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Barry Gibb Releases Americana/Country Album With Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch

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Barry Gibb Releases Americana/Country Album With Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch

A lifelong bluegrass and country music fan, legendary singer, songwriter and producer Barry Gibb has long dreamed of a project that would bring him together with some of the artists he admires the most. With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, that dream has become a reality with GREENFIELDS: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1—out January 8.

Watch the album’s official trailer HERE

 

Across twelve of the Gibb Brothers beloved songs reborn, the album features collaborations with Alison Krauss, Brandi Carlile, David Rawlings, Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch, Jason Isbell, Jay Buchanan, Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Olivia Newton-John, Sheryl Crow and Tommy Emmanuel. In advance of the release, “Words of a Fool,” featuring Grammy Award-winning Jason Isbell, is out today.

Of the experience, Barry Gibb shares, “From the first day we stepped into RCA Studios in Nashville (the very place where Elvis, Willie, Waylon, Roy, the Everly Brothers and so many other legends made their magic) the album took on a life of its own. I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to work with Dave and all the artists who stopped by. They were all incredibly generous with their time and talent. They inspired me more than words can express. I feel deep down that Maurice and Robin would have loved this album for different reasons. I wish we could have all been together to do it…but I think we were.”

Dave Cobb comments, “It was truly an honor to work with one of my heroes. The Bee Gees’ first album has always been a staple for me and it was surreal to get to witness the genius of Barry Gibb in the studio—he’s one of the greatest of all time!”

Jason Isbell adds, “Barry Gibb is one of the greatest songwriters and singers in popular music history, and I’m happy to say he still has that beautiful voice and that magical sense of melody. Working with him on this project has been one of the great honors of my career. He’s a prince.”

With a career spanning more than five decades, Sir Barry Gibb stands as one of the most renowned and celebrated musicians of the modern era. As co-founder and creative leader of the Brothers Gibb—better known to the world as the Bee Gees—Barry with his brothers, Maurice and Robin, represent one of the most successful vocal groups in rock and roll history, having sold more than 200 million albums to date. With nine #1 singles as a performer, Barry is also amongst the most successful songwriters of all-time (with sixteen #1 singles) and is seventh on the list of most successful producers (with fourteen #1 singles). He is also tied with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for most #1 singles in a calendar year with seven. Among his many awards and honors are eight Grammy Awards, the Grammy Legend Award and, most recently, the 2015 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also the recipient of the American Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, the BMI Icon Award, four BMI Songwriter of the Year Awards, four BMI Song of the Year Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2004, Barry received one of Britain’s highest honors when the Bee Gees were made Commanders of the British Empire and, in 2018, was Knighted “Sir Barry Gibb” by Prince Charles for his services to music and charity.

GREENFIELDS: THE GIBB BROTHERS SONGBOOK, VOL. 1 – TRACK LIST:

  1. “I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You” with Keith Urban
  2. “Words of a Fool” with Jason Isbell
  3. “Run to Me” with Brandi Carlile
  4. “Too Much Heaven” with Alison Krauss
  5. “Lonely Days” with Little Big Town
  6. “Words” with Dolly Parton
  7. “Jive Talkin’” with Miranda Lambert, Jay Buchanan
  8. “How Deep Is Your Love” with Tommy Emanuel, Little Big Town
  9. “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” with Sheryl Crow
  10. “To Love Somebody” with Jay Buchanan
  11. “Rest Your Love On Me” with Olivia Newton-John
  12. “Butterfly” with Gillian Welch, David Rawlings

Nav Drops New Mixtape Emergency Tsunami Ft. Young Thug, Lil Baby, Gunna, Lil Keed And Sah Babii

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Nav Drops New Mixtape Emergency Tsunami Ft. Young Thug, Lil Baby, Gunna, Lil Keed And Sah Babii

XO Records chart-topping rapper and producer NAV has released a new mixtapeEmergency Tsunami via XO Records/Republic Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The project was entirely produced by longtime collaborator and certified-Platinum “Turks” producer Wheezy and features many of the biggest names in music, including Gunna, Young Thug, Lil Baby, Lil Keed, and Sah Babii.

Emergency Tsunami comes on the heels of an already banner year for the second-generation Toronto-Canadian. In May, he released his Good Intentions album, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 making it one of the biggest Hip Hop debuts of 2020, the follow-up to his Bad Habits album, which also debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with over 80 million streams the first week, making it one of the biggest Hip Hop debuts of 2019. Both albums have asserted his dominance in the mainstream, garnering coverage and acclaim from the likes of Variety Magazine, Rolling Stone, Complex, The Associated Press, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Fader, and many more.

