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Small Webcasters Unveil Plans to Launch Industry Trade Group   Online music community unites to represent independent internet radio. 04/16/2007

Traditional Country Entertainer J. K. Coltrain to Host The Country Caravan
Traditional country great J. K. Coltrain will be heading up a tour featuring some of today's greatest old-school traditional country singers. 04/14/2007

Hendrix Litigation Results In Contempt Order, Judgment Payment
Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., the Hendrix family music company which owns and administers the Jimi Hendrix music rights, recently obtained a stipulated court order of almost $900,000 against music entrepreneur Ed Chalpin. The payment to Experience Hendrix was the culmination of a 2006 lawsuit commenced in New York against Chalpin and two of his related companies. During the course of this litigation Federal District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, held Chalpin in contempt of court. 04/13/2007

ActiveMusic and Global Green USA Partner to Raise Funds for Green Rebuilding in New Orleans During the 2007 Jazz & Heritage Festival
ActiveMusic and Global Green USA will hold a fundraising event on May 3rd at the club Republic to benefit Global Green USA's sustainable rebuilding work in New Orleans. 04/13/2007

Biography of Phil Spector to be Published by Knopf in June
Biography Of Phil Spector To Be Published In June Book Written by Last Journalist to Interview Him Before the Death of Actress in his L.A. Mansion 04/13/2007

Legendary Hollywood Sunset Gower Studios Promotes Terri Melkonian as Top Ranked Woman Executive
Hollywood Film studio announces promotion of Terri Melkonian making her top ranking woman executive in Sunset Gower Studios. 04/13/2007

Cormark Securities Issues Buy Recommendation on Musicrypt   Musicrypt Inc. has received a Buy recommendation with a target price of $1.00 in a research report issued by Cormark Securities Inc. 04/12/2007

Prodigy Speaks; Talks Koch Mixtape; Upcoming "H.N.I.C.2" Album and Film
Prodigy recently spoke out -- in a statement released by his management company -- Purfekstorm Management, regarding the "H.N.I.C." film, his Koch distributed mixtape, "Return of The Mac" and plans for his upcoming highly anticipated album "H.N.I.C. 2." 04/12/2007

Maya Angelou to Speak at Boston Opera House May 31
Dr. Maya Angelou will speak at the Boston Opera House on Thursday, May 31, at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Angelou is a world renowned poet, playwright, author, actor, composer and director, has won three Grammy Awards and has been nominated for a Tony Award, the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Mentor to Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Angelou will share her inspirational message of hope, courage and survival. 04/12/2007

Chelo, Fonseca Barba, Franco El Gorilla, Jeremias, Mariano Barba, Michael Stuart, and Tony Dize to Perform at the 5th Annual Billboard Bash
Annual Pre-Awards party Showcases Billboard Latin Music Award Finalists (Miami, FL). 04/11/2007

The Sound of the New World: Entertainment, New Media and Commercials under One Global Roof   BANG Music and Media On Demand Productions (MOD) Join Forces to form BANG/MOD. New business model reflects merging worlds of entertainment and advertising. 04/11/2007

Mississippi Celebrates Grammy® With Star-Studded Gala
Rock 'n roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, gospel music greats The Williams Brothers, country icon Marty Stuart, jam band blues-rock sensations The North Mississippi All Stars as well as Swedish pop music superstar Carola join with Governor Haley Barbour to bring home the message of Mississippi's ongoing "Birthplace of America's Music" for at a gala Celebrating A 50 Year Grammy Legacy. Co-sponsored by Peavey Electronics and the Mississippi Development Authority, the event is set for the evening of April 26th at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom in downtown Jackson, MS, preceded by a reception at the Governor's Mansion. 04/10/2007

Warner Bros. Records Chooses Musicrypt's DMDS For Major U.S. Release   Superstar Band Linkin Park Debuts At #1 Following Exclusive Digital Delivery by Musicrypt 04/10/2007

Billboard Launches in Russia, Building on Blueprint of Turkey Edition
Billboard continues international expansion with launch in Russia--On sale April 20, 2007. 04/10/2007

New Christy Minstrels in May 9 San Francisco Concert
The ageless and legendary folk group The New Christy Minstrels will perform a benefit concert for the organization Restore Hetch Hetchy on May 9, 2007 at 7:30PM at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street. Tickets for this one time show can be purchased for $35 (including all handling fees, etc.) online at Restore Hetch Hetchy's site - www.hetchhetchy.org - or the New Christy Minstrels site - www.thenewchristyminstrels.com. Call 209-536-9278 for information. 04/10/2007

Music By Gamers For Gamers - Dronolan's Tower to Release "Legends of Kitholan"   Dronolan's Tower to release "Legends of Kitholan" - an album of music specifically tailored to serve the needs of medieval fantasy role-playing gamers. "Legends of Kitholan" is the first such album written for pencil and paper RPG gamers to feature professional Hollywood studio musicians and choral singers. 04/09/2007

