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Download Soundgarden mp3

2008-08-29T18:27:00.001-07:00

Artist: Soundgarden: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Metal
Metal: Alternative

Discography:



A-Sides

   Year: 1997

Tracks: 17


Down On The Upside

   Year: 1996

Tracks: 16


Superunknown

   Year: 1994

Tracks: 16


Badmotorfinger

   Year: 1991

Tracks: 12


Screaming Life - Fopp

   Year: 1990

Tracks: 9


Screaming Life

   Year: 1990

Tracks: 10


Louder Than Love

   Year: 1990

Tracks: 12


Ultramega Ok

   Year: 1988

Tracks: 13


Fopp

   Year:

Tracks: 4

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For a ring so heavily identified with the Seattle shot, its ironical that 2 of its creation members were from the Midwest. Kim Thayil (guitar), Hiro Yamamoto (bass part), and Bruce Pavitt were all friends in Illinois wHO distinct to straits to Olympia, WA, to attend college later on senior high school schoolhouse graduation in 1981. Though none of the tercet completed college, all of them became involved in the Washington subway system music scene. Pavitt was the only one wHO didn't take on -- he founded a fanzine that later became the Sub Pop platter label. Yamamoto played in various cover bands before forming a band in 1984 with his roomie Chris Cornell (vocals), a Seattle native world Health Organization had antecedently played drums in several bands. Thayil before long joined the brace and the grouping named itself Soundgarden after a local Seattle carving. Scott Sundquist in the beginning was the band's drummer, but he was replaced by Matt Cameron in 1986. Over the side by side iI years, Soundgarden step by step built up a devoted cult next through their club performances.

Pavitt signed Soundgarden to his fledgeling Sub Pop label in the summer of 1987, releasing the single "Hunted Down" before the EP Screaming Life appeared later in the year. Screaming Life and the group's instant EP, 1988's FOPP, became subway system hits and earned the attention of several major labels. The band distinct to sign to SST instead of a major, releasing Ultramega OK by the end of 1988. Ultramega OK received secure reviews among alternative and metal publications, and the mathematical group decided to make the jump to a major for its next album, 1989's Louder Than Love. Released on A&M Records, Louder Than Love became a word of mouth strike, earning positive reviews from mainstream publications, peaking at 108 on the charts, and earning a Grammy nomination. Following the album's come down 1989 discharge, Yamamoto left the isthmus to return to school. Jason Everman, a former guitarist for Nirvana, briefly played with the band earlier Ben Shepherd joined in former 1990.

Soundgarden's third base album, 1991's Badmotorfinger, was heavily anticipated by many industry observers as a voltage prison-breaking arrive at. Though it was a significant stumble, arrival number 39 on the album charts, its achiever was overshadowed by the surprise success of Nirvana's Nevermind, which was released the same calendar month as Badmotorfinger. Prior to Nevermind, Soundgarden had been marketed by A&M as a metallic element band, and the group had agreed to support Guns n' Roses on the fall 1991 Lose Your Illusion enlistment. While the enlistment did serve gross sales, Soundgarden benefited primarily from the grunge explosion, whose media attention helped turn the band into stars. The band was too helped by the Top Ten success of Temple of the Dog, a protection to decedent Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood that Cornell and Cameron recorded with members of Pearl Jam. By the outflow outlet of 1994's Superunknown, Soundgarden's following had grown well, which meant that the album debuted at number one upon its button. (A year ahead its firing, Shepherd and Cameron released an eponymous album by their side contrive, Hater.) Superunknown became one of the near popular records of 1994, generating a genuine crossover hit with "Black Hole Sun," selling over trey million copies and earning two Grammies. Soundgarden returned in 1996 with Down on the Upside, which entered the charts at phone number deuce. Despite the record's hard initial sales, it failed to generate a large hit, and was hurt by grunge's fading popularity. Soundgarden retained a sizeable audience -- the album did go pt, and they were co-headliners on the one-sixth Lollapalooza -- but they didn't replicate the smash hit success of Superunknown. After complemental an American tour following Lollapalooza that was plagued by rumors of internal scrap, Soundgarden announced that they were breaking up on April 9, 1997, to pursue other interests.

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Mp3 music: Pee Wee Russell

2008-08-19T18:38:00.001-07:00

Artist: Pee Wee Russell: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Jazz

Pee Wee Russell's discography:

Swingin' with Pee Wee

Year: 1999

Tracks: 16

Pee Wee Russell, although never a virtuoso, was one of the giants of idle words. A highly expressive and unpredictable clarinetist, Russell was normally grouped in Dixieland-type groups throughout his vocation, only his forward-looking and spontaneous solos (which often sounded as if he were intellection aloud) defied classification. A professional by the clock time he was 15, Pee Wee Russell played in Texas with Peck Kelley's group (meeting Jack Teagarden) and then in 1925 he was in St. Louis jamming with Bix Beiderbecke. Russell stirred to New York in 1927 and gained some attention for his playing with Red Nichols' Five Pennies. Russell freelanced during the earned run ordinary, making some notable records with Billy Banks in 1932 that matched him with Red Allen. He played clarinet and tenor with Louis Prima during 1935-1937, appearance on many records and enjoying the association.

