THE DECEMBERISTS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AS IT EVER WAS, SO IT WILL BE AGAIN OUT JUNE 14TH 19-MINUTE EPIC “JOAN IN THE GARDEN” OUT NOW LISTEN HERE MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN SPRING & SUMMER TOUR TICKETS ON SALE NOW

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Cosmo Sheldrake Shares New Single “Interdimensional” 

Upcoming Album Eye to the Ear Out April 12 on

                                         Tardigrade Records/FUGA

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Cosmo Sheldrake - Interdimensional (Live from the studio)

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The Alarm - The Man Who Sold The World [Official Music Video]

Pays Homage to MUSIC TELEVISION New Album Features Reimaginings of Classics By The Buggles, Modern English, INXS and More

First Single/Video David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World”   More Dates Added to Live Today Love Tomorrow MMXXIV U.S. feat. The Alarm, Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel and Belouis Some Watch Video Here

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DON WAS AND THE PAN DETROIT ENSEMBLE - VERSION 2

Six Time GRAMMY-Winning Musician, Producer, Composer, 

and Blue Note Records President

 Don Was Announces

Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble

 

New Band to Embark on US Tour Dates This May

                                                                Photo Credit: Miryam Ramos 

Six-time GRAMMY-winning musician, producer, composer, and Blue Note Records President Don Was announced his new group Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble. Made up of stellar jazz musicians from his hometown, the band features longtime collaborators including Blue Note Records artist Dave McMurray on sax and Eminem’s Oscar-winning collaborator keyboardist Luis Resto. The band’s first US tour kicks off this May (full tour routing below).

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“When the opportunity came to put together a new band, the message was clear to me: go back to Detroit where I came from, be who I am, play like who I am and team up with some like-minded individuals,” says Was. In addition to McMurray and Resto, band members include trombonist Vincent Chandler, trumpeter John Douglas, drummer Jeff Canaday, percussionist Mahindi Masai, guitarist Wayne Gerard, and vocalist Steffanie Christi’an. “There’s a unique sound and feel to Detroit that permeates the music in a way that resonates all over the globe,” Was continues. “There is a rawness, a lack of pretension and an unmistakable, underlying groove that reflects the people and culture of the entire city.” 

 

Inspired by the music of John Lee Hooker, Donald Byrd, Joe Henderson, George Clinton, Mitch Ryder, The Stooges, Electrifying Mojo, and more, The Pan-Detroit Ensemble will perform a mix of new originals, interpretations of songs written by artists like Yusef Lateef, Olu Dara, and Henry Threadgill, and of course updated cuts from albums that Don recorded with his Orquestra Was and Was (Not Was). 

 

“I’ve been chasing a sound in my head for the last 30 years,” explains Was. “It’s jazzy and improvisational, but also glued together with a sinewy R&B groove. It’s not slick or smooth — it’s a very raw, honest, Detroit kind of thing. The experiences I’ve had touring with Bobby Weir over the last six years, along with what I’ve learned from the artists on the Blue Note roster have pointed the way towards realizing that sound; The Pan Detroit Ensemble finally manifests that ‘thing’ I’ve been pursuing. The intention is to make communicative music that gets under the listener’s skin and brings them some joy, comfort and understanding in deeply troubled times. It’s all connected.”

 

“This tour is just the start,” Was asserts. “I know we’ve got some special chemistry going on in this band, and I can’t wait to see what it evolves into. The plan is to keep learning and growing until we drop… It’s too late to turn back now!”

 

Tour Dates:

5/21 - Minneapolis, MN - Dakota

5/22 - Evanston, IL - SPACE

5/24 - Detroit, MI - Orchestra Hall

5/25 - Cincinnati, OH - Memorial Hall

5/26 - Cumberland, MD - Delfest

5/28 - Red Bank, NJ - The Vogel at Count Basie Center

5/30 - Washington, DC - The Hamilton Live

5/31 - New York, NY - City Winery

6/2 - Ardmore, PA - Ardmore Music Hall

 

About Don Was

Music has always loomed large in the life of Don Was. Born in Detroit in 1952, he has enjoyed a multi-faceted career as a musician, record producer, music director, film composer, documentary filmmaker and radio host. Since 2011, he has also served as President of the venerated jazz label, Blue Note Records.

 

For his work as a record producer, he has won six Grammy Awards – including Album of the Year in 1989 for Bonnie Raitt’s Nick of Time and Producer of the Year in 1994. Records produced by Was have sold nearly 100 million albums for artists ranging from The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson to The B-52's, Wayne Shorter, John Mayer and Charles Lloyd. In 1995 he produced and directed a documentary about the life of Brian Wilson, I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times, that won the San Francisco Film Festival’s Golden Gate Award. As a film composer, he won the 1994 British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Original Score in recognition of his work on the film Backbeat. He won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for his work on the CBS TV special The Beatles: The Night That Changed America. In 2018 Don was invited to join Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir to form the Wolf Brothers. They continue to consistently tour the US.

