony March 13 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, the organization announced Monday. Also to be inducted into the class of 2006: 1980s New Wave band Blondie and Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, who founded A&M records in 1962, will receive a lifetime achievement award in the non-performer category. Inductees into the side-men category will be announced at a later date. Musicians, industry professionals and journalists vote on the nominations. Artists are eligible to be inducted into the Rock Hall after at least 25 years have passed since their first record was released

Debate Rages Over Copyright Limits

On November 21, the American digital copyright protection group Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF) made accusations against the record label Sony BMG. EFF claimed that the record label secretly distributed anti-reproduction software on the computers of consumers that corrupts various practical applications

DowntotheBone.com

DowntotheBone.com - official site of Down to the Bone, the jazz funk soul band dedicated to bringing the groove to audiences through music. Includes schedule of upcoming shows, latest news, music, merchandise, and mailing list information

Creedence Clearwater Revisited

Creedence Clearwater Revisited - official site of the tribute band Creedence Clearwater Revisited, includes biography, concert dates, photos, music samples

PremiumBeat.com

PremiumBeat.com - royalty-free music created exclusively by a team of professional musicians and composers. Instantly downloadable music in a wide range of categories

V2 sold to Sheridan Square Entertainment

Richard Branson, the U.K. airline and media billionaire, sold the North American operations of his record label V2 to New York-based Sheridan Square Entertainment. The companies did not disclose details, but a source said the price was between $10 million and $15 million. V2 is home to such hit acts as The White Stripes and Moby

Chris Whitley dies

Chris Whitley, a chameleon singer-songwriter who oscillated between roots rock 'n' roll, blues and alt-rock, has died. He was 45. Mr. Whitley died Sunday of lung cancer in Houston, according to his record label, Messenger Records

Warner fined $5M in payola scheme

Warner Music Group, the record label of such stars as Madonna and Green Day, agreed to pay $5 million to settle a payola investigation by the New York attorney general's office, acknowledging that some employees had engaged in radio promotions that were "wrong and improper."

Barenaked Ladies distributing new release via USB flash drive

Rather than distribute via CD, DVD or download, the Barenaked Ladies are making their newest selection of songs, videos and exclusive material available on a USB flash drive
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2005 Billboard Music Awards

2005 Billboard Music Awards - performers and winners of the 2005 Billboard Music Awards

Lesley Gore

Lesley Gore - official site of legendary '60s singer Lesley Gore. Includes audio, photos, and merchandise

Steve Minotti

Steve Minotti - features information about singer-songwriter Steve Minotti's biography, lyrics, pictures, and solo debut CD, The Gallery

Matt Goss

Matt Goss - official site of Matt Goss, U.K. solo artist and former member of of the group Bros

Sony BMG XCP Exchange Program

Sony BMG XCP Exchange Program - allows users to exchange SONY BMG compact discs containing XCP content protection software for replacement versions of the same discs without the XCP software

Golden Earring

Golden Earring - official site of rock band Golden Earring, known for their hit Radar Love. Includes bio, tour dates, live photos, and fan club

Ron Sunshine

Ron Sunshine - official site of NYC jazz, blues, and funky R&B singer Ron Sunshine

"Unisong" International Song Contest

Unisong, in conjunction with Music Bridges and Songsalive!, have announced the new and Improved "Unisong" International Song Contest, launching for 2005! Since 1997 Unisong has been the only truly international contest created for songwriters by songwriters. Unisong has had past winners and entrants from over 90 Countries worldwide and counting

The Rocktologists

The Rocktologists - putting the class back into classic-rock radio. Broadcasts weekly on WKRB 90.9 FM in Brooklyn, New York

Go West

Go West - official site of Go West includes merchandise, photos, tour dates, news, and downloads

UngerRose.com

UngerRose.com - group in Atlanta playing a combination of raw dance beats, heavy electronic synths, and pop. Site offers bio of UngerRose, music samples, as well as contact details

Powerstar

Powerstar - official site for electronic dance music DJ and producer, Powerstar. Includes bio, picture gallery, events, sample music, and downloads

Band Weblogs

Created in January 2005 by Jenny May, the singer and co-songwriter for the Oxford, England based band The Babylon Cowboys, Band Weblogs is a directory of band blogs, music blogs and creative music writers blogs. The directory of blog links gives musicians and creative music writers an opportunity to share opinions, views, daily lives, reviews (and anything else they may write in their blogs) and most importantly, their music, with the world of blog readers! There are also links to bands mp3s. The music and band blogs are added randomly (somewhat) which allows each blog it's own unique presence. Band Weblogs is constantly growing and now we've been adding podcasts, band press, live news headlines, a travel page and now the new Band Weblogs Community where Guest Music Bloggers can submit their music news, stories, press etc.

Shooting at Unarmed Men

Shooting at Unarmed Men - featuring ex-McLusky bassist Jon Chapple

Futon

Futon - Bangkok-based band that defy convention and confront the South East Asian pop stereotype with reckless abandon

The Ettes

The Ettes - high-energy grrrl indie rock'n'roll out of Los Angeles

Sony recalls risky 'rootkit' CDs

Record label Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Tuesday that it will recall millions of CDs that, if played in a consumer's PC disc drive, will expose the computer to serious security risks. Anyone who has purchased one of the CDs, which include southern rockers Van Zant, Neil Diamond's latest album, and more than 18 others, can exchange the purchase, Sony said. The company added that it would release details of its CD exchange program "shortly."

Naxos Pulls Historical Recordings From Stores After Copyright Ruling

The independent record label Naxos has asked stores to remove some of its historical recordings from their shelves and return them, a spokesman for the label confirmed today. The recall is part of a settlement with Capitol Records stemming from a copyright-infringement case that Capitol won earlier this year. The case revolved around Naxos's reissues of recordings released by the British label Gramophone in the 1930s featuring Yehudi Menuhin, Pablo Casals, and others. Gramophone is now part of EMI/Capitol

Vodafone Completes Record Label Arsenal

Vodafone NZ is now the only digital music provider in New Zealand to offer the four major record labels after the signing of a global deal with Universal Music that brings full music tracks from artists like U2, 50 Cent, Eminem and Black Eyed Peas to Vodafone mobiles