Bobby Garza
Many issues need to be addressed before indoor concerts can resume and be viable, like whether to require masks or serve food. The biggest thing, Bobby Garza says, is to fix your HVAC system.
When the concert business shut down in March 2020,
Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down his company, Austin-based Forefront Networks, had to cancel the California food-and-music festival Yountville Live later that month. In early April, his life changed even more dramatically: Forefront furloughed 30 percent of its staff, including him.
As part of
Billboard s efforts to best cover the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts on the music industry, we will be speaking with Garza, a 43-year-old former Forefront creative team leader who used to be general manager of festival producer Transmission Events, every other week to chronicle his experience throughout the crisis. As of early January, he is now vice president of programs and commu
Bela Fleck occupies a similarly lofty perch in the world of bluegrass. Together, they have earned 20 GRAMMY Awards and scores of other accolades. For
Record Store Day 2021, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bela Fleck have joined together on record for the first time to release a special 45RPM 7” to be released on Alabama-based label Single Lock Records.
On the A Side of this historic collaboration, The Blind Boys and Bela cover I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free , the Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas: a classic made famous by Nina Simone, which continues to be an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement. On the B Side, the artists bring See By Faith to a physical format for the first time. A bonus track from the Blind Boys acclaimed LP, Almost Home, See By Faith is a previously unreleased song written by Bob Dylan.
Record Store Day 2021: The Full List of Releases Unveiled
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April 8, 2021
Record Store Day has officially revealed the full list of releases for its 2021 edition. Due to the pandemic, the event will be divided into two ‘RSD Drops’, which will be taking place on June 12 and July 17. Over 250 record stores in the UK and thousands around the world will be participating in RSD 2021.
Notable highlights from the 538 exclusive records on offer include: Lady Gaga’s
Chromatica on exclusive yellow vinyl, the first-ever vinyl run of Prince’s 1998 album
The Truth, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s
Piñata: the 9184 Version, a double coloured vinyl of The Rolling Stones’
La liste complète des sorties pour le Record Store Day
AC/DC, Amy Winehouse, Tom Petty, U2, Motley Crue, The Clash, Deftones, The Cranberries, Linkin Park, Texas, The Who, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Rage Against the Machine, Dire Straits, Dio, Keane, Queen, etc. la liste des sorties prévues pour célébrer les magasins de musique indépendants est immense et vient d’être dévoilée !
Etant donné que l’événement avait dû être amoindri et réparti sur trois jours en raison de la crise sanitaire l’année passée, le RSD revient cette année pendant deux jours cet été les samedis 12 juin et 17 juillet avec des centaines de vinyles, CD et cassettes qui seront vendues exclusivement dans les magasins de disques du monde entier.
Best Bets: Springtime Streaming Of Bay Area Performances
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The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. We highlight some of the offerings here.
A cultural mash-up: San Francisco Symphony s Currents, a series of streaming videos that explore the evolving options for modern-day orchestras, launches a particularly intriguing episode at 10 a.m. Thursday with Thunder Song, an examination of the intersection of classical and Native American music curated by composer and pianist Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. He will conduct and perform along with 17 SFS instrumentalists, Elder Thomas Leon Brown (a.k.a. Machuchuk) on vocals and clapper stick and Elder Ron Montez on traditional Pomo drum, introducing his own music as well as works by Rochelle Chester, Louis W. Ballard and a tradition