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		<title>Winners Announced For Owl City, Santana, And Dance Hall Pimps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 03:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winners for more of our recent contests have just been announced! And the winners are…]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The winners for more of our recent contests have just been announced! And the winners are…</p>
<p>Owl City &#8220;Live From Los Angeles&#8221; DVD: Alainna DePoalo (Cedar Knolls, NJ), Terry Vanderpool (Brownsburg, IN)</p>
<p>Santana &#8220;Live At Montreaux 2011&#8243; DVD: Vickie McGrew (Collinsville, MS), Mike Rogers (Columbia, MO), Susan Marina Brown Lane (Mountville, SC)</p>
<p>Dance Hall Pimps &#8220;Beast For Love&#8221; CD: Mike Groesbeck (Port St Lucie, FL), Annette Taylor (Albion, IL), Sabine Blanch(Castle Rock, CO)</p>
<p>Shop for: <a title="" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-0187043-4860819?index=blended&amp;tag=obsessedwithm-20&amp;keyword=Owl City" target="_blank">Owl City</a> | <a title="" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-0187043-4860819?index=blended&amp;tag=obsessedwithm-20&amp;keyword=Santana" target="_blank">Santana</a> | <a title="" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-0187043-4860819?index=blended&amp;tag=obsessedwithm-20&amp;keyword=Dance Hall Pimps" target="_blank">Dance Hall Pimps</a></p>
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		<title>Bumbershoot Festival Announces Initial 2012 Lineup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most (but not all) of Seattle&#8217;s awesome Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival music lineup has been announced, listed below. According to folks at the festival &#8220;In the coming weeks, we’ll...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most (but not all) of Seattle&#8217;s awesome <a href="http://www.bumbershoot.org" target="_blank">Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival</a> music lineup has been announced, listed below. According to folks at the festival &#8220;In the coming weeks, we’ll announce Comedy, Dance, Words &amp; Ideas, Visual Arts, Theatre, Performing Arts and Film. Plus, even more Music. Yes, there’s more.&#8221;</p>
<p>You can go to <a href="http://www.bumbershoot.org" target="_blank">their web site</a> for tickets and to see the artists separated by type, such as blues, rock, jazz, hiphop, global, soul, pop, etc etc etc at:<br />
<a href="http://bumbershoot.org/lineup/">http://bumbershoot.org/lineup/</a></p>
<p>&#8211; KeyArena: This is the second year in a row in which Bumbershoot is using KeyArena as its mainstage, as opposed to Memorial Stadium.</p>
<p>&#8211; Seattle&#8217;s Sub Pop Records is co-curating the Fountain Lawn stage, which will include acts on the label &#8212; The Vaselines, Blitzen Trapper, Low, The Helio Sequence, etc. &#8212; and some that are not.</p>
<p>&#8211; Bumbershoot After Dark &#8212; the festival&#8217;s late-night electronic party &#8212; is once again &#8220;powered by Decibel Festival.&#8221; But this year, attendees need not buy a separate ticket. Admission is included in the price of the regular festival pass.</p>
<p>&#8211; There will also be a stage called The Promenade, which will be located outside of McCaw Hall. The stage will feature a combination of up-and-coming rock bands and singer/songwriters. It will also host several Canadian bands on the first day of the festival with the help fo the M for Montreal music festival which is curating the stage that day.</p>
<p>&#8211; Bumbershoot is offering programming by day for some genres. So if you want some Americana you’ll want to come around Saturday because the Americana Music Association helped curate a stage that will feature Heartless Bastards, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and The Jayhawks . Sunday includes a blues lineup curated in partnership with the Highway 99 Blues Club and Monday will host a global music lineup.</p>
<p>&#8211; The metal lineup for this year’s festival will be co-curated by El Corazon. The hard and heavy aspect of Bumbershoot’s bill has yet to be announced.</p>
<p>==========</p>
<p>Bumbershoot 2012 artists and acts, so far:</p>
<p>Saturday, 9/1</p>
<p>Jane’s Addiction<br />
AWOLNATION<br />
M. Ward<br />
The Jayhawks<br />
The Helio Sequence<br />
City and Colour<br />
The Heavy<br />
