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Independent Label MusicandVideo.tv Announces The Global Release of New Music from Kansas' Steve Walsh
Two Songs, previously released on MusicandVideo.tv, now available globally on Apple iTunes featuring Steve Walsh and David Ragsdale of Kansas, Joel Kosche of Collective Soul and Joe Franco. 07/05/2007

Reggae Founder Rediscovered: After 25-Year Silence, Kingman Is Back
Jamaican hitmaker Claudius Linton launches his new band Kingman & Jonah. The first CD-EP, featuing "In The Street" and "Baghdad," debuts on July 30. 07/05/2007

Survey Reveals Lack of Awareness That U.S. Sunscreens Provide Insufficient Protection Against Skin Cancer
Results of a national survey on skin cancer and sun safety conducted by Harris Interactive were announced today by the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) and the Citizens for Sun Protection (CSP). The survey revealed some startling facts regarding public misperceptions of the level of skin cancer protection provided by U.S. sun screen products. 07/04/2007

The Fabulous Rudies Launch Rude Gear Collection
The featured Vans Warp Tour BBQ Band partners with Groove Rock Gear for hot new clothing line. 07/02/2007

The USA to Get Happy this Summer   The happiest tour on earth is back! Kicking off June 23rd in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and wrapping up in Dallas, Texas on August, 26th, the Get Happy tour is an all ages welcome, fan friendly, rock and roll show that's set to play over 40 dates throughout the USA this summer. 06/29/2007

Mission House Music welcomes Maria Long
Mission House Music proudly welcomes Maria Long to the Mission House family. 06/29/2007

Preservation Hall Bridges Past with Present in its New Release, 'Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions'
Box set includes rare unreleased recordings, original photographs, DVD and more from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band musical archives (www.preservationhall.com). National Release Date- Tuesday July 24, 2007. 06/29/2007

Music Royalty Comes Together To Pay Tribute To Fats Domino On New CD: 'Goin' Home'
Landmark recording to benefit Tipitina's Foundation mission of saving the musical culture of New Orleans; Vanguard Records to release double disc set on September 25th. 06/28/2007

Hoodiny Entertainment Group and Billboard Form Strategic Alliance To Expand Digital Services to the Latin Music Industry
Hoodiny to Leverage Nielsen Sales Organization and Billboard Content to Strengthen Online Music Destination and Develop Ad-supported Communities for Music Labels 06/28/2007

Front Gate Solutions Launches Online Store Business; The Industry's First Truly Integrated Online Ticketing and Merchandise Platform is Born
Front Gate Solutions of Austin, TX today announced the launch of MerchManager™, a web-based e-commerce application that has been designed specifically for the entertainment industry. The solution enables artists, bands, festivals, film studios, sports teams and other event producers to sell t-shirts, hats, CDs and more from a privately branded online store. Organizations can either license the software to run their own operations or outsource store management and fulfillment operations to Front Gate Solutions' full service agency, Front Gate Tickets. 06/27/2007

Andy Milne & Gregoire Maret Duo Debut Album Scenarios Releases June 26, 2007 in USA
Cinematic piano/harmonica duets prove Milne and Maret are among today's most notable jazz musicians "These two musicians are seminal representatives of today's jazz" - Toots Thielemans 06/26/2007

International Drum Legend, Ignacio Berroa Walks Home with '07 Award for 'Best International Jazz Album of the Year' for 'CODES'
With eight intimate tracks, Codes is not only an International winner at the Danish Music Awards 2007, it also celebrates an experiential masterpiece. 06/22/2007

Fancorps.com Takes Blue October's Street Team to the Next Level
Platinum selling Universal Motown artist Blue October enlisted Fancorps.com to manage their street team of over two thousand members. The team has since grown stronger than ever and helped push the band to mainstream success. 06/22/2007

Pop Singer Seven Silvasy And Former Miss Pennsylvania Teen Returns To Perform and Join Judges Panel
Silvasy to Participate in the Miss Pennsylvania Teen Pageant to be held June 22-24th at Radisson Hotel and Convention Center, Harrisburg, PA. 06/21/2007

Trueful's Debut CD 'Truth Be Told' Featuring the First Single, 'Wherever,' Set for Release as Artist is Nominated as Best Male Vocalist at the Las Vegas Music Awards
Music's Hottest Newcomer, Trueful, is Nominated As Best Male Vocalist at the 3rd Annual Las Vegas Music Awards Award Nomination Comes on the Heels of the Artists Debut Album Release, Truth Be Told Featuring the First Single, "Wherever" 06/20/2007