Later departure Prima, he started working with Eddie Condon's carefree groups and would remain in Condon's eye socket on and off for the next 30 age. Pee Wee Russell's recordings with Condon in 1938 made him a asterisk in the trad Chicago jazz world. Russell was featured (simply oft the butt of jokes) on Condon's Town Hall Concerts. Heavy drink virtually killed him in 1950, only Russell made an unconvincing rejoinder and became more than assertive in running his career. He started ahead his own groups (which were more than swing than Dixieland-oriented), was a star on the 1957 television receiver exceptional The Sound of Jazz, and by the early '60s was playacting in a piano-less quartette with valve trombonist Marshall Brown whose repertoire included tunes by John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman; he even sabbatum in with Thelonious Monk at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival and took up abstract house painting. But later the death of his married woman in 1967, Pee Wee Russell accelerated his boozing and went quickly downhill, passage away less than two eld later.

Filo and Peri Feat Eric Lumiere

2008-08-09T18:27:00.001-07:00

Artist: Filo and Peri Feat Eric Lumiere

   Genre(s):
Trance

Discography:

Anthem (Incl Nic Chagall Remix)

Year: 2007
Tracks: 3

Carlinhos Brown

Andre Gagnon

2008-07-01T20:34:00.001-07:00

Artist: Andre Gagnon

   Genre(s):
New Age
   Jazz
   Pop

Discography:


The Most Beloved Andre Gagnon Cd2

   Year: 2003
Tracks: 12


The Most Beloved Andre Gagnon Cd1

   Year: 2003
Tracks: 13


Escape

   Year: 2002
Tracks: 17


Saisons

   Year: 2001
Tracks: 15


L'histoire D'amour Et Adieu

   Year: 2001
Tracks: 17


Histoires Revees

   Year: 2001
Tracks: 10


Solitude

   Year: 2000
Tracks: 14


Resonance

   Year: 2000
Tracks: 11


Presque Bleu

   Year: 2000
Tracks: 10


Noel

   Year: 2000
Tracks: 12


Les Jours Tranquilles

   Year: 2000
Tracks: 10


Eden

   Year: 2000
Tracks: 12


Reves D'automne

   Year: 1999
Tracks: 16


La Musique D'andre Gagnon Automne

   Year: 1999
Tracks: 12


Wondering Married Life

   Year: 1998
Tracks: 12


Le Pianiste

   Year: 1998
Tracks: 16


Impressions Romantique

   Year: 1994
Tracks: 10


L'eternel Retour

   Year: 1989
Tracks: 10


Comme Dans Un Film

   Year: 1986
Tracks: 8


Impressions Vol.2

   Year: 1983
Tracks: 10


Impressions Vol.1

   Year: 1983
Tracks: 9


Neiges

   Year: 1975
Tracks: 9


La Musique D'andre Gagnon Hiver

   Year:
Tracks: 12


Image

   Year:
Tracks: 9


Andre Gagnon Au Centre Molson

   Year:
Tracks: 22


Age,35

   Year:
Tracks: 10

Classical musician and composer Andre Gagnon began playing the forte-piano in front he regular began school. Born in 1942 in Quebec, he went to Paris at the historic period of 19 to written report on a subsidization from the Canadian government. After returning to Canada, he worked with Claude Leveillee for heptad years. He then turned solo and went to London to record with the London Baroque Orchestra and subsequently, the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Of his more than 20 albums from 1964 to 1993, Neiges (1976) was the most popular; it was a bestseller and won a Canadian Juno Award. Gagnon has besides recorded in the discotheque and pop w. C. Fields.

Prisoners Dilemma

2008-06-25T06:28:00.001-07:00

Artist: Prisoners Dilemma

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

Handshakes, Hello and Goodbye

Year: 2004
Tracks: 8

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Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe to be a presenter at Tonys

2008-06-17T23:21:00.001-07:00

NEW YORK — Daniel Radcliffe, who stars as the boy wizard in the "Harry Potter" movies and Richard Griffiths, also of "Potter" fame, will be among the actors announcing winners at the 62nd annual Tony Awards.

The two star in next season's hotly anticipated revival of Peter Shaffer's "Equus."

Also among the presenters who will be on stage at Radio City Music Hall on June 15: Alec Baldwin, Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Close, Laura Linney, John Lithgow, Liza Minnelli, Mary-Louise Parker, Brooke Shields and Marisa Tomei.

The show, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, will honor the best of the Broadway season. It will be broadcast live by CBS from Radio City from 8-11 p.m.

Besides production numbers from best-musical and best-musical revival nominees, the show will feature performances by the casts of such long-running shows as "Rent" and "The Lion King."