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit<br />
King Khan &amp; The Shrines<br />
Heartless Bastards<br />
Oberhofer<br />
Thee Satisfaction<br />
Damien Jurado<br />
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound<br />
Sera Cahoone<br />
The Soul Rebels<br />
Don’t Talk to the Cops!<br />
Skerik’s Bandalabra<br />
Alela Diane<br />
The Barr Brothers<br />
Tacocat<br />
Unnatural Helpers<br />
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra<br />
Polecat<br />
Nude</p>
<p>Sunday, 9/2</p>
<p>Tony Bennett<br />
Mac Miller<br />
Big Sean<br />
Keane<br />
Blitzen Trapper<br />
The Promise Ring<br />
Yelawolf<br />
Mudhoney<br />
Wanda Jackson &amp; The Dusty 45’s<br />
The Greenhornes with Very Special Guest Eric Burdon<br />
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band<br />
Civil Twilight<br />
Fruit Bats<br />
The Jezabels<br />
Why?<br />
Barcelona<br />
Lee Fields &amp; The Expressions<br />
Harmonica House Party with Lee Oskar &amp; Magic Dick<br />
Katie Herzig<br />
Niki and the Dove<br />
AM &amp; Shawn Lee<br />
thenewno2<br />
Gold Leaves<br />
Karen Lovely<br />
Deep Sea Diver<br />
Theoretics<br />
Eldridge Gravy &amp; The Court Supreme<br />
Ty Curtis Band<br />
The Young Evils<br />
Knowmads<br />
Katie Kate<br />
Eighteen Individual Eyes</p>
<p>Monday, 9/3</p>
<p>Skrillex<br />
M83<br />
Passion Pit<br />
Low<br />
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart<br />
The Vaselines<br />
Fujiya &amp; Miyagi<br />
Fishbone<br />
Lights<br />
Rebirth Brass Band<br />
LP<br />
Ty Segall<br />
Hey Marseilles<br />
The Wombats<br />
Ana Tijoux<br />
Foxy Shazam<br />
Bombino<br />
Omar Souleyman<br />
Tyrone Wells<br />
El Vez<br />
Debo Band<br />
Star Anna<br />
Seapony<br />
Bryan John Appleby<br />
Reignwolf<br />
Noah Gundersen<br />
Super Geek League<br />
The Pharmacy<br />
Ghosts I’ve Met<br />
Posse<br />
Cascadia ’10</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bumbershoot.org" target="_blank">Bumbershoot 2012 web site</a></p>
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		<title>Peter Gabriel Returns With Live Blood 2-CD Set</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/2012/04/27/peter-gabriel-returns-with-live-blood-2-cd-set/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Contest details below -</p>
<p>Following last year&#8217;s New Blood Live in London DVD, Blu-Ray and 3D Disc ands the New Blood studio album comes LIVE BLOOD, a newly remixed and re-mastered live 2-CD set recorded at London&#8217;s iconic Hammersmith Apollo on March 23rd last year.</p>
<p>Dispensing with the usual rock armory of guitars and drums, Peter Gabriel and the 46-piece New Blood Orchestra re-imagine some of Peter&#8217;s best known songs with orchestral arrangements that include &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221; &#8220;Red Rain&#8221; &#8220;Rhythm of The Heat&#8221; and &#8220;Biko&#8221; &#8211; written in honor of anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko (1946-1977). In addition, there are interpretations of Paul Simon&#8217;s &#8220;The Boy in the Bubble&#8221; and Lou Reed&#8217;s &#8220;The Power of the Heart&#8221; and much more. A track listing is below.</p>
<p>Gabriel is a renowned live performer whose onstage charisma and instantly recognizable voice combine brilliantly with the orchestral sound palette to breathe a new sense of wonder into familiar songs.</p>
<p><a href="http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/1" target="_blank">Listen to the album</a></p>
<p><a title="" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007JQLNXG/obsessedwithm-20" target="_blank">Buy it now</a> | <a title="" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-0187043-4860819?index=blended&amp;tag=obsessedwithm-20&amp;keyword=Peter Gabriel" target="_blank">Shop for Peter Gabriel</a></p>
<p>Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7w1SrtNwHc&amp;" target="_blank">The Rhythm Of The Heat</a></p>
<p>Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8A59tErhfE&amp;;" target="_blank">Red Rain</a></p>
<p>Track listing:</p>
<p>1) Intruder</p>
<p>2) Wallflower</p>
<p>3) The Boy In The Bubble</p>
<p>4) Après Moi</p>
<p>5) The Drop</p>
<p>6) Washing Of The Water</p>
<p>7) The Book Of Love</p>
<p>8 ) Darkness</p>
<p>9) The Power Of The Heart</p>
<p>10) Biko</p>
<p>11) San Jacinto</p>
<p>DISC TWO:</p>
<p>1) Digging In The Dirt</p>
<p>2) Signal To Noise</p>
<p>3) Downside Up</p>
<p>4) Mercy Street</p>
