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40 Under 40: Evan Bogart
August 02, 2012 2:29 PM EDT Evan "Kidd" Bogart Co-Founder, Boardwalk Entertainment Group and the Writing Camp; Songwriter/Producer Website: TheBoardwalkMusicGroup.com Twitter: @EKiddBogart Realizing Dreams If the only accomplishment a then-teenaged Evan "Kidd& ...
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Restless Heart Gear Up for 30th Anniversay
July 19, 2012 5:30 PM EDT Nobody is looking forward to 2013 more than Larry Stewart, longtime lead singer of Restless Heart. Next year will kick off a 30th anniversary celebration for the country group that he says will be one to remember, though he joked to Billboard about ...
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Johnny Wright, Rodney Jerkins Talk New MySpace Competition Series 'Take The Stage'
June 05, 2012 3:40 PM EDT MySpace is going back to its roots. A new music competition series, " Take The Stage " debuts this week with a concept that harkens back to MySpace's origins as a music-discovery platform that helped artists like Katy Perry, Adele a ...
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Summer Music Preview: Bring That Beat Back
May 23, 2012 10:45 PM EDT Monsta Album title: untitled EP Label: Owsla Management: Luke Mitzman Release date: TBD Monsta has the melodic synth thrum of Flux Pavilion, the tech-soul vocal drops of Moby and the reverberant snares of trip-hop act U.N.K.L.E. - but its sound is ins ...
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Summer Music Preview: Countrywide
May 23, 2012 5:25 PM EDT Edens Edge Album title: Edens Edge Label: Big Machine Records Management: Virginia Davis, B.A.D. Release date: June 12 Big Machine Label Group president/CEO Scott Borchetta offered Edens Edge a deal after seeing the band perform at the annual Nashvill ...
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Justin Timberlake Mulling Myspace Talent Competition, Says Manager
July 05, 2011 9:58 AM EDT Justin Timberlake 's longtime manager Johnny Wright said on Friday (July 2) that a talent show or some other way of developing new artists will be core to the revamp of Myspace. The kernel of an idea is what has emerged from a frenzied two week ...
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LCD Soundsystem, Gnarls Barkley, My Morning Jacket For Darfur Benefit
April 21, 2009 11:45 AM EDT Waxploitation Records is set to release its second Darfur benefit compilation, "Causes 2," on May 5. The fifteen song set culls rare and exclusive songs from a wide degree of artists, including Gnarls Barkley, My Morning Jacket, LCD Sounds ...
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Chart Beat Chat
July 13, 2007 12:00 AM EDT Fred and his readers discuss "Dance Tonight," Tim and Faith, Big & Rich and more! LAST 'DANCE' Hi, Fred: Just wondering how Paul McCartney's "Dance Tonight" qualified to chart on the Hot 100. I thought that &qu ...
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Crowded House Hops On Reunion Bandwagon
January 22, 2007 12:00 AM EST Crowded House will reform after a 10-year-plus hiatus for a tour this year, including a stop at California's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in late April. The reunion, which was first repo Crowded House will reform after a 10-year-p ...
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Final Crowded House Show Heading To CD/DVD
October 10, 2006 12:00 AM EDT Crowded House's last performance may have been a decade ago, but the "Farewell to the World" concert will stay alive via Capitol/EMI's 10th anniversary CD and DVD collections. Crowded House's last performance may have been a ...
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Chart Beat
April 27, 2006 12:00 AM EDT Ann Nesby, Dixie Chicks return to the charts, plus news on Daniel Powter and Nick Lachey. PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR GRANDMA: It was a double dose of good news for singer Ann Nesby this week. Moments after finding out that her granddaughter Paris B ...
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Isley Brothers Craft 'Baby Makin' Music'
January 10, 2006 12:00 AM EST R&B icons the Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley a.k.a. "Mr. Biggs" will on March 7 release a new album, "Baby Makin' Music." R&B icons the Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley a.k.a. "Mr. Biggs" will o ...
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Old 97's' Miller Readies Second Solo Set
December 27, 2005 12:00 AM EST While the Old 97's might not have flanked Rhett Miller on his forthcoming solo album, "The Believer," the singer got some help from some pretty notable names -- even if in spirit alone. The set is due While the Old 97's might not ...
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Hot Product
September 13, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Nelly 'Suit' Up Nelly is not releasing a double album this week like his fellow hip-hoppers OutKast and Jay-Z -- instead, he's going the way of Bruce Springsteen and Guns N' Roses by releasing two separate albums simultaneously. ...
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Ms. Jade Lets Nothing 'Interrupt' Her
October 16, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Excerpted from the magazine for Billboard.com. Ms. Jade has been preparing a long time for "Girl Interrupted," her 215/Beat Club/Interscope debut, due Nov. 5. "I wrote my first rap when I was either 8 or 9," Jade says. "Afte ...
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Finn's Star-Studded Concert Due In 2002
December 06, 2001 12:00 AM EST When former Crowded House/Split Enz principal Neil Finn decided to put a group together for a slate concerts in his New Zealand homeland earlier this year, he aimed high. The result was a backing band When former Crowded House/Split Enz principal Ne ...
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Billboard Bits: Neil Finn, Creed, AC/DC
April 05, 2001 12:00 AM EDT News on Neil Finn, Eddie Vedder, Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien and drummer Phil Selway, ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, Lisa Germano, ex-Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg, AC/DC, Creed, Scot Former Crowded House/Split Enz principal Ne ...
