STEPHEN MARLEY ANNOUNCES SPRING U.S. TOUR
May 5, 2008
Stephen Marley, Multiple-Grammy winning artist/producer (he holds the Reggae record with six Grammy wins), and fresh off his latest Grammy win for Best Reggae Album for his 2007 masterpiece Mind Control, has begun a much anticipated spring U.S. Tour.
INGRID MICHAELSON ANNOUNCES HEADLINING TOUR
May 5, 2008
After capping off a six-week run as the headliner of the sold-out Hotel Café Tour with a performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, independent artist Ingrid Michaelson will embark on a month long cross-country headlining tour beginning June 1st.
The Staten Island, NY-based singer/songwriter’s self-released sophomore album Girls and Boys continues to gain critical acclaim, with recent nods in Blender and Rolling Stone magazines while the album has sold over 200,000 copies. Michaelson’s hit single “The Way I Am,” which was featured in an Old Navy commercial this past fall, has meanwhile sold over 630,000 digital downloads to date. She is confirmed to play the CBS Early Show on May 10th, where she will perform both “The Way I Am” and her new single “Breakable.”
Michaelson is also one of four musicians to compose original songs for bestselling author Augusten Burroughs’ new audiobook, A Wolf at the Table. “Spare Change,” inspired from the text, appears exclusively alongside songs from artists Patti Smith, Sea Wolf, and Tegan Quin from Tegan and Sara.
Additionally, on May 12th Michaelson will take part in Project Sunshine Week by performing in the children’s ward at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan in addition to the Fifth Annual Project Sunshine Gala. Project Sunshine is a nonprofit organization that provides free programs and services to children and families who are affected by serious medical challenges.
When her headlining tour wraps in early July, Michaelson will perform at several festivals, including Milwaukee’s Summerfest and the Mile High Festival in Denver, CO before a string of dates opening for Dave Matthews Band in stadium-sized venues. She is also set to play both Bumbershoot and Austin City Limits.
http://www.myspace.com/ingridmichaelson
http://originalsignalrecordings.com/
DR. DOG ANNOUNCES FATE TOUR
May 5, 2008
In support of their upcoming studio album, FATE, Dr. Dog will embark on a headlining tour of North America. The 40 plus date tour will coincide with the release of the bands new studio album on July 29th via Park The Van Records. Forward-thinking but reflective, FATE is the work of an extraordinary band making magic from an enduring pop palette of intricate harmonies, shape-shifting melodies and ramshackle audio ingenuity, presented through the band’s slightly skewed and utterly individualistic outlook.
Inventive, magnificently realized and absolutely irresistible, FATE sees the Philadelphia-based quintet filtering the gamut of American popular music into its own idiosyncratic brand of blue-eyed, dilated-pupil soul. Clocking in at 43 minutes, FATE draws upon the events and circumstances that have surrounded the band over the last five years and incorporates them into the group’s most stunning work to date.
In addition to critical praise, Dr. Dog has won over the admiration of fellow musicians. In the last year, along with worldwide tours with Wilco, the Raconteurs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, My Morning Jacket and The Strokes, to name a few, long-time fan Beck remixed the band’s song, THE GIRL, for a special 7-inch and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy raved in his New York Times Playlist “everything about Dr. Dog and the way they sound draws on my favorite stuff on earth.”
As with the band’s previous releases, FATE was produced and recorded by Dr. Dog at their studio in North Philadelphia.
FATE will be simultaneously released around the world, the first for Dr. Dog.
A full European tour in October will be announced at the end of May.
TOUR DATES (more to be confirmed):
May 8th The Mercury Lounge New York, NY
May 13th Hotel Café Los Angeles, CA
May 28th Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, PA
June 1st Mountain Jam Hunter, NY
June 6th Friday Cheers Richmond, VA
June 7th Wakarusa Lawrence, KS
June 8th Wakarusa Lawrence, KS
** Tickets for the below go on sale May 10th. Fan club tickets will go on
sale Tuesday, May 6th.
** Senator R. Stevie Moore to open both New York shows
July 18th Club Café Pittsburgh, PA
July 19th Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
July 23rd Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
July 24th Music Hall of Williamsburg New York, NY
July 27th Forecastle Festival Louisville, KY
July 29th Mojo’s Columbia, MO
July 30th Bluebird St. Louis, MO
July 31 Radio Radio Indianapolis, IN
August 2nd Lollapalooza Chicago, IL
August 4th Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
August 5th The Basement Columbus, OH
August 8th El Rey Theater Los Angeles, CA
September 6th The Earl Atlanta, GA
September 7th 3rd and Lindsley Nashville, TN
September 11th Walter’s on Washington Houston, TX
September 12th Lola’s Saloon Ft. Worth, TX
September 13th Parish Austin, TX
September 16th Club Congress Tucson, AZ
September 17th The Casbah San Diego, CA
September 19th Detroit Bar Costa Mesa, CA
September 20th Cellar Door Visalia, CA
September 23rd Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
September 24th Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
September 26th Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
September 27th Hi-Dive Denver, CO
September 29th The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
September 30th The Record Bar Kansas City, MO
October 1st High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
October 2nd Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
New Video Performance From Sing It Loud
May 5, 2008
Power-Pop Rockers Sing It Loud Sign To Epitaph Records With Plans To Release Debut Album In Fall 2008!