<p>5) The Rhythm Of The Heat</p>
<p>6) Blood Of Eden</p>
<p>7) Red Rain</p>
<p>8 ) Solsbury Hill</p>
<p>9) In Your Eyes</p>
<p>10) Don&#8217;t Give Up</p>
<p>11) The Nest That Sailed The Sky</p>
<p><a title="" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007JQLNXG/obsessedwithm-20" target="_blank">Buy it now</a> | <a title="" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-0187043-4860819?index=blended&amp;tag=obsessedwithm-20&amp;keyword=Peter Gabriel" target="_blank">Shop for Peter Gabriel</a></p>
<p>How to enter the contest – read this! You can win this CD. Enter now – just tell us your favorite Peter Gabriel song. This next part is important: Put your answer in the “Message” field of the online entry form! If you don’t do that, you won’t win. <a href="http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/wp/contests?2subject=Peter+Gabriel+Live+Blood">Click on this sentence to enter the contest</a>! Contest ends on May 31, 2012.</p>
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		<title>Lollapalooza Announces 2012 Lineup</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/2012/04/24/lollapalooza-announces-2012-lineup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lollapalooza 2012 lineup has been announced and it is a good one. The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, The Shins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, Justice, Florence + The Machine, and lots...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.lollapalooza.com/" target="_blank">Lollapalooza 2012</a> lineup has been announced and it is a good one. The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, The Shins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, Justice, Florence + The Machine, and lots lots more. The festival will be held at Grant Park in Chicago on August 3-5. Check out <a href="http://www.lollapalooza.com/" target="_blank">the web site</a> for more info, tickets, updates, FAQ, etc.</p>
<p>Friday</p>
<blockquote><p>The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Bassnectar, The Shins, Passion Pit, The Afghan Whigs, M83, NERO, Metric, Wale, Die Antwoord, Dawes, The Head &amp; The Heart, Dr. Dog, SBTRKT, Porter Robinson, Tame Impala, Band of Skulls, Madeon, Zedd, Blind Pilot, The Black Angels, Yellow Ostrich, Sharon Van Etten, Totally Enormous, Extinct Dinosaurs, The War on Drugs, Michael Kiwanuka, O Rappa, The Growlers, Anamanaguchi, First Aid Kit, Wax, The White Panda, Animal Kingdom, Dev Kevin Devine, Dry the River, Helena, Haley Reinhart, Ambassadors, DJ Zebo, thenewno2</p></blockquote>
<p>Saturday</p>
<blockquote><p>Red Hot Chili Peppers, Avicii, The Weeknd, Bloc Party, Calvin Harris, Franz Ferdinand, Frank Ocean, Delta Spirit, Santigold, The Temper Trap, tUnE-yArDs, Skream &amp; Benga, Twin Shadow, The Tallest Man on Earth, FUN, Alabama Shakes, JJ Grey &amp; Mofro, Neon Indian, Paper Diamond, Washed Out, Aloe Blacc, Bear in Heaven, Chairlift, GIVERS, Doomtree, Star Slinger, Orchard Lounge, JEFF the Brotherhood FIDLAR, JC Brooks &amp; The Uptown Sound, Milo Greene, Los Jaivas, Kopecky Family Band, LP, Walk Off The Earth, SALVA, The Dunwells, Empires, Moon Taxi, Chancellor Warhol, Laura Warshauer</p></blockquote>
<p>Sunday</p>
<blockquote><p>Jack White, Justice, Florence + The Machine, At The Drive-In, Kaskade, Sigur Ros, Miike Snow, J. Cole, Childish Gambino, Zeds Dead, Big Gigantic, The Big Pink, Toro Y Moi, Little Dragon, Of Monsters And Men, Gary Clark Jr., The Gaslight Anthem, Amadou &amp; Mariam, The Walkmen, Dum Dum Girls, Trampled By Turtles, Polica, Bombay Bicycle Club, White Rabbits, Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis, The Devil Makes Three, Oberhofer, Bowerbirds, Mona, Hey Rosetta!, The Jezabels, Nadastrom, DJ Nihal Yuna, The Sheepdogs, DJ Mel, Imaginary Cities, Overdoz, Red Oblivion, Kid Color</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://lineup.lollapalooza.com/?sort=day" target="_blank">Full lineup</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lollapalooza.com/" target="_blank">Lollapalooza web site</a></p>
<p>Are you going? Who would you want to see?</p>
