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John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Today, December 8th 2007, marks the 27th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon.

To mark the occasion, John's widow Yoko has released the following statement.

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URGENT URGENT URGENT
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED FOR THURSDAY, JULY 12TH

Time and options are running out for Internet Radio. Late yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals DENIED the emergency stay sought on behalf of webcasters, millions of listeners and the artists and music they support.

UNLESS CONGRESS ACTS BY JULY 15th, it is the end of the road for Internet radio.

GRITZ PUBLISHING

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Michael Buffalo Smith Releases Outlaws, Rebels and Renegades, Collecting His Best Southern Rock Interviews, Available Exclusively at Lulu.com

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Southern Music Alliance

The folks bringing you the Brothers of the Southland with Bo Bice CD are offering a limited time Advance Download of the CD. The Download is available exclusively thru www.SouthernAlliance.org

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THE COPS AND DREW CHURCH UNITE

Seattle punk rock quartet, The Cops, have enlisted the services of Drew Church on bass guitar. Church, formerly with Hater, Supersuckers & Broadcast Oblivion, joins the band as a permanent member on the eve of the Cops summer west coast tour.

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UNIOR VASQUEZ LEADS REMIX PACKAGE ON ESNTION RECORDS ARTIST DANIELLE BOLLINGER�S 3RD SINGLE

New York, N.Y. � October 5, 2006 � EsNtion Records pop dance artist Danielle Bollinger will release the third single from her album When The Broken Hearted Love Again. The new single, titled �You�ll Always Have Me,� is set to release as a promotional cd Monday, October 9th.

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Lindsey Buckingham:
As the musical architect behind Fleetwood Mac, one of the most popular bands of all time, Lindsey Buckingham has played the key role in stoking the hit-making machinery, yet he is also a seeker, a chance taker willing to shake up the status quo for the sake of new ideas. And so an elusive quality has developed around his 30-year career to date, both as solo artist and as a member of Fleetwood Mac.

Miko Marks, as Best New Country Artist

Miko's debut album, Freeway Bound features the hit singles, "Kickin' Back", "Mama" and the title cut. Miko has traveled from coast-to-coast to promote the project, which has received a warm response from radio stations in the US and abroad. Her first music video for "Mama" stars friend and R&B singer Erykah Badu in the title role

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Molly Hatchet and the Maupin family team up for the troops

Southern rock legends Molly Hatchet will welcome a special guest onstage during their September 8th show at the Madison Theater in Covington, KY.

WILLIE NELSON�S �SONGBIRD� TO BE RELEASED BY LOST HIGHWAY ON OCTOBER 31 FEATURING RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS

PRODUCED BY ADAMS ALBUM INCLUDES ORIGINALS AND SONGS BY LEONARD COHEN, GRAM PARSONS, THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND MORE

EAGERLY-AWAITED NEW JERRY LEE LEWIS ALBUM,

�LAST MAN STANDING,� WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 26

Mythic Rock & Roll Pioneer Duets With 22 Rock, Country, R&B and Pop�s Biggest Superstars Including Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Toby Keith, B.B. King, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Rod Stewart & More

The True Story of Guitar Legend Duane Allman

�Poe captures the essence of Duane Allman. . . . Skydog is a fitting tribute to one of the best and most influential musicians to ever come out of the South.�
�Chuck Leavell, Rolling Stones keyboardist; former member of the Allman Brothers Band
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"The Chain" Breaks Top 20 As It Charts At # 18 With 800 + Spins Weekly Is A Hit With Hot AC Radio & Fans (FMQB)

Las Vegas, NV ~ August 30, 2006 ~ "The Chain" from JAK PARIS quickly climbs to the number #18 spot on FMQB Hot AC. "The Chain" is now on over 40 radio stations nationally with 800 + spins weekly and continues climbing the charts. NEV Records released "The Chain", a modern version of Fleetwood Mac's mega hit, to radio just 8 weeks ago.

Molly Hatchet latest single
SON OF THE SOUTH
& more featured in the new major motion picture & soundtrack BEER LEAGUE starring ARTIE LANGE

Jammates Records Signs Mojo:Saint
Atlanta / LaGrange Georgia � Jammates Records signs Mojo:Saint to a management and artist development services agreement.

