Overrated Underrated

Overrated Underrated - Social movie and music review site

Juanes launching label with Universal Music

Colombian rock star Juanes is launching a new record label in partnership with Universal Music. 4Js is a joint venture between Juanes and Universal Music Mexico. The label will be distributed worldwide by Universal Music. 4Js has four Colombian acts signed to its roster and plans to officially launch in the first quarter with a release by iconic folk singer/songwriter Octavio Mesa. Like Surco, the joint venture between Universal and producers Gustavo Santaolalla and Anibal Kerpel (to which Juanes is signed), 4Js will not be a stand-alone label but more of an A&R and production entity. Headed by Juanes, the label will focus on pinpointing talent from Colombia and the world

Ropeadope set to launch digital exclusive label in 2007

Ropeadope, the trend-setting independent record label, clothing company, Internet destination and all around lifestyle-defining endeavor, will launch a digital download exclusive label imprint, Ropeadope Digital, in February 2007. It will make its debut with releases from seven artists, including Aunt Jessica, DJ Klock, Electric City, The Frequency, Skip Heller, Larval and Reminder, offering full length albums exclusively via download at Ropeadope.com and all other major digital music retailers

Haystack

Haystack - Music social network developed to help people find music based on trusted opinions. Now in beta, launch version coming in late January

U.K. pop charts set for radical overhaul

The British pop chart will undergo one of the biggest shake-ups since its inception 54 years ago on Sunday when any song downloaded from the Internet will be able to compete for the number one single spot. Up to now, only songs which were physically available for purchase in shops counted toward the weekly chart. Downloads could be included, but only a week before an actual CD single went on sale and for two weeks after it stopped appearing in stores

Mogopop

Mogopop - Free, web-based service where members and visitors can create, publish, and download multimedia content for iPod

Label supports record shop campaign

The oldest record label in the world is backing a campaign to save the world's oldest record shop from closure. Spillers Records, in Cardiff, which sold the first wax phonograph cylinders when it was founded in 1894, has already attracted support from rock bands including the Manic Street Preachers. The band's frontman James Dean Bradfield still shops at the store, and he and bass player Nicky Wire used to busk outside before they became famous. Now the band's record label, Columbia Records, has added its weight to the campaign

Jamglue

Jamglue - An online community for creating and sharing original music and audio. Upload as much music as you want, create mixes, and share your creations

Lala

Lala - Trade CDs for $1, listen to music, participate in forums

Abrazos: 2006

Second 100% not-for-profit compilation CD benefiting The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation featuring Sleeping At Last, The Gufs (with Rob Thomas on additional vocals), Howard Jones plus 16 other great artists
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Mozart piano score discovered in Salzburg

A hitherto unknown piano score extremely likely to be by the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been discovered in the composer's birthplace Salzburg, Austrian broadcaster ORF said. The score's facsimile will be officially presented and played by clavichordist Florian Birsak on Friday, it said

Art Pepper: Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol. 1

Spectacularly emotional, soulful, tender, and swinging. Legendary Alto Saxophonist Art Pepper's concert in Abashiri Japan in bright snowy November, 1981 with George Cables, David Williams, Carl Burnett. Many never before released tracks
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Geoff Lapp Trio

Geoff Lapp Trio - Features discography, biography, news, and contact information of the Montreal based band. Also includes music downloads

Jason Greenberg

Jason Greenberg - Includes a filmography and biography for the composer for film and musicals

The Music Sack

The MusicSack is a database with 15 million rows of factual data about one million people who have been involved in music. The MusicSack stores the location of 1.8 million sources of information about these one million people and the activities they have been involved in, and much more. The MusicSack is an index to almost every music biographical dictionary published since 1595!
The MusicSack has information on:

8,963 bands and the 26,958 people who have played in them
880 churches and the 7,900 musicians who made music in them
11,793 concerts given by 1,956 pianists
151,482 musical perforamances at 134 theatres

The MusicSack includes 111 complete bibliographies that have been converted into electronic format

iJamr

iJamr - A music social network and also a network of other participating website owners. Provides musicians, comedians and digital publishers with a viral media engine to help them propagate their works, get maximum exposure at no cost to them and make money

