AC/DC’s 1990 classic Thunderstruck gets the classical makeover, courtesy of Thalia Strings.
Bruce Springsteen releases Houston ‘78 to benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund
Bruce Springsteen is releasing an entire 1978 show with the E Street Band in Houston, Texas. The release will benefit the MusiCares® Hurricane Relief Fund, which will aid those affected by the recent devastation in Texas as well as in Florida.
The Houston show originally appeared as part of the Darkness on the Edge of Town box set. It captures the final leg of the Darkness tour, including the extended intro version of “Prove It All Night,” the rarely performed “Streets of Fire,” and Darkness outtakes “Fire” and “Because the Night.” It also features prototypes of The River’s “Independence Day,” “Point Blank” and “The Ties That Bind,” plus a rare September song, “Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town.”
Houston was one of Bruce’s earliest springboards, which accounts for the presence here of early favorites “Fire” and “Saint in the City.”
Bruce, the E Street band, Sony Music and nugs.net will donate all their proceeds to the hurricane relief effort.
Houston ’78 is available now as MP3 and hi-res downloads including audiophile grade MQA, or as a 2 CD set. You can order it today at live.brucespringsteen.net, Bruce Springsteen’s official live recording service powered by nugs.net.
“Fans had been asking for a stand-alone audio release of Houston ‘78 since the Darkness box set came out several years ago,” says nugs.net CEO Brad Serling. “Its release-ready availability gave us the opportunity to move quickly to support people in Texas and Florida.”
Photo Gallery: The Flaming Lips with Mac DeMarco and Chappo at Niagara Falls’ Rapids Theater
All photos taken by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
Canadian Folk Music Awards nominees announced!
The Canadian Folk Music Awards announced their nominees for their 13th edition by YouTube livestream today, celebrating this year’s 75 nominees.
This year’s awards take place in Ottawa, Ontario on November 18 and 19, 2017 at the Bronson Centre. For the first time ever, the weekend’s focus events will take shape as two evenings which are open-to-the-public. Combining the most loved events of the Canadian Folk Music Awards’ first twelve years – the vibrant energy of the live music showcases and the awards gala – will capture the true heart of the folk community. Tickets and wristbands are now on sale online at folkawards.ca/tickets/ Tickets and wristbands can also be purchased in person as of September 26, 2017 at The Record Centre (1099 Wellington St W, Ottawa) or Compact Music (785 & 206 Bank Street, Ottawa). More information about the gala performance line-up will be announced shortly.
Click to watch the 2017 nominees video on the folk awards YouTube channel:
Shining the spotlight on up and coming talent (those eligible must be under 19 at the time of the recording), this year’s Young Performer of the Year nominees include:
• Moscow Apartment for Demo
• Quin Etheridge-Pedden for Embark
• Keltie Monaghan for Someone Tell Her
• The Wolfe for The Wolfe
• John Muirhead for Yesterday’s Smile
The New/Emerging Artist of the Year nominees include:
• Hidden Roots Collective for Come Up, Honey
• Silent Winters for Fireworks & a Small Brigade
• Ken Yates for Huntsville
• Braden Gates for Much Rather Be Sleeping
• The Bombadils for New Shoes
Celebrating innovation in creating new folk sounds, The Oliver Schroer Pushing The Boundaries Award category puts a spotlight on:
• Shreem for Celtic Remixing
• Danny Michel for Khlebnikov
• Mélisande [électrotrad] for Les millésimes
• Turkwaz for Nazar
• Tanya Tagaq for Retribution
Songwriting is a key component of folk music. This year’s English Songwriter(s) of the Year nominees are:
• Oh Susanna for A Girl In Teen City
• Stephen Fearing for Every Soul’s a Sailor
• Scott Cook for Further Down The Line
• Ken Yates for Huntsville
• Amelia Curran for Watershed
The French Songwriter(s) of the Year nominees are:
• Patrice Michaud for Almanach