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WALK ON THE WILD SIDE:
FILM COMPOSER SHAWN CLEMENT
SCORES "OPEN SEASON" SEPT 19
(Hollywood,CA) Composer Shawn Clement, one of the biggest names in reality TV, provides the score to the much-anticipated release for Ubisoft's "Open Season," based on Sony Pictures Animation's first feature-length CG animated film. Ubisoft releases the game on all available platforms Sept. 19, ten days prior to the film's Sept. 29 release.

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LIFE OF RILEY�S DAYS AWAY FROM LIFE LIVES ON RADIO & INTERNET
National radio picture continues to grow as LOR is featured on web

LOS ANGELES CA, August 31, 2006�With their debut Kikstart Records� CD, DAYS AWAY FROM LIFE on the streets for less than a week, Houston band, LIFE OF RILEY is enjoying increased activity on radio and online.

Prevost�s Success Continues!!!

After receiving the 2006 SCMA Awards for Rising Star & Album of the Year, the list of achievements continues to grow for Codie Prevost. In recent months Codie�s debut CD �The Road Ahead� has been reviewed in Maverick Magazine which is �THE� country music magazine in London and in Power Source Magazine from Nashville. His song �Life Without Love� was chosen for the �Peace Songs For A Better World� CD, �The Road Ahead� is currently Number 5 on Garageband.com and will also be featured on the upcoming U.S. Compilation Band Radio Airwaves 3 to be released in August.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MUSIC TALENT IN ALL GENRES BEING HONORED AT �3RD ANNUAL SOUTH BAY MUSIC AWARDS� �SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT THE BEAUTIFUL HERMOSA BEACH PLAYHOUSE -- IN HERMOSA BEACH

SAIL THE HIGH SEAS OF ROCK ON LYNYRD SKYNYRD'S GIMME 3 DAYS CRUISE
38 Special, Drivin N Cryin and Tishamingo Join LS For 3 Days of Full-Tilt Jams!

Atlanta, GA - Sixthman is pleased to announce Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gimme 3 Days cruise, the latest addition to the Sixthman family of chartered cruises, which includes The Rock Boat. Gimme 3 Days is a 3-day music vacation on board the Carnival Fascination, a luxury cruise liner. Departing Miami on January 5, 2007, Lynyrd Skynyrd fans will visit Nassau, in the Bahamas, before returning on January 8, 2007. Gimme 3 Days will feature up-close-and-personal concerts from Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Drivin N Cryin, Tishamingo, Keni Thomas, American Minor, Blackberry Smoke, Corey Smith, the Blue Dogs and other bands from the Southern Rock and Country worlds, which will be announced soon.

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ZAKK WYLDE'S CONCERTE JUNGLE ROARS TO THE #1 POSITION

SOARS TO #1 �CONCRETE JUNGLE� MOST ADDED AT ACTIVE ROCK FORMAT

ANNOUNCE U.S. HEADLINING TOUR

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AS MTV TURNS 25, ORIGINAL VJ NINA BLACKWOOD LOOKS AHEAD TO THE FUTURE,
REMINISCES ABOUT ROCK HISTORY IN THE MAKING

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Animal Communicators Help To Record Album With Pink Dolphins

Title: MUSIC FROM THE PINK DOLPHINS
Genre: World-New Age-Meditation
Label: Laurel Canyon Animal Company

We have a tendency to describe what we hear with what we see. A popular folk and dance idiom, born of slavery and the hope of better times, is called the blues. This is probably the best known and most obvious example of sound as color. Then there is the old saying: Music soothes the savage beast.There is a new musical work out, Music From the Pink Dolphins that takes the notion of music as color to new heights and stands the paradigm of soothing savage beasts on its head.

Dixie's Second Rising

Press Release:
"The Bad Boys of Southern Rock Tour"
Article by: Laura Jenney
Mindsweep Entertainment & Promotions

It has been said by many over the past 141 years, that "the South will rise again."
And sure as shootin' it finally has! The one responsible for Dixie's second rising is not a general of any militia, but is the great work of one of the music industry's most respected executives, Tony Saldano of T&T Management and Booking Agency, and some of the South's most legendary rocker's, amongst the hundreds of world class headlining artists on Tony's immense and impressive roster.

