Happy February, my dear readers. In honor of the month of love, I am showcasing women at the virtual club here at Music Up Close with Janie. Though there are so many artists we could bring to you, I wanted to offer you some new emerging talents and a very classy lady that you may…
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MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15th, 2010
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BLACK EYED PEAS NEW IPHONE APP The Black Eyed Peas have introduced a new iPhone App called Riddim Ribbon. The application features a spinning ball racing down a twisting ribbon that’s floating in a digital sky, all while the Peas’ music plays. The game features special remixes of “Boom Boom Pow,” “I Gotta…
FOXY SHAZAM SET TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED SIRE RECORDS DEBUT
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Inimitable rock ‘n’ soul sextet Foxy Shazam has announced the release of their self-titled Sire Records album on April 13, 2010. Produced by John Feldmann, Foxy Shazam is the Cincinnati, OH band’s major label debut.
Ash Gray And The Girls, This Could Be A Wild Night
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One guy and four girls creating a full ‘n’ flavorful sound—genius idea here! The richness of the vocal arrangements & harmonies is right on point. Ash Gray sings up front while his Girls sing along in a most powerful fashion. Gray and his ladies are takin’ you back in time with the…
VICTOR WAINWRIGHT AND THE WILDROOTS, BEALE STREET TO THE BAYOU
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The four-piece group featuring Victor on piano (or Piana as he describes it) blends some boogie with some Cajun and blues. A capable cast of “Extended Roots Members” supports the disc. The bulk of the songwriting goes to bassist Stephen Dees and Victor. The 14-track release has some Dr. John feel to…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th, 2010
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NEW VIDEO OF “WE ARE THE WORLD” SESSION Newly released footage from the “We Are The World” recording session prominently shows Justin Bieber, P!nk, Josh Groban, Mary J. Blige, Akon and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. The song, which will make its debut during the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics, also features Lil Wayne,…
MARK KNOPFLER HITS THE ROAD
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Legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler will hit the road for a North American tour in support of his current solo album, Get Lucky, this spring. The tour – during which Knopfler will also dip into his illustrious back catalog – begins April 8th in Seattle and criss-crosses the continent before finishing up in Albany,…
STOLI JOINS WILLIAM FUNK TO END AUTISM THROUGH MUSIC
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My next guest is not only an amazing musician, he is a wonderful person as well. William Funk put out an album last year called, ‘The Veronica Sessions.’ He has sold thousands of copies independently and has decided to donate all proceeds to Generation Resuce. William’s good friend’s son was diagnosed with Autism and since…
WEAR BLACK FOR JOHNNY CASH’S BIRTHDAY – 2/26/10
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Help celebrate what would have been Johnny Cash’s 78th birthday on Friday, February 26, the day that his final studio album, American VI: Ain’t No Grave (American Recordings/Lost Highway), is officially released, and Wear Black for Johnny.
SKOPE / WOLFMOTHER GIBSON GUITAR GIVEAWAY
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Aussie quartet Wolfmother are on the rock ‘n roll warpath! With their new album Cosmic Egg reigniting a rock fire in fans and the band hitting the road with legends AC/DC, Wolfmother and Skope Magazine have teamed to give one lucky fan a chance to win a Gibson SG!
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5th, 2010
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KE$HA’S SEVENTH STRAIGHT WEEK AT NUMBER ONE Ke$ha scores a seventh week at number on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “TiK ToK.” Meanwhile, Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” climbs one spot to number two, which is now the song’s highest rank to date. Rising one notch to number three is Young Money’s “BedRock” featuring…
BIZ TALK: THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A GAMBLE
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Once again the bottom line is money. Business ventures are designed to make money plain and simple. I’m not trying to make you a businessman, I’m trying to show you how this Industry operates. An A&R Representative must look for new ways to make money all the time to keep their careers alive.