Check out Pat Brown from Sing It Loud Performing “Come Around”
BAD RELIGION CHARTS NEW TERRITORY ON DELUXE VERSION OF NEW MAPS OF HELL
May 5, 2008
Punk Veteran’s First-Ever Deluxe Release Hits Stores July 8th!
“JUST DANCE” VIDEO FROM LADY GAGA HERE
May 5, 2008
Interscope Records artist Lady GaGa has released her first video for the single “Just Dance” from her debut album coming this summer entitled The Fame. Lady GaGa is an exciting new artist taking clubs by storm all across the world.
Raise High The Roof Beam - Live Video
May 5, 2008
Chicago’s own Raise High The Roof Beam’s video of their song “Break My Heart In Two” from their Castaway Collective acoustic performance has yet to be viewed by Skope readers!
www.myspace.com/raisehightheroofbeammusic
Keller Williams Releases REX
May 5, 2008
Guitarist/singer/songwriter Keller Williams offers up a live, digital-only release titled REX (Live at the Fillmore). The recording capturesa very special live performance by Grateful Grass - a project featuring Williams, Keith Moseley (The String Cheese Incident), and Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band) - performing not-so-traditional bluegrass versions of Grateful Dead favorites. The collection, recorded February 8, 2006 at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium, is available now at itunes and other digital retail outlets. 100% of the proceeds from REX (Live at the Fillmore) will go to benefit The Rex Foundation, the charitable non-profit started by the Grateful Dead which gives grants to worthwhile causes. www.rexfoundation.org
REX Track List:
01 One More Saturday Night
02 Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo
03 Eyes Of The World
04 Candyman
05 Loose Lucy
06 Black Peter
07 St. Stephen
08 Casey Jones
09 Brown Eyed Women
10 Bird Song
11 Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain
Look for Keller Williams on the road this summer, offering select plays with his band - Moseley, Droll, and Sipe - and a co-headline tour with longtime friends and musical colleagues Yonder Mountain String Band. Tickets for all shows are on sale now at www.kellerwilliams.net.
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WEEK ON AMERICAN IDOL
May 5, 2008
Watch on Tuesday, May 6th at 8/7 central as the top 4 channel their inner rock stars in an attempt to win the viewers hearts. These final four will select and sing a song from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s list of “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”; a permanent exhibit showcased at the Museum in Cleveland. The show will also feature footage from the Museum as well as interviews from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation & Museum.
Selected by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum curatorial staff and a number of rock critics and historians, these 500 songs are some of rock and roll’s most popular and influential recordings. Arranged by artist and song title, the songs cover a variety of musicians and genres illustrating the evolution of rock and roll over the last century.
Come to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland to see what inspired these final four. Rock Hall visitors can experience digital jukeboxes of all 500 songs in the Ahmet M. Ertegun Main Exhibit Hall. Five touch-screen computer kiosks with headphones allow access to some of rock’s most popular and influential recordings as selected by curators, rock critics and historians. Arranged by artist and decade, the songs cover a variety of musicians and genres and are accompanied by information about the selection and its role in the evolution of rock and roll.
For a complete list of the 500 songs, click here:
http://www.rockhall.com/exhibithighlights/500-songs/
Island Def Jam Selects Vusion To Deliver High Quality Video
May 5, 2008
Vusion, providers of instant-on, full-screen, high quality streaming video, today announced a strategic partnership with Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJ), who will use the Vusion platform to deliver an online video portal where fans can view premium versions of its artists’ videos in DVD quality. The high quality gallery is now available at http://www.islanddefjam.com/hires.
With over 100 top performing artists in its stable, including Kanye West, Rihanna and Mariah Carey, Island Def Jam is well established as one of the premier record label groups in the world. By selecting Vusion’s end-to-end video delivery service, Island Def Jam is able to efficiently deliver a high-quality, customized Web experience to differentiate and improve its artist’s online presence and efficiently monetize video assets.
Vusion’s technology radically improves the user experience for streaming Internet video by eliminating buffering and long loading times. Vusion’s next generation video delivery platform is five times as efficient as previous technologies, enabling users with a standard broadband connection to stream Island Def Jam videos in true 480p DVD quality.
“The drastic shift to digital distribution in the music industry has created enormous opportunities and challenges for record labels and artists to efficiently monetize content,” said Christian Jorg, senior vice president of New Media & Commerce, Island Def Jam. “By implementing new technologies such as the Vusion video delivery platform, Island Def Jam will continue in our tradition as innovators and provide our artists with the best possible tools to generate revenue online.”
“As the online digital media market grows on a massive scale, media companies must provide their customers with a high quality experience in order to compete with television,” said Elie Habib, president and CEO of Vusion. “By providing the best end user experience and ability to reach the widest online audience, Vusion is helping Island Def Jam to ensure its ability to monetize content in a highly competitive industry.”
