CURRENT SWELL ADDS HEADLINING DATES TO NORTH AMERICAN TOUR Canada’s Current Swell are excited to announce U.S. headlining dates this winter. The rock band, who are already set for a spring tour with Cat Empire, will launch the solo leg on February 16th in the D.C area. The new dates will bring them to Pittsburgh,…
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SKOPE NEWS FOR JANUARY 14, 2015
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GROOMS PREMIERE TITLE TRACK FROM NEW LP Grooms are extremely pleased to share the title track to Comb The Feelings Through Your Hair today. Like the previously released “Doctor M,” the title track showcases the new direction of Grooms with frenetic drums and swelling synths brought to the fore alongside Travis Johnson’s trademark guitar work.…
SONICBIDS A2W JANUARY – MARCH 2015 ARTISTS TO WATCH (A2W)
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Welcome to another amazing month of music from the incredible musicians that make up the Sonicbids.com community. We have chose a select group of amazing musicians that will be speaking directly to the Skope readers. As always we encourage readers to dig deeper and check out their EPK’s. …
SKOPE NEWS FOR DECEMBER 17, 2014
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J. COLE ALBUM DEBUTS AT #1 ON BILLBOARD TOP 200 CHART J. Cole has debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts for the third time taking the place of Taylor Swifts 1989. ‘Forest Hills Drive’ sold 371,000 copies in its first week; the highest selling first week sales of any hip-hop album…
SKOPE NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2014
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JOHN BUTLER TRIO PRESENT “SPRING TO COME” VIDEO John Butler Trio proudly present their latest video for ‘Spring To Come’ the opening track from their acclaimed Flesh & Blood album released earlier this year. It was created by Jonathan Chong from Dropbear Digital, an amazing director and animator who has worked on a number of…
Carmen Lundy, Soul to Soul
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(WOODLAND HILLS, CA) California based singer/songwriter/musician Carmen Lundy just released her new CD entitled appropriately enough “Soul to Soul” in 2014 Carmen Lundy began her professional career in Miami, FL as a jazz vocalist and composer when there were very few young, gifted and aspiring jazz vocalists on the horizon. Over four decades later, Ms.…
SKOPE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 6, 2014
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LISA O’NEILL NEW SINGLE “APIANA” Lisa O’Neill revels in being a bit out of step, playfully rejecting stale notions of what a folk singer “should” be. Fellow nonconformist Cass McCombs described an encounter with Lisa in this way – “Once I accompanied Lisa O’Neill to the Cliffs of Moher, those beautiful ancient Irish rocks where…
SKOPE NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
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NOOCH SINGLE FEAT PAUL WALL Check out Nooch’s “How Real” featuring Houston legend Paul Wall. “How Reel” serves as the first single of Nooch’s upcoming project Sophomore Slump, available October 1st. The single also serves as the kick off for Oy Boyz Records’ #OneWayWednesdays campaign. Every Wednesday from now to the end of October there…
SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 29, 2014
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ARNO COST & NORMAN DORAY COLLABO After it’s first original release back in 2009, Arno Cost and Norman Doray’s classic track ‘Apocalypse’ has been given a new lease of life with a 2014 version out from today and a slick vocal edit titled ‘Apocalypse’ (Darkest Days) featuring DEV, out from 2nd June. Having previously received…
SKOPE NEWS FOR MAY 1, 2014
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WIRE: THE KICKBACK “STING’S TEACHER YEARS” VIDEO PREMIERES AT DEATH + TAXES Chicago’s The Kickback is prepping for the release of a new album this summer, produced by Spoon drummer and engineer Jim Eno and now have a new video with singer Billy Yost acting as his own lyric-pad. The track is “Sting’s Teacher Years”…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 13th, 2011
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GAGA TO PERFORM AT GRAMMYS Lady Gaga will indeed be performing at this year’s GRAMMY awards on Sunday, February 13th. According to GagaDaily.com, the pop star’s choreographer Laurieann Gibson confirmed the news, and also said that she’ll be behind all the dancing in the videos that are made from songs on Gaga’s forthcoming album…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 4TH, 2011
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NEW JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SONG LEAKED A new Justin Timberlake track has been leaked. The song, titled “Take You Down,” hit the Internet last week. JT has said over and over again that he’s not ready to record a new album, but recently, the singer-turned-actor hit the studio for collaborations with other artists and…
MAY 2010 SONICBIDS “ARTISTS 2 WATCHâ€
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Welcome to another amazing month of music from the incredible musicians that make up the Sonicbids.com community. We have chose a select group of amazing musicians that will be speaking directly to the Skope readers. As always we encourage readers to dig deeper and check out their EPK’s.
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd, 2010
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RIHANNA RUSHED TO SWISS HOSPITAL On Monday, Rihanna was rushed to a hospital in Switzerland for unspecified reasons. However, we now know what was wrong with the singer. According to People, RiRi had an injured rib and wanted to make sure it was nothing serious. Fortunately, it wasn’t. Rihanna is currently “doing well” and…
MUSIC UP CLOSE, APRIL 2010
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Hello, Music Up Close readers, we are finally back up and operating once more. The construction to our virtual club is finally finished, and I’m ready to get this place hopping again. And what a way to reopen our doors and show our wider focus than with a full slate of world music artists!
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 2010
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FULL LINE UP FOR “WE ARE THE WORLD” REMAKE MTV News reports Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie were able to bring an impressive amount of celebrities together for the 25th anniversary remake of “We Are the World.” The song has been renamed “We Are the World — 25 for Haiti,” with proceeds expected to benefit…
BLUE NOTE RECORDS TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM BY SOULFUL NEWCOMER KRISTINA TRAIN ON SEPTEMBER 22
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Blue Note Records will release Spilt Milk, the debut album from singer and songwriter Kristina Train, on September 22nd, 2009. Train, who was born in New York City and raised in Savannah, GA, has made an urbane, soulful, and lush debut that showcases her stunning voice. As a vocalist, Train alternates between gentle balladeering and…