Enation, World in Flight
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He may be known best as General Hospital’s Lucky, but Emmy-winning soap actor Jonathan Jackson maintains a double-life as a sensitive, sometimes brooding modern rock singer-guitarist in Enation. Much of the material on the Pacific Northwest band’s World in Flight is driven by echo-laden guitars reminiscent of U2, splashes of piano that call to mind…
Linda Brooks, The Spaces in Between
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Linda Brooks is a singer/songwriter from Canada who has a lot to say after years away from music making. Her debut album, Under A Painted Moon, earned her an East Coast Music Nomination for Best Female Artist. After that, motherhood came calling as Brooks had a family to raise and therefore her music…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 29th, 2010
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KELLY CLARKSON LOVES THE U-K Kelly Clarkson is playing six shows in the U-K in February, and the original American Idol can’t wait. According to British paper The Daily Star, Clarkson said that English people “are really mad and go nuts…they are easily my best audience.” She also said that she has some…
Feldiken, Small Songs About Us
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Feldiken’s debut album, Small Songs About Us, is an album that EVERYONE can enjoy. The record focuses on relationships, but more importantly Feldiken emphasizes the importance of connecting with people. Small Songs About Us really does pertain to us then, as a whole. We’re ALL in this thing together, so why not…
WANT A PRIVATE PUDDLE OF MUDD CONCERT?
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Puddle Of Mudd will be performing for an intimate private audience at 7 PM this upcoming Monday, 1/25 in New York City! Enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the event by sending an email to puddleofmuddtix@gmail.com with your name and phone number. Winners will be notified on Sunday 1/24 with…
MR. NEXT: THE NEXT GENERATION OF SOUND
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Tommy (Mr. Next) taught himself to play guitar, drums, bass and piano by the time he was 16. He is a one man band gone from drummer to producer, producing a hybrid of alternative funk and goth with a touch of electronic production and a loyalty to the acoustic guitar.
STOLI IS HIGH ON LIFE AFTER MEETING JES FALCON IN AMSTERDAM
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This week we are getting to know a real rock musician coming out of Amsterdam by the name of Jes Falcon. I caught wind of Jes after a Skope staffer handed over his new album, ‘Purest Falcon’ to me. Not only is his music real but his image is as real as it gets. What…
NUKE THE SOUP, MAKE WAVES NOT WAR
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Nuke The Soup is an all-original & brand new project thanks in part to the vision of veteran musician, Mark Davison. Davison is the lead singer/songwriter while also handling guitar parts and Mark is actually the founding member of Cubic Feet. This music vet from Maryland even came up with the group logo, which…
MUSIC UP CLOSE WITH JANIE – JANUARY 2010
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Welcome to a new decade, music lovers! We are starting off the year a little late due to some major internet and computer problems and some remodeling here at the Music Up Close Club. That’s why you hear all of that hammering and the buzz drone of drills. We’re changing up things here so that…
JANUARY 2010 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCHâ€
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Welcome to another amazing month of music from the incredible musicians that make up the Sonicbids.com community. We have got ten amazing musicians that will be speaking directly to the Skope readers. As always we encourage readers to dig deeper and check out their EPK’s.
SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS ARE FILTHY GLAMOROUS
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Filth, sex, and glamour. Those words can sum up what New York City’s-own Semi Precious Weapons are all about.
SWOLLEN MEMBERS TOUR BUS HIT BY TRAIN
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Only days after completing a tour across Canada, Swollen Members’ tour bus was destroyed in Colorado Springs, CO on Monday night after it was hit by an oncoming train. The accident happened just after midnight when the group’s bus got stuck on a railway crossing. Minutes later the railway barrier went down signaling a train…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17th, 2009
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McCARTNEY WANTS TO TEAM UP WITH LUDACRIS AGAIN Jesse McCartney teamed up with Ludacris for the rapper’s remix of Jesse’s song “How Do You Sleep?” off the Departure album. The duo also collaborated on the video for the track. With McCartney heading back into the studio to work on the follow-up LP, he’s…
ORIANTHI OFFERS CUSTOM GUITAR VIA FACEBOOK
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Orianthi can shred with the best of them (and has, performing in the past with the likes of Michael Jackson, Steve Vai, Carrie Underwood and Carlos Santana), and now wants to give one lucky fan the chance to start shredding on their own PRS electric guitar, custom-made and signed by the guitar goddess herself. …
SKOPE / FLYLEAF HOLIDAY GUITAR GIVEAWAY
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Flyleaf have just released their new album, Memento Mori. In celebration of the release, the band and Skope Magazine are giving one lucky fan the chance to win an Epiphone LP Junior Electric Guitar!
