Larry Goshen is an Indianapolis, Indiana-based writer for the
1985 book, "Indy's Heart of Rock n' Roll". This book has been a valuable
resource book for many. This book is available at the Indiana Public
Libraries and the Indiana State Library.
He's in the process of compiling another book on Indiana (Rock n' Roll/R & B) musicians and singers from 1950-1989. Dick Clark will be writing the forward for this book. Many local-regional-national (Indiana) artists are already included.
Please have any musicians or singers you know of that were in any (ROCK, R&B) groups contact Larry so that he may enter their information and/or pictures into his book. There is no fee. This is strictly a resource information (coffee
table) book.
The first edition of ROCK MACHINA 2000 festival will
take place at the beautiful village called Moncofa on
the coast of Castellón province (approximately 50
kilometres from Valencia) on the 8th and 9th of July
2000.
At last an exclusive HEAVY METAL festival at the same
level or superior to the festivals that are celebrated
all over Europe during the summer!!!
We are without a doubt in front of the most important
Heavy Metal Festival in Spain´s history.
One week vacation on the beach and
the best Heavy Metal festival you can imagine:
ROCK MACHINA 2000!!!
Can you ask for more??
Information:
POP ROCK STARS!
It is finally available through the usual channels "I Wanna Be a Pop Rock
Star! (The Plague of Alternative Rock EP)," the new EP by Julie's Haircut
and first release for Superlove (the band's own label). Here's the
track-list of the record, co-produced by Andrea Rovacchi:
1. "I Wanna Be a Pop Rock Star!"
"Pop Rock Star" features five classics by the band revisited and taken from
the "Fever in the Funk House" sessions, plus a previously unreleased track
("People at Sony"). Federico Guglielmi, one of the only true rock critics
in Italy, wrote that it's not easy to take the this EP off the CD - hope
you get my drift...
CUT IN STUDIO
Hush-hush: a couple of days ago CUT have entered the recording studio w/
Juan "Slowdime" Carrera to work on their new album "Will U Die 4 Me?," the
long-awaited follow-up to "Operation Manitoba."
The brand new Hoku site! Go to http://www.hokuonline.com to check out tons of cool new pics!
LENSING TEENAGE DIRTBAG
"Teenage Dirtbag," the first single from Wheatus' self-titled
debut album (due in stores August 1 from Columbia Records), will be
featured in "Loser," the upcoming teen feature from director Amy
Heckerling ("Fast Times At Ridgemont High," "Clueless"). A video
for the track, directed by Jeff Gordon, will be shot in Los Angeles
this weekend and features the principal actors from "Loser": Mena
Suvari ("American Pie," "American Beauty") and Jason Biggs
"(American Beauty"). "Teenage Dirtbag" is a saga of unrequited love
in high school... with a happy ending. "Loser" opens nationwide on
July 21.
MEET SATOSHI TOMIIE
"Full Lick, " the full length debut album from Satoshi Tomiie,
Japan's most successful international DJ and house producer, is in
stores now from C2 Records. Tomiie has been involved in remixing
international hits for Simply Red, David Bowie, U2, and Mariah Carey
while working along side acclaimed producers David Morales and
Frankie Knuckles.
"Full Lick" includes the Club hit "Up In Flames" featuring Kelli Ali
of Sneaker Pimps. The single is also available commercially and
features remixes by David Morales and John Digweed.
THE JAYHAWKS TAKE OFF ON SUMMMER TOUR
With the band's new album, Smile, in stores now, the Jayhawks are
hitting the highways of America for a series of summer concerts
beginning June 3 in Petaluma, California, and winding up July 8 at
the Basilica Block Party in the group's hometown of Minneapolis,
Minnesota (see itinerary following). Following the band's U.S.
summer concert dates, the Jayhawks will fly to Europe for a
two-week tour running July 14-July 30.
BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE
So So Def Recordings/Sony Music Soundtrax will release Big Momma's
House, the all-star hip-hop/urban soundtrack album, executive
produced by Jermaine Dupri & Michael Mauldin, for the upcoming 20th
Century Fox and Regency Enterprises comedy. Included on Big Momma's
House are: the album's first single, "I've Got To Have It" performed
by Jermaine Dupri & Nas featuring Monica; "What I'm Gon'
Do To You," the breakout track from Kandi (former member of XSCAPE);
and the album's second single "Bounce With Me," by Lil Bow Wow
featuring XSCAPE. Big Momma's House hit the record store racks on
May 30.