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Gerardo Maza
Tribal Warriors Travel Through Space

Gerardo Maza releases of new world fusion album

June 13, 2006�Musical traveler, rhythmic historian and peace-seeker Gerardo Maza celebrates the release of his new world fusion solo album, "Tribal Warriors Travel Through Space", which will be available for purchase in Summer 2006.

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Heart of Texas Red, White, and Blues Festival

Texasrockfest.com promoters Adam Brewer and Trey Edwards are teaming up with Nuno's on Sixth to bring the first Heart of Texas Red, White, and Blues Festival to Waterloo Park in Austin, TX. The steamy July 1st Independence Day celebration will feature two stages with legendary blues artists, local heroes, and bleeding edge rock 'n roll including the first show of Big Head Todd and the Monsters' new tour and only Texas date. GE Smith of "Saturday Night Live" fame, blues Master Hubert Sumlin, and some VERY Special Guests will team up for a once in a lifetime 90 minute set. This amazing lineup also includes Charlie Sexton, Malford Milligan, WC Clark, Bob Schneider, Gary Clark Jr, Grady, Dirty Wormz, Gooding, Alpha Rev, Broken Teeth, Johnny Goudie, Alan Haynes, Lomita, and many more.

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KINGCROW on LUCRETIA RECORDS INTERNATIONAL We are proud to announce that the new album of the Roman progsters KINGCROW, "TIMETROPIA", will soon be published by the prestigious label LUCRETIA RECORDS INTERNATIONAL.

The band has just signed an exclusive contract with the Italian label, which will distribute the album worldwide.

With Timetrop ia, Kingcrow have created a true rock opera, a worthy heir of great musicals such as "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Tommy", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and "Hair".

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Musical Desert Storm From New Mexico

New Mexico seems to be preparing for its own musical Desert Storm with great new bands like Soular and The Shins. Another hot alternative band making their way down from the enchanted desert is Racecar who is working on the follow up to their modestly successful debut. The self titled disc received awards from VH1, Radio Indy and Radio Gets Wild.

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HYPNOGAJA UNVEILS NEW ACOUSTIC ALBUM PRODUCED BY WENDY WALDMAN, NEW VIDEO ON MTV OVERDRIVE

-Band launches US tour on March 31, gears up for late May album release-

Los Angeles, CA � The Hollywood-based rock quintet Hypnogaja will release their new album, Acoustic Sunset � Live At The Longhouse (Union State/Longhouse Records) on May 30, 2006, the follow-up to the 2005 album, Below Sunset, which Outburn Magazine hailed as "enthralling, first-rate modern rock.:"

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COWBOY SOUL, -- �AMERICA�S PREMIERE BLACK COWBOY BAND,� TO RELEASE NEW CD, �MIKE MANN PRESENTS�.COWBOY SOUL� SUMMER �06

*BAND PERFORMING LIVE AT �6TH ANNUAL NEW ARTIST RADIO SHOWCASE AND
AWARD SHOW�@TEXAS TROUBADOUR THEATRE IN NASHVILLE �- AUG. 4, 2006*

(HOLLYWOOD, Ca) -- COWBOY SOUL (formerly known as Mike Mann & the NightRiders) perform live at the 6TH ANNUAL NEW ARTIST RADIO SHOWCASE & AWARD SHOW, Friday, August 4, 2006 at Ernest Tubb Texas Troubadour Theatre, 2416 Music Valley Drive, Nashville. Event starts at 11 a.m. Info: log onto www.newartistradio.net or by phone: (801) 796-0504.
Cowboy Soul�s live performance on Los Angeles� top-rated morning television show, �KTLA MORNING NEWS� is now viewable at the world�s largest online site for independent videos, VMIX.

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SPUNDEL HITS SXSW IN PRE-LAUNCH MARKETING CAMPAIGN Spundel, a new online music resource center, plans to attend
South by Southwest in a marketing effort to support their mid-April site
launch.

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R&B Singer Collaborates with Ben Harper Songwriter on New Album San Francisco, CA � Derek Lassiter's Witness offers up a breath of fresh air for fans of soul music. The CD delivers a sound that is earthy, percussion-driven, spiritual and sensual. From the edgy opening track "Hunger" to the jazz-driven "I'll Grow," Lassiter's poetic songs are ultimately rooted in Africa and Africa-America: the church and the drum. Featured collaborations include Tom Freund, long-time song writing partner of Ben Harper and Louisiana Blues legend Lady Mem'fis.

