Today, Republic Live announced the full line-up for the 2019 edition of Boots & Hearts Music Festival – Chase Rice, Michael Ray, Tim Hicks, Carly Pearce, Mitchell Tenpenny, LANCO, Ashley McBryde, Morgan Wallen and more will join previously announced headliners Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Cole Swindell, Kane Brown and Kip Moore. Following in the boot stomping footsteps of seven phenomenal festivals, 2019 will certainly not fail to disappoint.
This is the 8th year for Boots and Hearts, Canada’s largest country music festival, held at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte from August 8-11, 2019. Following a very successful 2018 festival and incredible feedback from fans and artists, Boots and Hearts Music Festival was recently announced as the only Canadian nominee for the Academy of Country Music Festival of the Year award.
This year, festival attendees will have the opportunity to see more than 35 artists and welcome back fan-favourite attractions including the beloved LED ferris wheel, carnival games, beach volleyball court and Instagram-worthy photo installations. This year, Boots and Hearts has also introduced Reserved RV Camping and Reserved Tent Camping, offering 400 square feet of additional space per tent campsite, to accommodate larger groups looking to camp together during the four-day event.
Tickets for the 2019 festival and RV/tent camping are now on-sale. For more information about artists, tickets, camping, and accommodations visit www.bootsandhearts.com.
The Boots and Hearts 2019 line-up includes:
Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Cole Swindell, Kane Brown, Kip Moore, Chase Rice, Michael Ray, Tim Hicks, Carly Pearce, Mitchell Tenpenny, LANCO, The Cadillac Three, Morgan Wallen, Dylan Scott, Ashley McBryde, Ryan Hurd, RaeLynn, Tyler Rich, Runaway June, Danielle Bradbery, Brandon Lay, The Wild Feathers, Jameson Rodgers, HARDY, Shawn Austin, Levi Hummon, Filmore, Drew Baldridge, MacKenzie Porter, Jake Rose, Eric Ethridge, The Abrams, Tenille Arts, Kris Barclay, Owen Barney and more.
Recognized as one of the most influential bands in rock music the world over, the generation-changing, multiplatinum-selling, Grammy-winning Soundgarden will be celebrating their 35th anniversary in 2019 in grand style.
To that end, A&M/UMe kicks off a year-long commemoration of the storied career and ongoing influence of these immortal Seattle hometown icons with the unveiling of an Album of the Month series done in conjunction with The Sound of Vinyl. Each month The Sound of Vinyl will release a different Soundgarden album on limited-edition color vinyl. The first entry in this new program debuts in April, honoring the 25th anniversary of Superunknown with a new special edition of the album, pressed on 180-gram translucent red and gold vinyl. For a limited time, fans can pre-order the complete Album of the Month series of LPs as an exclusive bundle, with a discounted price, and an exclusive lithograph designed and signed by Soundgarden’s long time creative director Josh Graham. Details of the album series, along with special content and other interactive features celebrating the 35th anniversary of Soundgarden, can be found at http://soundgarden35.com.
Released in March 8, 1994, Superunknown debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and has since been certified as having sold over 5 million copies in the United States alone. Superunknown features such genre-defining and genre-defying hits as the churning anthem “Black Hole Sun,” the foreboding “Fell On Black Days,” the eclectic individuality of “Spoonman,” the optimistic rush of “The Day I Tried To Live,” and the off-kilter crest of “My Wave.”
Buttressed by Chris Cornell’s four-octave vocal range, Kim Thayil’s one-man guitar army, and the unmatchable in-tandem rhythm section of bassist Ben Shepherd and ace drummer Matt Cameron, Soundgarden emerged from the burgeoning Seattle music scene of the late-’80s and early-’90s to trailblaze the way for a movement that continues to resonate across the popular-music spectrum to this very day. Hailed as grunge innovators, Soundgarden’s sound has always reached beyond mere genre labels to redefine rock music for a generation.