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		<title>Outside Lands Festival Announces 2012 Lineup</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/2012/04/17/outside-lands-festival-announces-2012-lineup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lineup is revealed for the 2012 Outside Lands Festival in beautiful Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. See their web site for tickets, travel info, etc. Then mark your...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The lineup is revealed for the 2012 Outside Lands Festival in beautiful Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. See <a href="http://www.sfoutsidelands.com" target="_blank">their web site</a> for tickets, travel info, etc. Then mark your calendar for August 10-12 and be there. The 2012 lineup includes these artists and more:</p>
<p>ALABAMA SHAKES</p>
<p>ALLEN STONE</p>
<p>BECK</p>
<p>BLOC PARTY</p>
<p>DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND</p>
<p>DR. DOG</p>
<p>FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS</p>
<p>FOO FIGHTERS</p>
<p>FRANZ FERDINAND</p>
<p>FUN</p>
<p>JACK WHITE</p>
<p>METALLICA</p>
<p>NEIL YOUNG &amp; CRAZY HORSE</p>
<p>NORAH JONES</p>
<p>OF MONSTERS AND MEN</p>
<p>PORTUGAL. THE MAN</p>
<p>REGGIE WATTS</p>
<p>REGINA SPEKTOR</p>
<p>SHARON VAN ETTEN</p>
<p>SIGUR ROS</p>
<p>SKRILLEX</p>
<p>STEVIE WONDER</p>
<p>TENNIS</p>
<p>THE BE GOOD TANYAS</p>
<p>THE KILLS</p>
<p>TRAMPLED BY TURTLES</p>
<p>YACHT</p>
<p>And lot lots more!!</p>
<p><a href="http://lineup.sfoutsidelands.com/" target="_blank">Outside Lands full 2012 lineup</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sfoutsidelands.com" target="_blank">Outside Lands web site</a></p>
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		<title>Fifth Annual Record Store Day Is April 21st</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/2012/04/14/fifth-annual-record-store-day-is-april-21st/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We love records. We love music. And we love Record Store Day. It&#8217;s a celebration of the coolest places on the planet, namely record stores. So, on Saturday April 21st,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We love records. We love music. And we love Record Store Day. It&#8217;s a celebration of the coolest places on the planet, namely record stores. So, on Saturday April 21st, go and shop and buy something from your local indie store! And there are lots of special releases just for this day, check out <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases" target="_blank">this list</a>.</p>
<p>About this special day, from the <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com" target="_blank">official web site</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.</p>
<p>This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet &amp; greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Bunny Sigler Returns With “From Bunny With Love&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contest details below - The legendary Walter “Bunny” Sigler is a four-time Grammy award winner and nominee who has been a writer, producer or recording artist on over thirty-six million...]]></description>
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<p>The legendary Walter “Bunny” Sigler is a four-time Grammy award winner and nominee who has been a writer, producer or recording artist on over thirty-six million CDs. He has over four decades of multi-gold and platinum recordings both as a recording artist and producer. The twelve original songs on this newest CD “From Bunny With Love” are evidence that Bunny remains a musical and creative powerhouse.</p>
<p>Listen to <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mhpjonas/04-nobody-else-for-me" target="_blank">Nobody Else For Me</a></p>
<p>From the press release:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Roots, Outkast, Mary J. Blige and The Notorious B.I.G. have all used Bunny Sigler’s music. Nelly’s 2002 smash hit &#8216;Dilemma,&#8217; was co-written by Bunny and spent 15 weeks at #1 on charts throughout the world. He also co-wrote &#8216;The Ruler’s Back,&#8217; the opening song on the widely respected and critically acclaimed album The Blueprint by Jay-Z. For a taste of more contemporary Bunny, check out his track &#8216;You Never Know.&#8217; Bunny’s extensive work with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff was instrumental in the development of The Philadelphia Sound. During his years with Philadelphia International Records he wrote for The O’Jays, Jackie Moore, Harold Melvin &amp; the Blue Notes, Barbara Mason, Billy Paul, Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills, and classic R&amp;B hits like ‘Let The Good Times Roll’ and ‘Love Train’. The twelve, new original tracks on &#8220;From Bunny With Love&#8221; demonstrate Bunny Sigler’s masterful songwriting, seductive lyrics and sensual emotion while grooving to smooth, funky beats.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Ex-Japan Frontman David Sylvian Releases 2-CD Solo Retrospective</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contest details below - Just out is &#8220;David Sylvian ‘A Victim Of Stars, 1982-2012’, the 2 disc collection of David&#8217;s post-Japan solo work. It&#8217;s a career-spanning compilation of his acclaimed solo...]]></description>