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6 MORE BANDS CONFIRMED FOR SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2006 QUEENSRYCHE(US) We are happy to announce Sweden Rock will be visited by Dr X and his makers. One of America's originators of the majestic, melodic and semi-progressive metal, Queenryche, is now confirmed for this years festival. They will perform the entire classic "Operation: Mindcrime", beginning to end. We might also get a few tasters from part 2, to be released this spring.

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International Bluegrass Music Museum Nashville�s Music Community Comes Together to Help Preserve the History of Bluegrass Music With March 22 Benefit Concert .
Grammy Award Nominees, Famous Sidemen, Country Hit-Makers, Future Stars and Living Legends will join together at The Station Inn on March 22, 2006 to benefit the International Bluegrass Music Museum�s groundbreaking �Video Oral History Project� now known as VOHP.

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King Karma
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT is the television premier of BLOODSUCKERS, a high-tech adventure about intergalactic vampire-hunters, starring Joe Lando (Alien Nation: The Enemy Within and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) and Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers and TV's SeaQuest).

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FERMATA FINISHES "VESSEL" EP FOR RELEASE IN EARLY APRIL
NEW VIDEO SHOT BY SHANE DRAKE COMING SOON
Named for the mark in music theory meaning "stop" or "hold" over a note, FERMATA has seemingly done nothing of the sort, as is demonstrated by their increasingly momentous list of performances alongside artists like The Vandals, Kottonmouth Kings, Alien Ant Farm and Prong.

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Blackeyed Katy For information contact: Jeff Cordell

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Blackeyed Katy Releases First Studio Album

Nashville, TENNESSEE--Blackeyed Katy a dynamic new rock band hailing from Southwest Georgia has just finished recording their first CD "dealin'". The band recorded the CD in Nashville at Eclectic Studios under the skilled engineering hand of Nick Sparks and producer H.L. Voelker. The members of Blackeyed Katy couldn't be happier for the opportunity. "We've been playing music together for a number of years, so recording tracks for our new CD was the next step, we couldn't wait to get into that studio and rock," says Blackeyed Katy.

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ARTIST: VAN MORRISON

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

VAN MORRISON IS 'STILL ON TOP' WITH A NEW 21-SONG GREATEST-HITS RELEASE

THE ONLY CAREER-SPANNING VAN MORRISON "BEST OF" ALBUM AVAILABLE; OUT
NOVEMBER 6TH

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Singer/Songwriter/Recording Artist JANELLE Launches NEW ALBUM �Glorious Sexual Cool� and NEW WEBSITE � www.janellemusic.com

June 6^th, 2005 -- It has been a year in the creation, and so much has happened (as for all of us)�in this time. Some of you know me as the front woman of the Los Angeles, CA band Exploiting Eve. After playing in this project for almost 8 outstanding, musical years, as many of you know, I left this project to pursue new endeavors. Some of you are new fans as well, but now everyone is up to speed, so straight-ahead we all go�..

�Glorious Sexual Cool� - Within this last year I embarked on starting my first indie-record label and music publishing company, and began to record this new musical creation. Many of the songs I wrote on my own, and others I collaborated with gifted and skilled record producer, Michael Jost who owns and runs the Venice recording studio, Cosmic Revolution Studios. The album was entirely produced by Michael Jost and myself as well. It then made it into the master-Mastering hands of Charlie Watts from Technovoice Mastering Studios (Ventura, CA).

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ZZ TOP DOES THE TEXAS TWO STEP with DELUXE EDITIONS OF FANDANGO! and TRES HOMBRES."That little ol' band from Texas" with the big sound, ZZ TOP, makes righteous blues boogie and down-and-dirty grooves that faithfully abide by the Lone Star State's "bigger is better" philosophy.

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INTRODUCING THE BEST LUXURY DENIM EVER... SECOND SKIN DENIM BY California Born
Never before has denim felt this good! Introducing California Born Denim, a lifestyle collection resulting from two women's daily struggle to achieve the denim trinity - fit, fabric and finish...

California Born DEBUTS NATIONALLY ON AMERICAN IDOL