Who's Next For 'VH1 Rock Honors'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ VH1) - VH1 pays homage to legendary British rock band The Who in the network's third annual "VH1 Rock Honors" celebration of artists who now represent the pinnacle of rock music. As a result of The Who's revolutionary and era-defining influence on rock music, this will be ...
| Nothing Rhymes with Orange, Until Now - Christa Borden
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Christa Borden Official Website) - Feisty, energetic, stubborn, ambitious, funny, intelligent and driven...these few words give insight to the enigma that is Christa Borden. Though she is classically trained in voice and piano, her music is predominately driven by the ...
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'Rolling Stones Radio' to Air Exclusively On SIRIUS Satellite Radio
NEW YORK, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ SIRIUS Satellite Radio) - SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that it will launch Rolling Stones Radio, an exclusive channel dedicated to rock icons the Rolling Stones. The channel will debut in conjunction with the release of Shine A Light, the Martin Scorsese film ...
| Inspired By King Crimson, Tangerine Dream And Jean-Luc Ponty, Jamie Craig Explores Classic Prog-Rock Sounds On His New CD
Colorado Springs, CO. (Top40 Charts/ CREATIVE SERVICE COMPANY) - When musician, composer and keyboardist Jamie Craig decided to create an album of contemporary instrumental music, he didn't want to explore the sounds of traditional new age or jazz, but instead work more in a rock'n'roll vein representative ...
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Journey Set To Release 'Revelation' June 3, 2008 Exclusively At Wal-Mart
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Journey Official Website) - A new chapter in the legendary career of multi-Platinum rockers JOURNEY-Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums) and Arnel Pineda (vocals)—will begin on June 3 with the highly anticipated ...
| Blues-Rock Guitarist Rick Fowler's Back On My Good Foot CD Release
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Jammates Records) - Jammates Records announces a March 25, 2008 release date for Back on My Good Foot, the label debut CD from Athens, Georgia-based blues/rock singer and guitarist Rick Fowler. Among those joining him on the album are Randall Bramblett (Hammond organ), Gerry ...
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Busy Spring For Legendary Rocker Joan Jett And Blackheart Records
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Blackheart Records) - Legendary rocker Joan Jett will have a busy spring: She'll be performing at the Rock and Roll Fall of Fame induction ceremony, and will appear on the True Colors tour. She's also featured in the Converse 100th anniversary campaign. And finally, three bands ...
| Stray Cats' '80s Reunion Recordings To Be Reissued On Hep Cat Records On April 22, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Hep Cat Records) - The Stray Cats put rockabilly back onto the charts after a two-decade absence with their sly 'Stray Cat Strut' and series of early '80s recordings. The Long Island-weaned combo of Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom were influenced by the likes ...
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ASIA's New Studio Album 'Phoenix' In 25 Years To Be Released On April 15, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ EMI America Records) - The acclaimed British progressive rock group ASIA has announced the April 15 (April 14 internationally) release of "Phoenix," its first studio album since 1983. Recorded last August by all four original members, "Phoenix" will be released on CD and ...
| How Would You Like To Be A Part Of A New Southern Rock CD? Well, Here's Your Chance!
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Neil Carswell Official Website) - Neil Carswell, the driving force behind the legendary southern rock band, Copperhead, is working on his next solo project, and it will be totally fan supported. Y'all heard that right...fan supported, and that means you, the fans, will ...
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Spiritual Essence of Santana Explored on Multi Dimensional Warrior
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Legacy Recordings) - A decade after their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame (in January 1998), the hypnotic power of Santana - to mesmerize crowds of tens of thousands in the world's biggest stadiums, or to cast the same spell on a single listener in their solitude ...
| Huckabee Unplugged By Rock Star Tom Scholz Of Band Boston
BOSTON, MA. (Top40 Charts/ www.bandboston.com) - The following letter was sent to Governor Huckabee: Dear Gov. Huckabee: It has come to my attention that your campaign's use of my song More Than a Feeling and my band's name BOSTON has resulted in a great deal of false information, which it ...
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Bodog Battle Brings on Major Equipment Sponsors to Spread the Rock
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Top40 Charts/ Bodog Music) - Bodog Battle worldwide unites with a group of gear greats. Bodog Battle is proud to be teaming with Mesa/Boogie, Hoshino/Tama and Paiste Alpha Cymbals to provide the thousands of musicians competing in Bodog Battle 2008 with the highest quality instruments ...
| 30th Anniversary Two-CD Deluxe Edition of STREET SURVIVORS, The Final Album From the Original Lynyrd Skynyrd
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - Ronnie Van Zant considered STREET SURVIVORS Lynyrd Skynyrd's greatest achievement. A year in the making, the album was recorded twice. Now, on the two-CD STREET SURVIVORS - DELUXE EDITION - 30TH ANNIVERSARY (Geffen/UMe), released March ...
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Every Race Fan's Crazy About A Sharp Dressed Band
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ California Speedway) - Legendary blues rock trio ZZ Top will perform a special concert on Sunday, February 24, during the pre-race festivities at California Speedway's 2008 Auto Club 500, Speedway President Gillian Zucker announced today. The concert will be free to all ...
| Legends of Rock Take 'One' Stage for Super Musical Event
SCOTTSDALE, AR. (Top40 Charts/ Dmytro Development) - Dmytro Development, LLC, Arizona's No 1 Green Developer, is proud to announce "The Super Jam," a first- of-its-kind joining of the legends of music creating an exclusive, ticketed event scheduled for Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Hotel Scottsdale. ...
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Harley-Davidson Continues Epic Ride With Once-in-a-Lifetime Concert Events
MILWAUKEE, WI. (Top40 Charts/ Harley-Davidson Motor Company) - Harley-Davidson's 105th Anniversary Celebration in late August is shaping up as the music event of 2008 with today's announcement that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, along with Billboard 200's top-selling artist Daughtry, will ...
| Deluxe Edition Of Elvis Costello's Landmark '70s Album 'This Year's Model' Pumps It Up With Second Disc Featuring Previously Unreleased Concert!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Hip-O/ UMe) - Elvis Costellos sophomore release, his first album with the Attractions, This Years Model was voted Album of the Year in 1978 in The Village Voice Jazz & Pop critics poll, was ranked No 11 on Rolling Stones list of the best albums of 1967-1987, and in 2003 was in ...
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Antonio Pontarelli Brings Innovation to Indie Music at John Lennon Bus Stage at NAMM
Anaheim, CA. (Top40 Charts/ John Lennon Educational Tour Bus) - "It's all about the Music" at the Winter NAMM Show, and this year innovations will be unveiled at the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus with the help of award-winning rock violinist Antonio Pontarelli and his band. The John Lennon Educational ...
| New LIVE! Album from Blues Great B.B. King Spotlights Classics as Well as Songs Never Before Recorded by the King of the Blues
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - It has been estimated that blues great B.B. King has played more than 10,000 shows in a career spanning nearly 60 years. Whenever the King of the Blues has carried his venerable guitar Lucille onto any stage at any time, the performance ...
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