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<p>Just out is &#8220;David Sylvian ‘A Victim Of Stars, 1982-2012’, the 2 disc collection of David&#8217;s post-Japan solo work. It&#8217;s a career-spanning compilation of his acclaimed solo work, featuring an exclusive new track ‘Where’s Your Gravity?’.  The album brings together material from the last 30 years of David Sylvian’s solo career, encompassing material released with Virgin Records, along with his more recent work released on his own label samadhisound, as well as a new recording exclusive to this compilation.</p>
<p>From the press release:</p>
<blockquote><p>On his solo records of the &#8217;80s, Sylvian&#8217;s explorations in music took him from the pop-funk, stylish jazz and windswept exotica of 1984s Brilliant Trees; the ambient landscapes and epic ballads of 1985s Gone To Earth; and the romantic orchestrations of 1987s Secrets Of The Beehive. His collaborators included leaders of progressive music, from jazzmen such as Mark Isham, John Taylor and Kenny Wheeler to the rock and fusion guitarists Robert Fripp, Bill Nelson, and David Torn. Regular collaborations with composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra star Ryuichi Sakamoto yielded Sylvian&#8217;s first international hit, &#8220;Forbidden Colours.”, along with “Bamboo Houses” and “ Bamboo Music”.</p>
<p>In the early &#8217;90s, Sylvian embarked on a series of acclaimed tours with Robert Fripp, leading to their 1993 studio release The First Day. And 1991 saw the release of Rain Tree Crow, a Japan reunion under a different name. But Sylvian grew less prolific as the decade wore on, taking four years to finish 1999s Dead Bees On A Cake. Dead Bees included the hit single &#8220;I Surrender,&#8221; where Sylvian crafts an eye-openingly beautiful vessel around his spiritual journey. His determination to confront his vulnerabilities led to arguably his most powerful album to date, 2003’s Blemish. More recently, he has also released Snow Borne Sorrow and Money for All, an LP and EP from the band Nine Horses. Nine Horses is a trio that includes his brother and regular collaborator Steve Jansen and electronica artist Burnt Friedman, as well as contributions from singer Stina Nordenstam, trumpeter Arve Henriksen, and Ryuichi Sakamoto on piano.</p>
<p>In 2009, the project that began in Blemish continued with Manafon, an album that assembled the world’s leading free improvisers, including Evan Parker, Keith Rowe, Fennesz, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, and John Tilbury, among several others. And completing the source material for the compilation is his most recent release ‘Died In The Wool’, made up of variations on Manafon and including collaborations with acclaimed composer Dai Fujikura, producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré and a stellar roster of contemporary musicians and improvisers.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Tracklisting:</p>
<p>CD1:</p>
<p>Ghosts (Remix) 3’44</p>
<p>Bamboo Houses 5’28</p>
<p>Bamboo Music 5’40</p>
<p>Forbidden Colours 4’43</p>
<p>Red Guitar 5’10</p>
<p>The Ink In The Well 4’32</p>
<p>Pulling Punches 5’03</p>
<p>Taking The Veil 4’41</p>
<p>Silver Moon 6’09</p>
<p>Let The Happiness In 5’37</p>
<p>Orpheus 4’51</p>
<p>Waterfront 3’24</p>
<p>Pop Song 4’32</p>
<p>Blackwater 4’20</p>
<p>Every Colour You Are 4’45</p>
<p>Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) 5’14</p>
<p>CD2:</p>
<p>Jean The Birdman 4’16</p>
<p>Alphabet Angel 2’06</p>
<p>I Surrender 9’25</p>
<p>Darkest Dreaming 4’01</p>
<p>Fire In The Forest 4’07</p>
<p>The Only Daughter 5’28</p>
<p>Late Night Shopping 2’54</p>
<p>Wonderful World 6’02</p>
<p>The Banality Of Evil 7’59</p>
<p>Darkest Birds 5’01</p>
<p>Snow White in Appalachia 6’02</p>
<p>Small Metal Gods 5’06</p>
<p>I Should Not Dare 3’20</p>
<p>Manafon 4’01</p>
<p>Where’s Your Gravity?* 5’37</p>