Soul star James Brown dies at 73

Singer James Brown, known as the "Godfather of Soul", has died at the age of 73, his agent has said. He was admitted to hospital in Atlanta after being diagnosed with severe pneumonia but died at 0145 local time (0645 GMT), said Frank Copsidas. The star was famous for hits including I Got You (I Feel Good), Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and Living in America

Bluegrass Works

Bluegrass Works - Read about bluegrass bands or search for upcoming music festivals and concerts. Also find other bluegrass news and information

RUSH'd

RUSH'd - Information on the Connecticut based Rush tribute band. Includes band information, forum, and contact

Anandadhara

Anandadhara - Online resource for subscribers interested in learning Rabindra Sangeet, the Bengali music genre created by Rabindranath Tagore

Michelle Carr: Change

With a confidence that never becomes sass, a strength that never becomes haughtiness, Michelle Carr is a gracious singer whose rapport with the audience gives an air of familiarity and relaxation to her performances. She's clear as a bell, hitting every note with a voice that sparkles. Her warmth and pleasure in being able to share her songs emanates from her radiant smile - singing is what she was meant to do
Technorati Tag: Music

Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert

Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert - Personal page features profile of the Jazz guitarist. Also provides music sample clips, performance, and workshop details

Shaking Tree

Shaking Tree - Band that combines rock, pop, and, country music styles. Includes audio clips, images, band information, forum, and concert schedule

Cecilia Arditto

Cecilia Arditto - Personal page features music composers profile, musical works, and projects. Also provides listening to her music facility

Arnau Bataller

Arnau Bataller - Official web site of composer Arnau Bataller. Includes biography, news, MP3 sound files, and lists his work in various mediums like films and TV

Eighth Annual Native American Music Awards

Eighth Annual Native American Music Awards - December 28 2006. Each year the annual Awards show program features over one dozen mesmerizing and dynamic performances by some of today’s leading Native American artists along with awards presentations in over 30 categories including; Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame. The Awards show is an extraordinary and unprecedented celebration of today’s best contemporary and traditional musical performances and recordings by Native American artists. The Awards program is an innovative, visually advanced production using prerecorded music of the nominees, voice over, live presentations and performances, and IMAG and large screen imaging. This critically acclaimed Music Awards show and its high production values have been featured in Billboard Magazine, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, NY Times, Boston Globe, and CNN

Kirk Joseph

Kirk Joseph - a New Orleans musician who has expanded the usual repertoire of the sousaphone beyond marching bands

Paris - Paris Hilton's Official Album Site

Paris - Paris Hilton's Official Album Site - Official site of Paris Hilton's debut album PARIS, with details about the CD and audio samples

Denis Payton of UK band The Dave Clark Five dies

Denis Payton, from rock group The Dave Clark Five which toured the United States in the 1960s and spearheaded the "great British invasion" alongside the Beatles, has died after a long illness aged 63. Friends and relatives said in a statement that Payton, who played the saxophone, guitar and harmonica and sang backing vocals, died on Sunday. "He had an amazing philosophy on life and will be greatly missed by me and all who knew him," said Dave Clark, one of the group's founding members. "Denis was extremely brave and not afraid of death."

2532|Gigs

2532|Gigs is a php/SQL gig lister designed for bands and music sites alike. The web based Control Panel allows admins to add, edit, and delete shows and artists. The script also supports multiple users. Our web-based installer walks you step by step through the installation. No need to edit any files. The lister includes an RSS Feed for upcoming shows, archives of past shows (that can be hidden), mini-calendar with upcoming shows inserted, the ability to search past and future shows, and a unique flyer generator

DJ Twist & Burn

DJ Twist & Burn is a complete music mixing and burning software that enables you to create seamless Audio CDs/DVDs with automatic beat synched fading, beatmatching, BPM adjustments and much more. For Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

The Chapin Family: Harry Chapin: A Celebration In Song (Volume I)

"Harry Chapin was one of our most passionate, political, prolific and inspiring songwriters. Twenty-five years after his death, his family thought it might be fun to get together, sing some songs, and show you that the legend is a family thing"
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Warrior Poetes: Anticipating Arrival

Out of the box pop rock, three sisters, kick you in the face harmonies, life changing lyrics, raising the bar. Keys. Guitar. Violin. Percussion. And then some
Technorati Tag: Music

