does anything ever change?After living though the 80s and experiencing a taste of freedom ... then came the conservative 90's(I always hoped that would be just a passing fad and kept djing) ... but now in 2007 things still look pretty miserable out there...For those wondering why I havn't been playing lately the fact is I can't be bothered in a time where people only go out in groups and avoid even speaking to anyone else. I only wanted to promote a bit of freedom not this kind of oppressive tribalism I'm seeing nowdays.Perhaps I need to travel ... to find somewhere where being single and a little shy isn't looked down aponSomewhere where people aren't all in some kind of fake survival mode all the time.Sure the economic situation is not good for most people (except for wheeler-dealer types)... but I can't remember a time when it was ever good ... and sure it has gotten worse over the years but we do still have enough to eat! ... yet even weathly people seem to only think about nothing else but money A

Once in a great while, you put on a CD by an artist you've never heard of before and time stops. The voice is new, yet timeless. The lyrics are all original yet feel immediately familiar that explore love,loss and the lure of the road, lived-in, knowing. And the melodies expertly performed by a first-rate band carry the easy groove

This is the story of music artist Ruby James who unveiled her CD, "Desert Rose," on April 21st at the Traubadour Los Angeles. Desert Rose is produced by John Avila of Oingo Boingo who was drawn to Ruby James' sultry voice powerful talent and recorded the album with her in his Los Angeles studio. James elegantly fuses rock and Americana with lyrics that explore love,loss and the lure of the road.

"Ruby James' rugged sensuality, which bravely masks a wearied vulnerability, is pure sonic empowerment. With "Desert Rose," Ruby lays bare, in the grand tradition of guitar-slinging blues hitchhikers, her power to wield her own whiskey-soaked chalice and the blade to match," wr

By: Dennis Cook Giant Sand The best musicians find lines of connection between music one might never consider compatible bedfellows. In Giant Sand one hears the grappling of Skip James with Television, Hendrix with Nick Drake, the apparent gulf between bombast and hushed delicacy bridged with architectural finesse. There is an intrinsic logic to Giant Sand that is felt more than understood but it lies within each segment of Howe Gelb's ever-growing songbook. While it's tough to call anything "timeless," there's something indefinably enduring - something of old, mean blues, calloused finger lilted gospel and crusty highway ballads - about what the revered, peer adored Arizona-based musician has crafted for over 30 years. "When we first got together, we decided that when we made records we just wanted to be able to listen to them twenty years later. And we couldn't imagine twenty years from that point but it seemed a good arbitrary point in the future [laughs]. It was kind of the only goal

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It's here!! The latest addition to our Fuse Presents family: 'Fuse presents Deetron'.

Joining the ranks of Dave Clarke, DJ Hell, Joris Voorn, Steve Bug, Shinedoe, Adam Beyer and Technasia who have all been firm favourites at Belgiums illustrious techno mecca, Fuse, Deetron (aka Sam Geiser) now provides us with a new live mix to add some Swiss spice to the series. Splicing the likes of Fingers Inc., Marcel Dettman, Shackleton, Redshape, Henrik Schwarz, Ame, Kenneth Bager and Radioslave Deetron takes us on a journey as old and new, house and techno all collide in one glorious party.

Available this Saturday at Fuse for a special 10 EURO introductory price.

Tracklist:

1 Mossa - Body Selector (Swayzak Remix)

2 Salvatore Freda & Volta - Basic Hood Lobos

3 Kenneth Bager Feat. Jean Luc Ponty & Nikolaj Grandjean - Fragment Four Love Wont Leave Me Alone (Jackie Idjut Remix)

4 Iron Curtis - Ass & Cash

5 Dop - I'm Just A Man

6 Jacopo Carreras - One Sentence (Efdemin Remix)

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Tuareg band Tidawt will perform on Monday, September 22 at the Highline Ballroom in New York. Doors open at 7pm. Tidawt, meaning together, was started by Hasso Akotey in Niger in 1994. They played for the opening of “The Art of Being Tuareg”, the first major US museum exhibit on the Tuareg which opened at the Fowler museum UCLA in 2006 and at Stanford in May 2007. They were also featured in the 2003 Festival in the Desert film and soundtrack.

In 2006 they were invited to be a part of the project “Stones World” and recorded with the Rolling Stones at Capitol Records in Los Angeles. In 2007 they played with Mickey Hart at Slim’s in San Francisco. Their first CD was released in 2008. The traditional costumes of a Tidawt performance are visually stunning. The iridescent Indigo turbans turn their skin blue. Because of this, the Tuareg are known as the Blue men of the desert. The group is devoted to the guitar, their music and the preservation of their culture.

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latin_grammy_2008The 9th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards nominations were announced today at a press conference attended by national and international media at the House of Blues Sunset Strip. Artists reading nominations this morning included Buika, Lila Downs, Flex, Kany Garca, Esai Morales, Gustavo Santaolalla, and Ximena Sariana. The 9th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, set for Nov.13 at Toyota Center in Houston, will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from 8 – 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).Several well known world music acts as well as newcomers received Latin Grammy nominations. Even though there is not a world music category per se, many of the categories are world music genres, such as tropical, tango, flamenco, etc. Below are the nominees for categories related with world music: Best Contemporary Tropical Album El Sper Joe - Joe Arroyo Seor Bachata - Jose Feliciano Gratitud - Fonseca Porro Nuevo - Adriana Luca Exitos En Dos Tiempos - Olga TanBest Traditiona

I found this post tonight on survival tips for creatives and I find it very apropos to my situation. It can be easy to get frustrated in our job. There...