Indeed, the deep roots of Soundgarden’s unmistakable sonic stamp can be mapped directly to the sprawling landscape of the Pacific Northwest. It’s an atmospheric feeling once shared quite vividly by the band’s late frontman, singer/guitarist Chris Cornell. “When I think of Soundgarden, I think of a sound, I think of one entity, one organic thing,” Cornell theorized, “but I guess that the exciting part is that it’s always been really varied. The band is dripping with it — that indescribable longing. It’s not about the society, it’s not about the people, it’s not about the city. It’s some other thing.”
Formed in Seattle in 1984, Soundgarden went on to create a series of groundbreaking, best-selling rock albums until initially dissolving in 1997, then later reforming for a period of time in the 2010s. Soundgarden started their career recording for the legendary Sub Pop label, who at the time were known for their own Single Of The Month club, releasing their very first 7-inch single, “Hunted Down,” in June 1987, followed by their debut EP Screaming Life that October. After a brief run on SST, Soundgarden signed to A&M Records and subsequently released four indelibly classic albums between 1989 and 1996 — 1989’s Louder Than Love, 1991’s Badmotorfinger, 1994’s Superunknown, and 1996’s Down On The Upside — with an additional full-lengther, King Animal, having arisen in 2012 after the band reformed.
Further Soundgarden 35 announcements will be forthcoming, so keep your eyes (and ears) peeled. With the 30th anniversary of their hard-charging major-label debut Louder Than Love just around the corner, 2019 looks to be another banner year for Soundgarden, who remain one of the most revered bands on the planet. Their undeniable influence and esteemed legacy grow stronger and stronger every day.
Soundgarden SUPERUNKNOWN – 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (2LP)
SIDE 01
1. Let Me Drown
2. My Wave
3. Fell On Black Days
4. Mailman
SIDE 02
1. Superunknown
2. Head Down
3. Black Hole Sun
SIDE 03
1. Spoonman
2. Limo Wreck
3. The Day I Tried To Live
4. Kickstand
SIDE 04
1. Fresh Tendrils
2. 4th Of July
3. Half
4. Like Suicide
5. She Likes Surprises
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul have announced the release of their eagerly awaited new album. SUMMER OF SORCERY, the legendary rock ‘n’ rollers first album of new material, arrives May 3 via Wicked Cool/UMe. The album will be released on CD, digitally and on vinyl as double LP on 180-gram black vinyl. A limited edition version will be available as a double LP on 180-gram psychedelic swirl vinyl exclusively via uDiscover. All digital pre-orders will be joined by an instant grat download of the LP’s jet-fueled first track release, “Superfly Terraplane,” which can be heard below.
“My first five albums in the ’80s were both very personal, and very political,” explains Little Steven aka Steven Van Zandt. “I wanted the new material to be more fictionalized. The way records were when I grew up. Before it was an artform. The concept was capturing and communicating that first rush of summer. The electricity of that feeling of unlimited possibilities. Of falling in love with the world for the first time. Obviously, there are occasional personal references, and a bit of what’s going on socially scattered throughout, but I achieved what I set out to do. I created a collection of fictional movies scenes that feel like summer. I’m quite proud of it.”
SUMMER OF SORCERY – which arrives just two years after Little Steven’s acclaimed 2017’s solo return, SOULFIRE, and its 2018 live follow-up, SOULFIRE LIVE! – was written, arranged, and produced by Van Zandt at his own Renegade Studios in New York City; the album was co-produced and recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winner Geoff Sanoff and co-produced by Disciples of Soul musical director and guitarist Marc Ribler. SUMMER OF SORCERY was mixed and mastered respectively by Van Zandt’s career-long collaborators and friends Bob Clearmountain (Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Bryan Adams), and Bob Ludwig (Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, The Band, Sly and the Family Stone). The album – which features an exclusive introduction written by Van Zandt – is adorned with Frank Frazetta-inspired cover art by Van Zandt’s longtime art director, Louis Arzonico.