Directed by Raja Gosnell ("Never Been Kissed," "Home Alone 3"), the film stars
Martin Lawrence ("House Party," "Bad Boys," "Blue Streak," "Life") as a
tough-talking FBI agent assigned to protect a single mother, played by Nia Long
("Fresh Prince of Bel Aire," "Boyz 'N the Hood," "The Best Man," "Boiler Room")
and her son from an escaped convict. A master of disguise, Lawrence goes
undercover posing as Long's long-lost grandmother, "Big Momma." "Big Momma's
House" opened nationwide on June 2, 2000.
Big Momma's House features collaborations from some of today's hottest hip-hop
and urban artists:
1. Da Brat featuring Missy Elliott & Jermaine Dupri -- "That's
What I'm Looking For" (Mr. Dupri's Remix)
2. Jermaine Dupri & Nas featuring Monica -- "I've Got To Have It"
(Album Version)
3. Kandi -- "What I'm Gon' Do To You" (LP Version)
4. Lil Bow Wow featuring XSCAPE -- "Bounce With Me"
5. Jagged Edge & Blaque featuring R.O.C. -- "You Can Always Go"
6. Kurupt, R.O.C. & PHATS BOSSI -- "Radio"
7. Da Brat & Vita featuring Destiny's Child -- "Big Momma's Theme"
8. LaTocha Scott & Chanté Moore -- "Treated Like Her"
9. Lil Jon & The EastSide Boyz -- "I Like Dem"
10. Devin -- "I Want To Kiss You"
11. Marc Nelson -- "Love's Not Love"
12. Lil Jon & The EastSide Boyz -- "Ooh Big Momma"
13. Jessica -- "Get Up"
14. Jermaine Dupri & Nas featuring Monica -- "I Still Got To Have It"
COLUMBIA RECORDS GOES WIRELESS
Leading Handheld Device content provider Avant Go and Columbia
Records have teamed up to provide mobile versions of two of
Columbia's hottest news dailies, Daily Dish and Global Soul.
Now both PC and Mac users can download the Avant Go software
to their palm devices and have instant access to over 350 content
channels. Point your browsers to URLs below and you're on your
way!
Columbia Wireless -http://www.columbiarecords.com/wireless
Daily Dish - http://avantgo.com/channels/detail.html?cha_id=1549&cat_id=66
Global Soul - http://avantgo.com/channels/detail.html?cha_id=1550&cat_id=66
June 30 / July
12th, 2000
Furthur Information
about the MODS ROCKERS! FESTIVAL ENGLISH TEA
PARTY:
SUMMERSAULT 2000
The members of Our Lady Peace are pleased to announce that their vision to take the multi-band
festival Summersault on a national tour has been realized. Our Lady Peace's Summersault 2000 will
roll across Canada from Vancouver to Halifax in August of 2000 bringing together some of OLP's
favorite Canadian and international artists into one giant traveling festival. The Smashing
Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, A Perfect Circle, The Catherine Wheel, Treble Charger and Eve 6 will be
joining Our Lady Peace on one of this summer's hottest festival tours. The Summersault experience
will feature two stages, a vendor village, and some very cool surprises.
Summersault will kick off in Vancouver, British Columbia, at BC Place on August 4. The tour will
continue across Canada hitting Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium on August 6, the Saskatchewan Place
in Saskatoon on August 7, the Winnipeg Stadium on August 9, Molson Park in Toronto on August 11,
Montreal's Parterre, parc Jean-Drapeau on August 12, the Rideau Carleton Raceway in Ottawa on August
13, and wrap up in Halifax at Citadel Hill on August 16.
Our Lady Peace conceived Summersault in 1998 as a traveling multi-artist festival. The first
Summersault consisted of five shows with such acts as Garbage, Crystal Method, Sloan, Hayden,
Esthero and I Mother Earth sharing the stage with OLP.
