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Vivian Girls Reunite, Announce New Album, Tour & Vinyl Reissues

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Reversing their 2014 split, the indie lo-fi trio return with a new LP 'Memory,' a U.S. tour and vinyl re-releases of their first two albums
Nate Hertweck
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Jul 17, 2019 - 12:42 pm

Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Vivian Girls had called it quits after their last show in 2014, but now the indie lo-fi trio are back, announcing a new album, Memory, due out Sept. 20. The group released the new album's first single, "Sick," giving fans a glimpse of what's to come from the reunion.

A statement on the band's website calls the reunion record, "anything but a pleasant reminiscence," adding, "The latent darkness that always haunted their records is on full display upon their return. Vivian Girls are back and they haven't forgotten what they went through... Memory is an album filled with personal reflections on toxic relationships, the false promise of new love, mental health struggles, and finding ways to accept oneself amidst it all. And of course, there is the trademark mystery that set the band apart during its first incarnation." 

Vivian Girls also revealed 11 U.S. tour dates, commencing Oct. 4 in Los Angeles at the Regent Theatre and hitting San Francisco, Brooklyn, San Diego, Chicago and more before wrapping in Denver on Nov. 3.

The band will also reissue their first two out-of-print albums, 2009's Everything Goes Wrong and their 2008 self-titled debut, on the same day Memory arrives.

For a full list of tour dates and ticket information, visit the band's website. 

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Alan Lomax Archives Partner With "Little" Steven Van Zandt's TeachRock On Teaching Resources

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The cultural materials collected by one of the most celebrated folklore collectors and musicologists in America's history are on their way to a classroom near you
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Dec 4, 2019 - 6:03 pm

The legendary body of work collected during the life and career of Alan Lomax is about to reach a whole new generation. The Alan Lomax Archives have announced an exciting content partnership with "Little" Steven Van Zandt's TeachRock and Rock and Roll Forever Foundation. 

Under the new partnership, The Association For Cultural Equity in conjunction with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress will provide content to TeachRock to be utilized in creating lesson plans and other teaching resources.

Working directly with teachers and schools TeachRock incorporates music into core curriculum by distributing lesson plans and other educational materials.Van Zandt, who is best known for his role as longtime guitarist with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, is an ardent supporter of music education. Perhaps the Boss describes the program best.

“[Little Steven’s] TeachRock program brings an essential curriculum of music and culture into school and makes it available at no cost to educators,” Springsteen said as he inducted Van Zandt into the New Jersey Hall of Fame last year. “In a time of cutbacks in arts funding, Steve’s programs are keeping kids engaged in the arts, and in school — this is his greatest legacy.”

Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Forever Foundation also offers teachers and school administrators workshops to introduce the concept of arts integration for culturally responsive pedagogy using their TeachRock curriculum. Wasting no time in their new partnership, the first four lesson plans developed from the Lomax Archive's resources are already available, and more are in development.

For more information about TeachRock, visit the organization's website.

Leona Lewis Welcomes Simon Cowell, Steve Aoki, Diane Warren And James Arthur As Ambassadors For Hopefield Animal Sanctuary

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(L-R) Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill, Don Henley, Decon Frey and Joe Walsh
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Eagles & The Doobie Brothers Announce Cabo San Lucas Luxury Concert Experience

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Cabo en Vivo unveils plans for a high-end Memorial Day 2020 destination concert featuring two musical legends performing on the Cabo beachfront
Nate Hertweck
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Dec 3, 2019 - 2:10 pm

In a double bill for the ages, the Eagles and the Doobie Brothers team up to play back-to-back nights during a luxury destination getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, over Memorial Day weekend.

On Saturday, May 23, The Doobies, featuring Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee, will take the stage. The following night on Sunday, May 24, the Eagles, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill, will delight the intimate Cabo crowd. Each band will be performing a set of their biggest hits, according to presenters Cabo en Vivo

The Eagles won their first of six career GRAMMY Awards for 1975 for Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus for "Lyin' Eyes." Since, they've been nominated for a GRAMMY a whopping 18 times. The Doobie Brothers have won two GRAMMYs, both for 1979, where they took home the award for Record Of The Year for "What A Fool Believes."

Both of these musical legends will bring their impressive catalog of hits for intimate beachfront performances in the beautiful Cabo Corridor. The event is limited to 5,000 attendees.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Dec. 20. For more information on ticket packages and experiences, visit Cabo en Vivo's website.

Hangout Music Festival 2020 Lineup: Marshmello, Red Hot Chili Peppers & More To Headline

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Mariss Jansons, GRAMMY-Winning Conductor, Dies At 76

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The "musician’s musician” led some of the world's top ensembles, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Dec 2, 2019 - 12:00 pm

Widely acclaimed conductor Mariss Jansons died on Nov. 30 at his home in St. Petersburg, Russia, after years of living with a heart condition. He was 76.

Born in what is now independent Latvia to a conductor father and an opera singer mother, Janson grew up in the Soviet Union and studied at the Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Conservatory. His conducting career began to take flight with his first major international appointment with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1979. Jansons went on to lead some of the world's top ensembles, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1997-2004. 

“He conducted every concert like it was his last,” Michael Rusinek, the PSO’s principal clarinetist, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “With Mariss, everything was incredibly passionate and incredibly energetic.”

After his impressive run with the PSO, he became principal conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, where he stayed until 2015 Twice during that span, Jansons conducted the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert broadcast around the world. Jansons won the GRAMMY for Best Orchestral Performance for 2005 for Shostakovich: Sym. No. 13. He would earn six GRAMMY nominations in all during his remarkable career. 

Toward the end of his life, he was serving as chief conductor of Germany's Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.  Jansons was admired for his emotional intensity and will be remembered for the passion he poured into his work.

"Mariss was a musician’s musician," Christopher Wu, a first violinist in the PSO, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "He was focused on bringing out the feeling in the music more than perfect beats and technique, always trying to find ways of expressing a phrase. In rehearsal he’d say, 'Oh, you must feel this person crying,' or 'You must feel this person loving.'"

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Foo Fighters & Red Hot Chili Peppers To Headline Boston Calling 2020

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The three-day rock festival with five stages is set to take place May 22-24 in Allston, Mass.
Nate Hertweck
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Nov 13, 2019 - 11:40 am

Two of rock's biggest bands, GRAMMY winners Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers have been announced as headliners for Boston Calling on Memorial Day weekend 2020.

The three-day festival will take place May 22-24 at Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston, Mass., and the full lineup of over 60 artists, along with a third headliner, is expected to be announced in January. 

“Boston is such a great city for rock music, and we are so proud to bring some of the most important rock artists of all time to Boston Calling next Memorial Day Weekend,” said Boston Calling Events, LLC co-founder and CEO Brian Appel. “We have worked for years to bring the Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers to the festival, and this year everything lined up perfectly. We couldn’t be happier, and will complement them with an incredibly diverse lineup of artists throughout the festival weekend.”

Dave Grohl and the Foos are preparing to celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2020, and RHCP are reportedly working on their first new album in over three years. Headliners for 2019's festival included Twenty One Pilots, Tame Impala and Greta Van Fleet.

Presale for three-day general admission tickets, VIP passes and platinum passes will go on sale Thursday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. EST via the festival website.

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