Americana Artist Todd Snider Album Due 2-1-11
Nashville Americana star Todd Snider has a new live album, The Storyteller, due out on February 1, and his U.S. tour to support the release includes a stop at the Loveless Barn on February 9 as part of the Music City Roots concert series. Storyteller’s two-disc, 24-song set includes Snider favorites such as “Tension,” “Rose [...]
Nashville Music News: New Album from The Kills in April 2011
Don’t expect to hear much noise from half Nashville-based supergroup the Dead Weather in 2011. Rock duo The Kills, fronted by Dead Weather singer Alison Mosshart, will release their fourth album, Blood Pressures, on April 5. The announcement follows news that Dean Fertita, the Dead Weather’s other non-Nashvillian, would be reconvening with his Queens of [...]
Michael Jackson Returns From the Grave
The King of Pop returns from the grave with a collection of odds and ends loosely held together by splashy guest star cameos. The buzz: This 10-song collection—the first new music from Jackson since 2001—has been embroiled in controversy by the late star’s own family, who’ve claimed it’s not actually the singer’s own voice. But [...]
Recording Bluegrass Instruments Online Extra | Mix Magazine
Tradition is good, tradition is important. But just as no one expects rock ’n’ roll albums today to sound like the Sun and Chess records of the genre’s 1950s pioneers, the sonic tastes of bluegrass fans have evolved considerably since the seminal ’40s and ’50s recordings of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Flatt [...]
Eminem producers lose bid for massive iTunes royalties – Ars Technica
Music labels can breathe a sigh of relief after a jury concluded that sales through digital download stores like iTunes should be treated like CDs for the purposes of paying royalties. Eminem’s former production team, F.B.T. Productions, sued Universal over the issue in 2007. The brothers behind F.B.T. claimed that, when Universal provided music to [...]
The Sizzling Sound of Music – O’Reilly Radar
The Sizzling Sound of Music – O’Reilly Radar Are iPods changing our perception of music? Are the sounds of MP3s the music we like to hear most? Jonathan Berger, professor of music at Stanford, was on a panel with me at a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Mountain View, CA [...]
CMT News: NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Death of CD Confirmed
Friends and family announced the death of Compact Disc — familiarly known as “CD” — this week. Its remains were said to be scattered over a few dozen remaining retail stores that continued to stock CDs. It is survived by millions of MP3s and thousands of vinyl LP records, which were themselves long thought to [...]
The Nashville Potato Guns in the Studio
The Nashville Potato Guns recording their upcoming release… wow! Wait till you hear these guys! Blog This:
Telefunken U47 Vintage Tube Microphone
One of the sweetest sounding mics in history! Available for your sessions at Creative Caffeine. Blog This:
Great Singers In the Studio and Behind the Scenes : Photos
John Lennon (with son Sean) shows off the new automated mixing board at New York’s Hit-Factory, 1980. “It looks like he’s turning Sean on to the world of music,” says photographer Bob Gruen. Full Article: Great Singers In the Studio and Behind the Scenes : Photos : Rolling Stone Blog This:
