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Duran Duran Celebrate Their Career and Music on Pandora and SiriusXM

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Duran Duran Celebrate Their Career and Music on Pandora and SiriusXM

SiriusXM and Pandora announced today the launch of two new talk and music programs for 2021 that delve into the music, career, and influence of Duran Duran, the iconic, global super band whose work now spans four decades.

Duran 40 on Pandora features the band’s biggest hits and fan favorites from across their career, gathered in a new original format merging music and talk. The collection includes all four band members along with special guests providing commentary on the making of, and inspiration behind the music. Special guests Mark Ronson and Nile Rodgers will join Duran 40 as they share personal memories and stories about Duran Duran’s body of work. Pandora’s Duran 40 will be hosted by the BBC’s Claudia Winkleman; the program will be available exclusively via Pandora starting January 28, with broadcast versions airing on SiriusXM’s Volume (channel 106) and First Wave (channel 33).

Additionally, Duran frontman Simon Le Bon will host WHOOOSH! beginning January 27 at 9 PM ET exclusively on SiriusXM’s Volume channel. WHOOOSH! is a weekly music show featuring Le Bon chatting and playing some of his favorite records including new discoveries. Le Bon is joined by Duran insider and band associate Katy Krassner as they discuss their latest song obsessions and new music that excites them. WHOOOSH! first debuted on Duran Duran’s website in 2020, and now moves exclusively to SiriusXM with all new programs in 2021 airing on the Volume channel and as a new podcast.

“It all began as a lockdown thing,” said Simon Le Bon. “It dawned on me that the only music I was listening to was what I was working on, and the stuff that got me into a band in the first place. So I switched on my ears, and went on a trip down a sonic rabbit hole. What a revelation – there is so much great new talent, so much music out there. Katy is the foil that makes it all work. And so a radio show is born. WHOOOSH! – it’s the sound of your mind expanding to take on a new idea.”

“Duran Duran is one of the most influential bands of the last 40 years, and we are thrilled to welcome Duran 40 and WHOOOSH! on Pandora and SiriusXM for our listeners,” said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer of SiriusXM. “Their hit songs, iconic videos, and extensive music catalog have been embraced by multiple generations of fans who can now hear the music and the great stories behind them from the band members themselves and an array of truly special guests.”

As 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the band’s debut album release, internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum selling, award-winning pop legends Duran Duran will return to the stage this summer for a handful of live dates in the UK and Europe. The band recently released a poignant and highly praised tribute cover of David Bowie’s ‘Five Years,’ in honor of what would have been Bowie’s 74th birthday (listen here). On Thursday, January 28, Duran Duran’s new music video for ‘Five Years’ will premiere on YouTube at 12 PM ET. Watch HERE. Immediately prior to the video premiere, keyboardist Nick Rhodes will appear on the band’s Instagram Live answering questions with fans, after which bassist John Taylor will host a live Q&A on the band’s YouTube channel.

SiriusXM listeners can find WHOOOSH! on the Volume channel on their SiriusXM radios and can listen to it as a podcast on the SiriusXM app. Streaming access is included for most subscribers. Go to www.siriusxm.com/ways-to-listen to learn more.

Duran 40 joins Pandora’s extensive roster of exclusive programming including Pandora Stories, Wake Up!, Listen In, Game Time, and more. Pandora Premium subscribers can listen to Duran 40 on-demand, and Pandora ad-supported and Plus listeners can do so via Premium Access after watching a 30-second ad. For more information on Pandora Premium, go to www.pandora.com/upgrade/premium.

Margo Price Confronts Addiction, Depression & The Demons of Her Past In New Music Video for “Hey Child”

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Margo Price Confronts Addiction, Depression & The Demons of Her Past In New Music Video for “Hey Child”

Margo Price releases her official music video for “Hey Child,” the climactic centerpiece of her latest album, That’s How Rumors Get Started (Loma Vista). With a soaring, scorching slow-burn of an arrangement backed by the Nashville Friends Gospel Choir, The New York Times’ T Magazine calls “Hey Child” a standout track that “begs to be played on the open road,” and Esquire hails it “a chest-thumping rallying cry for, as [Price] says, ‘people to get their shit together, in one way or another.'” The new visual delivers a gripping and tenacious depiction of the personal demons that Margo Price has overcome throughout her career, from the jail time she served for substance abuse to the power she has reclaimed from years of tragedy and despair.

“‘Hey Child’ was a song that was written back in 2012 not long after my husband Jeremy and I lost our son Ezra,” says Margo. “We were playing shows with our rock and roll band Buffalo Clover and occupying most of the bars in East Nashville. We had begun hanging with a rowdy group of degenerate musician friends and partying harder than The Rolling Stones. We were outsiders to what was going on with mainstream Nashville in every sense and it was the beginning of my bourbon drinking phase. The song was about how many of our talented friends were drinking and partying their talents away but after a few years had passed, we realized it was just as much about us as our friends. I had retired it when the band broke up but Sturgill Simpson resurrected it when he asked me if I would re-record it for That’s How Rumors Get Started.

“I knew I wanted Kim to direct the video. She and I wanted to show pieces of my past lives and how I have moved on. It was both therapeutic and painful to revisit those memories and who I used to be. I know so many people who struggle with substance abuse. I just lost a family member to alcohol. My second cousin Tammy locked herself into a hotel room and drank herself to death two months ago. In another life, that could have been me. If you know someone struggling with depression and/or addiction, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357.”

On May 28th, for the first time since 2019, Margo Price and her band will headline a concert to an audience of in-person attendees. Announced today, the socially-distanced show will take place outdoors at The Caverns Above Ground Amphitheater in Pelham, TN, where all aspects of the event will adhere to strict guidelines that protect the health and safety of everyone involved.

Ahead of The Caverns performance, Price is scheduled to join Chris Stapleton for two shows in April, in addition to an appearance at the socially-distanced Moon Crush Festival. Full tour dates are listed here, and fans can expect to see ferocious sets full of music from That’s How Rumors Get Started. Produced by Sturgill Simpson and co-produced by Margo Price and David Ferguson, the record just underscored another momentous year for Margo Price. She finished 2020 with one of the Top 10 most-played albums and singles on Americana Radio, released her Perfectly Imperfect at The Ryman live album, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS This Morning, The Daily Show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Amanpour, Good Morning America, MSNBC and much more. She also brought her Runaway Horses radio show to Spotify, where it will now live as an ongoing podcast.

Folk Musician JAMES CULLETON Uses AR Technology to Bring Children’s Concept Album & New Single to Life

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Folk Musician JAMES CULLETON Uses AR Technology to Bring Children’s Concept Album & New Single to Life

It’s time to meet the main characters in Canadian folk musician James Culleton’s children’s concept AR technology album Unusual Friendships, with this: the release of his new single “Little White Paws” — available now!

“‘Little White Paws’ describes each of the characters in Unusual Friendships and gives the listeners the basic facts to what they are about to embark on,” Culleton shares of the song in its relation to the album. “This first song is sort of a preface to the full story.”

With a collection of 14 original songs, the 36 minute-spanning record features a mixture of traditional and contemporary roots song while succinctly retelling the symbolic tale of acceptance and equality relayed through a peculiar friendship which blossoms unexpectedly between a black cat and a white rat. Though rats and cats are thought to be enemies, the dynamic duo stick together throughout Unusual Friendships to fight and earn the respect of others.

The mixed media album is based on the children’s story Unusual Friendships: A Little Black Cat and a Little White Rat, written by the award-winning Métis author Beatrice Mosionier — who is also Culleton’s aunt; the 71-year-old novelist wrote the rhyme-heavy book as symbolism for difficulties Métis persons experience.

Touched by the story, Culleton decided to take his own shot at Unusual Friendships — but from a sonic approach. Though he breathed new life into the classic Canadian tale by recording an entire concept album based around it alone, just that didn’t seem to be enough for the contemporary multimedia artist.

As his first-ever children’s album, the Winnipeg-based artist made it his mission to ensure his listeners — whether kids or adults — could be fully-immersed into the musical adaptation. How did he do it, some might ask? Well, he partnered up with an augmented reality (AR) company by the name of Artivive to help turn the exciting listening experience into a wondrous animated experience.

For the full multimedia experience, all listeners have to do is download the Artitive app on their smartphones or tablets and scan Culleton’s latest album cover and bring it to life with the vivid and spectacular, music-backed animations illustrated by James and his 13-year-old daughter Mae Culleton.

“The illustrations are the beginnings to a new version of the book, Unusual Friendships,” Culleton shares. “I wanted the animals to still be animals, but appear to play instruments, and dance and jig.

“Making the illustrations for the album took lots of time,” he continues, recalling the process. “I redrew the cats several times in trying to give them the right personality. ‘Little White Paws’ is based on a cat my Aunt had named Buddy, and the dog in the story is visually based on my dog, Clara.”

The album features Al Simmons on banjo and harmonica, as well as feature vocal harmonies and French-version leads from Franco-Manitoban musician Andrina Turenne. On top of that, there’s an adorable chorus of “cats” contributed by some of the children in the St. Boniface neighbourhood in Winnipeg. Unusual Friendships was recorded at Scott Nolan’s Song Shop with Jamie Sitar in Manitoba.

Though Culleton has released several other family-friendly records — including Spooky Songs, At Christmas Time and Vanished Days — Unusual Friendships serves as his first-ever kid’s album. It’s also his ninth overall release as a songwriter.

Unusual Friendships and the lead single, “Little White Paws” — which was recorded in both English and French — are available now.

At 3.5 Million+ Streams, New Brunswick Country Star LAURIE LEBLANC Longs for “Another Night Like This”

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At 3.5 Million+ Streams, New Brunswick Country Star LAURIE LEBLANC Longs for “Another Night Like This”

Canadian country singer/songwriter Laurie LeBlanc longs for “Another Night Like This” in this, his new single — available now.

“Imagine a warm summer night, the kind when fireworks and butterflies are ever so present, and you just don’t want it to end,” the Bouctouche, New Brunswick-based artist muses. “It may be your first love, or it may be ‘the one’…

“And if we’re lucky, it happens to us once in our lifetime.”

Adding to his 3.5 Million+ streams across platforms, the song is the latest to land from Laurie LeBlanc’s most recent full-length offering, When It’s Right It’s Right (2020).

Best known for his enveloping, all-encompassing east coast Acadian sounds, the album features 10 original songs, each co-written with some of Nashville’s top songsmiths; it was produced by multi-Canadian Country Music Award-winner Jason Barry, and features members of Dean Brody’s touring band.

Inspired to push his desire to write in English — and with a loving nudge from his wife and manager, Jeannette, with whom he also co-created another single on the album with, “All In” — When It’s Right It’s Right is LeBlanc’s second all-English release to date. Previous albums include Couleurs (2018), 20 (2015), Noël de la Pitoune (2014), Noir et Blanc (2012), La Pitoune (2010), and his initial all-English release, Influences (2013). “She wanted me to record an English album for a while,” he explains. “I needed to step out of my comfort zone, and it turned out to be a truly gratifying experience.”

“Another Night Like This” was an instant contender when narrowing When It’s Right It’s Right down to its final track listing.

“I loved this song from the first moment I heard it,” LeBlanc recalls. “The writer’s description of a magical night between two lovers, blended with a sexy, laid-back energy? I knew right away it would be a cut on the album.

“I wanted this album to have a diverse sound, but it’s also important to me to make people happy through my music,” he continues. “If I can connect with a song, then hopefully other people will too.

“When It’s Right It’s Right has a little bit of everything I like. There’s up-tempo, fun stuff, happy love stories, and even some country rock in there, too. It was hard to choose the final cuts for the record, but at the end of the day I think it turned out just right.

“‘Cause… When It’s Right It’s Right, right?”

Linus Entertainment Acquires Stony Plain Music Publishing

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Linus Entertainment Acquires Stony Plain Music Publishing

Curated by respected blues historian and long-time host of CBC Radio’s Saturday Night Blues, Holger Petersen and Linus Entertainment today announced the acquisition of the Stony Plain music publishing catalog.

“It’s been just over two years since Linus Entertainment acquired the Stony Plain Records catalog, things have gone so smoothly and they have done such a good job with the recordings it felt like the right home for the publishing catalog as well,” commented Holger Petersen, who started Stony Plain publishing 49 years ago from his home base in Edmonton, Alberta with long-time partner Alvin Jahns.

The catalog includes songs by Maria Muldaur, Ronnie Earl, Colin Linden, Amos Garrett, Kevin Breit, Doug Sahm, Sonny Rhodes, Harry Manx, Paul Reddick, Sue Foley, Big Dave Maclean, Tim Hus, Charlie Angus, Jay McShann, Rita Chiarelli, Walter ‘Shakey’ Horton, Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, and Cindy Church, and songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Jeff Healey, Long John Baldry, Downchild, Dutch Mason, MonkeyJunk, and Jr Gone Wild.

“These songs are part of the history of North American roots music, written by Grammy, Juno, and Blues Music Award winners, and we couldn’t be prouder to be their music publisher,” stated Linus Entertainment CEO Geoff Kulawick.

How Much Data Does Online Gaming Use

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You might remember your childhood when your parents brought an Atari console. This was the best moment for you. Your dad helped in setting it up and then a time frame was designated for its daily use. You were asked to follow the schedule for gameplay. If you were to neglect the time frame then the game would be taken away from you and you would never be able to play it again. Of course, you did not want that to happen so you adhered. As time passed, your love for the game increased. According to your perception, this time was about love for games and even more so about a lovely time with siblings. You would wait all day for the designated time for your video games. Oh, what lovely days those were. Life was beautiful with simplicity and games.

Nowadays, the world has become very tough and complicated and the games have turned into a very entertaining form of art. By playing these games, one enters into a virtual world of wonder. In the past, video games were very simple. They consisted of a console along with some cassettes for a video game. The console was hooked up to a television to play these cassette games. It usually consisted of two controllers that were attached to the console. We were more than two siblings so we had to wait for our turn. Only two people could play at one time and it was too difficult to sit there waiting for your turn.

Modern Video Games

Now the story is different. The new version of video games is the online realm and it has become much more entertaining now. Games are available for every age. A variety has been introduced in modern gaming so preferences are available in this case now. Modern games have been designed by skill-set. These games range from candy crush to call of duty (COD).  These games are played through the internet and there is no restriction on how many players can play at one time. The players may be from different countries. They can play at a single time at their own locations.

However, there are some requirements for every modification. Video game evolution has taken games from Atari console to online video games. It means that there is a need for an internet connection to your PC. And we’re not saying just any internet connection, you have to ensure that it is an internet connection that offers at least 100 Mbps download speed and a stable network. You can check out AT&T internet plans in this regard as they fulfill the requirements and offer much more. After an internet connection, you would be able to play games. However, some basic requirements need to be fulfilled for playing games at your place.

Gaming Device

It is clear now that a device is a basic requirement for playing modern games. As there was a console in the past, now games are played on laptops and smartphones. There is a variety of games now but first-person shooter games are all the rage. They are played on laptops or PCs while Candy Crush and other games of the sort are played on smartphones. Whichever type of game you are playing you will need a fast internet connection. Data is used up by these games while playing and downloading them. There is a popular belief that games use up a lot of data. But it’s not the reality. After downloading, minimal data is used by these games.

Internet Connection

When you have decided on your gameplay device, then there is a need for a good supply of internet connection. A 1 Gig fiber-optic connection is not required for shooting your enemies in your game. There is only a need for a stable internet connection that can provide good download speed and low ping. Any Internet service provider (ISPs) that fulfills the requirements can be subscribed to. As discussed earlier, AT&T internet is a good match for gamers. However, whichever provider you choose just to ensure that they offer you good downloading speed and unlimited data at a reasonable cost.

Download Speed

In online gameplay, download speed is a very essential requirement. The remote servers often set system and internet requirements for you to be allowed to play. If the speed is good, you will receive access, otherwise, you may be removed from the game. Being a pro gamer, the download speed of 100 Mbps is enough for you. If the latency is low as well then a download speed of fewer than 100 Mbps is also enough.

Latency

The speed at which the information about the game is transmitted between two remote devices is called the latency of that internet connection. The faster the latency, the more instant will be transmission. The unit of Ping is milliseconds (ms). When ping is less than 100 ms, there would be no significant problem.

Data Allowance

We have heard from many people that a good game to be played online requires much data. But in reality, you don’t need to worry about it. Because new games are evolving and have fewer data requirements.  You can play games with limited data, as long as you choose games according to your data availability. Like a social media platform, these online video games also require minimal data. But if you are watching videos or movies for hours then obviously more data will be used.  You need enough data for downloading a video game. Large video game files require a huge chunk of your data, so you can download these games only when you have enough supply of data like at the start of the month.

Here is some information about popular games and their data requirements.

 

Sr. Online Game

 

 Data Used (Per Hour)
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 Call of Duty (Black Ops IV) 80MB
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 Call of Duty (WW II) 40MB
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 Team Fortress II 80MB
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 Counter-Strike (Global Offensive) 250MB
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 Dota II 120MB
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 Fortnite 100MB
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 Destiny II 300MB
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 Minecraft Up to 200MB
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 Overwatch 135MB
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 Diablo III Up to 26MB
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 League of Legends 45MB
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 World of Warcraft 40MB
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 Grand Theft Auto V Online 60MB

 

Conclusion

While playing online games, you would use less data than that used by your family watching a movie or a cat video. However, it is good sense to keep a check on your data allowance if it is limited, to ensure you do not run out before the end of the month.

PDFBear Repair: Your Online Alternative In Repairing Any Corrupted PDF File

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PDFBear once again brings another useful and functional tool for its users. This time, PDFBear provides an online tool for repairing corrupted and damaged PDF files. You certainly won’t need to start all over again if you corrupted your PDF file. With PDFBear, you’ll have a chance to make an attempt to recover and fix the document!

Of course, it wouldn’t be PDFBear if this tool isn’t accessible for free. Anyone who needs to repair or recover a corrupted PDF can do so without even paying a single dime! Another functional online tool for handling PDF documents brought by PDFBear. Here’s more information about this online PDF repair tool:

How To Repair Your Corrupted PDF

We’ll start off this article by showing you how to repair your corrupted PDF through PDFBear. PDFBear provides this online PDF repair process in an incredibly simplified manner. Therefore, you won’t need to worry about encountering any complicated methods in repairing your PDF file. As a matter of fact, all that PDFBear requires are four simple steps to repair any PDF online!

You can begin the PDF repair process by selecting a corrupted PDF document and uploading it into the PDF repair tool. Once you’ve uploaded a corrupted PDF file, PDFBear’s repair PDF tool will automatically analyze the document. If the document falls in the category of recoverable and repairable files, expect to download a recovered file within minutes.

Please note that there are corrupted PDF files that are no longer repairable. However, PDFBear will not handle the file in such a way that it makes it worse. However, if your PDF file is recoverable, all you need is to wait until a downloadable repaired PDF appears. Simply click on the repaired PDF file and download it directly to any device.

Single Click Repair

If you want to use an online tool that will handle the repair and recovery of your PDF for you, then PDFBear is your best choice. PDFBear’s repair kit for corrupted PDF files only requires a single click to manipulate. Without a doubt, it’ll be an effortless process that will allow you to recover a corrupted PDF in no time. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that it’s an effortless process that you can avail yourself for free!

 

PDFBear’s PDF repair tool will make an attempt to recover any corrupted PDF. It’ll do all that it can to make sure that the damaged and corrupted PDF reaches workable condition once again. But as we said, there are some corrupted PDF files that may no longer be recovered. Rest assured that PDFBear is working on a technology that helps in recovering these PDF files!

Automated Online Repair

PDFBear’s online PDF repair tool automates the entire recovery process. In turn, you simply won’t need to give this PDFBear tool much input upon recovering and repairing your PDF file. It already knows what to do with the corrupted PDF you uploaded, and all you need is to sit and wait. Let PDFBear work its magic in repairing and recovering your corrupted PDF document.

All you need is to pick the option that you prefer from the options box. Once you’ve identified the options that you prefer, PDFBear will handle and do the rest. Although it may not always be a guarantee that your corrupted file will be repaired, PDFBear can assure you that it will not make it any worse. 

Moreover, PDFBear is one of the only tools available online that offers a process that recovers and repairs damaged PDF files! It’s such a good thing to have PDFBear as an option and an alternative in recovering damaged and corrupted PDF files.

PDF Repair On Any Platform

This online PDF repair tool from PDFBear only works on PDF files. Therefore, this PDF repair tool won’t repair other corrupted file formats like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. In turn, you may avail of PDFBear’s services to repair your damaged PDF on any platform that you want. You may even do so using any operating system you choose!

PDFBear provides this online repair tool on Windows, Mac, or Linux. PDFBear guarantees that no incompatibility issues will arise upon accessing this PDF repair tool on any of these operating systems. Subsequently, PDFBear offers this process for free on any platform. You can begin repairing any corrupted PDF using Chrome, Safari, Opera, or any other web browser you want! 

Takeaway

PDFBear gives you another alternative and chance to try and recover any corrupted PDF document. Now, you can hold off your plans on starting over from scratch all over again when you damage or corrupt your PDF. 

Though it may not always be a guarantee, at least now you have a chance to recover the file. This chance and attempt come at an incredibly low price, thanks to PDFBear!

