Sinatra’s Timeless Influence on Culture and the Arts Explored with A New Stage Show, Exhibits, Music, Video and Book Releases, Special Partnerships and Major Television and Film Events   LOS ANGELES, CA – February 24, 2015 – The Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises are pleased to announce some of the major initiatives confirmed as part […]

Los Angeles – January 29, 2015 – Universal Music Enterprises proudly announces Ringo Starr’s 18th studio release, POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE.  With 11 original tracks, the solo album is due out March 31, 2015 and is the first to include a song written and recorded by Ringo Starr and his current All Starr Band – Steve Lukather, Todd Rundgren, […]

ROB ZOMBIE’S NEW CONCERT ALBUM, ‘SPOOKSHOW INTERNATIONAL LIVE,’ TO BE RELEASED FEBRUARY 24 BY ZODIAC SWAN/T-BOY/UMe    Los Angeles – January 22, 2015 – On February 24, Rob Zombie will release a new concert album, Spookshow International Live, via Zodiac Swan/T-Boy/UMe. Selected and sequenced by Zombie from shows recorded during last year’s touring around the world, the […]

BOB MARLEY’S 70TH BIRTHDAY WILL INCLUDE YEARLONG CELEBRATION OF RARE AND UNRELEASED MATERIAL FROM THE MARLEY FAMILY VAULTS AND PRIVATE COLLECTION   1ST COMMEMORATIVE RELEASE OUT ON FEBRUARY 17th WITH BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS–EASY SKANKING IN BOSTON ’78   Historic June 8, 1978 recording at Music Hall captures band at their height Feb 17 release on Blu-Ray/CD combo […]

The story of the legendary artist James Brown — the Godfather of Soul— comes to life in The Help’s director Tate Taylor’s new film Get On Up. The film gives a look into Brown’s soulful music, his addictive moves and altering moods by portraying Brown’s interweaving personal and professional lives. The film jumps back and forth through Brown’s […]

SANTA MONICA, CA, December 22, 2014   Throughout history, no artist has so dominated the world of music as Bob Marley.  A musical, political and even spiritual icon, a figure of almost mythical proportions, both poet and prophet, Marley was the first Jamaican artist to give voice to the struggles of his people and the […]

STEVIE WONDER: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE — AN ALL-STAR GRAMMY® SALUTE TO BE BROADCAST FEB. 16, 2015, ON CBS   Two-Hour Entertainment Event to Feature Some of the Biggest Names in Music Today Performing Iconic Songs by the 25-Time GRAMMY® Winner   The Recording Academy®, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and CBS will present “Stevie Wonder: Songs In […]

Today, the 57th Annual Grammy Nominations were released, including the nomination of GET ON UP for Best Complation Soundtrack For Visual Media!  FILM/TV/MEDIA 58. BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA American Hustle(Various Artists)Label: Legacy Recordings Frozen(Various Artists)Label: Walt Disney Records Get On Up: The James Brown Story(James Brown)Label: Universal Music Enterprises Guardians Of The Galaxy: […]

The ‘Ricky Part 1’ disc gave the teen idol a No. 1 on the Billboard EP chart of 25 November 1957, before he had either a No. 1 single or album.   These days, people stream single tracks before an album is released. Sometimes, when the album is available, they still prefer to stream, or download, one […]

The late “Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” received a special honor Saturday. 126th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Frederick Douglass Boulevards is now “James Brown Way.” It runs behind the legendary Apollo Theater. Brown’s daughter, Deanna Brown, was there as the community honored her father. “Every last person standing here has been […]

There is one interview I remember from my early days as a reporter, and I often recite a line from it because it’s the best answer I’ve ever gotten and ever will get. Naturally, it came from James Brown. It was in 1989, at the dark, wrong end of Brown’s career, when he was in […]

ANDRÉ RIEU Love in Venice Takes Fans On A Romantic Journey  New Album Will Be Released on November 4 DVD and BluRay Available on Nov 11 Classical phenomenon André Rieu will release his latest album – Love in Venice – on November 4, 2014. Brimming with Italian vitality and romance, Love in Venice features a selection of popular tunes performed in Rieu’s […]