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• Never before heard music by
legend Townes Van Zandt is
being issued in a two-CD set via
Omnivore Recordings. Omnivore
will give listeners more to discover
when the 28-song, two-CD set is
released in February 2013. The
recordings that comprise the set
have been hidden away since their
initial recording and are now presented
with the cooperation of Van
Zandt’s estate. Following 10 studio
albums, several singles and several
live albums, the troubled life
of the influential singer-songwriter,
performer and poet came to a close
on New Years Day in 1997.
Now, after many years, a set of
previously unavailable music from
the Texas artist’s classic albums
High, Low & In Between and The
Late Great Townes Van Zandt is
being presented to the world. One
disc features outtakes and alternate
takes/mixes of tracks from those LP
sessions; the other highlights solo
demos. For additional information,
go to http://omnivorerecordings.com.
PROPS
• Daryl Hall & John Oates are
working with Borgata Hotel Casino
& Spa and Live Nation to raise
money in an effort to bring relief
to Atlantic City and surrounding
areas in the wake of Hurricane
Sandy. “In light of the devastation
that Hurricane Sandy caused, we’re
going to donate 100 percent of the
proceeds from our sold-out show at
the Borgata to the Red Cross. We
will also be selling an event T-shirt
with all of the proceeds going to the
Red Cross, as well,” says Hall. “This
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really means a lot to me. These are
my people that got hurt. This is my
neighborhood.” To find out more, or
help out, go to http://hallandoates.
com.
• Dave Grohl has been confirmed
as Keynote Speaker for SXSW
Music 2013. The keynote will take
place on Thursday, March 14, 2013
at the Austin Convention Center, the
hub of SXSW Music events. The
South by Southwest Conferences &
Festivals (March 8 - 17, 2013) offer
the unique convergence of original
music, independent films, and
emerging technologies that foster
creative and professional growth
alike. You can visit http://sxsw.com
to view a schedule of all events.
• Christmas song hopes to save
donkeys. Canadian singer-songwriter
Gerry Asmus has released
a Christmas song “Who Is This
Child? (The Donkey Song)” which
he is hoping will raise much-needed
funds for Safe Haven for Donkeys
in the Holy Land, a charity helping
donkeys in Israel and Palestine.
Asmus says, “When I was asked to
write a Christmas song, I wanted to
approach it from a different angle,
so I thought… what about the donkey?
It allowed for a retelling of
the Christmas story with a child-like
innocence, and at the same time
would raise funds for a cause that
helps donkeys in need.” To learn
more about the cause, go to http://
safehaven4donkeys.org.
• The Ronnie Lippin Cancer
Support Program, a newly designed
program which provides
emotional and social support
for people in L.A. with cancer, is
going beyond the medical model.
The Program is looking to provide
Armed with one of the most heart-wrenching voices of our era, and a backstory
packed with incredible opportunities and lamentable loss, Beth Hart will
release a new album, Bang Bang Boom Boom, on April 9, 2013 via Provogue
Records/Mascot Label Group. Produced by Kevin Shirley (Aerosmith, Led
Zeppelin), the album features 11 blues, cabaret, rock, jazz and soul-influenced
tracks, all written by Hart and recorded live at Shirley’s Malibu, CA studio.
The record is a life-changing endeavor for the Los Angeles born artist, who
brought her life experiences, both positive and negative, together for what
one European outlet called “a career-defining album.” For additional details,
visit http://bethhart.com.
Jeff Katz
Jay Hurtado and Nambo of Vinyl
Soul are relentless DIYers. Their work
ethic has brought them tremendous
results. And, they’ve accomplished it
all on their own.
The ultimate buskers, Vinyl Soul play
their unique form of hip-hop Latin
soul on the streets, from Hollywood
to Japan.
In fact, they toured East Asia for six
months on their own dime. There,
they played the streets and house
concerts, which landed them gigs
on Japanese TV, as well as radio
airplay and writeups in local publications.
The American Navy even
offered them an “all expenses paid”
tour the following year.
Upon returning to the states, they
won Wrigley’s “Vive tu Musica,” a
nationwide battle of the bands, and
received 32 hours of studio time in
which they managed to record a
emotional support and eliminate barriers
to services which may include
issues such as transportation, financial
support, housing, employment
counseling and legal referrals, to
name a few. The program is named
after Ronnie Lippin, one of the great
all-time music publicists who passed
away from a rare form of breast
cancer in 2006. The Lippin Family
Trust which is funding this program
through Tower Cancer Research
Foundation, has also funded an
information and resource line for
cancer patients as well as research
grants aimed at finding cancer cures.
Contact jokeefe@lippingroup.com for
more details.
THE BIZ
• INgrooves Fontana has created
INresidence Artist Services,
an in-house artist marketing
and promotion division.
INresidence will provide select
clients with streamlined access to
product management, radio and
video promotion, sync licensing,
online marketing, publicity support
and branding and sponsorship
services. “As more artists release
music independently and independent
labels look to become more
15-track album. They then toured
Mexico in support of it.
Along the way, Vinyl Soul scored
opening gigs for Latin Grammy winner
Daddy Yankee at the Hollywood
Palladium, and Grammy winner
Camila at the Gibson Amphitheater.
That exposure not only spiked their
social media numbers, it got them
an invitation to open for Grammy
winner Natalia Jimenez in Dallas
TX, which was a series of concerts
for FOX’s new channel MundoFOX.
That led to a nomination on MTV’s
Tr3s for “Best Breakout Band Los
Angeles,” and the chance to perform
at “Oscars Night America.”
This year, they completed their latest
self-produced full-length, Dream,
which was mixed by Bob Lanzner.
(Prince, Snoop Dogg).
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efficient, we see an opportunity to
provide our clients with centralized
resources to more effectively develop
their projects given the new
realities of the marketplace,” said
INgrooves Fontana President Dave
Zierler.
• The National Conference of Personal
Managers (NCOPM) has
filed a federal lawsuit challenging
the constitutionality of the California
Talent Agencies Act (TAA),
which only allows “licensed” talent
agents to procure employment for
artists. “The provisions, interpretation
and enforcement of the TAA
have resulted in personal managers
being unfairly singled out without
due process and denied the ability
to pursue lawful business opportunities
to the detriment of all personal
managers and the artists which they
represent,” said NCOPM President
Clinton Ford Billups Jr.
MICRO-BIO: Voted one of the
“Top Music Business Journalists”
in the country, Bernard Baur is the
connection between the streets and
the suites. Credited with over 1,200
features in a variety of publications,
he’s a Contributing Editor at Music
Connection.