A great little 10" LP on the HMV label from the late 50's I would guess. Lovely comic songs, terrific piano, hot jazz combo and eccentric vocals - who could want for more! Wikipedia says - "Thomas Wright Waller was the youngest of four children born to Adaline Locket Waller and the Reverend Edward Martin Waller. He started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to the organ of his father's church four years later. At the age of fourteen he was playing the organ at Harlem's Lincoln Theater and within twelve months he had composed his ...

August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012 The weekend brought the sad news of the passing of Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA of the Beastie Boys, at the age of 47 after battling cancer since 2009 when a tumour was found in his salivary gland. The Brooklyn-born Yauch started the Beastie Boys with Michael Diamond (Mike D) as a punk band in 1981, before the addition of Adam Horowitz (Ad Rock) and the trio’s shift to hip hop in 1983. Yauch provided a deeper, scratchier contrast to his cohorts’ nasal tones throughout t ...

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) today (5/7) announced that Barry Coburn, Founder and Co-President of Ten Ten Music Group, and Zach Horowitz, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group, have been appointed to [...]

"If you knock me, you'll get mocked / I'll stir fry you in my wok / Your knees will start shaking and your fingers pop / Like a pinch on the neck from Mr. Spock" goes one of the more memorable couplets on the Beastie Boys' 1997 hit 'Intergalactic'. It may not be one of Adam Yauch's best (and it certainly isn't one of his worst), but it's a classic example of the playful braggadocio he – under his MCA moniker - and the group excelled in from their formative years in the early '80s through to Yauch's untimely ...

Russell Simmons : Adam was incredibly sweet and the most sensitive artist who I loved dearly. I was always inspired by his work. He will be missed by all of us. Rolling Stone : Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA , had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland. TMZ : Russell Simmons’ website GlobalGrind.com first reported the death. We have spoken to people independently connected to the ...

From Rolling Stone : Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 48, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland. Yauch sat out the Beastie Boys’ induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, and his treatments delayed the release of the group’s most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2 . The Beastie Boys had not performed live since the summer of 2009, and ...

Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch has died after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 47. Yauch, known to fans as MCA, co-founded the Beastie Boys in 1979 remained one of the band’s principal voices along with Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horowitz (Ad-Rock). He was first diagnosed with canc...

Universal Music Group Chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge announced today that Zach Horowitz would be moving from his position as President and Chief Operating Officer at UMG to become the new Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group. UMPG owns more than 40 companies worldwide, imcluding Universal Publishing Production Music, the world's biggest music licensing library.

This behind-the-scenes video from Emil Horowitz shows French artist JR being incorporated into one of his own works with a helping hand from notable Chinese mind-bender Lui Bolin. This marks a rare glimpse into Bolin’s process, in which he makes his subjects blend into their backgrounds like they themselves were made of brick, metal and [...] Read more at Hypebeast.com

Day 6: York and the point of no return Bob: We head towards the place of windy cobbled streets known as York today. With each town we visit it's important to acknowledge its celebrated sons and daughters without the aid of google. We came up with The Grand Old Duke and Shed 7. Oh and Dick Whittington, someone thinks. (It turns out the famous Lord Mayor of London is more commonly associated with London). We decide to go early so we can be tourists. It IS York after all. It’s full of old stuff! We’re with Americans ...

Steve Horowitz can be considered a jazz musician, but you’re not likely to have heard some of his music through the same channels as other jazz musicians. One of his main gigs is writing scores for movies, TV and even interactive media, and his accomplishments include scoring the award winning film Super Size Me. He’s has also composed for MTV, [...]

C'era una volta o forse erano due, c'era una mucca, un asinello e un bue… Alex Britti, ma porco bue, mi hai rovinato i ricordi d’infanzia. Quando penso alle fiabe, la prima cosa che mi vengono in mente non sono i miei genitori che me le raccontavano a letto per farmi addormentare (forse perché i miei non me le hanno mai lette, in realtà?), ma la tua stupida canzone di merda. Dannato Alex Britti, che tu possa essere trasformato da un malvagio incantesimo in un pessimo cantautore, per tutta la tua vita! Ah, come? Sei già un ...

From Wiki: The Dovells were an American music group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957, under the name 'The Brooktones'. The members were Arnie Silver, Mark Gordesky, Len Borisoff (better known as Len Barry), Jerry Gross, Mike Freda and Jim Mealey (alias Danny Brooks). Their first single was "No, No, No", which was a minor local hit for The Brooktones, who soon broke up. Summers and Dennis left the group, forming The Gems with Mark Stevens and Alan Horowitz in 1960. The remaining Brooktones signed to the Parkway record label and added Jerry Serlen and William ...

Brighton collective Shrag might be veterans of the DIY scene, having first emerged almost a decade ago. Nevertheless, their incendiary, occasionally shambolic, but never dull live shows have often thrown up several talking points. Such as why haven't they attained more widespread recognition by... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com

From the mailbag: INGROOVES ACQUIRES FONTANA DISTRIBUTION Creates INgrooves Fontana SAN FRANCISCO  LOS ANGELES , CA, March 2, 2012…In a move which will further empower the independent music community, INgrooves, a leading provider of digital distribution, marketing and technology services to the global music community, announced today that it has acquired Fontana Distribution from Universal Music Group (UMG). The new company, INgrooves Fontana, combines INgrooves’ asset management and distribution platform and a decade of experience in the digital world, with Fontana’s digital and physical distribution and marketing capabilities, to offer a complete solution to indie labels—the best in ...