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15 June 2015

muse release mercy video

Muse reveal video for 'Mercy' - Watch!

 

Muse have revealed their brand new video for 'Mercy'.

'Mercy' appears on the band's seventh studio album, Drones, which was release yesterday by Warner Bros. Records.

According to Bellamy the record 'explores the journey of a human: from abandonment and loss of hope, to indoctrination by the system to be a human drone, to eventual defection from the oppressors."

Muse will headline Download Festival this Saturday June 13th.

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led zeppelin reveal sugar mama song

Led Zeppelin's unreleased 'Sugar Mama' song revealed - Listen!

 

Led Zeppelin has profiled an unreleased song titled 'Sugar Mama' that will be officially released on the upcoming expanded edition of 'Coda'.

According to Led Zeppelin's record label Warner Music, 'The frenetic blues jam 'Sugar Mama' was recorded in 1968 at Olympic Studios during sessions for the band's eponymous debut. The song was completed but never officially released until now.'

'Coda' was the album of Led Zep leftovers released in 1982 after the break-up of the band two years earlier. The term 'Coda' in music means 'a passage that ends a musical piece following the main body'.

Led Zeppelin will release the three final remastered and expanded albums 'Presence', 'In Through The Out Door' and 'Coda' on July 31, 2015. As with the previous deluxe editions, the albums have been newly remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page and are accompanied by companion audio comprised of previously unreleased music selected and compiled by Page.

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graham nash add tour dates

Graham Nash Adds More Dates to His Solo Tour

 

Graham Nash continues to add new dates to his solo tour of July and August.

An Evening With Graham Nash already had already been booked into 25 venues and, on Wednesday, five more were added including an August 16 date Levon Helm Studios, also known as The Barn, in Woodstock, NY.

Other new dates are in Jim Thorpe, PA, Geneva, NY, Red Bank, NJ and City Winery in New York.

Shane Fontayne (guitar, vocals) will be accompanying Nash on the road.  "I'm really looking forward to an evening of music, stretching back 50 years, and coming round to today with all it's blessings and problems," says Nash, "a splendid time is guaranteed for all."

Graham Nash will continue his long-time tradition of raising money for charity through the Guacamole Fund's special benefit seats; in addition, he will be donating $1 per ticket sold to charity.

The full tour itinerary

  • 07/12 - Courtenay, BC - Vancouver Island MusicFest
  • 07/14 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
  • 07/15 - Spokane, WA - Bing Crosby Theater
  • 07/17 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
  • 07/18 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
  • 07/19 - Boise, ID - Egyptian Theater
  • 07/21 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre
  • 07/22 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen
  • 07/24 - Wichita, KS - Orpheum Theatre
  • 07/25 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
  • 07/26 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
  • 07/28 - St. Charles, IL - Arcada Theater
  • 07/29 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
  • 07/31 - Northfield, OH - Hard Rock Live
  • 08/01 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
  • 08/04 - Greensburg, PA - Palace Theater
  • 08/05 - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere Music Hall
  • 08/07 - Ocean City, MD - Ocean City Convention Center PAC
  • 08/08 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre
  • 08/09 - Wilmington, DE - Grand Opera House
  • 08/11 - Englewood, NJ - Bergen Performing Arts Center
  • 08/12 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount
  • 08/14 - Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall
  • 08/15 - Great Barrington, MA - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
  • 08/16 - Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios (aka The Barn)
  • 08/18 - Jim Thorpe, PA - Penn's Peak
  • 08/19 - Annapolis, MD - Rams Head On Stage
  • 08/21 - Geneva, NY - Smith Opera House
  • 08/22 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater
  • 08/23 - New York, NY - City Winery
According to Wednesday's press release, even more dates are expected.

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james last died at 86

James Last, King of Easy Listening, Dies at 86

 by Scott Roxborough

He was called the King of Easy Listening and the Emperor of Elevator Music. James Last, often called the world's most commercially successful bandleader, who recorded more than 200 albums and sold 100 million-plus discs in his decades-long career, died this week at the age of 86.