NAV has been co-signed by some of the most prominent artists in the game, from being signed to The Weeknd’s XO Records to his well-known friendship and collabs with Lil Uzi Vert and producing Drake’s 2015 Grammy-nominated diss track “Back To Back.” Just last year, he has also made notable guest appearances on critically acclaimed albums such as Young Thug’s So Much Fun, DJ Mustard’s Perfect Ten, Pop Smoke’s Meet The Woo 2, and most recently, Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake (Deluxe). He has quietly ascended from the days of only a few hundred streams on SoundCloud to a multi-Platinum star with over 6.5 Billion global streams.

Snoop Dogg Is For The Children

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Snoop Dogg Is For The Children

That Time Johnny Cash Asked Radio Stations, “Where Are Your Guts?”

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That Time Johnny Cash Asked Radio Stations, “Where Are Your Guts?”

Johnny Cash fought for the rights of Native Americans and dedicated an entire album to them. When radio stations refused to play any of the songs, Cash purchased an ad in Billboard magazine asking, “Where are your guts?”

See It And Get It With Gurps Rai’s Dropp.tv

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Gurpreet Singh Rai (also known as Gurps Rai and Gurps Singh Rai) is an entrepreneur that is known for his involvement in several high-profile companies, his philanthropic efforts and, most recently, his startup dropp.tv.

Gurps Singh Rai began his career at First Rate FX in London where he handled foreign exchange transactions for companies involved in the commodities markets. Subsequently he became involved in carbon offsets trading and was the instigator of a carbon offset deal involving Li-Ning and Winrock’s non-profit enterprise the American Carbon Registry. He continued his work in the carbon abatement movement, hosting an event associated with the United Nations COP17 environmental summit in Durban, South Africa that also included Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room company.

While Gurps Singh Rai net worth is likely to be significant he is also a champion of good causes and philanthropic efforts including his 2014 effort, with help from a UN Non-Government Association, to finance a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Punjab. He also created what have been called the world’s most expensive ($4 million) sneakers with Li-Ning, the ‘Fire Monkeys’, with all money earned going to buying footwear for children in Africa that could not afford shoes.

Today Gurps Rai is most well known as the CEO of Dropp.tv, a startup that aims to enhance the impact of video using AI, machine learning, augmented reality and computer vision to allow users to seamlessly buy products they see in music videos. The company patented the ‘See It, Want It, Get It’ technology which enables users to click on products in a video and purchase it.

The interactive videos powered by dropp.tv are only in their infancy but the startup has already gathered a group of artists and influencers including A$AP TyY, Ashanti and professional basketballer Iman Schumpert to create content for the site. The business model is simple: they partner with artists that are looking to sell merchandise and place their videos on the dropp.tv platform. The artists include the merchandise they are selling in the video and viewers are able to click on saleable items and buy them without having to leave the dropp.tv ecosystem. Artists receive all of the money from the sale, while the company adds 8% on top of the price for the service they offer.

Gurps Rai says he has been a sneakerhead all his life and saw that consumers would line up for hours to by that product, particularly when endorsed by music stars. He realized that for lesser artists to develop a name and grow, music videos were the easiest route. Putting the two ideas together means that artists can grow their reputation while also being able to make some money through product placement in their videos which can often be expensive to make. He says that one young artist spent a modest $500 on his video but managed to make almost five times that amount ($2,400) from product sales using dropp.tv.

The concept of ‘shoppable video’, as it is sometimes called, is not a new one and has become a growing trend in marketing in recent years as the consumption of video on sites like YouTube has exploded. In 2012 Diplo, Iggy Azalea and FKi made a shoppable video partnering with retailer SSENSE and made over $100,000 from the effort.

The biggest challenge is the enabling technology. YouTube, the most popular online video platform, does not support interactive video. Perhaps the time is right for someone to create a shoppable video channel and given Gurps’ previous successes, dropp.tv might be it.

 

Legendary Quebec Prog-Rock Band, HARMONIUM, goes symphonic after 44 years! “Histoires Sans Paroles” out December 3

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Legendary Quebec Prog-Rock Band, HARMONIUM, goes symphonic after 44 years! “Histoires Sans Paroles” out December 3

Imagine the unforgettable repertoire of the legendary Quebec group Harmonium – the eponymous debut album Harmonium, Et si on avait besoin d’une cinquième saison and L’Heptade – revisited and orchestrated by talented music arranger Simon Leclerc.