Billboard Revs Up for Latin Music Conference & Awards with MSN Latino Music Web Site
Billboard.latino.msn.com is the Ultimate Destination for Latin Music Fans Worldwide 04/09/2007

Summer of Love Oral Archive by Rock Scully
Former Grateful Dead manager Rock Scully tells all about the Summer Of Love, Acid-Tests, Monterey Pop, the Music and more. 04/09/2007

Singer-Songwriter Judith Owen's New Album, Happy This Way, to be Released May 22 by Courgette Records
Singer-songwriter Judith Owen, whom The New York Times describes as "the kind of wailing folk-jazz voice that slices away surfaces to touch vulnerable emotional nerve endings and leave you quivering," pays tribute to her native Biritan on her forthcoming album, Happy This Way (Courgette Records, May 22). The recording is the follow-up to her highly acclaimed breakthrough, Here. 04/09/2007

TRIPNOTICA Presents New York's Exclusive Pre-Record Release Party for Bjork's Volta
TRIPNOTICA, in collaboration with Atlantic Records, presents the exclusive, premiere New York pre-record release party for Bjork's thrilling new album, Volta (One Little Indian/Elektra, 5/08/07). The official preview event will include promotional giveaways and will be held at The Delancey on Friday, April 20th, from 8:30 p.m. - 4 a.m. Admission is $10. The Delancey is located at 168 Delancey Street, between Clinton and Attorney Streets, NYC (212) 254-9920. 04/09/2007

Crooner Brian Evans Sings 'Witchcraft' for Dylan McDermott
Crooner Brian Evans, who has been performing as the opening act for comedians Jay Leno and Joan Rivers, announced that he has entered into a contract with Warner Brothers Television and ABC. As part of the deal, his song "Witchcraft" will be used in a currently untitled soap about four dysfunctional CEOs that stars Dylan McDermott, Michael Vartan and Christopher Titus. 04/08/2007

Mission House Music "AM Cafe" set for GMA Week 2007
CCM Label Mission House Musics inaugural "AM Cafe" will be held Sunday April 22 through Tuesday April 24th 2007 in the Renaissance Hotel (suite 2314) during GMA Week 2007. 04/07/2007

Digital Media Wire Announces Speakers and Agenda for the Millennials Conference in Los Angeles   First of its Kind Event Offers Guidance on Reaching Digitally Fragmented Demographic 04/06/2007

Tickets On Sale and Lineup Announced For the 14th Annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
Now in its 14th year, this world-class festival features three days of World and Reggae music performed on two stages, excellent camping, an eclectic group of ethnic food and cultural craft vendors, dance troupes, and educational children's activities. The first two days conclude with an authentic late night Jamaican-style dancehall session. The festival takes place in the scenic Anderson Valley area of Mendocino County, California, thirty minutes from Ukiah. 04/06/2007

Internet's Longest Running MP3 Blog Celebrates
MP3JACKPOT.COM announces their 2,050th free MP3 "Winner Of The Day!" 04/06/2007

Stereophile Acclaims Phillip Bimstein's Starkland CD
Stereophile, the leading US audiophile magazine, raves about Starkland's new Larkin Gifford's Harmonica CD in their April issue. They call the composer Phillip Bimstein "an American original" and describe the CD as "stunning and heartwarming." Multiple-Grammy winner John Adams wrote the Introduction for this unique CD, which was also recently praised in the New York Times. This new CD echoes Bimstein's previous Garland Hirschi's Cows Starkland recording, which triggered hundreds of calls to hip radio stations throughout the country, and was called "a cult classic" on National Public Radio. 04/05/2007

W.E. Fest XI Now Accepting Artist Submissions - Festival Is Also Featuring Films, Zines, Comics and DIY Art Projects This Year
The 11th Annual Wilmington Exchange Festival (W.E. Fest) is taking place from May 24-May 28th on all three floors of The Soapbox Laundro-Lounge in Wilmington, NC. W.E. Fest is now accepting open submissions from bands interested in participating. 04/05/2007

Anthill Trading and the Zappa Family Trust
Anthill Trading has made a deal with the Zappa Family trust to oversee all merchandising efforts in relation to Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and Zappa Plays Zappa. 04/04/2007

2007 Diamond Head Crater Celebration
Diamond Head Crater Celebration on May 19, 2007, Honolulu, HI, tickets on sale now. 04/04/2007

AirSpun Announces First Official AirGods Winners: Top Indie Artists Receive Free Radio Showcase Spots and Premier Homepage Placement at airspun.com   Airspun, Inc. (www.airspun.com) announces the first winners of its AirGods new music polls. Top artists in the AirGods polls receive free commercial radio airtime to promote their music on AirSpun affiliated radio stations. AirSpun specializes in offering independent artists and labels high-profile marketing and promotional services, such as legal 60-second radio showcases and online viral marketing tools. 04/03/2007