"This news is so exciting for me and the rest of the band as we've been working on this for the last
4 or 5 months," said Our Lady Peace vocalist Raine Maida. "Taking this tour nationally was our plan
from the beginning, and we always wanted to bring on board friends of ours and bands that we're
completely impressed by musically. It's going to be a great day of music."
Fans are encouraged to log onto the tour's official website at www.summersault2000.com for more
details and information about the festival.
THE REAL LATIN EXPLOSION
In a quest to provide a soulful backdrop and historical underpinning to the ongoing explosion of
Latin music into the pop and R&B mainstreams, Columbia/Legacy presents three new releases from
artists whose work provided the foundation for today's steamy sounds. From legendary Afro-Cuban
conguero and bandleader MONGO SANTAMARIA comes his never-before-released recording of 1969, AFRO
AMERICAN LATIN (with live bonus tracks), along with an 'Expanded Edition' of his perennial
best-seller, the never out-of-print GREATEST HITS album, also with bonus tracks.
At the same time, THE MUSIC OF CUBA 1909-1951 represents the first time in the digital era that the
vast 20th century archives of Columbia Records (and its associated labels) have been mined for this
storehouse of Latin riches. Three decades before such familiar figures as Desi Arnaz (heard on two
tracks in this anthology) and Xavier Cugat emerged on the scene, Columbia had already begun amassing
a repertoire of Cuban dance-band music. From the World War I-era danzón melodies to the exciting
son rural style that revolutionized music in Havana during the 1920s, from the evocative boleros to
the infectious rumba and conga dance crazes that swept popular music from the '30s to the '50s,
this 25-track collection draws together an extraordinary array of artists and genres. All three new
releases have been set for July 4 th in-store date on Columbia/Legacy, a division of Sony Music.
a href="http://www.music.sony.com/Music/MusicIndex.html">Sony Music
LEGACY'S RHYTHM & SOUL
The golden age of '70s and '80s soul and R&B ? as recorded by its greatest East
Coast and West Coast voices on the Columbia, Epic, and Philadelphia
International labels ? continues to be the focus of attention on four new
digitally remastered entries, as the critically acclaimed Rhythm & Soul Series
begins its fifth year on the street. The four new releases cover the broadest
spectrum of R&B activity over the course of nearly two decades, ranging from the
incandescent future funk of EARTH, WIND & FIRE and the tight, mellow harmonies
of THE O'JAYS, to the emotionally charged ballads of singer-songwriter BILL
WITHERS and the final complete studio album recording by MARVIN GAYE. All four
releases have been scheduled for May 30(superscript: th) in-store date on Legacy
recordings, a division of Sony Music.
This time around, the Rhythm & Soul Series takes off behind two re-grooved
greatest hits collections, THE BEST OF EARTH, WIND & FIRE, VOL. II, which adds
two bonus tracks to the original 1988 set; and BILL WITHERS' THE BEST OF BILL
WITHERS: LEAN ON ME, on which Withers participated in the selection of material
from his classic Sussex and Columbia LPs. THE O'JAYS' #1 R&B album, SURVIVAL,
is a classic Gamble & Huff production from 1975 that is presented intact,
featuring the lead-off #1 single, "Give the People What They Want." MARVIN GAYE
released his last studio masterpiece in 1982 on Columbia, MIDNIGHT LOVE,
featuring "Sexual Healing," and now augmented with a rarely heard bonus track
from those recording sessions, the instrumental version of "Rockin' After
Midnight."
As with previous editions of the Rhythm & Soul Series, this latest batch
contains a generous helping of Billboard Pop Singles and Soul Singles chart
signatures. At the same time, each album is given its rightful place in the
annals of R&B history, with specially-commissioned liner notes by some of our
most respected writers and journalists. Liner notes for Marvin Gaye and Bill
Withers were written by David Ritz, whose books include Divided Soul: The Life
Of Marvin Gaye, and biographies of Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King and
others. Liner notes for the O'Jays were written by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor,
cultural correspondent for National Public Radio. Liner notes for Earth, Wind &
Fire were written by Virginia Prescott of New York Public Radio station WNYC.