Play On Lyrics

Play On Lyrics - Search thousands of song lyrics from all genres at Play On Lyrics. Create and contribute your own parodies and misheard lyrics

Tevet Sela

Tevet Sela - Official page of jazz saxophonist, featuring photo, audio and video gallaries

The Lenny Kravitz Website

The Lenny Kravitz Website - Features Kravitz Lenny's biography, songs, gallery, videos, and forum

Out And Badd Radio

Out And Badd Radio - Music from the Carribean, includes news, forums, chatrooms, and downloads

Elina Christova

Elina Christova - Official site of the Bulgaria-born pianist, features biography, sound clips, and instructions

Kevin Carroll

Kevin Carroll - Official site of Kevin Carroll, features biography, video clips, concert dates, and contact details

Concert For Diana

Concert For Diana - Prince William and Prince Harry will mark the 10th anniversary of their mother's death with an event to celebrate her life. Proceeds will go to charities supported by the late Princess. Concert will feature Elton John, Duran Duran, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joss Stone, Brian Ferry, Pharrell Williams, English National Ballet, and more...

EKSOmusic

EKSOmusic - Provides online music forums, chat, blogs, photos, and links to other music websites

The Slackers

The Slackers - New York City ska revival band

Auto DJ

Auto DJ - provide your clients with a professional control panel for their shoutcast account. This control panel also allows you the admin to allow auto DJ capabilities and the upcoming nsv video streaming integration soon (online TV channel). This control panel will cater for all your online streaming needs and with updates regally coming out with fixes and upgrades the control panel is ever growing

Tzome

Tzome - an elite music community designed to give artists a platform to display their talent and musical endeavors. The ideology is to create a music warehouse (Garden) of artists, and of course consumers in search of cutting edge talent

56 songs queue for 2006 Oscar

Fifty-six songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are being considered in the Original Song category for the 79th Academy Awards®, it has been announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

composersnewpencil.com

composersnewpencil.com - Offers information on software, books, scores, schools and music tools. Includes forum and blog with articles, interviews, tips and reviews for composers of music

Vitas

Vitas - Russian pop-star Vitas who produces music in a wide range of genres -- from techno music to classical opera. Site includes recent news, appearances, photos, and a discography

Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx - Official site of duo Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton, better known as Basement Jaxx, South London-based purveyors of progressive house anthems

In a Turnabout, Record Industry Releases MP3s

The music industry has long resisted selling music in the MP3 format, which lacks the copy protections that prevent songs from being duplicated endlessly. But now, Blue Note Records and its marquee artist, jazz-pop singer Norah Jones, are selling her latest single through Yahoo Inc. as an MP3 - despite the risk that it may add to piracy problems. WSJ

RateThisTune.com

RateThisTune.com - Allows users to upload their own music for everyone to listen to, rate, and discuss in order to help their band get noticed

49th GRAMMY Nominees Announced

Nominations for the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced today by The Recording Academy, reflecting a year in which multiple genres were represented in top categories, new up-and-comers were nominated alongside established artists and a diverse array of producers and other creative professionals garnered multiple nominations. The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," February 11, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT)

Copyright pirates face crackdown

Copyright criminals must face far tougher regulation to protect the entertainment industry, a report says. The Gowers Report was commissioned by the government to look at modernising UK copyright laws for the digital age. While it proposes new powers against copyright infringement, it also says private users should be allowed to copy music from a CD to their MP3 player. It also recommends the 50-year copyright protection for recorded music should not be extended

CSO returns to radio, gets own record label

After more than five years, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will return to the national radio airwaves early next year as part of a comprehensive new media agreement that includes the launch of a new in-house recording label for compact discs and digital downloads, it was announced Thursday. The agreement by the CSO Association, the Chicago Federation of Musicians and the WFMT Radio Network is made possible by a three-year, $3.4 million gift from the petroleum company BP. Local and national broadcasts of in-concert performances by the CSO will resume in March as part of a 52-week series called the BP Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts, produced by WFMT-FM 98.7 and syndicated by the WFMT network

