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Classic Solo Efforts From Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee To Be Reissued

Classic Solo Efforts From Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee To Be Reissued

Posted July 19, 2024 at 10:34 pm | No comments

In an exciting announcement for Rush fans and rock enthusiasts alike, Anthem Records in Canada and Rhino Records will reissue the first-ever solo albums of Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee. Lifeson’s 1996 album Victor and Lee’s 2000 offering My Favourite Headache will be re-released on August 9, 2024

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New Bruce Cockburn U.S. Tour To Be Announced to Support O Sun O Moon Album Release

New Bruce Cockburn U.S. Tour To Be Announced to Support O Sun O Moon Album Release

Posted May 7, 2024 at 10:29 am | No comments

Universally-acclaimed singer/songwriter/guitarist Bruce Cockburn continues his worldwide tour in support of his latest album, O Sun O Moon, with the upcoming announcement of a new series of dates in the U.S. throughout the month of November. The new dates will be announced May 6th, with tickets going on sale May 10th.

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Earp’s Ordinary Seeks Music Community Partners to Support The Venue’s Opening

Earp’s Ordinary Seeks Music Community Partners to Support The Venue’s Opening

Posted November 30, 2023 at 6:49 pm | No comments

My name is Michael DeMarco, and I am the owner of Earp’s Ordinary in Fairfax, Virginia. Four years ago, I started the long process of developing a business plan to create a music venue, restaurant, and bar here in the City of Fairfax.I have a lifelong love of music and have leveraged that love, along with my skills from the corporate world, to create a space for local and touring musicians to showcase their talent as well as provide a welcoming environment for music lovers of all ages to enjoy live performances.

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Pink Floyd Commemorate Dark Side of the Moon Album’s 50th Anniversary (Videos-Music)

Pink Floyd Commemorate Dark Side of the Moon Album’s 50th Anniversary (Videos-Music)

Posted April 20, 2023 at 5:30 am | No comments

The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most celebrated albums of all time and has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. It is widely considered one of the most influential and groundbreaking albums ever. Pink Floyd have released a new deluxe box set including CD and gatefold vinyl of the newly remastered studio album and Blu-Ray + DVD audio featuring the original 5.1 mix and remastered stereo versions.

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Jack Taylor announces release of debut instrumental album ‘Songs For You’

Jack Taylor announces release of debut instrumental album ‘Songs For You’

Posted April 3, 2022 at 6:05 pm | No comments

“Getting lost in the writing, recording and mixing process was my own way of dealing with my personal grief. Me and my dad shared a deep relationship with music together, he took me to my first guitar lessons, gigs and was a key part of my musical journey. Songs For You is my way of saying thank you to him for exposing me to music in the way that he did”

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Steve Vai Favored Nations/Mascot Label New Video – “Teeth of the Hydra”

Steve Vai Favored Nations/Mascot Label New Video – “Teeth of the Hydra”

Posted April 1, 2022 at 10:59 am | No comments

 Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group present the official music video for “Teeth Of The Hydra.”  Vai shares, “The idea for this guitar and track came to me roughly seven years ago.  I envisioned composing and performing a piece of music on a multi-neck instrument where all of the sound emanated from that one creation with the exception of some keyboards and drums.

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Redefining progressive in progressive rock: Frost* – Day and Age

Redefining progressive in progressive rock: Frost* – Day and Age

Posted August 20, 2021 at 3:00 pm | No comments

Being 54 years old and 20 years into my career as a music journalist, it’s very rare for me to find bands like Frost* that really impact me, but when that happens, it renews my faith in music. Going through some releases on the Inside Out record label, I came across this album and it blew my mind. Imagine if Peter Gabriel had never left Genesi

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EMMY®-NOMINATED “David Byrne’s American Utopia Directed by Spike Lee To Debut September 15th Nationwide

EMMY®-NOMINATED “David Byrne’s American Utopia Directed by Spike Lee To Debut September 15th Nationwide

Posted August 13, 2021 at 12:11 am | No comments

David Byrne’s American Utopia is an ecstatic and unifying celebration of music and community,” said Iconic CMO Steven Menkin. “Iconic Events Releasing is thrilled to bring American Utopia to movie theaters for the first time so that fans across the country can gather together to experience this must-see, must-hear musical theater event on the big screen.

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Guitarist Dave Knowles New Album What Happens Next – Release Date October 22 on Provogue Records

Guitarist Dave Knowles New Album What Happens Next – Release Date October 22 on Provogue Records

Posted August 12, 2021 at 8:27 pm | No comments

On his aptly-titled Provogue Records’ debut, ‘What Happens Next,’ out October 22nd, roots singer-songwriter and guitarist Davy Knowles boldly steps forward with timeless and cohesive songwriting; sleek modern production; and a lyrical, play-for-the-song guitar approach informed from soul, folk, rock, and blues.

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Nad Sylvan – Spiritus Mundi – Merging Progressive Rock with Irish Literature

Nad Sylvan – Spiritus Mundi – Merging Progressive Rock with Irish Literature

Posted May 19, 2021 at 1:43 pm | No comments

Nad Sylvan is an American-born Swedish singer with a prolific career in progressive rock, where he has collaborated in projects with former Genesis, Steve Hackett, and also with Roine Stolt in his band, Agents of Mercy. Recently, he released Spiritus Mundi, his seventh solo album. This work centers around the poems coming from 1923 Nobel Prize-winning William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), one of the most important Irish writers in history, and who Sylvan calls “one of the finest poets to come out of Ireland.”

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