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In Old Kentucky is presented at The Boston Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show features a "Pickaninny Brass Band" and is described as "The Frolic Of The Inimitable Pickanannies In Southern Songs And Plantation Dances".
Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe Orchestra records Fon der Choope (From the Wedding) for Columbia Records. In June 2010 the song, one of the first klezmer recordings ever made in America, will be added to The National Recording Registry in the USA.
Hawaiian vocalist Alfred Apaka, with Tommy Castro on steel guitar, records Uhe`uhene in Victor Studios, New York City, USA.
Sol Hoopii, nicknamed the King of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar, dies in Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA. (N.B. Some sources state that Hoopii died in Los Angeles).
The Tokens release a new single, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, on RCA Victor Records in the USA with top production team Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. The song is a re-written version of the Zulu folk song Wimoweh.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of top-selling singles in the USA.
Ruby Terrill Lomax, a revered American folk song collector and archivist, dies aged 75 at the Christian Home For The Aged in Houston, Texas, USA.
Carlos Malcolm And His Afro Jamaican Rhythms play at The Carib Cinema, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, with guest artists The Sheridans, Jackie Estick and Desmond Decker (who will find international success as reggae star Desmond Dekker).
Terrance Simien is born in Mallet, Louisiana, USA. He will become a successful zydeco musician, vocalist and songwriter.Ali Akbar Khan, The Beers Family, The Moving Star Hall Singers, The Pennywhistlers and Tom Paxton play on the third and last day of the Philadelphia Folk Festival in Wilson Farm, Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA.
Big Mama Thornton, Lonesome Jimmy Lee, Eddie Boyd, Buddy Guy, Fred Below, JB Lenoir, Walter "Shakey" Horton, Roosevelt Sykes, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Doctor Ross play in The 4th American Folk Blues Festival in the City Hall, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Miriam Makeba, Count Basie and Wes Montgomery play at Westchester Copunty Center, White Plains, New York State, USA.
Singer/songwriter David Ackles appears on UK tv show Scene And Heard.
At The Record Plant, New York City, USA, Jimi Hendrix is recording Message From Nine To The Universe.
Funded by a charity started by The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra and his wife, Cleo Laine, The Stables Theatre opens at The Old Rectory in Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Europe. It will become a beacon of excellence in all styles of music for decades to come.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe.Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps.
Flaco Jiminez, Peter Rowan and The Rocking Tex Mex Band play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
Orchestre Jazira play at Wilkie House, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Orchestre Jazira play at Leeds University, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.
Indian classical musician Amjad Ali Khan, a virtuoso player of the sarod, plays at The Music Village, Holland Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Colorblind James Experience play at The Warehouse, Rochester, New York State, USA.
BBC3 radio in the UK begins a major eight-part series entitled The Myth Maker, in which jazz musician Ian Carr talks with record producer and manager George Avakian. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, Avakian was a major force in the expansion and development of the recording industry in the USA. Avakian worked with artists including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon, Keith Jarrett, Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis and Ravi Shankar.
The three day long Endorse-it In Dorset festival begins at Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England, UK. Headline act is Desmond Dekker And The Aces, other acts on the bill include Zion Train, Pronghorn, Sub-Giant and The Ukrainians.
The third and last day of Fairport Convention’s annual Cropredy Festival held near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK, features Richard Digance, Beth Neilsen Chapman, The Hamsters and Fairport Convention.
The Dave Matthews Band plays at Sleeptrain Amphitheater, Marysville, California, USA.The Dave Matthews Band plays at the Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
The three-day-long Second Vancouver Steel Guitar Festival comes to an end at Rime, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, featuring Steve Dawson, Michael Dunn, Lorene and Art Ruymar, Blind God, Michael Flunkert, Kamoe, The Outriggers, Tim Tweedale, Alexander Varty, Scott Smith and Aaron Joyce.
Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women play at Taste Of Downtown, Springfield, Illinois, USA.Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women play at The Nanows Center, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Gwen Stefani attends the Barbie "Reshape the Conversation" event in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nitin Sawhney plays the second of three nights at Ronnie Scott's club, Soho, London, England, UK.
On their 19-date Rock Paper Scissors tour Sting and Peter Gabriel play at Quebec City Summer Festival, The Plains Of Abraham, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Stanley Brinks (formerly known as Herman Dune) and Freschard play at Altes Volksbad, Mannheim, Germany, Europe.Record producer and manager George Avakian dies aged 98, at his home on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, USA. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, Avakian was a major force in the expansion and development of the recording industry in the USA. Avakian worked with artists including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon, Keith Jarrett, Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis and Ravi Shankar.
The IFPI ( International Federation of the Phonographic Industry - www.ifpi.org/about.php) publishes the results of a music consumption survey showing that, on average, individuals enjoy music for 17.8 hours per week, with the car being the most popular listening location. The survey also reveals that 86% of music listeners do so through on-demand streaming. Young music consumers are the most engaged streamers, with 57% of 16-24 year olds using a paid audio streaming service. Consumers engage with their local music genres - listening to local music genres (e.g. 66% of consumers in Japan listen to J-Pop, 69% of consumers in France listen to Variété Française and, in Brazil, 55% listen to música popular Brasileira.) Nearly half of all time spent listening to on-demand music is on YouTube. More than one-third (38%) of consumers obtain music through infringing methods – with stream ripping the dominant method (32% of consumers).
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Dustbowl Revival play at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA, with Jared And The Mill.
Dustbowl Revival play at Woodlands Tavern, Columbia, Ohio, USA, with Smooth Hound Smith.1903 |
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