BREAKING NEWS
Chris Daniels
Hospitalized
RARWRITER.com
isn't typically a "Breaking News" type of media outlet, but
in the course of announcing this SXSW-focused March edition we
have learned that Chris Daniels
- shown above with the
late Marvin Graves (“Henchi”) and Freddi Gowdy of the great
“Freddi-Henchi Band” - is undergoing chemo-therapy in a Houston,
Texas hospital. He, according to a Colorado source, has been
diagnosed with an aggressive form of Leukemia. Chris Daniels is
a member of the music elite. As leader of
Chris Daniels & the Kings, he
has released a dozen CDs over a 20-plus year run. He and the
Kings tour Europe annually, last year recording an album
overseas (We'll Meet Again) with the Dutch band The Blues
Masters. Chris is also an Assistant Professor in the music
department of the University of Colorado-Denver. He is a
long-time friend of RARWRITER.com and has contributed
significantly to this site as a source of information on the
Colorado music community, and through his writing on artist
management, his primary subject in his work at CU. We at
RARWRITER.com send our best to Chris and his family and we will
provide updates on his condition and these become available.
- RAR
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RARWRITER.COM HANDICAPS "AMERICAN IDOL" 2010 - CLICK HERE
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Where Were the December 2009 and January 2010 Editions?
RARWRITER.com took some time off over the
past couple months so that staff could concentrate on personal
projects and holiday-related activities. We apologize for the
absence and hope you missed us terribly. We are back this
edition with a number of special features, including:
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MINTON SPARKS
EDITOR'S NOTE:
If, by some chance, you are not familiar with
Minton Sparks (left), click
here to learn more about one truly interesting artist.
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THIS WEEK'S REAL DEAL:
Notes from RAR
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Bohemians in Your
Town!
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CHECK OUT SPECIAL
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Buffalo videos on YouTube - use this link
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ECONOMIC
NEWS:
The Silver Lining
- Shark Attacks Are Down!
The University of Florida
"Shark File" project reports that these are difficult times for
man eating sharks, whose favorite meal has grown less available
as average people have lost the means to visit the beach. There
were only 29 feasts in 2009, down from 41 the previous year.
Most of these happen in Florida, where waders tend to move like
old people, thereby sending "prey in distress" signals to the
feeders, and to glow a phosphorescent white beneath the waves.
Things, however, are expected to improve with the approach of
spring and summer, and the inevitable upturn in societal wealth
as the bankers open their purses and share their accumulated
wealth, though the RARWRITER.com Shark File threw that last part
in their just to give hope our poor, swimming friends.
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Click here
to view "Beauty Queen of Cucamonga"
Click here to view "Ruby Red Lips"
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Nathan East - In
the Studio
L.A. musician Gary Swan brings our
attention to Nathan East - In The
Studio, a short documentary currently available
on YouTube.com at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfxYjQ9ZuSU . East, whose
studio credits include Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Quincy Jones,
Lionel Richie, Babyface, Billy Preston and David Foster, has
quite a line of instructional books on the bass and other
aspects of the business. In this video, he takes you into the
studio and behind the scenes to learn and see first-hand what it
takes to be a professional musician. It is a useful thing for
any aspiring studio player to watch, particularly regarding
"studio chemistry", i.e., the ability of producers to match
players of like personalities for the purpose of finding the
nuanced groove. The players in this video are exceptional in
their perfect discipline and sensitivity to the whole.
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Kevin Mahogany
Debuts New Vocalist Jeff Hall
 The
week of February 22, 2010 marked the debut of the Mahogany
Digital imprint, the newest label in Kevin Mahogany's "Mahogany
Jazz" family. Vocalist Jeff Hall,
Kevin Mahogany's protégé, is the first release to radio with the
two singles: "Cadillac Club" and "Detour Ahead."
Discovered by Kevin Mahogany, Jeff
Hall (pic left) has the vocal prowess reminiscent of jazz legend
Mark Murphy. Hall brings a new urgency and street sense to
traditional jazz, as evidenced by his vocal presentation and his
onstage appearance. Hall defines a new direction for vocal jazz.
"When I heard Jeff, there was a
quality in his voice there was a uniqueness to his sound,"
Mahogany said with regard to his decision to introduce Jeff to
the public. As a lyricist himself, Mahogany recognized Hall's
outstanding talent and assigned him the task of writing the
lyrics to "Cadillac Club."
Jeff Hall's "Cadillac Club" and
"Detour Ahead" singles will be the first singles to launch the
new Mahogany Digital label. Don't miss your chance to feature
one of the hottest rising stars on the touring circuit today.
All Jeff Hall singles will be
available through various online retailers like iTunes,
Amazon.mp3 and Rhapsody.
Sample and purchase the music:
www.reverbnation.com/jeffhall. Sales on Amazon begin March 8,
2010.
More about Mahogany Digital:
Mahogany Digital is a progressive label that seeks to embrace
the digital age, while remaining true to our musical roots. As
the consumer becomes more electronically oriented, we believe
that the future of music will be in individual single releases,
rather than full CDs. More info:
www.mahoganydigital.com
Mahogany Digital will service physical CDs of singles to radio
but will only offer retail sales of the singles via online
retailers like iTunes, Amazon.mp3 and Rhapsody.