MUSIC UP CLOSE WITH JANIE – DEC/JAN 2009
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Happy Holiday All You Music Lovers! We have really spruced up the club this month and are showing off some really great Christmas albums to make your holidays merrier. Plus we have a great feature on the repatriation of Haitian music–a sort of regifting back to the people of that country, based on the…
LET’S ALL “NUKE THE SOUP”
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Let’s face it–these days, it’s scary just to pick up the morning paper or turn on the news. Who wants to read yet another gloom and doom story about declining home values, jobs disappearing left and right, corporate bailouts, terrorism, political extremism, you name it. The big question is, are you “filled with dread”? Maryland…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 2009
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JUSTIN BIEBER JOINS CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON Justin Bieber is scheduled to perform on TNT’s holiday celebration Christmas In Washington, which airs Sunday, December 20th at 8 PM Eastern. He will join Mary J. Blige, Neil Diamond, Sugarland, Rob Thomas and Usher. George Lopez will host the one-hour event. The 15-year-old Beiber has…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3rd, 2009
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LADY GAGA MIGHT CHANGE THE GRAMMYS Much to many people’s chagrins, Lady Gaga is not eligible to win a GRAMMY award in the category of Best New Artist because she was nominated at last year’s award show for her song “Just Dance” in the category of Best Dance Recording. Well it seems that Gaga…
DECEMBER 2009 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCHâ€
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Welcome to another amazing month of music from the incredible musicians that make up the Sonicbids.com community. We have got ten amazing musicians that will be speaking directly to the Skope readers. As always we encourage readers to dig deeper and check out their EPK’s.
STOLI HEADS TO NJ TO ROCK OUT WITH DOWNCAST THEORY
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It was just so hard to get the wheels rolling after a long holiday weekend. I really need some authentic rock music to get me going. That is where the boys of Downcast Theory come in. These guys have been together since 2007 and have already released two CD’s and an LP independently. I found…
Fun Fun Fun Festival 2009
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More coverage from Austin… It is that time of year again folks. The air is crisp, the leaves are dying off in beautiful shades of fall, and some of the most entertaining musicians in the world are migrating to Austin Texas for the 4th Annual Fun Fun Fun Fest.
Austin City Limits 2009
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Better late than never…. The beginning of fall this year was the perfect setting for ACL, which usually takes place at the end of summer. When you’re in Texas, its amazing the difference a few days make.
STOLI & AFI ARE GIVING AWAY A GUITAR
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To celebrate the release of Crash Love, AFI and Skope Magazine are giving one lucky winner the chance to win a special Crash Love branded guitar.
SAOSIN & SKOPE OFFER THE “CHANGING” GIVEAWAY
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In celebration of Saosin’s recent release, In Search of Solid Ground, the band and Skope Magazine want to hook up one lucky winner with a major prize pack.
BIG JEFF OPENS STOLI’S MIND TO THE CHILDREN’S MUSIC MARKET
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My next guest is a first for the “Skoped Out” column. After receiving the press kit and new album from Big Jeff, I was truly intrigued. Big Jeff got his start over 13 years ago playing songs for his daughters and children at the local New Jersey daycare center. The music was so well received…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 2009
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JUSTIN GOES TO SEE LEONA Leona Lewis played a special concert on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, the day her sophomore album Echo came out in stores, and she had a pretty prominent musician come to her show. According to the L-A Times, Justin Timberlake took in the show from Lewis’ private table where…
SKOPE & CARTEL GIVEAWAY A FLIP VIDEO & MERCH PACK
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In celebration of their recent release, Cycles, Cartel and Skope Magazine want to give one lucky fan a “picture personalized” flip cam along with a merch pack including a signed album, t-shirt, and band poster.
