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Pandora is in Trouble

Pandora is in trouble, and Big Music is surprisingly sad about that

The labels used to loathe the streaming music service. Now they love it. It may be too late.

Pandora’s days seem numbered. And the music business isn’t happy about that.

To the news you’ve heard before: Pandora, once a music streaming pioneer, now looks like a music streaming casualty. While competitors like Spotify and Apple Music are booming, Pandora has been treading water.

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10 rules for creating effective Facebook Events

 Facebook pages seem to be less and less useful these days for promoting music, especially when we’re talking about your average independent band that doesn’t want to drop a bunch of cash just to reach fans that have already liked their page.

But one aspect of a Facebook page that is definitely still useful is the Facebook Events feature. Since Facebook pages are public, you can use your Facebook Events to announce shows, get people excited, and encourage fans to share information about your band with their friends.

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Sonic State Capital | Save The World - CD (pre-order)

Finally!  Order Here The album is up for grabs. Pre-order your copy now!   You will get; - The full lenght album with 11 songs and with all the band members autographs. - A code and a link to download the track Burn on Bandcamp. - A download-card for the full album on cdbaby when it is released. - Our deepest gratitude of supporting us the way you do!   Tracklist: Wayward Son Cast Your Shadow Brings Them Back Mary Jane The Great War Pt. I: Prologue Pt. II: Heroes Pt. III: War Hollow Save Me Another Day of Life Burn Carry On The Great War Pt. IV: Epilogue

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James Cotton, hard-blowing harmonica master of the blues, dies at 81

Born in Tunica, Mississippi, Cotton became interested in music when he first heard Sonny Boy Williamson II on the radio. He left home with his uncle and moved to West Helena, Arkansas, finding Williamson there. For many years Cotton claimed that he told Williamson that he was an orphan and that Williamson took him in and raised him, a story he admitted in recent years is not true. However, Williamson did mentor Cotton during his early years. Williamson left the South to live with his estranged wife in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leaving his band in Cotton's hands. Cotton was quoted as saying, "He just gave it to me. But I couldn't hold it together 'cause I was too young and crazy in those days an' everybody in the band was grown men, so much older than me."

Cotton played drums early in his career but is famous for his harmonica playing. He began his professional career playing the blues harp in Howlin' Wolf's band in the early 1950s. He made his first recordings as a solo artist for Sun Records in Memphis in 1953. In 1954, he recorded an electric blues single "Cotton Crop Blues", which featured a heavily distorted power chord–driven electric guitar solo by Pat Hare. Cotton began working with the Muddy Waters Band around 1955. He performed songs such as "Got My Mojo Working" and "She's Nineteen Years Old", although he did not play on the original recordings; Little Walter, Waters's long-time harmonica player, played for most of Waters's recording sessions in the 1950s. Cotton's first recording session with Waters took place in June 1957, and he alternated with Little Walter on Waters's recording sessions until the end of the decade.

In 1965 he formed the Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, with Otis Spann on piano, to record between gigs with Waters's band. Their performances were captured by producer Samuel Charters on volume two of the Vanguard recording Chicago/The Blues/Today! After leaving Waters's band in 1966, Cotton toured with Janis Joplin while pursuing a solo career. He formed the James Cotton Blues Band in 1967. The band mainly performed its own arrangements of popular blues and R&B from the 1950s and 1960s. Cotton's band included a horn section, like that of Bobby Bland's. After Bland's death, his son told news media that Bland had recently discovered that Cotton was his half-brother.

In the 1970s, Cotton recorded several albums for Buddah Records. He played harmonica on Waters's Grammy Award–winning 1977 album Hard Again, produced by Johnny Winter. In the 1980s he recorded for Alligator Records in Chicago; he rejoined the Alligator roster in 2010. The James Cotton Blues Band received a Grammy nomination in 1984 for Live from Chicago: Mr. Superharp Himself!, on Alligator, and a second for his 1987 album Take Me Back, on Blind Pig Records. He was awarded a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album for Deep in the Blues in 1996. Cotton appeared on the cover of the July–August 1987 issue of Living Blues magazine (number 76). He was featured in the same publication's 40th anniversary issue of August–September 2010.

