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James Brown’s ‘Say It Live And Loud: Live In Dallas 08.26.68’ Makes Vinyl Debut With Expanded 2LP 50th Anniversary Edition To Be Released October 12

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James Brown’s ‘Say It Live And Loud: Live In Dallas 08.26.68’ Makes Vinyl Debut With Expanded 2LP 50th Anniversary Edition To Be Released October 12

On August 26, 1968, two weeks after releasing his civil rights anthem, “Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud,” James Brown recorded his concert at Dallas, Texas’ Memorial Auditorium. First released on CD in 1998, Brown’s Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68 album will make its vinyl debut in an expanded 2LP 50th Anniversary Edition, to be released October 12. The album’s new, expanded digital edition will be released on the same date.

Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68 captures James Brown and his band laying it down onstage in the heat of a tumultuous summer, just months after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, and on the same night the turbulent Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago. The album features the first-ever live recordings of “Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud,” which Brown performed twice. The new 2LP vinyl edition add two previously unreleased recordings, “That’s Life” and “The Popcorn,” as well as an updated essay by James Brown’s former tour manager, Alan Leeds. An essay by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, written for the album’s 1998 CD package, is also included.

Recorded August 7, 1968 and rush released on August 14, James Brown’s “Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud” rose to the top of Billboard’s R&B chart, reaching No. 1 on October 5, 1968 and holding the top spot for six weeks. The single also peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

“James Brown singlehandedly took a lost and confused nation of people and bonded them with a fix of words, music and attitude,” recalls Chuck D in his liner notes essay for Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68. “‘Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud’ was the phrase that prepared me for the third grade, 1969, and the rest of my life.”

James Brown: Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68 (50th Anniversary Edition)

Side 1
Show Introduction
If I Ruled The World
James Brown Thanks
Introduction To Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud
Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud
I Guess I’ll Have To Cry, Cry, Cry
That’s Life (previously unreleased)
Kansas City

Side 2
The Popcorn (previously unreleased)
Soul Pride
Tighten Up
Suds

Side 3
Introduction To Star Time!
Licking Stick – Licking Stick
Cold Sweat
There Was A Time

Side 4
Medley: Try Me / Lost Someone / Bewildered
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
I Got The Feeling
Maybe The Last Time
I Got You (I Feel Good)
Please, Please, Please
I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
Finale: Cold Sweat / I Got The Feeling (Reprise) / Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud

JUST ANNOUNCED: The 5th Annual Dream Serenade at Roy Thomson Hall

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JUST ANNOUNCED: The 5th Annual Dream Serenade at Roy Thomson Hall

Toronto’s beloved annual Dream Serenade benefit concert is back and proudly celebrates its landmark fifth anniversary on Saturday, November 17 at 8pm ET, featuring City and Colour, Barenaked Ladies, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Owen Pallett, Hayden, Weaves, Iskwé and an array of surprise special guests. This year, Dream Serenade will take place at Roy Thomson Hall, sister venue to its regular home Massey Hall while it undergoes a two-year revitalization.

This fifth anniversary marks a major milestone for creators Hayden Desser, Christie Greyerbiehl and their incredible team of volunteers. Dream Serenade has become one of Toronto’s most highly anticipated annual events, combining a celebration of a hard working community while raising money and awareness for Beverley Street School and services for children with developmental and/or physical disabilities and their caregivers. Dream Serenade’s success has also benefited other like-minded schools in the city, supports a year-round Family Relief Respite Fund and recently established a Summer Camp Bursary program. Over 50 Toronto-area families received funding this past summer to access camps and special programs.

Each year, a stellar line-up of artists and special guests come together to celebrate this community and perform unique sets including Feist (2014), Gord Downie (2016), Broken Social Scene (2016), Barenaked Ladies (2014/2016), Billy Talent (2014), Sarah Harmer (2014), Bahamas (2015), Joel Plaskett (2015), Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner from The National (2014), Sloan (2017), The Weather Station (2015) and so many more.

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Why Does Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” Work So Well? It’s The Chord Progression. Here’s Why.

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Why Does Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” Work So Well? It’s The Chord Progression. Here’s Why.

In the history of popular music, there have been few voices as powerful or as memorable as Aretha Franklin’s. The music world lost a true legend last month, and 12Tone wanted to pay tribute to the Queen of Soul by analyzing one of her most famous and enduring songs, Respect. It’s a rousing anthem that feels like it goes on much longer than its two and a half minute run-time, and despite (or perhaps because of) its fairly simple harmony, it remains iconic to this day.

Paul McCartney on Who Broke Up the Beatles

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Paul McCartney on Who Broke Up the Beatles

Paul McCartney sets the record straight on the career-changing meeting that broke up the Beatles in an interview with Howard Stern.

Rami Malek on Becoming Freddie Mercury

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Rami Malek talks about playing Freddie Mercury in his new film “Bohemian Rhapsody,” getting the role, what it took to look like Freddie, pranking one of his cast mates, working with Mike Myers, and reveals what it was like meeting Freddie Mercury’s sister.