The Rapture Announce Record Label

Like many before them, the Rapture have formed their own record label, the tuff-named (perhaps after Akira Kurosawa's Macbeth-based film) Throne of Blood Records. Its initial purpose is to house the slew of vinyl singles and remixes culled from their latest album, Pieces of the People We Love, as well as the vinyl version of Pieces

LyricWiki

LyricWiki is a free site which is a source where anyone can go to get reliable lyrics for any song from any artist without being hammered by invasive ads

BandChemistry

BandChemistry - A musician's network, where you can make your band and find your sound

CollegeMusicRadio.com

CollegeMusicRadio.com - Offers downloads of submitted files by upcoming music artists. Includes charts, information on artists and videos

Musiclocated

Musiclocated - A project that uses Google Maps and Ajax to let musicians or bands from all over the world locate themselves on a map, so that they can be found geographically and connect

Virtual Ticket

Virtual Ticket - A content rich media player that encourages members of the fan sites to spread clips to non-members. Funded through concert ticket sales, entitling every fan free access to the exclusive content that is produced - and the ability to follow the tour before and after it plays each market

The Beatles: Love

The Beatles: Love - Official site of the Love CD based on the Cirque du Soleil show celebrating the musical legacy of The Beatles. Videos, music clips, and purchase details

The Old-Fashioned Way

The Old-Fashioned Way - Official website of the 7-piece art-pop band from San Francisco

2006 Billboard Music Awards

2006 Billboard Music Awards - Contenders, performers, and presenters for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards

Army of Anyone

Army of Anyone - Official site for the rock band Army of Anyone, featuring vocalist Richard Patrick of Filter and Dean and Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots. Site features news, audio clips, downloads, and merchandise

Tamia

Tamia - Official site for R&B singer Tamia, with news, audio clips, scrapbook, downloads, message board, and more

FleetwoodMaxx: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac

FleetwoodMaxx is based in Los Angeles Calif and is the longest running Fleetwood Mac Tribute in the United States today. Spending decades perfecting their craft,FleetwoodMaxx pays homage to Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. The players perform with abandon while weaving a tightly knit fabric of vocal harmony,intense guitar ensembles and driving rythyms
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Linked Musicians

Linked Musicians - Live music web community and directory in multiple languages. Linked Musicians is a community of musicians, bands, and those offering live music products or services

Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration

This is a simple yet elegant CD by five of the world's best singers. Each song has a touch of the Irish flavor. These are inspirational, beautiful, fun and unique rendentions of some our best loved standard Christmas songs and the Celtic Christmas song

Stones roll by U2 for top-grossing tour ever

Though they'll surely live to fight another day, U2's brief stint holding the title of top-grossing tour ever is over. That distinction returns to the Rolling Stones, whose A Bigger Bang tour is now the top-grossing tour in history. From March 28, 2005, to March 2, 2006, U2's Vertigo tour rang up grosses of more than $333 million. That put U2 ahead of the Stones' $320 million Voodoo Lounge tour of 1994-95, and the band's 10 stadium makeup shows this month will take the total to 121 shows and a gross of about $377 million

ra mcguire dot com

ra mcguire dot com - Trooper singer Ra McGuire offers up insights into the music business, as well as into his personal experiences

Renowned jazz singer Anita O'Day dies

Anita O'Day, whose sassy renditions of "Honeysuckle Rose," "Sweet Georgia Brown" and other song standards that made her one of the most respected jazz vocalists of the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 87

Kristin Korb: Why Can't You Behave

"Why Can't You Behave" is the theme of Kristin Korb's new project. It examines all the facets of acting, functioning, and reacting to life outside the parameters of mindless conformity
Technorati Tag: Music

Soul Sides

Soul Sides - Audioblog for rhythm addicts of all kinds. From music critic and writer Oliver Wang

Musicovery

Musicovery - Music recommendation service which allows listeners to choose by genre, era, popularity, and mood, and creates a playlist based on their choices

Library of Congress: Ragtime

Library of Congress: Ragtime - Explore, hear, and learn about the uniquely American syncopated musical phenomenon, Ragtime. Includes audio files, essays, artist biographies, and interviews

Thomas Dolby: The Sole Inhabitant CD

Warm, soaring electronica, with bold textures and thoughtful lyrics, from an authentic original who has influenced a whole generation of musicians
Technorati Tag: Music