Gamma Blast Debuts New, Leading Edge Service for North American Market
Gamma Blast, a leader in the field of digital post production, recently announced its new service of providing high-definition (HD) closed captioning services to producers and broadcasters whose programming is in the HD format. This is a significant development for the television industry because only a handful of companies in North America are equipped to provide this service with most of the few offering the service in Los Angeles or New York. Furthermore, 2008 is predicted to be the year that many networks "officially" move away from Standard Definition broadcasting and begin to broadcast exclusively in HD. 06/20/2007

T.I - Featured Artist of the Month in July on Music Choice
Thirteen videos from T.I.'s catalog of music, along with exclusive programming that introduces viewers to both the personal and professional sides of T.I., will be featured on Music Choice's free video-on-demand music service, the most-popular video-on-demand service in the country, throughout the month of July. 06/19/2007

Lisa Houston to Launch Her Highly Anticipated Debut Album "Spread the Love"
Album includes thirteen tracks most of which were written by Lisa Houston & Producer Jimmy Mac, it also includes trademark songs of her career and award winning Christian musicians. 06/19/2007

Benny Mardones: "Illegal Downloads Out of Control"
"If retailers and artists do not offer music consumers what they want, when they want it, they will turn to other resources, such as contaminated P2P networks," singer-songwriter Benny Mardones 06/18/2007

Brickyard Pro Has Released Two Albums to the World This Week
Brickyard Pro's Albums are sure to be big sellers in the music industry this week. 06/17/2007

Matthew & Gunnar Nelson to Kick Off L.L. Bean's 95th Birthday Celebration
The Nelson Brothers will help kick off the 95th birthday festivities for L.L. Bean early this summer when they headline the star-studded L.L. Bean Summer Concert Series at Discovery Park in Freeport, Maine on Saturday, June 23rd. Matthew & Gunnar Nelson, twin sons of Rock'n'Roll Legend Ricky Nelson, of multi-platinum rock group Nelson have been announced as one of the major national music-recording artists scheduled to perform at the annual summer concert series kicking off early this season in honor of L.L. Bean's 95th anniversary. Their concert will feature a tribute to their late father's famous hits including their new rendition of Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man", recently released on the exclusive Target CD, "A Song for My Father". 06/17/2007

LIBRO, Austria's Leading Music & Entertainment Retailer Launches Digital Music Store Powered by 24-7 MusicShop
LIBRO, Austria's leading music & entertainment retailer, with 226 stores nationwide, entered the digital music market with the relaunch of their site, musicdownload.libro.at. 06/15/2007

Sunset Records Releases 'Turn To You' by Zamza
Russia's soulful trip-hip power pop trio releases debut CD. 06/15/2007

The Bandwidth Music & Technology Conference to be Held August 17 & 18 in San Francisco
The Bandwidth Conference, with a focus on the evolution and nexus of music and technology, has announced speakers. The conference takes place August 17 and 18, 2007, in San Francisco, and explores the evolving musical experience, with panels on marketing, fan behavior, trends and future forecasts, and an examination of the ways people discover, purchase, interact with and are exposed to music. 06/15/2007

Eddie Money Joins Other Musicians To Tell Public: "If You Truly Like Music, Don't Steal It."
"Internet piracy of music and movies can be the kiss of death for both industries," Actor Timothy Woodward Jr., "Grand Strand" 06/14/2007

Former Showtime at the Apollo Winner Releases CD despite Tragedy
Former "Showtime at the Apollo" winner, Urban R&B Artist Siraaj, Releases CD with Destined Muzik despite personal Tragedies. 06/13/2007

Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Lineup
Hugh Masekela, Kevin Mahogany, Red Holloway, Cyrus Chestnut, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Romero Lubambo, Leny Adrade, and the Maria Schneider Orchestra added to lineup for Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival August 31-September 2, Lenox, Massachusetts. Full lineup includes Kurt Elling, Randy Crawford and Joe Sample, Marian McPartland, Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Hank Jones, Roberta Gambarini, Ahmad Jamal and Jimmy Heath. 06/13/2007

NY Theatre Fan Illuminates the Tony Awards with Broadway Bullet Podcast   In less than a year, Broadway Bullet emerges as a leading example of the "citizen" media, talking to Tony Nominees and Winners, including Spring Awakening, while covering the New York Theatre scene. 06/12/2007

Arts Integration into Education: Music Serves as a Bridge to Peace
The arts are an essential part of American culture as a whole. It is very important that all members of society come into direct contact with the arts -- not only as passive observers, but also as active participants. The Humanitarian Resource Institute Arts Integration into Education initiative is promoting the arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic planning and development for peace. 06/12/2007

On the Next Maury - Hypnotist The Incredible Boris Cherniak Helps Eliminate Extreme Phobias   Motivational Hypnotist The Incredible Boris Cherniak eliminates phobias on Maury, airing June 14, 2007 (NBC Universal, Syndicated). 06/11/2007