 

In 2011 Was became President of the iconic jazz label Blue Note Records. He fiercely protects the company’s 85 year-old legacy, meticulously caretaking this revered catalog of Black American Music. This includes maintaining the availability and quality of vinyl reissues in the Tone Poet and Classic Jazz audiophile release series. He also signs and produces many of the label’s recent roster of artists including, Robert Glasper, Charles Lloyd, Wayne Shorter, Dr Lonnie Smith, Gregory Porter and Jason Moran.

 

Don’s deep Detroit roots keep him anchored to the city; for the last 15 years he has music directed and played bass in the Don Was Detroit All Star Revue concerts, part of Detroit's annual diversity festival, The Concert of Colors. From 2009-2012 Don hosted a weekly Sirius XM radio show on the Outlaw Country channel called The Motor City Hayride. Since 2021, he co-hosts a weekly, live radio show on Detroit’s NPR station, WDET-FM called The Don Was Motor City Playlist. Don is also the voice of Neville the Dog in the hit Amazon Prime Video children's show, Pete the Cat.

 

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                                       Save Northland College in Ashland Wisconsin 

Securing Northland College’s Future

The College has issued an urgent call for support to fund a new Northland for a more sustainable future. We are not announcing closure at this time—but we need your support by April 3 to remain open.

Please show your support for a small Liberal Art College with an environmental emphasis. In these time of global warning and other environmental issues, it is so important we support a college like Northland for the future of our plant.

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Driftwood - Up All Night Blues

Driftwood Navigates Newfound Parenthood on Tender Single “Up All Night Blues”

Upcoming Album December Last Call

Out March 22

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Habibi - On The Road (Official Visualizer)

 

Habibi Announces New Album Dreamachine Releasing May 31 Via Kill Rock Stars

 

New Single “On The Road” Out Now

 

Summer Tour Dates Announced

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Call Me Spinster - "Burn the Boxes" (Official Video)

Call Me Spinster Tears It All Down on Empowering

New Single “Burn the Boxes”

Upcoming Debut Album Potholes

Out April 12 via Strolling Bones Records

Photo Credit: DH Jacobs

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Omnivore Presents NRPS Hempsteader

Waxahatchee - "365"

WAXAHATCHEE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “365” ALONGSIDE A ONE-SHOT MUSIC VIDEO NEW ALBUM TIGERS BLOOD OUT MARCH 22ND ON ANTI-  WORLD TOUR ANNOUNCED

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Waxahatchee shares “365,” the latest from her highly anticipated upcoming album, Tigers Blood, out March 22nd on ANTI- Records. The song, which features a phenomenal vocal performance, is released alongside a gorgeous one-shot music video directed by frequent collaborators Corbett Jones & Nick Simonite. “‘365’ is a song about codependency as it pertains to addiction and relationships with addicts. It’s something I’ve dealt with a lot in my life and I really wanted to distill the nerves and emotions down to their purest form in this song,” Katie Crutchfield explains. “Brad Cook and I had a lot of ideas we tried for this one, but in the end, we tracked it live just him, Jake Lenderman and myself running the song a couple of times together in the room."

WATCH THE “365” MUSIC VIDEO

For tour dates and more information check out website

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Old 97's - Magic (Official Audio)

The Old 97’s Showcase Three Decades of “Magic” on New Single Out Now

 

New Album American Primitive Produced by 

Tucker Martine Out April 5 via ATO Records

 

West Coast Album Release Tour Kicks Off April 3 

in Santa Fe, Making Stops in Los Angeles, 

San Francisco, Portland, Seattle & More

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FREE BLUES FRIDAY AT EPIPHANY CHICAGO!

Cyrille Aimée - BEAUTIFUL WAY feat. Jake Sherman

ACCLAIMED VOCALIST CYRILLE AIMÉE

RELEASES NEW ALBUM

  Collection Includes Debut Recordings of Original Compositions 

Out Today - “à Fleur de Peau”  

via Whirlwind Recordings

Photo Credit: Missing Peice Group

Watch Video Here “Beautiful Way”

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Kenny Garrett & Svoy - Ascendence (Official Audio)

Kenny Garrett and Svoy

Release New Single “Ascendence”

From Upcoming Album Who Killed AI?

Audacious Collaboration with Electronic Producer Svoy

CD & Digital Out April 12th | Limited Edition Vinyl Out April 20 Exclusively with Record Store Day

via Mack Avenue Records

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