Little Steven is joined on this thrilling musical journey with his all-star band the Disciples of Soul, a 14-strong ensemble made up of some of the best studio and live musicians in the business. Leading the charge alongside Van Zandt is musical director and guitarist Marc Ribler (Darlene Love, Roger McGuinn, Carole King) who conducts the band consisting of Lowell “Banana” Levinger of The Youngbloods on piano and Wurlitzer, bassist Jack Daley (Lenny Kravitz, Boz Scaggs, Darryl Hall), drummer Rich Mercurio (Ben E King, Sara Bareilles, Idina Menzel), percussionist Anthony Almonte (King Creole and The Coconuts), Andy Burton on B3 organ, piano, synthesizers (Cyndi Lauper, John Mayer, Ian Hunter), the dynamite horn section of horn director Eddie Manion on baritone saxophone (Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny), Stan Harrison on tenor saxophone and flute (David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Duran Duran), Ron Tooley on trumpet (James Brown, John Lennon, Maceo Parker), Ravi Best on trumpet (Aretha Franklin, Stevie, Wonder, Kool and The Gang) and Clark Gayton on trombone (Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Joss Stone, Rhianna). The band is rounded out with the soulful, synchronized dancing backup singers Jessie Wagner (Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz, Chic), Sara Devine (Alicia Keys, Mary J Blige) and Tania Jones (Disciples of Soul).
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul will celebrate SUMMER OF SORCERY with special record release shows at The Saban in Los Angeles on May 4 and at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, N.J. on May 8th. A wide-ranging world tour will follow, beginning May 16 at Liverpool, UK’s 02 Academy and then making headline stops across the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Exclusive VIP Meet & Greet Upgrade Packages are available for most dates. The “SUMMER OF SORCERY TOUR” will hit North America this summer – a full itinerary will be announced soon. In addition, Little Steven will lead the Disciples of Soul down under for the very final dates on his epic “SOULFIRE TOUR,” including a pair of hugely anticipated performances at the 30th anniversary Byron Bay Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Australia (April 18 and 20). For complete details, updates, and ticket availability, please visit www.littlesteven.com/on-tour.
SUMMER OF SORCERY is another landmark work in a four-decade career full of milestones, a spirited collection of songs which conjure up all the wonder and magic of the eponymous season – the beach and the boardwalk, the young love and unbridled lust, the innocence and experience that somehow starts it all.
“I always work thematically,” Van Zandt says. “I can’t just throw together a collection of songs; there has to be some kind of overriding idea that drives it. This time I wanted to capture the excitement of that first summer of consciousness. That one special summer where you first fall in love with life, that thrill of just being alive.”
Van Zandt’s first solo album as Little Steven in close to two decades, 2017’s SOULFIRE saw the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer revisiting songs that spanned the length of his career as artist, performer, producer, arranger, and songwriter, focusing on the “soul horns-meet-rock ‘n’ roll guitars” sound he first pioneered on Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ classic first three albums and later, his own first solo LP. The album saw Van Zandt uniting an all-new Disciples of Soul, complete with three backing vocalists and a full horn section featuring original Asbury Jukes/Miami Horns saxophonists Stan Harrison (tenor) and Eddie Manion (baritone). Little Steven and his 15-piece big band spent nearly two years traveling the world on the SOULFIRE Tour, not to mention last year’s “SOULFIRE TEACHER SOLIDARITY TOUR” supporting TeachRock, the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation’s national initiative to bring music curriculum into schools across the country. Still, the planetary success of the SOULFIRE project left Van Zandt to ponder: Where do I want to go now?
“Quite honestly, the SOULFIRE Tour was something special,” he says. “It was a definitive type of tour – I told my whole life story and most of the story of the history of rock ‘n’ roll simultaneously, it was a show 20, 30, 40 years in the making. So it was like, ok, now what? How do we beat that, or at least equal it? You set these standards and now you’ve got to reach them.”
Reach them he did – SUMMER OF SORCERY is Little Steven at his omnivorous, humanistic best, expertly crafted and deeply rooted in the many classic genres which taught and inspired the self-proclaimed “walking history lesson” from the jump. With their richly bombastic arrangements, floor-shaking groves, and high-powered performances from all involved, new songs like “Soul Power Twist and the album kick off “Communion” synthesize Van Zandt’s incalculable range of cultural and sonic inspirations into a one-of-a-kind brass-fueled brand of Technicolor rock ‘n’ soul unlike anyone else’s. The album features 10 original new songs alongside “Suddenly You,” an outtake from the “Lilyhammer” score, Netflix’s first original series, which starred Van Zandt who also composed all the music for trailblazing show, and a reimagining of “Education” which was first recorded for his 1989 album Revolution. “The education system needs to be fixed, needs to be improved,” he says. “Teachers need to be supported. There needs to be more support, more funding. That’s what I’m trying to get across with my TeachRock program and that’s all in this song.”