The musician had last year said he had an unspecified illness.

Last was as much heralded as he was despised, but there is no questioning his success or his influence. Anyone who has spent time in a hotel lobby (or elevator) knows the Last sound: smooth, jaunty tunes that mix jazz and pop into a seamless, inoffensive whole.

The 1970s were Last's golden years -- he was named Billboard Magazine's star of the year in 1976 -- but he enjoyed a career rebound in the 1990s when Easy Listening was, briefly, back in style and the German composer of "happy party sounds" was hailed as a cult hero.

Last's biggest hit was The Seduction, the theme song from Paul Schrader's American Gigolo, composed by Giorgio Moroder. Last's version was a top 40 hit, peaking at 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at number 22 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1980.

Music obsessive Quentin Tarantino was a fan, picking Last's Einsamer Hirte (The Lonely Shepherd), featuring Gheorghe Zamfir on the pan flute, for the soundtrack of Kill Bill: Volume 1.

Last was born Hans Last in Bremen, Germany on April 17, 1929, the youngest of three sons of a post-office worker and his wife. He started playing music at an early age and had his first professional gig at 15 with the newly formed Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra. He started as a classical musician, but Last came into his own as a jazz musician, playing bass and traveling the circuit of clubs for American soldiers that sprung up across the country following WWII.

He set up his own six-piece jazz ensemble in 1948, which included his older brothers, Robert and Werner, and was named Germany's best jazz bassist three years in a row from 1950 through 1952. He recorded his first album, Tricks in Rhythm, in 1959. But his career really took off when he signed to Polydor in 1964, changing his first name to James.

His 1965 album, Non Stop Dancing, established the Last sound. It included seamless transitions between songs -- it can be argued Last invented, or at least perfected, the idea of the music medley -- and captured the jaunty, party atmosphere that became his trademark. While the sound never really changed, Last was adept at always including new, modern elements and incorporating pop music tunes -- from the Beatles to hip hop -- into his non-stop formula.

A hugely successful recording artist, Last was also a tireless live performer, and his happy music continued to sell out concert halls, particularly in Europe, up until the end. He gave 90 concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, more than any other performer. His final two concerts came on March 31 and April 1 of this year in Germany, part of a "farewell tour" that Last announced after falling ill in 2014.

James Last died at his home in Florida on June 9. He is survived by his second wife, Christine Grundner, and his two children, Caterina and Ronald, from his first marriage to Waltraud Last, who died in 1997.

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ronnie gilbert died at 88

Ronnie Gilbert of the Weavers (1926 - 2015)

 

Ronnie Gilbert, the lone female voice in the folk singing legends the Weavers, died on Saturday at a retirement home in Mill Valley, CA. She was 88.

Gilbert was born to Eastern European immigrants and grew up in a working class background. In November 1948, she joined Pete Seeger, Lee Hayes and Fred Hellerman to form the Weavers. Seeger and Hayes had already been involved in the folk and protest song movement during World War II with the Almanac Singers and met Hellerman and Gilbert through the activist group People's Songs which met in Seeger's Greenwich Village basement.

The group was initially formed to sing and support progressive causes but the late-40's brought a backlash against anyone who supported left-wing causes and the group found it hard to find places to perform. It wasn't until late 1949 that the group finally was able to establish themselves when they played at the Vanguard in New York. While normally a jazz club, the owner was impressed with the quartet as were the people who attended their initial shows and they soon found themselves with six months worth of bookings at the venue.

In 1950, the group signed to Decca Records where their first release, a Christmas record, didn't sell well but their second, which included the traditional song Goodnight Irene, became a hit and the song went to number 1 in the country for thirteen weeks.