<p>*New track</p>
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		<title>The Decemberists Issue A Live 2-Disc Set</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fresh from a surprise &#8220;hit&#8221; album, The King Is Dead, The Decemberists have released We All Raise Our Voices to the Air: Live Songs 04.11.08. It&#8217;s a collection of  their strong, unique, and clever material, including some lesser-known gems. From the All Music Guide review:</p>
<blockquote><p>Recorded while the band was on tour for their chart-topping album, The King Is Dead, We All Raise Our Voices to the Air captures the remarkably tight live performances of Portland indie band the Decemberists. Though their last full-length studio album found the band moving toward a simpler, more Americana-influenced sound, the live set finds the band recapturing the intricate and ornate sound of their earlier work, making full use of multi-instrumentalists Chris Funk and Jenny Conlee as the band works is way through this career-spanning set. While roughly a third of the material comes (understandably) from The King Is Dead, the band hits all the high points, belting out classics like &#8220;The Bagman&#8217;s Gambit,&#8221; &#8220;Billy Liar,&#8221; and all three parts of the &#8220;Crane Wife&#8221; suite. Combine the stellar set list with the band&#8217;s affable, easygoing stage presence and singer Colin Meloy&#8217;s banter (which includes a detour at the hilariously bad &#8220;Dracula&#8217;s Daughter,&#8221; a song Meloy himself has referred to as the worst song he ever wrote) and you have a recipe for an album that almost feels like a greatest-hits compilation. Normally, a live album without a ton of rarities would be a hard sell to fans of the band, but We All Raise Our Voices to the Air is such a strong set of performances that even Decemberists diehards might have a hard time passing up on this one. More importantly, however, is that the album gives new fans the ability to experience the band&#8217;s music without the layer of carefully cultivated shroud of preciousness that can be a bit daunting for anyone unfamiliar with what they might be getting themselves into.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you are new to The Decemberists, maybe start with Picaresque, The Crane Wife, or the intricate but well worth it The Hazards Of Love. Or The King Is Dead, probably their most accessible album to date. But this live collection finds the band at the top of their game.</p>
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		<title>New Robin Trower Collection: The Chrysalis Years 1977-1983</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Following on the heels of last year’s ‘A Tale Untold: The Chrysalis Years 1973-1976’ (Robin Trower’s first anthology of the albums produced for Chrysalis Records), comes the companion collection, Farther On Up The Road: The Chrysalis Years 1977-1983.</p>
<p>Featuring a further six albums, this second volume collects together the remaining releases Robin recorded for the label, including two LPs made with Cream’s legendary bassist and vocalist, Jack Bruce. This 3-CD set kicks off with 1977’s In City Dreams, which now features the 7” single edit of Bluebird, available on CD for the first time, followed Caravan To Midnight from 1978. Next up is 1979’s Victims Of The Fury, which now includes the rare b-side ‘One In A Million’. B.L.T., the first of two albums to feature Jack Bruce, was released in 1981, which was swiftly followed the following year by the album Truce.</p>
<p>The set is completed by Back It Up, the sixth album on this release (as well as his eleventh and last LP for Chrysalis) was originally released in 1983, and sees the return of Robin’s long term collaborator Jimmy Dewar, on bass and vocals.</p>
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<p>Track listing:</p>
<p>Disc One</p>
<p>In City Dreams (Chrysalis CHR-1148 1977)</p>
<p>1. Somebody Calling</p>
<p>2. Sweet Wine Of Love</p>
<p>3. Bluebird</p>
<p>4. Falling Star</p>
<p>5. Farther On Up The Road</p>
<p>6. Smile</p>
<p>7. Little Girl</p>
<p>8. Love&#8217;s Gonna Bring You Round</p>
<p>9. In City Dreams</p>
<p>BONUS TRACK</p>
<p>10. Bluebird (7&#8243; Edit) (Dewar/ Trower) Chrysalis Music Ltd. Item No: C10146 Barcode: AB 0206411</p>
<p>Caravan To Midnight (Chrysalis CHR-1189 1978)</p>
<p>11. My Love (Burning Love)</p>
<p>12. Caravan To Midnight</p>
<p>13. I&#8217;m Out To Get You</p>
<p>14. Lost In Love</p>