• Luc De Larochellière for Autre monde
• Vivianne Roy, Katrine Noël, Julie Aubé of Les Hay Babies for La 4ième dimension (version longue)
• Philippe B for La grande nuit vidéo
• Catherine Durand for La pluie entre nous
The Aboriginal Songwriter(s) of the Year nominees are:
• Lisa Muswagon for Buffalo and Rabbits
• Julian Taylor, Kinnie Starr, John Parente, Bill Bell of Julian Taylor Band for Desert Star
• Twin Flames for Signal Fire
• Cindy Paul for The Flight
• Desiree Dorion for Tough Street
World Group of the Year:
• MAZ for ID
• Turkwaz for Nazar
• Beyond The Pale for Ruckus
• Twin Flames for Signal Fire
• Kobo Town for Where the Galleon Sank
World Solo Artist of the Year:
• Louis Simão for A Luz (The Light)
• Farnaz Ohadi & The Mashregh Ensemble for Bird Dance
• Kelly Bado for Entre deux
• Briga for Femme
• The Mardom Movement for Maneli Jamal
Traditional Album of the Year:
• Folklife by Jayme Stone
• La grosse maison rouge by André Brunet
• Rove by Còig
• The Original Jenny Whiteley by Jenny Whiteley
• The Willow Collection by Cassie and Maggie
Traditional Singer of the Year:
• Dave Penny for All Turned Around
• Hannah Shira Naiman for Know The Mountain
• Mélisande Gélinas-Fauteux of Mélisande [électrotrad] for Les millésimes
• Maggie MacDonald of Cassie and Maggie for The Willow Collection
• Sarah Jane Scouten for When the Bloom Falls From the Rose
Contemporary Album of the Year:
• Bird’s Nest by The Fretless
• Hide Not Hair by Abigail Lapell
• I Go Where You Go by Tomato Tomato
• Much Rather Be Sleeping by Braden Gates
• Twin Solitude by Leif Vollebekk
Contemporary Singer of the Year:
• Oh Susanna for A Girl In Teen City
• Stephen Fearing for Every Soul’s A Sailor
• Abigail Lapell for Hide Nor Hair
• Lisa LeBlanc for Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
• Coco Love Alcorn for Wonderland
Instrumental Group of the Year:
• Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy for A Celtic Family Christmas
• The Fretless for Bird’s Nest
• Scott Macmillan & Colin Grant for Good2go
• Beyond The Pale for Ruckus
• MacIsaac and MacKenzie for The Bay Street Sessions
Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year:
• Don Ross for A Million Brazilian Civilians
• Roberto López for Criollo Electric
• Glenn Chatten for Dragonfly
• André Brunet for La grosse maison rouge
• Maneli Jamal for The Mardom Movement
Vocal Group of the Year:
• The Big East for Hungry Ghosts
• The Bombadils for New Shoes
• Twin Flames for Signal Fire
• Coco Méliès for The Riddles
• Cassie and Maggie for The Willow Collection
Ensemble of the Year:
• Mama’s Broke for Count the Wicked
• Silent Winters for Fireworks & a Small Brigade
• 100 mile house for Hiraeth
• The Jerry Cans for Inuusiq
• Cassie and Maggie for The Willow Collection
Solo Artist of the Year:
• Stephen Fearing for Every Soul’s A Sailor
• Zachary Lucky for Everywhere A Man Can Be
• BEYRIES for Landing
• Leeroy Stagger for Love Versus
• Amelia Curran for Watershed
Children’s Album of the Year:
• Chirp Chirp Happy by Jessie Farrell
• Hear The Music by Fred Penner
• Home Is Family by Ginalina
• Pants on Backwards by Stella Swanson and the Rosie Joyfuls
• Zing-E-Zing! by Madame Diva et Micah le jeune voyageur
Producer(s) of the Year:
• Jim Bryson for Oh Susanna’s A Girl In Teen City
• Stephen Fearing and David Travers-Smith for Stephen Fearing’s Every Soul’s A Sailor
• Danny Michel and Rob Carli for Danny Michel’s Khlebnikov
• Joel Plaskett for Bill & Joel Plaskett’s Solidarity
• Amelia Curran and Chris Stringer for Amelia Curran’s Watershed
This year’s Unsung Hero award recipient will be announced on October 12, 2017. This special category award will also be handed out at the CFMA gala events on November 18 and 19th at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa, Canada.
Amazing Nat King Cole Portrait Made From A Lightbulb
Artist Noah Scalin of Skull-A-Day created this amazing portrait of Nat King Cole using shards of a shattered lightbulb. It was commissioned for the world premiere of Lights Out: Nat King Cole at People’s Light starring Dulé Hill.