The record culminates with the epic title track, “Summer of Sorcery,” an eight-minute mission statement that conjures the euphoric rush of a summer romance and limitless possibility. “The whole theme of the album is summed up in that song, that wizardry, that magic mixture of falling in love in the summer,” says Van Zandt.
“I wanted to create a hybrid that would be uniquely me,” he says. “I wanted to hear Sly and the Family Stone, I wanted to hear Sam Cooke, I wanted to hear Tito Puente. I wanted to try and get the Beach Boys in there. James Brown, of course. I had certain touchstones of musical influence that I wanted to integrate into my thing.”
Recorded last year mid-SOULFIRE Tour and then mixed whilst on the road once again, SUMMER OF SORCERY represents a straightforward progression from its predecessor, the first time in Van Zandt’s long career that he’s maintained a band line-up and sonic approach from one solo work to the next.
“Instead of embarking on a whole new adventure, I decided, I’m going to evolve this thing,” Van Zandt says. “I’ve always wondered where my sound would evolve to if I ever did the same thing twice, if I ever evolved vertically rather than horizontally. All five of my solo albums before SOULFIRE are completely different genres. I never had a chance to evolve one particular thing to see where it went.”
Not to say Van Zandt didn’t push himself towards something new and novel – quite the opposite in fact. Where his prior solo canon was irrefutably linked by both his lifelong activism and deeply personal lyricism, this time Little Steven chose to eschew the overly political and explicitly autobiographical for a more overarching approach, one which allowed him a chance to apply his particular style of studied songcraft for his own album instead of another’s.
“With this record I really wanted to travel back to a time when life was exciting, when unlimited possibilities were there every day,” says Van Zandt. “That was the feeling in the ’60s, the thrill of the unexpected coming at you. Our minds were blown every single day, one amazing thing after another, constantly lifting you up. So you kind of walked around six inches off the ground all the time, there was something that kept you buoyant in your spirit. I wanted to try and capture that first and foremost.”
If SOULFIRE stands as the last word at the end of one chapter of Van Zandt’s long career, SUMMER OF SORCERY marks the start of what comes next.
“Making this record was everything I’d hoped for,” Little Steven says. “What I’d hoped would happen was, you put the whole tour, all of those songs, into a funnel and out of that funnel comes a new album. And that’s exactly what happened.”
SUMMER OF SORCERY TRACK LISTING
1. Communion
2. Party Mambo!
3. Love Again
4. Vortex
5. A World Of Our Own
6. Gravity
7. Soul Power Twist
8. Superfly Terraplane
9. Education
10. Suddenly You
11. I Visit The Blues
12. Summer Of Sorcery
LITTLE STEVEN AND THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL ON TOUR 2019
SOULFIRE TOUR – AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2019
APRIL
18 – Byron Bay, Australia – Byron Bay Bluesfest *
20 – Byron Bay, Australia – Byron Bay Bluesfest *
23 – Melbourne, Australia – Forum Melbourne
25 – Newtown, Australia – Enmore Theatre
27 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland Town Hall
SUMMER OF SORCERY TOUR
MAY
4 – Los Angeles, CA – The Saban
8 – Asbury Park, NJ – Paramount Theatre
16 – Liverpool, UK – O2 Academy
18 – Leeds, UK – O2 Academy
20 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
22 – Bristol, UK – O2 Academy
24 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
26 – Derbyshire, UK – Bearded Theory Festival *
28 – Berlin, Germany – Huxley’s
30 – Jelling, Denmark – Jelling Muiskfestival *
JUNE
1 – Stockholm, Sweden – Cirkus
3 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
5 – Hamburg, Germany – Fabrik
7 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique (AB)
9 – Emmen, The Netherlands – Hello Festival *
11 – Zurich, Switzerland – Kaufleuten
13 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz
15 – Bilbao, Spain – Music Legends Festival *
17 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Apolo
20 – Kragujevac, Serbia – Arsenal Festival *
23 – Paris, France – La Cigale
Howard Stern and SiriusXM announced Howard Stern’s Saturday Soundtracks, a weekly exploration of the most intimate, innovative, and inspiring music performances recorded both recently and over the decades on the Howard Stern Show.
