While many a pianist/vocalist duo has surely been influenced by the twin mid-1970s collaborations of Bill Evans and Tony Bennett, it’s another thing entirely to take those albums head on. But Takana Miyamoto, who’s previously appeared in an Evans tribute trio, and singer Allan Harris do just that on the forthcoming Convergence — set for release May 22, 2012, by [...]

New album “Are’s & Els” featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra to be released June 5 th . +++     Michael Gerard Levasseur of Michael The Blind. Photo Credit: Rachael Renee’ Levasseur. +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE “Sympathies” is the latest single and video from the upcoming Michael The Blind album “Are’s & Els”   [VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bno82uSxmMY   [SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/michael-the-blind-sympathies [MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/michaeltheblind/mp3/michaeltheblind-sympathies.mp3 +++ “Michael’s songs create a rare phenomenon. …this cavernous space feels almost too intimate.” – Willamette Week (Portland, OR) “...the velocity of punk rock with mellifluous traditional folk instrumentation... ... one ...

New album “Are’s & Els” featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra to be released June 5 th . +++     Michael Gerard Levasseur of Michael The Blind. Photo Credit: Rachael Renee’ Levasseur. +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE “Sympathies” is the latest single and video from the upcoming Michael The Blind album “Are’s & Els”   [VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bno82uSxmMY   [SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/michael-the-blind-sympathies [MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/michaeltheblind/mp3/michaeltheblind-sympathies.mp3 +++ “Michael’s songs create a rare phenomenon. …this cavernous space feels almost too intimate.” – Willamette Week (Portland, OR) “...the velocity of punk rock with mellifluous traditional folk instrumentation... ... one ...

Eclectic and electric. That's the lineup for the 2012 Bumbershoot Festival. The three-day festival takes place Labor Day weekend (Sept. 1-3) in Seattle and will feature performances from the likes of Jane's Addiction, Tony Bennett, Skrillex, AWOLNATION, M83, Mac Miller, Big Sean, Keane, Passion Pit

The 2012 music lineup was announced today for Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival, which is produced by non-profit arts organization One Reel and takes place over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1-3, at Seattle Center. The 42-year-old urban festival stands...

Bumbershoot has announced their line-up for 2012. Bumbershoot is Seattle’s Music and Art Festival that is held at the Seattle Center. This year the festival is from September 1-3, which is Labor Day weekend. Artists toping the bill are Jane’s Addiction, Tony Bennett, Skrillex, Mac Miller, M83, Passion Pit, Big Sean, AWOLNATION, City and Colour, Yelawolf, The Promise Ring, and many more. You can check out the rest of the line-up on Bumbershoot ‘s website. Are you interested in attending Bumbershoot 2012? You can purchase tickets here .…

Eagles founding member Glenn Frey is set to release his sixth solo record After Hours on May 8th through Universal Records The album consists of covers of classic tracks inspired by Frey's love of artists such as Tony Bennett Nat King Cole and Dinah Washington along with renditions of contemporary greats...

Bzzzt! Bzzt! Bzzzzzzzt! I’m buzzing with news about Bumbershoot! First of all, I’m mad that it’s not called Bumbleshoot. I’ve got all these bee puns stinging my insides and I’ve got to let them out somehow. I’m allergic. Other than that, the long-running Seattle festival has announced their 2012 lineup. This year’s festival, which takes place September 1-3 at the Seattle Center, features aaaaaaaaaaaaah: Jane’s Addiction, Skrillex, Tony Bennett, M. Ward, Mac Miller, Big Sean, King Khan & the Shrines, The Promise Ring, Keane, Blitzen Trapper, M83, Passion Pit, The Vaselines, Low, The ...

The lineup was announced today for the 2012 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Headliners Jane’s Addiction, Tony Bennett, SKRILLEX, and M83 are joined by a wide range of artists including many KEXP favorites: The Helio Sequence, Blitzen Trapper, Passion Pit, M. Ward, The Jayhawks, The Heavy, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, King Khan & Read more...

One of the country larger city-based music festivals -- Seattle's 2012 Bumbershoot -- has finally announced its lineup. The Sept. 1-3 event will feature Skrillex, Jane's Addiction, M83, Tony Bennett, Mac Miller, Big Sean, Yelawolf, Passion Pit and M. Ward leading the marquee. http://www.hitfix.com

Seattle’s massive Bumbershoot festival goes down 9/1-3 at the city’s Seattle Center, and the organizers have just announced this year’s lineup. The selection of headliners is, as usual with this festival, truly a head-spinning assortment: M83, Jane’s Addiction, Skrillex, Tony Bennett, Mac Miller, M. Ward, Big Sean, and AWOLNATION. And just like always, this year’s [...]

The lineup has been announced for this year’s Bumbershoot festival, set to take place over Labor Day weekend, September 1-3, at Seattle, WA’s Seattle Center. Musical performers include Jane’s Addiction, Tony Bennett, Skrillex, M83, Passion Pit, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, M. Ward, Blitzen Trap...

Six-time Grammy Award winner and founding member of The Eagles, Glenn Frey will release After Hours, a collection of classic love songs from the 40's to the present, on May 8th from Universal Music Enterprises. After Hours, his sixth solo album and first since 1995 is a total departure taking him in a whole new direction. The two-and-a half year project was developed out of Frey's passion for the songs and sound of such artists as Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, and Dinah Washington. The exquisite collection of songs include 40's classics such as "Sentimental Reasons" and ...

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Charles Sykes, AP Every day is a holiday for something or other, so it's amazing to think that until Herbie Hancock united with the United Nations, jazz -- "America's only true indigenous art form," as Quincy Jones said -- didn't have its own day of celebration. On Monday, April 30, Hancock and dozens of jazz luminaries began the festivities with a sunrise concert in New Orleans' Congo Square , the birthplace of the genre, and ended it at the United Nations' General Assembly with a nearly three-hour, star-studded celebration that aimed to reinforce why ...

As the morning sun spilled over the New Orleans' skyline Monday, jazz musicians Herbie Hancock, Ellis Marsalis, Terence Blanchard and Kermit Ruffins and others kicked off International Jazz Day with a sunrise concert. In the evening an all-star concert at the United Nations also featured an intrepid Hancock who joined Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo and others for the celebration.