AMERICAN MILESTONES
Six decades of country music history, from the 1930s to the 1980s, are explored
on the latest editions of the American Milestones series, a series dedicated to
surveying the roots of traditional country music and preserving classic albums
from the LP era in restored Expanded Editions. The second set of releases in
this highly-respected series from the Columbia/Legacy and Epic/Legacy divisions
of Sony Music arrive in stores on July 4th , coinciding with Willie Nelson's
annual July 4th picnic extravaganza outside Austin, Texas.
MEET MR. NITRO
Mr. Nitro, Oklahoma City's premier rapper and major
entrepreneur/organizer the formidable local underground rap scene,
has contributed his own unique remix of Destiny's Child's "Jumpin
Jumpin" track, getting such strong radio reactions from radio
programmers that his remix will be included in the commercial
release of the single.
Mr. Nitro's debut album, Hustlin' Pays, was released on
Columbia Records May 30. The album represents a unique showcase for
a wide range of talents from his hometown's criminally overlooked
indigenous hip hop scene, the various members of whom collaborate
with Mr. Nitro on all the tracks on the album.
Mr. Nitro is preparing to open for Trick Daddy on a series of Florida dates
following the release of his album.
TWO FOR THE ROAD
The legendary pop performer, Tony Bennett, will be teaming up with
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist/pianist Diana Krall for a series of summer concert
appearances as part of their "Two For The Road" Tour. Bennett and Krall each
received Grammy Awards this year for their current releases -- Bennett's in the
"Best Traditional Pop Vocal" category for his "Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot and
Cool" album (Columbia) and Krall for "Best Jazz Vocal," for her latest release,
"When I Look Into Your Eyes"(Verve). Additionally, Krall's album was also
nominated for the coveted "Album of the Year" award, a rare achievement for a
jazz artist. The two shared the stage at Wolf Trap last summer, and this year
decided to join forces for an extensive tour that will begin in Europe at the
end of June through July and then open in the U.S. at the Hollywood Bowl on
August 4 and 5, (both shows are sold out.)
The two will also perform in New York City at the famed Radio City Music Hall on
September 16. Bennett will be accompanied by the Ralph Sharon Quartet and Krall
will have her trio backing on the dates.
THE BUZZ ON FLYBANGER
Flybanger are in the studio in LA with Matt Wallace (Deftones,
R.E.M., Faith No More) putting the final vocals and guitar tracks
down for the group's Columbia debut which is expected to be released
at the end of August. The guys have just been added to the "Shakin'
the Lake" festival in Minnedosa. It is just outside of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, and attracts around 10,000 people a day. Flybanger will
be playing with Filter and Nashville Pussy on Friday, June 30th at
9:00pm. Flybanger will also be doing select live shows around the US
in July and have already been added to The Lazer's Summer Fest in
Milwaukee on Sunday, July 2nd at 8:00pm. along with Filter,
Pimpadelic and many others
THREE NEW VOLUMES OF ACCLAIMED BLUES
MASTERS SERIES
THE VERY BEST OF T-BONE WALKER
Release Date: June 20,
2000 One of the greatest blues entertainers of all time, Aaron
"T-Bone" Walker was a brilliant guitarist whose riffs have been lifted
by artists such as B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and Eric Clapton. This
collection contains his best recordings spanning 1945-1957, including
"Bobby Sox Blues," "Call It Stormy Monday," and "T-Bone Shuffle."
THE VERY BEST OF LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS
Release Date: August 15,
2000 "Lightnin'"
Sam Hopkins was one of the geniuses of American music. At a time when
big-city blues electrified the world, he brought us back to basics with
his own brand of old country blues. This disc contains selections which
date back as early as 1946 through Hopkins' string of RB charting
hits in the '50s," and up until the early '60s.
THE VERY BEST OF FREDDY KING
Release Date: August 15,
2000 Freddy
King's unique brand of blues enthralled a legion of admirers on both
sides of the Atlantic, including the likes of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and
Jimmy Page, as well as Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan. This collection
contains many of his most important works for the Federal label, including
"Hide Away," "San-Ho-Zay," and "I'm Tore Down."
A Different kind of music.
A Punk/Hardcore band FLAT EARTH SOCIETY - look for an upcoming review.
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