In 2006, Cotton was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame at a ceremony conducted by the Blues Foundation in Memphis. He has won or shared ten Blues Music Awards. Cotton battled throat cancer in the mid-1990s, but he continued to tour, using singers or his backing band members as vocalists. On March 10, 2008, Cotton and Ben Harper performed at the induction of Little Walter into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, playing "Juke" and "My Babe" together; the induction ceremony was broadcast nationwide on VH1 Classic. On August 30, 2010, Cotton was the special guest on Larry Monroe's farewell broadcast of Blue Monday, which he hosted on KUT in Austin, Texas, for nearly 30 years. Cotton's studio album Giant, released by Alligator Records in late September 2010, was nominated for a Grammy Award. His album Cotton Mouth Man, also on Alligator, released on May 7, 2013, was also a Grammy nominee. It includes guest appearances by Gregg Allman, Joe Bonamassa, Ruthie Foster, Delbert McClinton, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, Chuck Leavell and Colin Linden. Cotton played harmonica on "Matches Don't Burn Memories" on the debut album by the Dr. Izzy Band, Blind & Blues Bound, released in June 2013. In 2014, Cotton won a Blues Music Award for Traditional Male Blues Artist and was also nominated in the category Best Instrumentalist – Harmonica.  Cotton's touring band includes guitarist and vocalist Tom Holland, vocalist Darrell Nulisch, bassist Noel Neal (brother of the blues guitarist and harmonica player Kenny Neal) and drummer Jerry Porter.

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Brand New - "Ordinary Days" By Julie Lamb

She's Done it again....

Julie Lamb has released "Ordinary Days" and if you love funky blues rock based music at it's best then look no further and head over and get your copy today!  

Julie along with her singers and band have yet again produced brilliance, a deep, funky and  soulful beat throughout with great arrangement.  As always Julies lyrical genius shines.

Do head over and support a dear person and fantabulous artist and her merry troupe of musical geniuses.

https://julielamb.bandcamp.com/album/ordinary-days

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Michael Hornbuckle

Michael Hornbuckle has been bringing blues and rock music to people for 2 decades. Homegrown in the Mile High City, as was his father, legendary bluesman Bobby Hornbuckle who had Michael backing him on drums at 13. While Bobby's journey ended in 96', Michael took over the torch along with brother Brian (bass).   Inheriting Bobby's old gibson 335, the brothers began working wherever, whenever, and cutting their first recording. In 1998 "Pass The Torch" was released. It's a raw, respected blues/rock album including; original cuts, covers such as Creams' version of Outside Woman Blues, and a tip of the hat to the man who passed on his love for blues, with a Bobby Hornbuckle original, Down In The Valley.    Early 2000’s after a Red Rocks appearance warming up the Doobie Brothers, he spent time touring the country with Texas blues monster Vince Converse, and releasing the acoustic blues album Conbuckle Station "Here Come The Blues" on New Shoes Records.    "Lost & Found By Trial & Error" was released in 05'. It was an opportunity to evolve a songwriting style, as well as a defining vocal and guitar soundA happenstance meeting in Los Angeles in 2012 with world class Universal Picture music producer, and former member of Mother's Finest, Alex 'Ace' Baker, produced the Album Virtue & Vice...    "Michael’s voice is a soulful powerhouse that closely matched the pipes of Paul Rodgers (Bad Company) as they soar over the blues the band hands out on Virtue and Vice, their most recent release."     - Danny B.  Alternate Root"The songs themselves are nothing short of excellent. One of the best things about this album is that every song is its own experience...   - Taylor Carlson Rock Over America   2015 after an appearance at the Telluride Blues Fest, the Mile High Blues Society recognized Michael by awarding him: Best Blues Band, Best Self Produced Album, and sent he and his band to Memphis to represent Colorado at the Internation Blues Challenge.   October 7, 2016 Hornbuckle dropped SoulRepo.  Check it out on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, or order your physical copy here from the site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGC3bbN6Xw @HornbuckleMusic http://www.hornbucklemusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/michaelhornbucklemusic  

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Music Facts

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Music Facts

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Join Us for an Interview and Music with Michael Hornbuckle

Join Us for an Interview and Music with Michael Hornbuckle

Saturday December 17th at 5:30 EST

For  "The Dive Hive " on Rockers Dive Radio

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with Lisa Pitts and Jess Uribe 