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PRESS RELEASES
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here to read the following)
In studio news, of the independent
variety, Angie Mattson
reports that she is finishing a follow up to her appealingly
titled CD Given to Sudden Panic and Noisy Retreat.
"... I finally finished recording my new album. I am heading to
Phoenix for mastering next week, and am planning on a June
release date. I had many wonderful musicians join me on this
project, and we've created something adventurous and unique. I
am excited to share it with you." Angie has been playing in a
duo with Jeff Mendel (see the Bohemians section below) as well
as bass for the Indie Rock unit Sabrosa Purr.
Nikki Ferrari
has been visible only to Slovenian residents of Ljubljana since
leaving his native U.S. a couple years ago to build a new life
with his new wife, Portugal-born Spanish pop princess
Wiwiana Patricia Rodrigues.
On her
MySpace site she describes her life in a pleasingly
fractured English that, for older readers, will bring to mind
the young Charo - "I am born in Portugal when I will child I
live in Puerto Rico then my daddy move to California. Know I
live in Europe, Slovenia. I am sweet to my friends, relatives
and my husband Nikki Ferrari, understanding person, kind,
adorable, cute, concerned to the future of the world, to my
family and most of all to my self."
Mr. adorable-cute-and-concerned recently
sent to RARWRITER.com a sample of the work he is doing in the
recording facility he has built in Ljubljana. "My wife had me
run off a quick example from the studio..." writes Nikki.
(Anybody who saw Amadeus knows it is always the wife's
fault.) "This is what I am currently working up at the moment
and is only a throw-out mix and certainly not the best of my
tracks but hope it gives you an idea of what I am aiming for...
maybe something along the scale of Rihanna"s 'Umbrella'."
It is unclear what the track supplied has
in common with Rihanna's Casio-keyboard inspired pop. Nikki
seems to the ears of RARWRITER.com to be more committed to
arena-sized orchestral rock.
In the section below are other press
releases from recent weeks selected for their particular
relevance to our readers.
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Dave Rude
Band Prepares for Tour of Midwest
Dave Rude of DRB writes - "We've
just announced the first confirmed dates on DRB's first Midwest
tour for this March!! Starts Fri, 3/19 in Detroit. Finally we're
coming to all you crazy heartland rockers who always make the
long journey to our West Coast shows!! It's the DRB "Save You
The Commute" tour--haha!! More dates to be announced soon.
Please tell all your friends and get people out to these shows.
We are looking forward to this more than you know...
3/19 - DAWGHOUSE - CLINTON TOWNSHIP. MICHIGAN
3/20 - SIMON'S - ALLEN PARK, MICHIGAN
3/25- SLAPSY MAXIE'S - COLUMBUS, OHIO
3/26 - SHAKERS - CAMBRIDGE, OHIO
3/27- PENNY ROAD PUB - BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS
Mi2N NEWS
Click here for
additional news from Mi2N, the Largest Music Business &
Technology News Resource.
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CMA
ANNOUNCES JIMMY DEAN, FERLIN HUSKY, BILLY SHERRILL, AND DON
WILLIAMS AS NEWEST MEMBERS OF COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME;
Due To A Tie In The Voting, Both Dean And Husky Will Be Inducted
In The "Veterans Era Artist" Category -
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127631
INDIE BAND, LOVERS DRUGS SHOOTS MUSIC
VIDEO AT TOWER THEATER; Indie Band, overs Drugs
Shoots Music Video And DVD At The Famous Tower Theater In
Fresno, CA -
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127665
MARTIN SEXTON, NEW RELEASE, ANNOUNCES
TOUR INCLUDING BONNAROO, JAZZFEST AND A RUN WITH DAVE MATTHEWS
BAND; April 6 CD Release, 'Sugarcoating', Coming -http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127667
MEXICAN CULTURAL ICON AND GLOBAL
SUPERSTAR VICENTE FERNçNDEZ ANNOUNCES 2010 TOUR;
Vicente Fernndez, The Undisputed King Of Ranchera Music And One
Of The Most Revered And Successful Singers In The World -
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127646
GRAHAM CRABB RE-INTRODUCES POP WILL EAT
ITSELF; Principal Songwriter; Co-Frontman Graham
Crabb Revives PWEI
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127626
'LIKE WALL-E MEETS THE WALL':
MYSTERIOUS ITALIAN BAND N.A.M.B. UNLEASHES AMAZING ANIMATED
VIDEO
FOR NEW ALBUM OUT NOW; Italian Psych-rock Band
N.A.M.B. Posts Clever New Music Video, New Album Out 2/23
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127624
BUSTIN' OUT - NEW WAVE TO NEW: BEAT THE
POST PUNK ERA - The music termed post punk is well
represented here in many of its diverse strains by some of its
prime movers. This multi-hued set, the first in the New Wave To
New Beat series, encompasses anything from Gary Numan's austere
electronic pop on 'Replicas' through 23 Skidoo's atmospheric
tribal boogie on 'The Gospel Comes To New Guinea' to the
scrabbling guitar-driven pop of Josef K from Glasgow's Postcard
Records providing a major influence on Franz Ferdinand.