Island Records Presents The Vinyl Series Curated By Chris Blackwell

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Island Records Presents The Vinyl Series Curated By Chris Blackwell

Since its beginnings in Jamaica in 1959, the story of the pioneering Island Records label has been inextricably linked to the story of its founder, Chris Blackwell. Now, Blackwell has curated a series of compilation LPs, featuring his hand-picked tracks that correspond with his and Island’s legendary history.

On February 26, Island Records will release Volume One of The Vinyl Series, a 14-track album covering the years 1962 to 1969. Volumes Two and Three will follow later this year and explore Island’s history in the decades that followed.

“When I moved Island Records’ base from Kingston to London in 1962, all I wanted to do at first was just release the really great music that was coming out of Jamaica,” writes Blackwell in the collection’s liner notes. “But then I got caught up in all the music that I was hearing in London, much of it from America.”

The first volume of The Vinyl Series includes such groundbreaking hits as Millie Small’s “My Boy Lollipop” and “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker and the Aces—songs which introduced much of the world to the sound of Jamaican music. Several early singles set the context for these singles by Toots and the Maytals and “Forward March” by a teenage Derrick Morgan, the “first star of ska.”

The set also points to the expansive musical directions that Island would soon pursue, especially after the 1966 smash “Gimme Some Lovin’ ” by the Spencer Davis Group, whose lead singer, Steve Winwood, would later further influence the label’s direction. Also included are some of the immortal R&B singles that Island released in the UK through its Sue Records subsidiary, like “Mockingbird” by Charlie and Inez Foxx and “Harlem Shuffle” by Bob and Earl. In track-by-track essays by noted author and longtime Island Records chronicler Chis Salewicz, the album package features reminiscences that offer Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Blackwell’s own perspective.

The future volumes of The Vinyl Series will illustrate the visionary role that Island played in the folk, hard rock, singer-songwriter, glam, and progressive movements—and, of course, the records by Bob Marley and the Wailers and Jimmy Cliff, among others, that defined reggae around the world.

“Clearly, the culture was moving in a new direction,” writes Chris Blackwell in the introduction to this revelatory collection, “and I wanted Island Records to mirror that shift and be in this new world.”

The Vinyl Series Volume One – Various Artists

SIDE A
1   Long Shot Kick De Bucket – The Pioneers
2   Six and Seven Books of Moses – Toots & The Maytals
3   Rivers of Babylon – The Melodians
4   Forward March – Derrick Morgan
5   Liquidator – Harry J. All Stars
6   Israelites – Desmond Dekker & The Aces
7   007 (Shanty Town) – Desmond Dekker and The Aces

SIDE B
1   My Boy Lollipop – Millie Small
2   54-46 Was My Number – Toots & The Maytals
3   Keep On Running – The Spencer Davis Group
4   Gimme Some Lovin’ – The Spencer Davis Group
5   Mockingbird – Charlie & Inez Foxx
6   Harlem Shuffle – Bob & Earl
7   I Can’t Stand It – The Soul Sisters

Jazz Musician FIONA ROSS Launches Female-Empowering Women in Jazz Media Organization

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Jazz Musician FIONA ROSS Launches Female-Empowering Women in Jazz Media Organization

Named among the 100 Alternative Power Music List for 2020, multi-award winning jazz musician, editor-in-chief and journalist Fiona Ross is inviting people to help support her brand-new, female-empowering organization: Women in Jazz Media.

The rapidly-growing digital network is described as a place to explore, discuss and collaborate with women who work in jazz media, whether that be journalists, photographers, publishers, editors, musicians and beyond. In alliance with her mission statement, Ross says all are welcome; they’ve currently shared the work of more than 100 women, and their team has grown to a roster of 10, based all over the world, and have garnered support from the likes of Jazzwise, The Jazz Times, Jazz in Europe, Citizen Jazz, Kind of Jazz, Jazz Quarterly, JazzViews, the F-List, EZH, Indie Music Women, Jazz Tribes, Music Tribes Unite, and more.

Ultimately, the purposes of Women in Jazz Media are to promote and celebrate the hardworking women in jazz Media, encourage and support a more diverse, global jazz community, create a healthy and supportive environment for the women involved,’ and encourage collaborative thinking and mutual support within the ever-expanding community.

Co-designer of the Music Tribes Unite platform Pia Sonne-Schmidt calls Women in Jazz Media a “new light in 2021” and has praised it for “illuminating a pathway to unify, respect and honour equality and diversity for all women in jazz.”

