The
Who legend Pete
Townshend has slammed
ageing rockers - including
himself - for continuing to tour
into their fifties and sixties.
The star, 61, has lashed out at
Bob Dylan and The
Rolling Stones over their
longevity as rock stars,
insisting the novelty is simply
in the fact that they are still
going at all - and not because
they are exciting to watch.
Michele
Seidman (Michele and
the Midnight Blues) felt
women were under
represented at the blues
festivals. She wanted to
make an event
about women and
for women. With help
from The Actors Edge,
they will do just
that. Someone once said
no one wants to hear a
woman sing the blues but
if you look at history
and the charts, they
could not have been
further from the truth.
The reactions to this
event already proves
that statement wrong.
Emails have come from
Europe asking for
details and the Women in
Blues Concert was only
announced to a small
number of people prior
to this release. If you
go to most major
festivals today, woman
are a side note and
rarely featured yet on
the charts it is obvious
people like to hear
women in the blues. This
concert is about the
women as it was
intended.
Digital
Is
Driving
First
Half
World
Music
Sales
Sales of
digital
music in
the
first
half of
2006
rose
106% to
US$945
million
when
compared
with the
first
six
months
of last
year.
Globally,
digital
sales
now
account
for 11
per cent
of the
total
recorded
music
market
worldwide,
up from
5.5 per
cent in
December
2005.
The
US is
still
leading
the
digital
revolution,
with 18
per cent
of
recorded
music
sales
now
being
made
through
digital
channels.
Digital
music
sales in
the US
increased
by 84
per cent
to US$
513
million
in the
first
six
months
of 2006.
Digital
music
also
accounts
for a
significant
part of
the
overall
market
in South
Korea
(51%),
Japan
(11%),
Italy
(9%) and
the UK
(8%).
The
explosion
in
digital
music
services,
spurred
by
consumer
demand
and a
widening
array of
delivery
channels,
has seen
online
and
mobile
music
sales
grow
from
$US134
million
in the
first
half of
2004 to
US$945
million
in the
first
half of
2006.
In
Japan,
Italy
and
Spain
mobile
dominates
the
digital
market,
accounting
for 85%,
76% and
78% of
overall
sales
respectively.
Online
downloading
is more
prominent
in
markets
such as
the UK,
Germany
and the
US,
where
online
sales
account
for 70%,
69% and
64% of
digital
sales
respectively.
Physical
music
sales
declined
in the
first
half
period,
down by
ten per
cent
worldwide.
This led
to total
music
sales
falling
by four
per cent
in the
period
to $8.4
billion
in trade
values
(US$13.7
billion
in
retail
values).
Piracy
and
competition
for
consumer
spending
contributed
to the
first
half
fall.
There
was
growth
in some
markets,
such as
Japan
(12%),
South
Korea
(5%) and
Australia
(6%),
counter-balanced
by
declines
in
Germany
(-4%),
the US
(-7%)
and
France
(-9%).
(PRWEB)
October 19, 2006
-- The
International
Songwriting
Competition
(ISC) has
extended its
submission
deadline, so if
you haven't
already entered,
you still have a
chance. If you
already have
entered and wish
to submit
additional
songs, you can
still enter. All
entries must be
posted on or
before November
17, 2006. ISC
will continue to
take online
entries, as well
as entries
through the
mail; the online
submission
platform will be
open until 11:59
p.m. EST,
November 17.
There will be no
further
extensions of
the deadline
after this date.
Biographer
Nick
Tosches'
study
of
Dean
Martin
has
been
named
the
Greatest
Rock
&
Roll
Book
of
all
time
in a
new
Blender
poll.
"Dino:
Living
High
In
The
Dirty
Business
Of
Dreams"
beat
out
Peter
Guralnick's
"Last
Train
To
Memphis"
and
the
Ego
Trip's
"Book
Of
Rap
Lists"
to
top
the
men's
magazine
poll.
J
ames
Dolan,
CEO
of
not
only
the
Rangers
but
also
the
NBA's
Knicks
and
Madison
Square
Garden,
is
the
guitar-playing
lead
singer
of a
blues
band
called
-
without
intent
of
irony
towards
the
teams
former
goalie
and
broadcaster
'JD
and
the
Straight
Shot.'
The
five-man
band
releases
its
first
album,
"Nothing
to
Hide,"
last
September
and
not
too
long
afterward
embarked
on
its
first
tour.
Americans
James
Brown
and
Bon
Jovi
will
be
inducted
into
Britain's
rock
hall
of
fame
next
month.
(Blues
Foundation,
Memphis
TN)
Our
friend
The
school
across
the
street
from
Charmaine
Neville's
house
in
New
Orleans
has
finally
re-opened.
The
students
there
are
in
need
of
musical
instruments.
If
you
have
or
know
someone
who
has
an
unused
band
instrument
in
good
repair,
please
contact
Marcia
via
her
website.
For
the third year in a row, Ruf Records will be
producing a "Blues Caravan" of artists
touring Europe and North America. 2007 will be the
Blues Guitar Women tour featuring blues
guitar veterans Sue Foley, Deborah Coleman,
and 24 year old newcomer Roxanne Potvin.
The
Delta Cultural Center announced that blues
guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Michael Burks
received the coveted Sonny Payne Award For
Blues Excellence. Commonly known as the
"Sonny Award," it is presented each year to an
individual or individuals who have strongly
influenced blues music in Arkansas. Burks, a
Little Rock native, has released two critically
acclaimed CDs on Alligator Records (2001’s
MAKE IT RAIN and
2003’s I SMELL SMOKE),
and has toured almost non-stop. 
M.C.
Records is proud to announce that folk & blues
legend Odetta will be the special musical
guest for Madeleine Peyroux on October
25 at Town Hall in New York City. 
Capitol
recording artist Bonnie
Raitt has won nine
Grammy awards, sold over
17 million albums and
been inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame. Now she's about to
hit another career high:
she's opening for the
Rolling Stones. Raitt
will open for the
Rolling Stones at two
stops on their ongoing
world tour -- November
11th at the MGM Grand in
Las Vegas and November
18th at Dodger Stadium
in Los Angeles.
Mark
is considered by many to be one of the
Hottest modern Blues Guitarist on the stage
today. he currently resides in Greenwood ,
Louisiana.
Today
Mark can say reflecting back, "I no longer
drink. I started to see if I was going to be
what I wanted to be in this business that
there was no longer room for that. A person
can go a lot farther with a clean, clear,
non-polluted brain than with one."
The
American Bus Association,
representative of the motor coach, tour,
and travel industry, has bestowed upon
the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues
Society’s annual JazzFest the
designation of a Top 100 Event in
North America! 
We
have signed all bands for the 2007
Jamaica Rock 'n' Blues Jam. For 2008
considerations and beyond, please send
press kit with $35.00 non-refundable
application fee (payable to Fantastic
Voyages) to:
Derek
Trucks was named for Derek and The Dominos, and he was touring and
playing with folks like Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, and Stephen Stills
while he was still in his teens. Derek Trucks is only in his twenties, but he is
already a seasoned blues veteran. Join Elwood Blues, his guest Derek trucks, and
his fine new CD "Songlines", this weekend on the House of Blues Radio Hour.