John Krasinski Was Ready To Quit Acting Before ‘The Office’

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John Krasinski Was Ready To Quit Acting Before ‘The Office’

‘Jack Ryan’ star John Krasinski was ready to give up on his dream of acting. His mom wouldn’t pick him up. Then, three weeks later…

Your Next Fave Book: Jessica Hopper’s Night Moves

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Your Next Fave Book: Jessica Hopper’s Night Moves

Written in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes, Jessica Hopper’s Night Moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all. Drawing on her personal journals from the aughts, Jessica Hopper chronicles her time as a DJ, living in decrepit punk houses, biking to bad loft parties with her friends, exploring Chicago deep into the night. And, along the way, she creates an homage to vibrant corners of the city that have been muted by sleek development. A book birthed in the amber glow of Chicago streetlamps, Night Moves is about a transformative moment of cultural history—and how a raw, rebellious writer found her voice.

Jessica Hopper is a music critic and the author of The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic. She was formerly the Editorial Director at MTV News, and an editor at Pitchfork and Rookie. Her essays have appeared in Best Music Writing for 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2011. Her book The Girls’ Guide to Rocking was named one of 2009’s Notable Books For Young Readers by the American Library Association.

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Must Read Book: The Gospel According to Luke by Steve Lukather

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Must Read Book: The Gospel According to Luke by Steve Lukather

No one explodes one of the longest-held misconceptions of music history better than Steve Lukather and his band Toto. The dominant sound of the late ‘70s and ‘80s was not punk, but a slick, polished amalgam of rock and R&B first staked out on Boz Scaggs’ Silk Degrees. That album was shaped in large part by the founding members of Toto, who were emerging as the most in-demand elite session crew in LA, and further developed on the band’s self-titled multi-platinum debut. A string of massive hits followed for Toto while Lukather and bandmates David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and Steve Porcaro also served as creative linchpins on some of the most successful and influential records of the era, including Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

In this incisive memoir, Lukather tells the complete Toto story. He also lifts the lid on what went on behind the closed studio doors, shedding light on the unique creative processes of some of the most legendary names in music: from Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, and Elton John to Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Roger Waters, and Aretha Franklin. Lukather’s extraordinary tale also encompasses the dark side of stardom and the American Dream. Frank, engaging, and often hilarious, The Gospel According to Luke is no ordinary rock memoir. It is the real thing.

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National Music Centre announces partnership with ADISQ Hall of Fame

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National Music Centre announces partnership with ADISQ Hall of Fame

The National Music Centre (NMC) is pleased to announce a new partnership with ADISQ (the l’Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo), Quebec’s music industry association, which will see the ADISQ Hall of Fame find a permanent home in Calgary within Studio Bell.

Tomorrow during a gala event in Montreal, legendary Quebec rock group Harmonium will be inducted into the hall of fame, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2018. Artifacts from them and other inductees will be incorporated into future exhibitions at Studio Bell.

The ADISQ Hall of Fame joins the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Collection, on level five of Studio Bell, a floor entirely dedicated to celebrating and recognizing Canadian music creators and artists who have left their mark at home and abroad.

In addition to the ADISQ Hall of Fame, the recipient of ADISQ’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award has participated in NMC’s Artist in Residence program for the past year as part of their prize. On-the-rise singer-songwriter Émile Bilodeau recorded at Studio Bell earlier in 2018, and this year’s Breakthrough Artist winner will be invited to record in Calgary, too. This program offers breakthrough Quebec acts access to NMC’s vast collection of historical musical artifacts, which spans over 450 years of technology and innovation, in the composition and recording of new works.

“This partnership with the National Music Centre will further enable us to help promote Quebec artists outside of the province,” said Solange Drouin, Vice-President of Public Affairs and Director General at ADISQ. “It is important that the history of our artists is known throughout the country, and we are delighted that their legacy will be celebrated and shared with visitors at Studio Bell.”

Ticketmaster’s top music-inspired TIFF ‘18 picks – tickets still available!

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Ticketmaster’s top music-inspired TIFF ‘18 picks – tickets still available!

As the official ticketing partner of TIFF, Ticketmaster is proud to help fans get tickets safely and securely to the films of their choice. And as live music fans, Ticketmaster can’t get enough of this year’s roster of music-inspired films at TIFF!

Carmine Street Guitars – Documentarian Ron Mann delivers a ballad to Greenwich Village guitar-maker Rick Kelly, who builds his custom-made instruments from repurposed wood scavenged from historic New York City buildings. With appearances by store clientele, including Charlie Sexton, Bill Frisell, and Jim Jarmusch.

Falls Around Her – Tantoo Cardinal shines as a world-famous Anishinaabe musician who returns to the reserve to rest and recharge — only to discover that fame (and the outside world) are not easily left behind, in writer-director Darlene Naponse’s riveting portrait of resilience set among a northern First Nation.

Quincy – a fascinating and intimate look at the life, labours, and legacies of the legendary music producer, co-directed by daughter Rashida Jones and Alan Hicks.

Redemption – a devout, middle-aged Hasid must return to his younger rock star days in order to pay for his daughter’s expensive medical bills, in Joseph Madmony and Boaz Yehonatan Yacov’s rousing and affecting story of faith, love, and making peace with the past.

Teen Spirit – A shy teenager dreams of pop stardom and enters an international singing competition as an escape from her small town and difficult family life, in actor Max Minghella’s (The Handmaid’s Tale) feature debut.