<p>15. Fool</p>
<p>16. It&#8217;s For You</p>
<p>17. Birthday Boy</p>
<p>18. King Of The Dance</p>
<p>19. Sail On</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Disc Two</p>
<p>Victims Of The Fury (Chrysalis CHR-1215 1979)</p>
<p>1. Jack And Jill</p>
<p>2. Roads To Freedom</p>
<p>3. Victims Of The Fury</p>
<p>4. The Ring</p>
<p>5. Only Time</p>
<p>6. Into The Flame</p>
<p>7. The Shout</p>
<p>8. Mad House</p>
<p>9. Ready For The Taking</p>
<p>10. Fly Low</p>
<p>11. One In A Million (b-side) Item No: C08345 Barcode: AB 0206473</p>
<p>B.L.T. &#8211; featuring Jack Bruce (CHR 1324 &#8211; 1981)</p>
<p>13. Into Money</p>
<p>14. What It Is</p>
<p>15. Won&#8217;t Let You Down</p>
<p>16. No Island Lost</p>
<p>17. It&#8217;s Too Late</p>
<p>18. Life On Earth 3:42</p>
<p>19. Once The Bird Has Flown 4:00</p>
<p>20. Carmen 3:39</p>
<p>21. Feel The Heat 2:51</p>
<p>22. End Game 5:13</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Disc Three</p>
<p>Truce &#8211; featuring Jack Bruce (Chrysalis CHR 1352 &#8211; 1982)</p>
<p>1. Gonna Shut You Down 3:03</p>
<p>2. Gone Too Far 3:48</p>
<p>3. Thin Ice 3:40</p>
<p>4. Last Train To The Stars 3:21</p>
<p>5. Take Good Care Of Yourself 4:45</p>
<p>6. Fall In Love 2:40</p>
<p>7. Fat Gut 3:22</p>
<p>8. Shadows Touching 4:29</p>
<p>9. Little Boy Lost 3:33</p>
<p>Back It Up (Chrysalis CHR-1420 1983)</p>
<p>10. Back It Up 3:54</p>
<p>11. River 3:52</p>
<p>12. Black To Red 2:57</p>
<p>13. Benny Dancer 8:53</p>
<p>14. Time Is Short 3:40</p>
<p>15. Islands 4:04</p>
<p>16. None But The Brave 2:37</p>
<p>17. Captain Midnight 3:10</p>
<p>18. Settling The Score 5:16</p>
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<p>How to enter the contest – read this! You can win this 3-CD set. Enter now – just tell us what your favorite Robin Trower song is, and why it is your favorite. This next part is important: Put your answer in the “Message” field of the online entry form! If you don’t do that, you won’t win. <a href="http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/wp/contests?2subject=Robin+Trower+1977-1983">Click on this sentence to enter the contest</a>! Contest ends on April 25, 2012.</p>
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		<title>Lukas Nelson Releases New CD &#8220;Wasted&#8221; And New Tour Dates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>First off, yes, he is Willie Nelson&#8217;s son. And now an artist in his own right, due to performance at such venues as Farm Aid, Bridge School, and Stagecoach, national TV airtime on Letterman, Leno, and Kimmel, and rave reviews for two simple reasons: Great songs and even better live shows.</p>
<p>From the press release:</p>
<blockquote><p>“Neil Young suggested that we record the album live in the studio in analog, which is something we didn’t do on the last record,” explains Lukas Nelson, who penned all of the tracks and produced the record with his band – Anthony LoGerfo (Drums), Tato Melgar (Percussion) and Corey McCormick (Bass) – and Jim “Moose” Brown. “It really added a lot of magnetism, energy, and that live feel, and a lot of warmth to it. I feel like this record sounds more like what you get when you see us perform.” Neil Young, whom Lukas calls a “distant mentor” for the band, also suggested that the band record on a full moon. Not only did they hit the studio – Moose Lodge Studios in Nashville – on full moons, but they also mixed and mastered the record on a full moon and purposely chose the April 3 release date because it’s yet another full moon week.</p>
<p>“This record was all about capturing a moment, and there are some special full moon moments that I think we captured on tape,” adds Nelson. The moments in particular that are captured on this record was the time on tour over the summer months during which Nelson wrote the album’s 14 songs in the back of the band’s tour bus. “Wasted is a snapshot of this last summer on tour when I wrote most of this music,” he says. “It was the summer of debauchery. I was socializing a little too much and not really being true to myself. So the whole record was a snapshot of me making one of the many mistakes I’ll likely make throughout my life. There were a lot of pressures on the road and there are a lot of people who view touring as just one big party. I started staying out until 4 in the morning. It was like summer camp. It took a toll on me. I soon realized I wasn’t really being myself and I had a big wake-up call and it’s during that time that I wrote this record.</p>