 Michael Hornbuckle has been bringing blues and rock music to people for 2 decades. Homegrown in the Mile High City, as was his father, legendary bluesman Bobby Hornbuckle who had Michael backing him on drums at 13. While Bobby's journey ended in 96', Michael took over the torch along with brother Brian (bass).   Inheriting Bobby's old gibson 335, the brothers began working wherever, whenever, and cutting their first recording. In 1998 "Pass The Torch" was released. It's a raw, respected blues/rock album including; original cuts, covers such as Creams' version of Outside Woman Blues, and a tip of the hat to the man who passed on his love for blues, with a Bobby Hornbuckle original, Down In The Valley.    Early 2000’s after a Red Rocks appearance warming up the Doobie Brothers, he spent time touring the country with Texas blues monster Vince Converse, and releasing the acoustic blues album Conbuckle Station "Here Come The Blues" on New Shoes Records.    "Lost & Found By Trial & Error" was released in 05'. It was an opportunity to evolve a songwriting style, as well as a defining vocal and guitar soundA happenstance meeting in Los Angeles in 2012 with world class Universal Picture music producer, and former member of Mother's Finest, Alex 'Ace' Baker, produced the Album Virtue & Vice...    "Michael’s voice is a soulful powerhouse that closely matched the pipes of Paul Rodgers (Bad Company) as they soar over the blues the band hands out on Virtue and Vice, their most recent release."     - Danny B.  Alternate Root"The songs themselves are nothing short of excellent. One of the best things about this album is that every song is its own experience...   - Taylor Carlson Rock Over America   2015 after an appearance at the Telluride Blues Fest, the Mile High Blues Society recognized Michael by awarding him: Best Blues Band, Best Self Produced Album, and sent he and his band to Memphis to represent Colorado at the Internation Blues Challenge.   October 7, 2016 Hornbuckle dropped SoulRepo.  Check it out on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, or order your physical copy here from the site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGC3bbN6Xw

@HornbuckleMusic 

http://www.hornbucklemusic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/michaelhornbucklemusic

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The Rolling Stones - Going back to the Blues

Earlier this year Ronnie Wood said an in interview “We cut 11 blues in two days. They are extremely great cover versions of Howlin’ Wolf and Little Walter, among other blues people”.

In the 60s The Stones would often include blues songs including ‘Stray Cat Blues’, ‘Love In Vain’ and ‘Little Red Rooster’ was even a hit single in 1964.

The Rolling Stones will resurrect again for the Desert Trip concert at Indio California October 7 and 14. The Stones will appear in a bill with Bob Dylan. Paul McCartney and Neil Young will play the Saturday night shows and Roger Waters and The Who will perform on the Sunday nights.

Keith Richards showed off his new Blue guitar picks.

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Billie Joe Armstrong To Play Charlie Chaplin

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is set to play Charlie Chaplin in an upcoming episode of Comedy Central's 'Drunk History'.

He'll join guest stars Kyle Mooney, Tony Hale, Juno Temple and Gabourey Sidibe. The episode will premiere October 4, on Comedy Central.  It's a busy time for Billie Joe at the minute. Green Day's latest album 'Revolution Radio' is out on October 07 via Reprise.

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Opeth 'Liberated' By Dropping Screaming Death Metal Vocals

Frontman/Guitarist/Vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH spoke about the sharp musical turn the band took with 2011's Heritage album and its 2014 follow-up, Pale Communion. "I was writing Heritage. It was kind of heavy, like a continuation of the stuff we were best known for: very dynamic music and mainly screaming, death metal vocals. But I guess I was fooling myself when I was writing that kind of stuff. I was fooling myself that I liked it and that it was the right thing to do."

 "Heritage turned out to be cleaner than anything OPETH had ever done before, with the death metal overtones, heavy riffs and dark atmosphere disappearing in favor of a more '70s-inspired rock style. It was liberating," Åkerfeldt said. "It was fantastic. I feel more free.  I'm not gonna say anything bad about metal, because I love metal, but we felt shackled in that kind of sound that we had created and I wanted to move on a little bit. And once we dared to make that step, it felt like a rejuvenation and I lost all fears of everything. Now it just feels like I can focus on writing good music and I don't necessarily feel the need that we, as a band, have to fit in anywhere."

Mikael admitted that he was reluctant to drop the death metal elements in OPETH's music for fear of alienating the band's fan case.  "Even though I love those early records, I want to expand my singing," he said. "But I was afraid, a bit nervous people will completely stop liking us and we'll be reduced to nothing and have a job cleaning toilets. I guess I was a little bit afraid for our career, but that was the biggest warning sign; to cater to a career could have been the worst thing I think I could have done. I need that type of honesty when I write music otherwise it's going to end up being shit."  OPETH's twelfth studio album, Sorceress, is scheduled for release on September 30th.

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Metallica LIVE on Howard Stern Mon. Sep. 26th!

METALLICA will perform live on "The Howard Stern Show" on Howard Stern's exclusive SiriusXM channel Howard 100 on Monday, September 26.   The in-studio performance will feature METALLICA performing songs from their 30-plus-year career, including music from their upcoming album "Hardwired…To Self-Destruct".

Additionally, on Monday, September 26, the band will record a special edition of SiriusXM's "Town Hall" series — answering questions from a select group of SiriusXM listeners in the SiriusXM studios in New York City. The "Town Hall" special, hosted by music journalist and SiriusXM host David Fricke, will air on the band's limited-run SiriusXM channel Mandatory Metallica, launching Wednesday, November 16.