And, now imagine this timeless music performed by 68 musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), conducted by Maestro Leclerc, and you get Histoires sans paroles – Harmonium symphonique co-produced by Serge Fiori and Simon Leclerc, under the artistic direction of Nicolas Lemieux, president of GSI Musique.

The first project from the fabled Harmonium since the release of L’Heptade 44 years ago, the symphonic performance of Histoires sans paroles, totaling more than 140 minutes, is more than simple orchestral interpretations. It’s a reworking of the songs revealing the compositions in a whole new light. The exquisite flavor, the subtlety and the multiple layers offered by this instrumental work, invite each listener to imagine their own new stories of what for many had become part of the soundtrack of their life.

Harmonium is one of the most influential bands in Quebec music history and their success reached across North America as the sound of progressive rock came to characterize the 1970’s music scene. The success of their three albums Harmonium, Si on avait besoin d’une cinquième saison and L’Heptade and the single Pour un instant resulted in an invitation to Los Angeles, where the National Film Board of Canada filmed Harmonium en Californie. In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine listed Si on avait besoin d’une cinquième saison at number 36 of the Best 50 Progressive Rock Albums and declared it the Best Progressive Folk Album. In 2007, all three of Harmonium’s studio albums were named among the 100 greatest Canadian albums of all time in Bob Mersereau’s book The Top 100 Canadian Albums. The influence they had on the sound of Quebec music was immense and still resonates.

Histoires sans paroles will be available on December 3rd, exclusively at www.harmoniumsymphonic.com in the following formats: digital version; boxed set containing two CDs and a booklet illustrated with photos taken during the recording at the Maison Symphonique, in Serge Fiori’s presence; boxed set containing four vinyl albums and a booklet consisting of extensive texts and a wide selection of pictures commemorating this very unique moment.

Pre-orders of Histoires sans paroles can now be placed at www.harmoniumsymphonic.com where fans can also hear the first excerpt of what will certainly become a time-defining masterpiece, the song Harmonium.

Dan Wilson Announces Words + Music in 6 Seconds Deck: 74 Creativity-Inspiring Cards For The Artist In Your Life

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Dan Wilson Announces Words + Music in 6 Seconds Deck: 74 Creativity-Inspiring Cards For The Artist In Your Life

Today, the Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Dan Wilson announced the Words + Music in 6 Seconds deck, a set of 74 cards designed and written by Wilson distilling insights from nearly 30 years of writing, performing, and collaborating with the world’s most prominent musical artists and writers.

Pulled from his popular Words + Music in 6 Seconds instagram series, each individual card contains a brief and inspiring piece of advice for songwriters, musicians, and people in other creative fields. Designed to be a useful tool in sessions and collaborations, the deck is a beautiful and practical gift for the songwriter or creative artist in your life.

The deck is now available for purchase at a special introductory price. Each card was written and illustrated by Wilson himself, who published a book of his illustrations alongside his 2017 solo album Re-Covered.

“The idea came when I told a friend I was thinking of creating a book using the quotes from my W+M6S online series,” explains Wilson. “She said, ‘How about a deck of cards instead of a book?’ I said, ‘Oh, like Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies deck?’ She said, ‘I don’t know who that is.’ Of course, I know who Brian Eno is, but I still loved the idea, and so I’ve tried hard to make sure the Words + Music in 6 Seconds deck is an entirely different animal than Eno’s studio-oriented advice cards.”

Wilson took home an Album of the Year GRAMMY for Adele’s 21, which featured three of his co-writes (including “Someone Like You”); landed a Song of the Year Grammy for The Chicks’ “Not Ready To Make Nice,” and has written with an eclectic range of artists such as Chris Stapleton, Phantogram, John Legend and Halsey. Earlier this year, Wilson recently reunited his band Semisonic for the release of You’re Not Alone, their first EP in 20 years. Watch the band perform “You’re Not Alone” on CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions.

“The W+M6S cards are about forging collaborative relationships, seeking a community, testing out ideas in front of an audience, and writing better songs. The world of collaboration is full of mystery for many of us, and the cards put a special emphasis on how to make the most of our time together in creative pursuits. I know those of you who use the deck will agree,” says Wilson.

Colin James Celebrates Commodore Ballroom 90th Birthday

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Colin James Celebrates Commodore Ballroom 90th Birthday

On December 3, 2020 the famous Commodore Ballroom celebrates its 90th birthday. To kick off a year of festivities, Colin James returns to the venue for the 33rd time with two live virtual performances as part of the Jim Beam Bourbon Presents Live From Inside series. Tickets on sale now at www.livefrominside.ca with a portion of ticket sales benefiting the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Show times listed below.

