Walter Becker Masters 'Circus Money' At Bernie Grundman's
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Mailboat Records) - Walter Becker, Grammy-winning co-founder of Steely Dan, has mastered his second solo album, "Circus Money," at Bernie Grundman Mastering. On hand were mastering engineer Bernie Grundman, album producer Larry Klein and engineer/mixer Helik Hadar, who earned ...
| Judy Belushi & The Blues Brothers to Perform Special Miami Beach Concert
MIAMI BEACH, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Celebration Of The Sea Festival) - The Celebration Of The Sea Music & Film Festival announced today that it will be teaming up with The Miami Beach Polo World Cup and The Setai on Saturday, April 26, 2008 to hold an ocean side concert featuring the Blues Brothers and ...
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Sonny Landreth's Ninth Album From The Reach Receives Some Help From Slide Guitar Wizard's Peers
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Landfall Records) - Louisiana-based singer/songwriter/slide-guitar monster Sonny Landreth will release his ninth album, titled From The Reach and his first on his own Landfall Records label (distributed by Ryko Distribution), on May 20. On it, Landreth does something ...
| Dr. John, New Orleans' 'Greatest Living Musical Ambassador', Harnesses Righteous Wrath To Heal Old Wounds On New Album, 'City That Care Forgot'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ 429 Records) - On 'City That Care Forgot' (June 3/429 Records), Dr. John delivers an elegantly elegiac homage to his drowned hometown that's at once an incredible collection of songs - possibly his best work of the past two decades - and a bold statement and cultural event. ...
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Outlaw Outfit Recklessly Kelly Release 'Bulletproof'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Yep Roc Records) - On 'Bulletproof', their first album with the Yep Roc label, roots/rock rogues Reckless Kelly explore fragility in relationships and the state of our country. The band's fifth studio album shows their signature duality of barroom ballads and rocking fight songs ...
| Former Black Crowes Guitarist to Produce Next Album by The Steepwater Band
CHICAGO, IL. (Top40 Charts/ Steepwater Band PR) - The Steepwater Band and Marc Ford will enter the studio together in May to record the follow-up album to the band's 2006 effort, "Revelation Sunday." The band plans to release the album, tentatively titled "Grace & Melody," in late summer or early fall ...
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WORLD CLASSIC ROCKERS To Headline National Train Day At Amtrak Chicago Union Station
CHICAGO, IL. (Top40 Charts/ Amtrak) - Ultimate classic rock all-star band WORLD CLASSIC ROCKERS - featuring former members of Santana, Journey, Boston, Steppenwolf, Toto, and Lynyrd Skynyrd - will perform a selection of hits during a free concert at Amtrak Chicago Union Station May 10th at 2:00 p.m. ...
| Progressive Rock Legends Curved Air Reunite
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ Glass Onyon PR) - The pioneering music group Curved Air is reuniting for a tour in 2008. A series of concerts have been arranged from June and include the Isle of Wight Festival on Friday, June 13. The lineup sees iconic vocalist Sonja Kristina teaming up again with other ...
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Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The True Loves Confirm NYC CD Release Show At Joe's Pub On May 8, 2008
Somerville, MA (Top40 Charts/ Q Division Records) - Twenty-four-year-old soul phenom Eli "Paperboy" Reed and his seven-piece band The True Loves have confirmed an upcoming cd release show, May 8 at Joe's Pub in Manhattan. They'll be performing songs from Reed's first collection of originals 'Roll With ...
| Legendary Rock Radio Station 'WNEW' Finds New Life On-Air, Online And On-Demand
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ WNEW RADIO) - Today marks a milestone in rock 'n roll history as celebrated rock station WNEW marks its triumphant return on-air (102.7 HD 2 in New York) and online (https://www.wnew.com). The legendary station has been reborn for the passionate rock music fan in the spirit ...
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Exclusive Queen & Deep Purple Concert Presented by the Bigger Picture, an Access IT Company, on 120 Digital Cinema Movie Screens Nationwide
MORRISTOWN, NJ. (Top40 Charts/ Access Integrated Technologies) - Two of the world's most ground-breaking and memorable concerts will be shown on theatre screens across the country for an exclusive, one night-only engagement on Monday, April 28th, courtesy of The Bigger Picture, the alternative content ...
| Patti Rothberg Returns With 'Double Standards,' Her First Album In 6 Years
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Megaforce Records) - Patti Rothberg makes her highly anticipated return with Double Standards, due in stores and online retailers on May 13th (distributed by MRI Associated Labels via RED/Sony BMG). The critically acclaimed singer/songwriter whose songs have the power to take ...
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Eagle Records To Release Rare Johnny Hallyday Live At Montreux 1988
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Eagle Records) - Elvis Presley. Jerry Lee Lewis. Carl Perkins. Roy Orbison. Buddy Holly. Billy Lee Riley. Gene Vincent. These are the names one thinks of as the architects of rockabilly: distinguished by those hiccupping vocals and that slapback bass. It sprouted up in the mid-1950s ...
| Napster Debuts Exclusive Track From Van Morrison
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Napster) - Napster (Nasdaq: NAPS), the industry's leading music subscription service, today announced that the newest album from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Van Morrison will be available with the Napster-exclusive track 'The Healing Has Begun' beginning today, April ...
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Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound Opens April 26 at EMP SFM
SEATTLE, WA. (Top40 Charts/ Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame) - Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) is proud to announce an original exhibition featuring the legendary Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound, will focus ...
| Unopened, Collectible Beatles Album To Be Given Away in Radio Contest by Chapman University Disc Jockeys
ORANGE, CA. (Top 40 Charts/ Chapman Radio) - Two Chapman University radio disc jockeys have announced a contest to win an original, unopened, long playing album titled "With the Beatles," issued by record label Parlophone in 1963. The contest will be featured on the university's radio station program ...
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Willie Nile Live CD & DVD Capture Onstage Magic
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Evangeline Records) - 'Willie Nile is a great artist,' exclaims fellow singer/songscribe Lucinda Williams. 'If there were any justice in the world, I'd be opening for him instead of him for me.' Injustice has its benefits, of course - one of which is that it's still possible ...
| Camper Van Beethoven's Longtime Guitarist Greg Lisher To Release Sophomore Full-Length Solo Album 'Trains Change' On April 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts/ Greg Lisher Official Website) - Greg Lisher may be best known for his signature guitar sounds with the groundbreaking alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven, but as the accomplished artist proves on his remarkable second full-length solo album, Trains Change, he has a ...
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Multi-Platinum Selling Steve Miller Band Set To Release First Ever DVD 'Live From Chicago'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Steve Miller Band Official Website) - Coming Home Media will release Live From Chicago, the first-ever DVD from multi-Platinum selling recording artist the Steve Miller Band on May 20th. The three-disc set will be comprised of two DVDs and a 12-song CD. One of rock 'n' roll's ...
| The 'Mats, Remastered - Rhino Busts Out Unreleased Tracks For Deluxe Reissues
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Rhino/ Rykodisc) - This is where the legend of The Replacements begins. Rhino retraces the shambolic swath the influential Minneapolis quartet cut across the American Underground, reissuing deluxe editions of the band's Twin/Tone releases: SORRY MA, FORGOT TO TAKE OUT ...
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