Mandatory Metallica, which originally aired on SiriusXM in 2009 and again in 2013 when the band performed a private concert for SiriusXM at the Apollo Theater in New York City, will feature hits, rarities and concert recordings from throughout the band's iconic career. The channel will air beginning Wednesday, November 16 at 5:00 p.m. ET and will air through Wednesday, November 23, via satellite on channel 40 and through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com. The METALLICA "Town Hall" will air Thursday, November 17 at 5:00 p.m. ET on Mandatory Metallica and SiriusXM's Octane Channel 37.

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Jonathan Cain Christian Album Releases Oct. 21st

Keyboardist Jonathan Cain (Journey, Bad English, The Babys) marks his latest solo venture with What God Wants to Hear, due Oct. 21 via Identity Records.  

Recorded at Cain’s Nashville studio Addiction Sound, What God Wants to Hear marks his first solo release since 2006’s Where I Live, and 8th solo album overall.  It also serves as a reunion with former Journey drummer Deen Castronovo, who played drums and sang on the new LP.  Cain says reconnecting with his Christian faith was central to the creative process. “Only God can take a mess and turn it into a message, a test into a testimony, a trial into a triumph, a victim into victory,” he’s quoted as saying. “I’ve always been seeking out songs since I was young. I never had any idea how rich the Bible was with imagery. I got lost in it. It feels like I’m just starting to believe again.”

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Gotthard Studio Album Set For Feb. 13 Release!

25 years ago, Swiss mega-rockers GOTTHARD set out to conquer the music world with straightforward rock.  With 15 No.1 albums in Europe and many multi-platinum awards, they’re not only the most successful Swiss band but also a staple in the global spotlight.

GOTTHARD are currently refining their 12th studio album (currently untitled) at the Yellow House Studio in Lugano.  The third album with lead singer Nic Maeder is produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Helloween, Blind Guardian among others) and Leo Leoni – so the dream team’s at it again: “We were all very happy with the workflow and the result of the BANG! production – so it was pretty clear that we wanted to give the great collaboration another shot!”

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New Deep Purple Album February 2017!

DEEP PURPLE's new studio album is tentatively due in February 2017, singer Ian Gillan has revealed in a new interview with Antihero magazine.

 The follow-up to 2013's "Now What?!", which was tracked earlier this year at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee, was once again helmed by Bob Ezrin, who has previously worked with KISS, PINK FLOYD, PETER GABRIEL, ALICE COOPER and KANSAS, among others.  DEEP PURPLE — which has been eligible for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for two decades now — finally entered the Rock Hall as part of the class of 2016. The band's first three lineups were inducted, including drummer Ian Paice, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, late keyboardist Jon Lord, and various singers and bassists — Rod Evans; Ian Gillan and Roger Glover; and David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes.

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Metallica To Cover Deep Purple, Maiden, Dio (Rainbow)

Metallica add Iron Maiden, Deep Purple & Rainbow covers to 'Hard Wired… to Self Destruct' on the Deluxe Edition 3rd "bonus disc" which intriguingly contains 13 ‘Riff Origins’ samplers!

The disc will now include covers of Iron Maiden’s 1980 opus ‘Remember Tomorrow’, Deep Purple’s 1972 classic ‘When A Blind Man Cries’ plus ‘Ronnie Rising Medley’ from the Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life tribute album. All have been remastered for optimum sound quality.  Clocking it at just over nine minutes the ‘Ronnie Rising Medley’ consists of the Rainbow tracks ‘A Light In The Black’, ‘Tarot Woman’, ‘Stargazer’ & ‘Kill The King’.

Completing the third disc are nine live tracks recorded at Rasputin’s Music in Berkeley, California on Record Store Day 2016 plus ‘Hardwired’ recorded in Minneapolis.

Disc One Hardwired Atlas, Rise! Now That We’re Dead Moth Into Flame Dream No More Halo On Fire

Disc Two Confusion ManUNkind Here Comes Revenge Am I Savage? Murder One Spit Out the Bone

Disc Three (Deluxe Edition Only) Lords of Summer Ronnie Rising Medley When a Blind Man Cries Remember Tomorrow Helpless (Live at Rasputin Music) Hit the Lights (Live at Rasputin Music) The Four Horsemen (Live at Rasputin Music) Ride the Lightning (Live at Rasputin Music) Fade to Black (Live at Rasputin Music) Jump in the Fire (Live at Rasputin Music) For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at Rasputin Music) Creeping Death (Live at Rasputin Music) Metal Militia (Live at Rasputin Music) Hardwired (Live in Minneapolis)