Online Radio Stations around the world are now waiting for you to tune in and listen! http://www.musicgoal.com/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:40:13 +0100 MusicGoal 1.0 http://www.musicgoal.com/banner/en/170er_01.gif http://www.musicgoal.com/ Online Radio Stations around the world are now waiting for you to tune in and listen! http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/who-needs-labels-when-you-got-ascap-18862/ Many kids dream of being rock stars, but very few make it. Still, that isn`t discouraging new songwriters. Two of the nation`s largest performing rights organizations, ASCAP and BMI, say their membership has skyrocketed in the last decade. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/who-needs-labels-when-you-got-ascap-18862/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/delilah-the-song-she-loves-18861/ If you`ve been driving down the interstate late at night, you may know the voice of Delilah. Every night, hundreds of thousands of people call in to tell her their story. Delilah, a true Queen of Hearts, listens, then plays a song to fit that person`s situation. Jacki Lyden asks Delilah what song she would request. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/delilah-the-song-she-loves-18861/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/jamie-cullum-and-the-pursuit-of-jazz-new-and-old-18860/ The pianist and singer has sold more jazz records in the U.K. than any other British artist. His latest album, The Pursuit, features original songs, jazz standards and pop covers. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/jamie-cullum-and-the-pursuit-of-jazz-new-and-old-18860/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/lady-gaga-video-tackles-penis-rumor-lesbian-prison-babes-18839/ Lady Gaga`s Telephone music video shows her addressing her penis rumor with burly prison lesbians who rip her clothes off. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/lady-gaga-video-tackles-penis-rumor-lesbian-prison-babes-18839/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/record-labels-change-or-die-18838/ It`s a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry--OK Go just ditched EMI--and YouTube and BitTorrent have changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/record-labels-change-or-die-18838/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-on-world-cafe-18827/ The band`s 1999 debut fused punk, reggae and dub music, but Leo has gone in several other directions since: He and The Pharmacists have crafted a contagious and infectious sound that also incorporates pop, rock, soul, folk and more. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-on-world-cafe-18827/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/loston-harris-on-piano-jazz-18826/ The singer and pianist began his musical study as a percussionist, but shifted to the piano after Ellis Marsalis overheard him tinkering at the keys. Today, the Loston Harris Trio is a mainstay of the Bemelmans Bar at Manhattan`s Carlyle Hotel. On this episode of Piano Jazz, Harris and guest host Michael Feinstein sit down to discuss the cabaret tradition — and, of course, play a few tunes. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/loston-harris-on-piano-jazz-18826/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/venice-takes-the-lead-in-verdis-i-due-foscari-18825/ Verdi`s opera showcases the city of Venice`s complex and lethal political history in a dramatic version of the life of 15th-century doge Francesco Foscari. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/venice-takes-the-lead-in-verdis-i-due-foscari-18825/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/needle-the-damage-done-6-acts-of-musical-career-suicide-18798/ From what we can tell, favorably comparing your popularity to Jesus, being sued by your own record company and marrying your 13-year-old cousin are all less damaging than what the Dixie Chicks once did: speaking out against what would turn out to be one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/needle-the-damage-done-6-acts-of-musical-career-suicide-18798/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/introducing-whats-your-limit-no.-1-limited-edition-releases-18797/ What`s Your Limit is a new semi-regular feature on ABS on a subject near and dear to Lars` heart: vinyl and other assorted limited edition goodness. For the debut, he covers the relentless noise-improv duo Jailbreak, the Moog-led Bird Show Band and the unpredictable free-improv duo Nmperign with Jake Meginsky. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/introducing-whats-your-limit-no.-1-limited-edition-releases-18797/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/music-review-new-york-philharmonic-beethoven-and-franck-sparkle-with-muti-a-avery-fisher-hall-18767/ For the final week of his visit with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, Riccardo Muti is conducting a peculiarly balanced program. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/music-review-new-york-philharmonic-beethoven-and-franck-sparkle-with-muti-a-avery-fisher-hall-18767/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/canadian-jazz-big-noise-from-the-great-white-north-18766/ Last week the nominations for Canada`s Juno Awards were announced. It reminded Felix Contreras: we don`t pay enough attention to our jazz friends up north. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/canadian-jazz-big-noise-from-the-great-white-north-18766/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/the-loudness-wars-why-music-sounds-worse--18754/ In the past decade, recorded music has gotten louder and has deteriorated from a sound-quality standpoint. A recording engineer discusses The Loudness Wars and a psychology professor explains why the ubiquity of MP3s has changed what we hear. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/the-loudness-wars-why-music-sounds-worse--18754/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/elvis-groundbreaking-hip-shaking-newsmaking-story-exhibit-18753/ Experience the power of Elvis Presley and the explosive impact he had on music and popular culture in the Newseum`s newest exhibit `Elvis! His Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story.` http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/elvis-groundbreaking-hip-shaking-newsmaking-story-exhibit-18753/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/in-legal-ruling-emi-told-hey-label-leave-those-tracks-alone-18752/ A British court ruled that the record company cannot sell songs from the band`s concept albums as individual singles on the Internet. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/in-legal-ruling-emi-told-hey-label-leave-those-tracks-alone-18752/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/lionel-loueke-jazz-meets-african-rhythms-on-mwaliko-18751/ The jazz guitarist draws on an extremely wide range of styles. From bebop to Brazilian rhythms to lyrical ballads to sounds from his native Benin, Loueke`s latest album, Mwaliko, showcases the artist`s inventive take on jazz. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/lionel-loueke-jazz-meets-african-rhythms-on-mwaliko-18751/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/alberta-cross-on-world-cafe-18750/ Alberta Cross makes driving, Americana-tinged blues-rock that belies its members` London roots. In this World Cafe session for WXPN, they play songs from their latest album, The Broken Side of Time. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/alberta-cross-on-world-cafe-18750/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/second-stage-emily-rodgers-18749/ Emily Rodgers has one of those haunting, unforgettable voices that radiates with a surreal beauty. On her latest CD, Bright Day, the Pittsburgh-based singer-songwriter pairs her gently plucked guitar with spare, brushed rhythms and strange sonic textures, and soaks the whole mix in a heavy wash of reverb. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/second-stage-emily-rodgers-18749/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/cindy-blackman-and-sherrie-maricle-on-jazzset-18748/ Drums — wide and deep talking-to-you drums — that`s the Cindy Blackman sound. At the Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center, the Lenny Kravitz dummer brought her quartet featuring JD Allen. Sherrie Maricle`s Fiveplay opens. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/cindy-blackman-and-sherrie-maricle-on-jazzset-18748/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/the-besnard-lakes-filling-the-room-with-sound-18747/ Albatross finds Olga Goreas singing sweetly while accompanied by insular, shoegaze-tinged fuzz. Yet as the song cakes on layer upon layer of glorious harmonies, overblown guitars, swirling feedback and the propulsive thunder of drums, Albatross begins to buckle like a collapsing star. http://www.musicgoal.com/news/article/the-besnard-lakes-filling-the-room-with-sound-18747/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100