The radio premiere will be March 9 at 9:00 a.m. ET on his exclusive SiriusXM channel, Howard 101, with replays later in the day. A new episode will air every Saturday and be available On Demand via the SiriusXM app.
The Howard Stern Video episode of Saturday Soundtracks will be released every Saturday via the SiriusXM app, and will provide fans with performances that haven’t been seen in many years.
Howard Stern is among the strongest advocates for musicians, giving exposure on his massive radio show to major artists and up-and-comers. Last year, he inducted Bon Jovi into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Last week, Stern welcomed Gary Clark, Jr. on the show, with Def Leppard expected to be a guest in March.
The Howard Stern Show‘s music archives are a master class in songwriting, musicianship, and performance. Amazing artists play hits, personal choices, and tribute covers, in the intimate setting of Howard’s radio studio – sometimes acoustic and sometimes with full concert rigs. Some of the musicians include AC/DC, Adam Levine, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bee Gees, Billy Corgan, Billy Joel, Blondie, Bon Jovi, Chris Cornell, Chris Martin, Chris Stapleton, Counting Crows, Cyndi Lauper, Daryl Hall, Def Leppard, Don Henley, Duran Duran, Ed Sheeran, Elvis Costello, Foo Fighters, Graham Nash, Green Day, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Jewel, Joe Walsh, John Fogerty, John Legend, Katy Perry, KISS, Lady Gaga, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Peter Frampton, Phil Collins, Roger Daltrey, Sheryl Crow, Sia, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, Weezer, ZZ Top, and more.
The debut of Howard Stern’s Saturday Soundtracks will feature video of Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me” (2006), and audio of Dave Grohl’s first-ever unplugged performance of “Everlong” (1998), Lady Gaga’s solo piano rendition of “Million Reasons” (2016), and James Taylor singing “Fire & Rain” (2015).
In addition to showcasing musical performances, Howard Stern Video via the newly re-designed SiriusXM app also provides subscribers with Howard’s full-length interviews with celebrity guests and highlighted show clips and specials.
SiriusXM subscribers with streaming access can listen to SiriusXM’s 200+ channels – including Howard 100 and Howard 101 – at home on a wide variety of connected devices including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, Sony PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go to www.SiriusXM.com/AtHome to learn more.
The Moody Blues’ Live At The BBC: 1967–1970 will make its global vinyl debut with a limited, individually numbered 3LP color vinyl edition to be released April 26 by Polydor/UMe. Across its three 180-gram vinyl LPs, the deluxe special edition features 41 live performances from several BBC radio and television appearances the band made between 1967 and 1970.
Originally released in 2007 as a double CD and digital collection, Live At The BBC: 1967–1970 features many of the band’s performances for popular BBC radio and TV programs, including “Top Gear” (“Ride My See-Saw,” “The Best Way To Travel,” “Voices In The Sky,” “Dr. Livingstone, I Presume,” “Lovely To See You,” Never Comes The Day,” “Send Me No Wine,” and “To Share Our Love”); “Afternoon Pop Show” (“Peak Hour,” “Ride My See-Saw,” and “Tuesday Afternoon); “The Tony Brandon Show” (“So Deep Within You” and “Lovely To See You”); “Colour Me Pop” (Ride My See-Saw,” “Dr. Livingstone, I Presume,” “House Of Four Doors,” “Voices In The Sky,” “The Best Way To Travel,” “Visions Of Paradise,” and “The Actor”); “The Lulu Show” (“Question”); and more. An eight-song performance for “BBC Live In Concert” is also included, featuring live versions of tracks spanning three Moody Blues albums: In Search Of The Lost Chord, Days Of Future Passed, and To Our Children’s Children’s Children.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, The Moody Blues have been at the forefront of the UK’s classic rock music scene for fifty years and have continued to be a mainstay of concert stages, recording studios and the airwaves to the present day. During their immensely successful career, they have sold, according to the band’s files, more than 70 million albums worldwide and have been the recipients of numerous prestigious awards.
