SANTA MONICA, CA, December 22, 2014   Throughout history, no artist has so dominated the world of music as Bob Marley.  A musical, political and even spiritual icon, a figure of almost mythical proportions, both poet and prophet, Marley was the first Jamaican artist to give voice to the struggles of his people and the […]

STEVIE WONDER: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE — AN ALL-STAR GRAMMY® SALUTE TO BE BROADCAST FEB. 16, 2015, ON CBS   Two-Hour Entertainment Event to Feature Some of the Biggest Names in Music Today Performing Iconic Songs by the 25-Time GRAMMY® Winner   The Recording Academy®, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and CBS will present “Stevie Wonder: Songs In […]

Today, the 57th Annual Grammy Nominations were released, including the nomination of GET ON UP for Best Complation Soundtrack For Visual Media!  FILM/TV/MEDIA 58. BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA American Hustle(Various Artists)Label: Legacy Recordings Frozen(Various Artists)Label: Walt Disney Records Get On Up: The James Brown Story(James Brown)Label: Universal Music Enterprises Guardians Of The Galaxy: […]

The ‘Ricky Part 1’ disc gave the teen idol a No. 1 on the Billboard EP chart of 25 November 1957, before he had either a No. 1 single or album.   These days, people stream single tracks before an album is released. Sometimes, when the album is available, they still prefer to stream, or download, one […]

The late “Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” received a special honor Saturday. 126th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Frederick Douglass Boulevards is now “James Brown Way.” It runs behind the legendary Apollo Theater. Brown’s daughter, Deanna Brown, was there as the community honored her father. “Every last person standing here has been […]

There is one interview I remember from my early days as a reporter, and I often recite a line from it because it’s the best answer I’ve ever gotten and ever will get. Naturally, it came from James Brown. It was in 1989, at the dark, wrong end of Brown’s career, when he was in […]

ANDRÉ RIEU Love in Venice Takes Fans On A Romantic Journey  New Album Will Be Released on November 4 DVD and BluRay Available on Nov 11 Classical phenomenon André Rieu will release his latest album – Love in Venice – on November 4, 2014. Brimming with Italian vitality and romance, Love in Venice features a selection of popular tunes performed in Rieu’s […]

HBO will present its newest documentary about the late and great James Brown entitled, “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown.”  This film focuses not on who this great musical innovator was but rather on the how he became such a moving force in the music industry. The film starts off with Brown’s early life, […]

KISS’ LOVE GUN ALBUM GETS DELUXE TWO-CD TREATMENT New version of 1977 studio recording contains previously unreleased demos, live tracks, 1977 Gene Simmons interview and liner notes by Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees KISS continue to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the release of a deluxe two-CD version of their […]

Photo by Iain Macmillan ©Yoko Ono JOHN LENNON STUDIO ALBUMS AND COLLECTIONS DEBUT IN HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL AUDIO, BEGINNING WITH TODAY’S RELEASE OF ‘IMAGINE’ AND ‘ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’   ‘JOHN LENNON SIGNATURE COLLECTION’ TO DEBUT IN HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL AUDIO ON NOVEMBER 4 Los Angeles – October 7, 2014 – In celebration of John Lennon’s 74th birthday on […]

‘SINATRA: LONDON’ COLLECTS FRANK SINATRA’S ONLY BRITISH STUDIO RECORDINGS AND A TREASURE TROVE OF OTHER U.K. HIGHLIGHTS IN NEW 3-CD/DVD AND DIGITAL COLLECTION TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 9   ‘Sinatra: LONDON’ Contains More Than 50 Unreleased Tracks Order Here: https://smarturl.it/SinatraLondonBox      Los Angeles – September 24, 2014 – For several weeks during the spring of 1962, London’s […]

JAKE STEINFELD ADDS HOTTEST CONTEMPORARY MIXES OF HIT SONGS TO HIS SMASH BODY BY JAKE® FITNESS LINE WITH ANOTHER WINNING PACKAGE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES  Current Remixes from Enrique Iglesias, Capitol Cities, OneRepublic and The Wanted Highlight Brand-New “Interval-Training Workout” Package, Available August 5 Music is Geared for Low-to-High Intensity Workouts Separated by Rest Intervals, […]