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Punk legend Mike Watt’s supergroup project, Floored by Four, has announced that they will be releasing a self-titled debut album, due out September 28 on Chimera Records. This will be their first recording together, a little over a year after their first live performance. The other band members include Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, former Cibo Matto keyboardist Yuka Honda and...

Eight years since his last solo effort, Ray Riendeau is set to release his latest. Atmospheres will release this summer, after two years of work. The music blends fusion, jazz, rock and electronica and features a big supporting cast, including guitarists Alex Machacek, Nat Janoff, Marco Sfogli, Greg Koch, Jeff Kollman, Ron Jarzombek, Derek Taylor, Rob Michael and Ward Aycock;...

After announcing her work on several upcoming albums, Tal Wilkenfeld revealed that she will be joining Herbie Hancock on the road as he tours in support of his newest effort, The Imagine Project. Wilkenfeld broke the news on her Facebook page, adding that to do so, she will be taking a break from making her new album. The tour will...

If you love Jack Casady, then you’ll be happy to know that Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Hot Tuna have made a partnership with Wolfgang’s Vault, the world’s largest archive dedicated to live music spanning the last five decades. The site contains exclusive free streaming concert recordings and downloads for purchase, including Jefferson Airplane playing the opening of the Fillmore...

Bassist extraordinaire Christian McBride will be traveling all over the world in his upcoming tour with the new Chick Corea Freedom Band. The quartet also features saxophonist Kenny Garrett and drummer Roy Haynes. The group as a whole first played together for Corea’s Remembering Bud Powell, but each member has worked with one another in various projects through the years,...

Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman has been keeping busy with his supergroup side-project, Appartjik, who just made their debut in February. Now the group has released a new EP, available for free download from their website, entitled 4 Can Keep a Secret if 3 of Them are Dead. The 3-track EP come just a week before the group rereleases their debut...

BOSS has launched the “Loop Station World Championship” for musicians using any RC-Series looping product to showcase their work and enter to win prizes. To enter, you need to upload a video of you using one of BOSS’s RC-series looping products to Youtube, and fill out an entry form on BOSS’s website. The title of your video must begin with...

Iron Maiden unveiled the artwork and releases date of their upcoming studio album, The Final Frontier. The band’s new CD will be available Monday, August 16th. Until then they are giving away the first single, “El Dorado,” as a free download. The Final Frontier will be the group’s 15th studio album, following up on 2006’s A Matter of Life and...

Jack Bruce‘s latest album, Live 1980-2001, released today and features nine live tracks recorded in 1980 and 2001. The recordings from 1980 feature Billy Cobham, David Sancious and Clemp Clempson. The 2001 recordings feature Phil Mogg and Michael Schenker. Jack Bruce: Live 1980-2001 Track List 1. White Room 2. Jet Set 3. Born Under A Bad Sign 4. The Loner...

As if a new documentary, a new album, and a new tour isn’t enough to keep the members of Rush busy, the legendary Canadian rockers will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 25. The group will receive their star at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard, just four days before they begin their new “Time Machine Tour”....

Keyboardist Jeff Lorber was among the musicians in the late 1970’s to join the musical movement known as jazz fusion. Lorber later dropped the “fusion” label from his name, because the movement “evolved into what is currently known as contemporary jazz.” With the release of Now Is The Time, the label is back and with a new line up including...

Jeff Berlin and his Players School of Music has announced a “One Week Intensive Music Program” will take place in September. The event is open to bassists, guitarists, keyboardists and drummers of all skill levels. “I’ve said so many negative things about so much of music education, that my reputation is riding upon the very improvement that I promise to...