http://www.yearzeromusic.com
FIRST ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR EXIT FESTIVAL
2010; Kicking Off The New Decade in Style, EXIT Is
Excited To Announce The First Acts To Be Confirmed For The 2010
Edition Of The Festival
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127663
ABU DHABI FESTIVAL 2010 TO FEATURE
MIDDLE EAST DEBUT OF JAZZ MASTER WYNTON MARSALIS; ADMAF
Announced That Wynton Marsalis Will Make His Debut In The Arab
World As Part Of The Abu Dhabi Festival 2010
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127645
ROCK 'N' ROLL FANTASY CAMP RETURNS TO
LONDON'S ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS IN MAY 2010; The London
Outing Follows This Month's Los Angeles Camp, Which Is Being
Filmed For A VH1 Classic Hour-long, Weekly Docu-series
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127636
SOUTH WEST FOUR WEEKENDER; 2010
Marks A New Chapter In The History Of The UK's Premier Inner
City Dance Festival
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127606
STEVE FORBERT & NICOLE ATKINS HEADLINE
TO SS CAPE MAY; Singer-Songwriter Conference Of Cape
May To Be Held March 26-27 At The Historic Congress Hall And
Select Live Music Venues In Cape May, New Jersey
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127613
RAHMANIA - A TRIBUTE TO AR RAHMAN;
Chennai Is Celebrating One Of The Greatest Composers Of This
Era, The "OSCAR" & "GRAMMY" Awards Winner, AR Rahman
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127674
HK ARTISTS PREPARE FESTIVAL OF CULTURE;
Art Groups Specializing In Symphonies, Folk Music, And Ballet In
Hong Kong Will Stage A Cultural Extravaganza Through The 2010
World Expo
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127657
18-PIECE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
ORCHESTRA TO PAY PLAYS AT CARNIVAL DE BARANQUILLA EN MIAMI;
Berklee Orchestra Pays Tribute To Joe Arroyo
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127621
JAZZ MEETS POP IN THE SMOOTH, ASSURED,
AND MATURE, 22-YEAR-OLD VOICE OF DAKOTA HORVATH;
Dakota, Compared To Michael Buble, Jamie Cullum & Harry Connick,
Jr., Appears At Spazio In Sherman Oaks, CA Tuesday
March 23 At 8 And 10 PM
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127607
EDDIE IZZARD "BELIEVE - THE EDDIE
IZZARD STORY" DOCUMENTARY DVD IN STORES ON MARCH 2ND; DVD
Portrait Explores Eddie's One-of-a-kind Wit Through Intimate
Backstage Access To Izzard, Friends And Family, Plus
Acclaimed Performance Clips
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127664
COMPOSER DAN WALLACE TO RELEASE FOURTH
ALTERNATIVE ROCK ALBUM, DEN OF MANIACS; Wallace
Displays An Enduring Pursuit Of Pop/rock Genres That He
Approaches With The Arranging Cleverness Of A Classical
Composer
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127625
R&B ARTIST JENNIFER LANG ANNOUNCES
RELEASE DATE FOR NEW ALBUM; Jennifer Lang's Voice
Coos And Purrs Like A Blues Engine On Her Second LP, 3 O'Clock
Saturday
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127597
AUSSIE SENSATION SEAN FELLOWES RELEASES
"CARBONATED" AS A FREE DOWNLOAD; Australian Pop
Sensation Has Released His "Carbonated" CD As A free Download
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127676
LEGENDARY BASSIST RELEASES FREE
DOWNLOAD SINGLE!; Groovemonster Tony Newton Releases
"Boom Boom"
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127670
DONNA SAMMARCO RELEASES HER SECOND CD
HERE I AM, LORD; P&J Records Announces The Release Of
Donna Sammarco's Second CD
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127629
SINGER / SONGWRITER MARK MCBRIDE OFFERS
NEW INSPIRATIONAL R&B MUSIC!; Philadelphia Native
Mark McBride's Music Contains Deep Concepts, Beautiful Lyrics,
And A Smooth Flow That Lull His Listeners Into A Sense Of Peace
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127673
FIRST LISTEN: STEREO IS A LIE'S "WHAT
WE DO"; This Catchy Brit-Rock Tune Has Been A Staple
Of Stereo's Excellent Live Show
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127660
BASSIST PETE ROBERTS RELEASES HIS 1ST
RECORDING; Bassist Pete Roberts Releases His 1st
Recording
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=127599
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Armando's
in Martinez (CA) - Armando's is
something of a work of art in its own right. Named after owner
Roy Jeans' talented singing-chef grandfather, Armando, the small
venue is a constant art piece in motion. From creative wall
pieces and textures to the canvases more commonly called chairs
and tables, you will find yourself enveloped in talented art,
both audible and visual. 