Chris Daughtry

Daughtry - Official site for Chris Daughtry. News, song previews, photos, tours and appearances, and biography

Philip Sayce

Philip Sayce - Official site for blues guitarist Philip Sayce. Streaming music, appearances, gallery, and biography

Universal Music sues MySpace.com

Universal Music Group on Friday sued MySpace.com, claiming the online social-networking hub illegally encourages its users to share music and music videos on the site without permission. The recording company is seeking unspecified damages, including up to $150,000 for each unauthorized music video or song posted on the Web site

Pure Prairie League: All In Good Time

For a group of musicians to form a band in 1969, write their own songs, develop a distinctive sound, and emerge with two of the most highly-acclaimed records in music to date, Pure Prairie League has brought it all back home with the release of their new CD, appropriately titled "All In Good Time."
Technorati Tag: Music

Sugababes (U.S.)

Sugababes (U.S.) - Official American site for the pop group Sugababes. Features multimedia, tour dates, journal entries, bio, and more

Ace of Base

Ace of Base - Official site for the Swedish pop group Ace of Base, with news, lyrics, audio/video clips, tour calendar, photos, fan forum, and more

Sarah Bassingthwaighte: Flute Meets Machine

Modern classical experiments with the flute
Technorati Tag: Music

Stephen Sondheim: A 75th Birthday Salute

A live concert celebration of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway music
Technorati Tag: Music

Myleene Klass

Myleene Klass - Official site for pop singer Myleene Klass, with news, audio/video clips, photo gallery, diary, and more

Rykarda Parasol

Rykarda Parasol - San Francisco-based Rykarda Parasol plays rock noir that evokes moody atmospheres and gin-drenched romanticism

Gossified

Gossified - Official, collaborative blog from MuchMusic

Haystack.com

Haystack.com - community for musicians, music seekers, and recommenders to share, play, and review music. Play directly from a search result, get notifications of new uploads, and share reviews and experiences

Cat Stevens releases first album since embracing Islam in 1970s

Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens before he became a Muslim in the 1970s, has released his first commercial album for nearly three decades - but reviewers seemed unimpressed. "An Other Cup" went on sale in along with a single, "Heaven/Where True Love Goes", while the album was to be released in the United States on Tuesday

Sir Elton: Ban organised religion

Sir Elton John has said he would like to see all organised religion banned and accused it of trying to "turn hatred towards gay people". Organised religion lacked compassion and turned people into "hateful lemmings", he told the Observer

HotListMaker

HotListMaker - Create your own lists to display on your blog or social site

Bang Music Festival

Bang Music Festival - Full concert performances by popular music artists at Miami's Bicentennial Park in November

Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley - Official site for KISS singer and guitarist Paul Stanley, with news, solo tour dates, photos, fan letters, and Paul's paintings

The Long Blondes

The Long Blondes - Sheffield, England, five-piece playing indie-pop merged with glamorous new wave tinge stylings

Kelly Price

Kelly Price - Official site for R&B singer Kelly Price, with news, audio clips, photos, merchandise, and more

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening - Official site for the Broadway production of Spring Awakening with book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, and choreography by Bill T. Jones. Site features music and video, cast and creative team bios, ticket information, and more

International Songwriting Competition

International Songwriting Competition - annual musical competition whose mission is to provide the opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international arena. Deadline: Friday, November 17 2006

Jimi Hendrix: Burning Desire

Jimi Hendrix: Burning Desire is the ninth release in the Dagger Records authorized 'bootleg' recording series. Burning Desire presents compelling new examples of Jimi's remarkable creative explorations through 1969 and early 1970
Technorati Tag: Music

The Birth of British Rock 'n' Roll

The Birth of British Rock 'n' Roll. This documentary series tells the story of how UK musicians tried to emulate the excitement of American rock 'n' roll in the era before the arrival of the Beatles in 1962

Chris Bell

Chris Bell - Official site for blues guitarist Chris Bell, with news, gig dates, photos, merchandise, and more

Rock Hall of Fame names nominees for 2007

Van Halen is trying to make their biggest "jump" yet - into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with potential 2007 classmates such as R.E.M., Chic, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five