The Moody Blues: Live At The BBC: 1967-1970 [3LP limited color vinyl edition]
LP1 (light blue vinyl)
Side A
1. Fly Me High (BBC Session – the Saturday Club 9/5/67)
2. Don’t Let Me Be Understood (BBC Session – the Saturday Club 9/5/67)
3. Love And Beauty (BBC Session – Easybeat 20/9/67)
4. Leave This Man Alone (BBC Session – Easybeat 20/9/67)
5. Peak Hour (BBC Session – Easybeat 20/9/67)
6. Nights In White Satin (BBC Session – Dave Symonds 6/11/67)
7. Fly Me High (BBC Session – Dave Symonds 1/1/68)
8. Twilight Time (Evening) (BBC Session – Dave Symonds 1/1/68)
Side B
1. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (BBC Session – Dave Symonds 5/7/68)
2. Voices In The Sky (BBC Session – Dave Symonds 5/7/68)
3. Ride My See-Saw (BBC Session – Top Gear 16/7/68)
4. Voices In The Sky (BBC Session – Top Gear 16/7/68)
5. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (BBC Session – Top Gear 16/7/68)
6. Peak Hour (BBC Session – Afternoon Pop Show 7/10/68)
7. The Best Way To Travel (BBC Session – Top Gear 16/7/68)
LP2 (dark blue vinyl)
Side A
1. Tuesday Afternoon (BBC Session – Afternoon Pop Show 7/10/68)
2. Ride My See-Saw (BBC Session – Afternoon Pop Show 7/10/68)
3. Lovely To See You (BBC Session – Top Gear 18/2/69)
4. Never Comes The Day (BBC Session – Top Gear 18/2/69)
5. To Share Our Love (BBC Session – Top Gear 18/2/69)
6. Send Me No Wine (BBC Session – Top Gear 18/2/69)
7. So Deep Within You (BBC Session – Tony Brandon 2/4/69)
8. Lovely To See You (BBC Session – Tony Brandon 2/4/69)
Side B
1. House Of Four Doors (BBC Session – Colour Me Pop 14/9/68)
2. Nights In White Satin (BBC Session – Tom Jones Show 31/5/68)
3. The Morning: Another Morning (BBC Session – Tom Jones Show 31/5/68)
4. Ride My See-Saw (BBC Session – Colour Me Pop 14/9/68)
5. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (BBC Session – Colour Me Pop 14/9/68)
LP3 (yellow vinyl)
Side A
1. Voices In The Sky (BBC Session – Colour Me Pop 14/9/68)
2. The Best Way To Travel (BBC Session – Colour Me Pop 14/9/68)
3. Visions Of Paradise (BBC Session – Colour Me Pop 14/9/68)
4. The Actor (BBC Session – Colour Me Pop 14/9/68)
5. Gypsy (BBC Session – BBC Live in Concert 17/12/69)
6. The Sun Set (BBC Session – BBC Live in Concert 17/12/69)
7. Never Comes The Day (BBC Session – BBC Live in Concert 17/12/69)
Side B
1. Are You Sitting Comfortably (BBC Session – BBC Live in Concert 17/12/69)
2. Poem: The Dream (BBC Session – BBC Live in Concert 17/12/69)
3. Have You Heard (BBC Session – BBC Live in Concert 17/12/69)
4. Nights In White Satin (BBC Session – BBC Live in Concert 17/12/69)
5. Legend Of A Mind (BBC Session – BBC Live in Concert 17/12/69)
6. Question (BBC Session – Lulu TV 29/8/70)
Forty-two years after Meat Loaf’s epic, multi-platinum global smash Bat Out of Hell put Cleveland International Records in our collective musical consciousness, the legendary indie label is back in business and re-launching with a CD and LP re-release of its mid-90’s all-star compilation on April 5th called Cleveland Rocks, the first time ever digital releases of up to 15 of its catalog albums, and a mission to start signing and championing artists.