Carpool Karaoke With Foo Fighters
James Corden and the Foo Fighters take a drive through Los Angeles singing the band’s classics before dropping into a music store for a quick drumming session with Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins.
Watch Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Perform Two Songs On Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit brought deliverance to Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night and performed two songs.
Here’s If We Were Vampires
https://youtu.be/eAJs3VYQ8rs
…and here they are with Cumberland Gap.
https://youtu.be/BjbxlB_GwLo
Oh, Oh, Oh! Shania Twain Confirmed for THE LAUNCH
CTV announced today that international musical star and reigning “Queen of Country Pop” Shania Twain is confirmed as the latest mentor on the inaugural season of CTV’s new original music series and international TV format THE LAUNCH. The top-selling female country artist of all time and five-time Grammy Award-winning artist joins forces with previously announced recording superstars Fergie, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, along with world-renowned music mogul Scott Borchetta as musical mentors shaping the creation of new releases by undiscovered artists.
“Shania is one of the world’s most sensational artists – a brilliant songwriter, a powerful vocalist, and a show-stopping live performer who has commanded audiences at sold-out concert arenas around the planet,” said Randy Lennox, President, Bell Media. “We are honoured to welcome this stellar, category-defying, homegrown talent on board THE LAUNCH.”
Recognized as the top-selling country artist of all-time, five-time Grammy Award-winner, Canadian-born, and internationally acclaimed musical artist Shania Twain has sold 90 million albums worldwide. The undisputed “Queen of Country Pop”, Twain is the powerhouse voice behind a string of hits including “You’re Still The One”, “From This Moment On”, and “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” to name only a few. A Canadian-born artist and author of the best-selling memoir From This Moment, Twain has achieved an unprecedented three Diamond-certified albums; headlined a show-stopping, two-year Las Vegas residency in 2012; and was recognized as the 2016 Billboard Women in Music Icon Award-winner. Shania NOW, Twain’s fifth full-length album led by the declaratory first single “Life’s About to Get Good”, is slated for release on September 29.
Reinventing the music television series genre, THE LAUNCH debuts a new and unique format, documenting an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to break a new artist and bring a song to life. In each hour-long episode, a group of unsigned emerging artists are mentored in the creation of a new original song by a panel of internationally renowned hit makers and mentors – from discovery to stardom in just two days. THE LAUNCH takes viewers on a fresh journey every week, unveiling new talent and new songs in each episode.
CTV is giving viewers in the Greater Toronto Area an opportunity to experience the excitement first-hand by attending a taping of THE LAUNCH. The studio is located just east of downtown Toronto, and is accessible by TTC with free parking available within a five-minute walk from the studio. Participants interested in attending a taping can visit CTV.ca/TheLaunch for ticket information or RSVP by emailing LaunchAudience@InsightTV.com with subject line “THE LAUNCH Tickets”. Note: include the number of guests, along with full names of everyone attending. All audience members must be at least 11 years of age and those under the age of 16-years-old must be accompanied by an adult.
Following in the successful footsteps of CANADIAN IDOL, THE IHEARTRADIO MMVAs, THE JUNO AWARDS, the MuchMusic and Coca-Cola Covers competition, and most recently, the launch of iHeartRadio Canada, THE LAUNCH was put into development in January 2016. The series was co-developed by and is produced in association with Scott Borchetta of Big Machine Label Group, Paul Franklin of Eureka, and Bell Media, in partnership with John Brunton and Lindsay Cox of Insight Productions. The format is currently being readied for an upcoming international roll-out.
THE LAUNCH is executive produced by Scott Borchetta, Randy Lennox and John Brunton; Lindsay Cox and Paul Franklin are Showrunners and Executive Producers; Executive producers for Bell Media are Robin Johnston and Corrie Coe, who is also Senior Vice-President, Original Programming, Bell Media. Pat DiVittorio is Vice-President, CTV and Specialty Programming, Mike Cosentino is President, Content and Programming, Bell Media. Randy Lennox is President, Bell Media.
Jackie Chan Jumps Over Fences
Jim Casey of The Solomon Society compiled a reel of some of Jackie Chan’s finer moments jumping and climbing over various fences and blockades. Us mere mortals are lucky to catch a glimpse at the artist at work.
How Flea Plays Bass
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea is a master showman always in search of a new direction on the bass. But as Polyphonic points out, it’s the way he plays with his bandmates that make him one of music’s greatest bassists of all time.