With their popularity at a high, the group did their best to downplay their previous political leanings but, in the summer of 1950, the anti-communist publication Red Channels exposed their pasts. At first, the public did not catch on and the group had further hits including Kisses Sweeter Than Wine but the FBI was soon on their case and, by the summer of 1952, they were unable to book any performances. By the end of the year, they were forced to break up.

In 1955, Harold Leventhal with whom they had worked extensively proposed a reunion concert and rented Carnegie Hall. The recordings from that concert were released by Vanguard and led to a new recording contract for the group. Their new success kicked off the folk revival of the 50's.

Even after Pete Seeger left the group, the rest continued with replacement members until 1964 when they finally went their separate ways. Gilbert went on to get a degree in psychology and she worked for many years as a therapist. She also continued her activism, participating in the Parisian protests of 1968.

In the 80's, Gilbert returned to recording, making three album Holly Near. The duo also made a quartet album in 1984 with Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie. She also wrote and appeared in a one-woman play based on the life of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.

Gilbert is survived by a daughter, Lisa, and her partner of thirty years, Donna Korones.

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jim ed brown died at 81

Jim Ed Brown (1934 - 2015)

 

New Country Music Hall of Fame member Jim Ed Brown has lost his battle with cancer, passing away on Thursday at the age of 81.

Brown first announced that he was fighting the disease last September only to see it go into remission. Last week, his daughter Kim announced on Facebook that the cancer had returned.

Jim Ed was born in Sparkman, AK and later resided with his family in Pine Bluff. He enjoyed singing around his home town as did his sisters, Maxine and Bonnie, but it wasn't until 1954 that they took their interest to the next level.

Initially, Jim Ed and Maxine signed a recording deal with Fabor Records. Their first single, Looking Back to See, became a national hit going to number 8 on the Country charts. The next year, their younger sister Bonnie joined the group and the trio became regulars on the Louisiana Hayride. Another hit in 1955, Here Today and Gone Tomorrow brought the group to the attention of RCA Records who signed them in 1956. Once again, they hit with their first single for the label, I'll Take a Chance (1956 / #2 Country) and followed the next year with I Heard the Bluebirds Sing (1957 / #4 Country).

For the next two years, Brown served in the military but, after his release in 1959, their career took a big turn when they recorded the French song Les triois cloches, now known as The Three Bells. The song not only topped the Country Singles but crossed over and became a number 1 single on the Hot 100 and a number 10 hit in R&B. They continued their hit streak with two more traditional songs, Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) (1959 / #13 Pop / #7 Country) and The Old Lamplighter (1960 / #5 Pop / #20 Country).

After 1960, the Browns' hits dried up with only one more top twenty country hit before the middle of the decade. In 1965, Jim Ed started recording solo material with RCA and, after a number of minor hits, scored big with Pop a Top (1967 / #3 Country).

Two years later, in 1969, Brown began hosting his own syndicated country music show, The Country Place, which ran for two years and introduced the world to Crystal Gayle. During the time, he also had a crossover hit with Morning (1970 / #4 Country / #16 Adult Contemporary).

The solo hits continued through much of the 70's but it was his pairing with Helen Cornelius that brought him the most success. In 1976, they release I Don't Want to Have to Marry You which went to number 1. They followed six more top ten country hits through 1981 and Cornelius was a regular on Brown's TV show Nashville On the Road.

Brown's last studio album was 1980's One Man, One Woman with Cornelius until this past January when he released In Style Again on Plowboy Records.

In the intervening years, Jim Ed starred on two Nashville Network series, You Can Be a Star and Going Our Way and hosted two syndicated radio programs, Country Music Greats Radio Show and Country Music Greats Radio Minute.

He also stayed active in the Grand Ole Opry and, last March, was announced as one of the new inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. While the official induction ceremony was set for the fall, a special induction for Brown was put together in his hospital room on June 4. Bill Anderson did the honors with the CMA's CEO Sarah Trehern in attendance along with family.

Brown is survived by his wife of 52 years, Becky, a son and a daughter.

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