<p>But, Nelson is quick to add that Wasted is not just about a summer out of control; it’s about the idea of wasting your time, your life, your creativity, and reminding yourself to stay true to your values and ideals, and for Nelson and his band that’s always been about family, positivity, and spreading love and happiness to others. “There are a lot of definitions for the word wasted; it’s not a one dimensional record. It’s meant to be listened to and internalized. There is a lot of sentiments about missing loved ones and being on the road, and even some political and military hints in there,” he says of the lyrical matter. Adds drummer Anthony LeGorfo: “It’s really a road record. We did 18 weeks straight on tour in the summer and that can kind of waste anyone. I think it’s also great to listen to while you’re driving down the road. And because Lukas wrote it at one time, I think this record is more cohesive than the last one. By being on the road together so long, we really improved as a band and got tighter and you hear that on this record. These songs are really jammy and fun to play live.”</p>
<p>Though Lukas Nelson &amp; Promise of the Real didn’t stray too far from what their core sound is, they did play around with new instruments and sounds and a few new influences seeped into the music as well. For instance, the album kicks off with “The Golden Rule,” which has a bit of a calypso vibe, and includes several gritty rockers, such as “Old Familiar Pain” and “Wasted,” which Nelson admits is his “strutty Rolling Stones” song “We have a lot of new instruments on there that we haven’t really used before, like the Wurlitzer, the Hammond B3 organ, Dobro, and lap steel guitar… That was Moose’s influence,” says Nelson. “Moose plays on all tracks and Cowboy Eddie Long (steel guitar) on most of them. We really extended the family beyond our core four on this record”. Along with Moose, Cowboy and the rest of the core that includes Percussionist Tato Melgar and Bassist Corey McCormick , the band also brought in Lukas’ sister Amy on two songs “Wasn’t That Great?” and “Can You Hear Me Love You? That said, at the core of Lukas Nelson &amp; Promise of the Real and Wasted is what their fans know and love best. Rock n Roll that speaks from the heart . “First and foremost we’re just people in a rock n roll band and this is a rock n roll record indicative of that,” adds LoGerfo.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Tour dates:</p>
<p>Date &#8211; City &#8211; State &#8211; Venue</p>
<p>4/6/2012 Austin TX Antone&#8217;s</p>
<p>4/8/2012 Aspen CO Belly Up Aspen</p>
<p>4/9/2012 Salt Lake City UT The State Room</p>
<p>4/11/2012 Solana Beach CA Belly Up Tavern</p>
<p>4/12/2012 Ventura CA Majestic Theatre</p>
<p>4/13/2012 Mill Valley CA Sweetwater Music Hall</p>
<p>4/15/2012 Santa Cruz CA Moe&#8217;s Alley</p>
<p>4/17/2012 San Rafael CA TRI Studios</p>
<p>4/20 &amp; 21 Paia HI Charley&#8217;s Restaurant</p>
<p>4/26 &amp; 27 Albuquerque NM University of New Mexico</p>
<p>5/2/2012 Atlanta GA The Center Stage &#8211; Vinyl</p>
<p>5/3/2012 Huntsville AL AM Booth&#8217;s Lumberyard</p>
<p>5/4/2012 Columbus MS Market Street Festival</p>
<p>5/5/2012 Hot Springs NC French Broad River Festival</p>
<p>5/7/2012 Birmingham AL Workplay Theater</p>
<p>5/8/2012 Nashville TN 12th &amp; Porter</p>
<p>5/10/2012 Wilmington NC The Whiskey</p>
<p>5/11/2012 Nags Head NC Kelly&#8217;s</p>
<p>5/12/2012 Charlotte NC Visulite Theatre</p>
<p>5/13/2012 Charleston SC Pour House</p>
<p>5/15/2012 Richmond VA Canal Club</p>
<p>5/17/2012 Baltimore MD Baltimore Soundstage</p>
<p>5/18/2012 Philadelphia PA The Blockley</p>
<p>5/19/2012 Adren DE Arden Gild Hall</p>
<p>5/23/2012 Burlington VT Nectar&#8217;s</p>
<p>5/24/2012 Portland ME Empire Dine and Dance</p>
<p>5/25/2012 Hartford CT Arch Street Tavern</p>
<p>5/30/2012 Cambridge MA Middle East &#8211; Upstairs</p>
<p>5/31/2012 New York NY Highline Ballroom</p>
<p>6/2/2012 Hunter NY Mountain Jam Festival</p>
<p>6/3/2012 Pittsburgh PA Hard Rock Café</p>
<p>6/5/2012 Columbus OH Woodlands Tavern</p>
<p>6/7/2012 Grass Valley CA The Center for the Arts</p>
<p>6/8/2012 Piercy CA Riverview Ranch</p>
<p>6/9/2012 Santa Rosa CA Last Day Saloon</p>
<p>6/12/2012 St. Louis MO Old Rock House</p>
<p>6/13/2012 Kansas City MO Knuckleheads</p>
<p>6/14/2012 Benton AR Denton&#8217;s Back Porch</p>
<p>6/16/2012 Dallas TX Cambridge Room</p>
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