Colin James has a long and affectionate history with the Commodore with 32 performances on the stage already under his belt. Having first performed at the venue in 1986, Colin remains one of the Commodore’s most prolific multi-night performers including five back-to-back nights in 1988, four nights in 1991, and three nights of sold out shows in 2012.

“The Commodore Ballroom is simply one of the best live music venues in North America, bar none,” said Colin James. “Places like this are increasingly rare and an irreplaceable part of any city’s entertainment history. It has been the Vancouver choice for established and breaking bands for years, and has played a huge role throughout my career. I am so profoundly happy that my star on the B.C. Walk of Fame is only steps from its iconic doors! I can’t wait to play there again soon, and I hope to “virtually” see you there!”

Preparing to release his 20th studio album in 2021, Colin signed his first record deal in 1988. It wasn’t until 2016’s Blue Highways that James found himself on a blues chart: the album spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Roots Music Report’s Blues Chart. It also landed him one of his biggest hits: “Riding in the Moonlight,” a Willie Dixon song that James once covered when busking in the streets and subways of Toronto and Montreal, landed on a Spotify playlist and garnered millions of streams.

Since opening its doors in 1930, the Commodore Ballroom has been synonymous with entertainment and nightlife in Vancouver. Throughout the decades, the Commodore has held a special place in the hearts of the fans that visited it, the artists that have performed at it, and the staff and crews that have worked at it. 2020/2021 will celebrate and showcase the history and luster of what makes this venue truly magical. More details on upcoming events and celebrations to be announced throughout the year.

Jim Beam Bourbon Presents Live from Inside features incredible performances broadcast live from acclaimed music venues across Canada. Viewers enjoy a full concert experiences including multi-camera performances with crisp visuals, concert quality audio, and interaction with fans around the globe. Fans are able to purchase tickets, register for access, and then stream live performances in high definition from the comfort of their homes or on the go.

SOCAN Announces New CFO Robert Bennett

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SOCAN Announces New CFO Robert Bennett

SOCAN has announced the appointment of Robert Bennett as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Bennett most recently served as served as Lead Financial Officer, Capital Markets, Technology and Operations, BMO Financial Group, in which he oversaw multiple aspects of financial planning and forecasting, accounting and financial management, and the amalgamation of financial technology within operations functions.

Before joining BMO, Bennett served as Director of Finance with Edward Jones Canada and Chief Financial Officer with RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust.

“Robert Bennett’s more than 20 years of financial expertise will serve SOCAN well,” said SOCAN Interim CEO Jennifer Brown. “His impressive financial management, revenue reporting and strategic financial planning experience make him an excellent addition to the executive team.”

“I am thrilled to join SOCAN to be part of a great team,” Bennett said. “It is awesome to join an organization that is dedicated to music creators and music publishers.”

A certified Chartered Professional Accountant, he holds an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Smith School of Business from Queen’s University, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from from McGill University.

Fluent in English and French, in his spare time he has been singing in choirs since the age of five and is a keen fan of SOCAN members’ music.

Robert Bennett’s career with SOCAN begins on November 9, 2020.

Apply Now: CIMA at AmericanaFest UK 2021

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Apply Now: CIMA at AmericanaFest UK 2021

This January, CIMA will be conducting theirthird Business and Showcase Mission to AmericanaFest UK. This year the event will be held virtually from January 25-28, 2021. AmericanaFest UK is a four-day conference, awards show and music festival featuring Americana music from the US, Austria, Spain, Denmark, the UK and more.

As a growing genre, and one very popular in Canada, Americana (a combination of roots, blues, folk and alt country music) is an important market to expand on in the UK for the Canadian Music industry. AmericanaFest UK is keen to build the Canadian presence in the UK with a showcase and business initiative. This presents a lucrative opportunity for the vast number of Canadian music companies who represent this genre of music in Canada.

Mission Details:
• Canadian business in attendance will get the chance to showcase their artists virtually in front of Americana buyers and industry in the UK as well as conference delegates from around the world.
• A business initiative will be set up to connect the Canadian business representatives with UK industry, media and buyers. More details to come.
How to Apply:
This opportunity is currently open to 6 Canadian artists who are export-ready and fit the Americana genre. Each artist must have a business representative who will be available to participate during AmericanaFest UK in the conference and business events/meetings.

Final selection of the artists will be at the discretion of the AmericanaFest UK festival selection committees.

This mission is open to qualifying CIMA member companies as well as qualifying non-member companies. If you meet the criteria outlined above please submit your applications by clicking here.

The deadline to apply is Friday, November 13.

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