The Dionne Warkwick: 45th Anniversary Spectacular, is a television special that will be filmed at the Kodak Theatre on January 26 & 27, 2006. American Airlines has been set as the "official airline and exclusive carrier" for the special. More than 100 stars will participate in the All-Star Salute to the legendary Dionne Warwick, whose professional career began in 1961. Warwick has had over 60 Top 100 records in her 45-year career and has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
Singer-Songwriter Maxwell is set to releasea new album for Columbia/Sony Urban Music in February 2006, his first since 2001’s Now.
Smooth jazz guitarist Nick Colionne has signed with Narada Jazz. Colionne’s new album, his fifth, will be released in early 2006. As a solo artist, Nick Colionne has scored top 10 hits on the Radio & Records (R&R) charts, honored in 2005 with a Smoothie Award from internet jazz hub, smoothjazz.com, as well as nominated for 2005’s "Best Jazz Jazz CD" prize by the Chicago Music Awards.
MusicNet, the world’s leading business-to-business digital music service has announced that it has expanded its catalog of licensed music to 2 million tracks. MusicNet who’s distribution partners include Yahoo!, HMV, Virgin Digital, AOL, iMesh, Cdigix amd others, offers a suite of fully customized digital music experiences, including the ability to buy digital music subscriptions, portable subscriptions and downloads.
XM Satellite Radio has now surpassed the 5 million subscriber count, increasing its leads as the nation’s number one satellite radio company. Upcoming XM programming highlights include comprehensive coverage of Major League Baseball playoffs and the World Series, the debut of National Hockey League games on XM, and the launch of Take Five, a new 24-hour talk radio channel aimed at women, featuring satellite radio broadcasts of high-profile programs such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Innova Recordings has just released Beyond, an album of new electro-acoustic music by composer Barry Schrader.
Stevie Wonder’s long awaited album, A Time 2 Love will finally be released on October 10 on the Motown label. Guests on the CD include Bonnie Raitt, Prince, Kim Burrell, India.Arie, Paul McCartney, and Wonder’s daughter Aisha.
Keith Jarrett held his first solo concert at Carnegie Hall in New York in more than 10 years on September 26. He is set for three upcoming solo concerts in Japan – October 14 and 20 in Tokyo and October 17 in Osaka. His most recent release is the live album, Radiance, which recently debuted No. 5 on Billboard’s Top Jazz Album chart.
Marcus Miller with special guests Take 6 will perform two shows at B.B. King’s in Times Square, New York City on Saturday, October 1. Rafe Gomez (of Groove Boutique fame) will be spinning his vibe selections in between sets.
Apple has begun selling iTunes music cards in the United Kingdom. These pocket size cards are available in British denominations of 15 pounds ($26.50) and 25 pounds ($44.17), and are used to credit a user’s iTunes Music Store account. Stateside, these cards have been available in the U.S. (through Amazon) since November 2004.
Singer Melba Moore’s latest track, My Heart Belongs To You is garnering major spins on the European club circuit. The remix by Jon Cutler is a hot commodity in places like Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Ibiza, Spain. Other hot dance floor remixes enjoying worldwide popularity include Roy Ayers’ Holiday (DJ Spinna and Kenny Dope remixes), Mica Paris’ Bodyswerve (GN remix), Jamiroquai’s Give Hate A Chance (RedSoul remix), Francois K’s Mindspeak, Bob Sinclar’s Love Generation (Booty mix), Angelique Kidjo’s Makumba (b.b.t.l. remix), Anane’s Move, Bounce, Shake, Bah Samba’s Calma (Louis Vega remix), Roy Ayers’ Tarzan, and Vincent Montana Jr.’s What Love Does (Louis Benedetti remix).
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