Currently, Women in Jazz Media has an official website, as well as a rapidly-growing Facebook page and a foothold across all other social platforms. In response to all the positive feedback and support she’s been receiving, Ross says she has “been really blown away.”

“This shows that people feel there is a need for something like this,” the musician said in a statement. “I have received emails from people across the world wanting to be involved and loving the idea of a platform such as this.”

Ross also revealed that the Women in Jazz Media team will soon be launching a monthly podcast/webinar series. “I have also just started to plan a mentoring scheme to support and encourage new writers and I have a few people signed up for that too already,” she added.

Before kickstarting her own musical career, Ross attended London’s prestigious Arts Educational School, where stars like Julie Andrews, Catherine Zeta Jones and Will Young — just to name a few — trained before her. Since then, she has worked as not only a musical director, session musician, composer, choreographer, director, dancer and actor, but as a model too.

Other than writing and performing music and giving her fellow female jazz-heads a platform to uplift one another, Ross’ passion is as a musical educator. For almost a decade, she was the headmistress of the British Academy of New Music in London. While she was there, she trained the likes of Jess Glynne, Rita Ora and even Ed Sheeran.

Fiona Ross’s latest and award-winning musical effort, The Live Session Video Album, is now available.

Things You Can Do With Your PDF File Using PDFBear

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PDF format is a widely used format for files like Image files, files in rich text format, text files, and more. But files that are in PDF format can be complicated to understand and are hard to manage, but with the use of appropriate tools, managing and even improving your PDF files can be effortless and life-saving.

There are many tools for doing tasks involving PDF files, but there is one that can do almost everything in just one place. PDFBear is an online-based platform capable of accomplishing nearly all of your PDF needs without any hassle. With that said, here are some of the things you can do to your PDF Files using PDFBear.

Add Page Number

If you are someone with a major OCD problem, not having numbers on your PDF file can trigger your OCD, and even if you just want to avoid confusion with the order of your PDF files, adding page numbers may come in handy. Luckily, you don’t have to pay for computer applications anymore because PDFBear can do it for you without paying anything.

PDFBear can add page numbers to PDF files to make them more organized. You can do this on their website by just following simple steps. You can also customize typography and the page number’s positions to make it more personalized and pleasing to the eyes and make the first page of the file the cover page, so it doesn’t include the page in the numbering.

Add and Crack Security Features

Security is the biggest concern with virtual files nowadays. With the technological advancement that we are experiencing today, it is effortless to access and hack into one’s files and get private and confidential information. Many tools can add passwords to PDF files, but not everyone can do it, like PDFBear.

 

With PDFBear, you can guarantee the security of your precious PDF file because aside from its 256-Bit encryption protocol that is almost impossible to crack, it can also limit access and sharing of your PDF file to make sure that not everyone can see the content of your file.

It can also help you when you accidentally forget the combination of the password that you set on your file using their Unlock PDF Tool. This tool removes the password of your file so that you can have full access to the file and view its content.

Repair PDF

Everyone experiences having broken and corrupted files. It is a huge problem when using various devices. This happens when your device experience glitch or encounter problems while saving the file or the device is affected by malware. Having this problem in the midst of presenting or using your file can be very stressful.

But you don’t have to panic when you experience this kind of problem because PDFBear is always to the rescue. It has a Repair PDF Tool that can fix your broken file in just a few minutes. Using PDFBear will not add up to your problem when fixing your PDF file because it is very accessible. Any device with a browser can access it and use this tool.

Converter

The file you are trying to open must be compatible with the application you are trying to open with. If you don’t have the appropriate application for it, the best option you have is to convert your file into a suitable format. Since PDF is a very accessible format because there are so many ways to open it, many people convert their files into this format.

PDFBear is the best tool to convert your files from various formats, including Word, Excel, PPT, JPG, and more to PDF format. And if you want your file’s original format back, you can also use PDFBear because it also offers to convert files from PDF into other formats. You can do all your PDF conversions very quickly because it only takes four steps to do it.

Takeaway

PDFBear is a comprehensive tool for your PDF needs. It is indeed the best when it comes to handling your PDF files. There are many advantages in using their website, including time-saving, free, requires no storage space, accessibility, and the list goes on. It is indeed a blessing to us because it is efficient, convenient, and useful to everyone in any field.

But probably the most impressive thing about PDFBear is its ability to do basically do everything that involves PDF files. From converting to security and editing, you can find it at PDFBear. That is why it is not shocking that many people choose it over the other applications on the web today.

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That Eric Alper

Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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