The third incarnation of the label that gave us everyone from Ronnie Spector & The E Street Band to Meat Loaf to America’s Polka king Frank Yankovic is being guided by Steve Popovich, Jr. a veteran satellite radio and industry executive whose father, the late famed record industry exec Steve Popovich, founded the label in the mid-70s. Prior to launching Cleveland International, the elder Popovich rose through the ranks at CBS Records, becoming their youngest ever VP of Promotion and later VP of A&R.
On April 5, Cleveland International is set to re-release their Cleveland Rocks compilation on both LP and CD. In addition to Meat Loaf’s “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” the 13 track collection includes classics by Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople (the anthem “Cleveland Rocks”), Ronnie Spector & the E Street Band (“Say Goodbye to Hollywood”), Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (“I Don’t Wanna Go Home”), Just Us Girls (“Time Warp”), Iron City Houserockers (“Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive”), Euclid Beach Band (“There’s No Surf in Cleveland”), The Boyzz (“Too Wild to Tame”), Essence (“Sweet Fools”), Mike Berry (“I Am a Rocker”), The Rovers (“Wasn’t That a Party”) and Bat Out Of Hell collaborators Jim Steinman (“Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through”) and Ellen Foley (“We Belong to the Night”).
A portion of the net proceeds from the Cleveland Rocks release will benefit the Steve Popovich Scholarship Fund at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) to benefit students enrolled in the school’s music program.
Grammy award-winning rock band OK Go is inviting students around the world, ages 11-18, to submit ideas for art experiments that will take place in space aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard launch vehicle. OK Go is hosting the “Art in Space” contest in partnership with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas, and sponsor Cognizant Technology Solutions.
OK Go is known for its audaciously experimental music videos, including Upside Down and Inside Out, in which the band members choreographed an entire performance while floating in microgravity in a plane. Now, the band wants to help middle through high school students see their ideas come to life by sending student art projects up in an actual spacecraft.
“Creativity is really the joy of experimentation. When we made our video in microgravity, we were just experimenting – pushing our ideas and our understanding further and further through trial and error and play,” said OK Go lead singer Damian Kulash. “We’ve made music videos by performing all sorts of art experiments that overlap with math, and science, and engineering.  Now we want students to dream up their own experiments, and we will help them get their art in space.”
Teams of students – even entire classes – are eligible to submit ideas for experiments. Submissions do not have to be fully engineered projects – just ideas that can be turned into space-worthy experiments with the help of OK Go’s expert partners. Previously, such experts have helped OK Go do everything from creating a 4-minute Rube Goldberg machine, to stretching a 4.2-second chain reaction into a 4-minute song, and recording an entire music video in zero gravity.
In May, entries will be judged on a number of criteria, with two ideas being chosen by a team of judges including OK Go band members, engineers from the University of St. Thomas Playful Learning Lab, and aerospace experts.  The winning teams will work in collaboration with Playful Learning Lab engineers to develop their art projects and prepare to send them as a payload on a Blue Origin spacecraft. Blue Origin’s New Shepard is a reusable spacecraft designed to take payloads — and soon people — into suborbital space.
The contest is a project of the OK Go Sandbox, a nonprofit venture that helps teachers use OK Go videos in the classroom. Founded in 2018, OK Go Sandbox showcases new videos, challenges, and activities, based on the band’s music videos. Led by Damian Kulash, OK Go’s lead singer, and Dr. AnnMarie Thomas, director of the University of St. Thomas Playful Learning Lab, OK Go Sandbox has worked closely with educators from around the world to develop new ways to help kids experience the joy and wonder of learning.
“This is about bringing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) concepts to life for students and inspiring engineers, mathematicians, makers, scientists, artists, thinkers and more,” said Thomas. “This contest will give students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see their ideas floating in space.”
Cognizant, the sponsor of “Art in Space,” is one of the world’s largest technology companies, and committed to promoting creativity and inspiring interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) among students from grade school through high school, as well as a broader mission to promote skills that help ensure a competitive American workforce. The company provides grants through its Making the Future education initiative for young learners, and supports technology skills education and training for adults through various corporate partnerships, and programs made possible through the Cognizant U.S. Foundation.
“Cognizant helps our clients across industries – including healthcare, life sciences, banking, retail, energy and technology – solve some of the world’s most complex challenges, and we will look to the next generation of creative thinkers to further our work,” said Jim Lennox, Cognizant’s Chief People Officer. “The resources provided by OK Go and Playful Learning Lab to help teachers inspire students is so important. We look forward to seeing how young minds around the world respond to the ‘Art in Space’ challenge.”
The rules of the contest are:
Teams must include three or more students between the ages of 11 and 18, along with one adult mentor.
Submissions must include a 500-word essay and pictures or videos of the concept.
Submissions must be from students, but teachers and parents can help.
Be creative, but ideas have to be technically feasible to build in real life.
The deadline for the contest is May 6, 2019, at 5 p.m. PST.
Rock icon Alice Cooper and Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm have announced a co-headline amphitheater tour across North America this summer. The 19-city tour will kick off July 17 in Allentown, PA at the PPL Center and make stops in Detroit, Chicago, Houston, and more before wrapping August 16 in Camden, NJ at the BB&T Pavilion. Motionless In White will support on all dates.
Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, March 8th at 10 AM local time at LiveNation.com. Citi is the official presale credit card for the tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Wednesday, March 6th at 10 AM local time until Thursday, March 7th at 10 PM local time through Citi’s Private Pass program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Fan club and VIP presales will be available Tuesday, March 5th at 10 AM local time through Thursday, March 7th at 10 PM local time.
Rock’n Roll Hall of Famer Cooper will bring an all-new show for the Summer 2019 tour. Dubbed “Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back,” the show will have a very different look than recent tours. New music from Alice is expected in time for the tour, once again produced by Alice’s longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who most recently produced 2017’s acclaimed Paranormal album, featuring friends like ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, U2’s Larry Mullen Jr, and Deep Purple’s Roger Glover, as well as original Alice Cooper band members Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway and Michael Bruce. Cooper’s most recent release, the live album A Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris, was released by earMUSIC in 2018. In addition to recording and touring both on his own and with the Hollywood Vampires (with pals Joe Perry and Johnny Depp), Alice continues his nightly syndicated radio show “Nights With Alice Cooper,” heard worldwide on over 100 radio stations.
Grammy-Award winning band Halestorm released their fourth full-length album, Vicious, last year. Called a “muscular, adventurous, and especially relevant rock record” by Rolling Stone, Vicious earned the band their second Grammy nomination, for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song “Uncomfortable,” the band’s fourth #1 at rock radio. Fronted by the incomparable Lzzy Hale, named Loudwire’s 2018 Rock Artist of the Year, Halestorm has earned a reputation as a powerful live music force, headlining sold-out shows and topping festival bills around the world.
Alice Cooper and Halestorm 2019 Tour Dates:
July 17 – Allentown, PA @ PPL Center
July 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion
July 20 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 21 – Chicago, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
July 23 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
July 25 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
July 26 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
July 28 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheater
July 29 – Cedar Park, TEX @ H-E-B Center
July 31 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
August 1 – Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 4 – Nashville, TN @ The Opry House
August 7 – Canandaigua, NY @ Constellation Brands–Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
August 8 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
August 10 – Portland, ME @ Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row
August 11 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
August 13 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
August 15 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
August 16 – Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
The Nokia 8800 is a luxury mobile phone produced by Nokia, based on the Nokia Series 40 operating system. The 8800 features a stainless-steel housing with a scratch-resistant screen and has a weight of 134 grams. According to Nokia, the 8800’s “sophisticated slide mechanism uses premium ball bearings crafted by the makers of bearings used in high performance cars”. The music was performed by Brian Eno and the ringtones were composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Download the ringtones collection composed by Brian for the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition phone in 2006. This archive contains audio files in Quicktime format.
DOWNLOADÂ the web advertisement for the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition phone with music and voice-over by Brian. This archive contains a file in flv format.