Radcliffe will make his Broadway debut in September in the Tony-winning drama in which he plays a disturbed stable boy. Griffiths, who plays Harry's mean Uncle Vernon in the "Potter" films, co-stars as a psychiatrist who treats the lad. Both actors starred in the recent London revival.

"Equus" was a big Broadway hit in the 1970s, featuring Anthony Hopkins as the psychiatrist and Peter Firth as the stable boy.

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Funckarma Headline Highpoint Lowlife Showcase

2008-06-12T21:05:00.001-07:00

Dutch IDM destroyers, Funckarma, have scheduled two rare live appearences in the UK is support of forthcoming 12" release "Dubstoned EP1" due out on Highpoint Lowlife -- which is the first in a series of Dubstep influenced releases by the Funcken brothers. These releases follow previous outings on the both n5MD and Skam imprints.

Support for the two shows comes in the shape of Highpoint comrade Fisk Industries and rising Hyperdub star, Ikonika

The dates are as follows:

June 25th - Plastic People, London

June 27th - The Cube Microplex Cinema, Bristol

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Casey Jones

2008-06-12T21:02:00.001-07:00

Artist: Casey Jones

   Genre(s):
Hardcore

Discography:

The Messenger

Year: 2006
Tracks: 12

Long recognized as one of the Chicago circuit's pM drummers, magnetic Casey Jones has stirred out in front of his isthmus o'er the net decade rather of concealment behind his outfit. Casey discovered that trouncing his direction through the globe was playfulness patch oil production with his high school marching band back in Greenville. He stirred to Chicago in 1956. Before the end of the year, he was drumming professionally with an outfit called Otis Luke & the Rhythm Bombers (for a humongous five bucks a night). One auspicious 1959 night, Jones was forced to sing alive for the number 1 time when the pianist leading his isthmus was tossed in poky. He establish screaming like Little Richard was pretty gratifying excessively. Early '60s session work behind Earl Hooker, A.C. Reed, McKinley Mitchell, and Muddy Waters (1962's "You Need Love") unbroken Jones busy, as did performing on the South and West sides with the likes of Otis Rush and Freddy King. His profile rosiness markedly in 1978 when he slid into the drum chair with Albert Collins's hand-picked jazz group, the Icebreakers. His immaculate timekeeping powered the isthmus for six-and-a-half eld, and he played on Collins's first six Alligator albums (notably Icing Pickin' and the '85 tip meeting Confrontation! with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland).

Casey Jones has been keeping down Sunday nights at Chicago's democratic Kingston Mines cabaret for intimately a decennary -- a menstruum that's seen his possess discography grow steadily. 1987's Solid Blue for Rooster Blues preceded the formation of his have label, Airwax Records (reservoir of his terminal few CDs, including 1993's The Crowd Pleaser and [I-94] On My Way to Chicago in 1995).

Mocky

2008-06-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

Artist: Mocky

   Genre(s):
Dance
   Rap: Hip-Hop
   Other

Discography:


In Mesopotania - JD Slazenger Edition

   Year: 2007
Tracks: 16


Navy Brown Blues

   Year: 2006
Tracks: 13


Extended Vacation [12 VINYL]

   Year: 2006
Tracks: 4


Are + Be

   Year: 2004
Tracks: 15

Le Scrawl

2008-06-12T20:59:00.001-07:00

Artist: Le Scrawl

   Genre(s):
Metal: Grindcore

Discography:

Eager To Please (EP)

Year: 2004
Tracks: 13

Paulo Moura

2008-06-12T20:58:00.001-07:00

Artist: Paulo Moura

   Genre(s):
Jazz

Discography:

Pixinguinha

Year: 2002
Tracks: 16

One of Brazil's best proponents and keepers of the gafieira tradition (popular ballrooms historically coupled to the Carioca folklore tradition of highly artistic and swing dancing and playing) and one of the topper choro players, Paulo Moura is an internationally awarded musician whose high standards make it easy for him to cross boundaries between classical and popular music, both acting and arranging in small ensembles or large symphonic orchestras. As a music director, orchestrator, and adapter for celebrated Brazilian singers, he includes in his resumÃ© works for Elis Regina, Fagner, Taiguara, Milton Nascimento, and Marisa Monte.

Moura was born in a musical family. His male parent, Pedro Moura, was an amateur bandleader and clarinetist himself, but was a carpenter by profession. Paulo's brothers, JosÃ© and Alberico, are trumpet players and Valdemar, a trombonist. At nina from Carolina, Paulo started to study the pianissimo and at 13, was already playing in his father's band at parties and balls. Moving to Rio with his household, at 18 he began his studies at the National College of Music. Completing the seven-year course in only deuce geezerhood, he continued his studies of theory, concordance, and counterpoint with the famed master Paulo Silva. He too studied harmony, counterpoint, and fugue with fundamental Brazilian Guerra Peixe. On the popular side, he took placement lessons with internationally acclaimed Brazilian Moacir Santos and with Maestro CipÃ³. In 1951, Moura joined Osvaldo Borba's orchestra. Later, he too linked Zacarias e Sua Orquestra. His first recording gig, the birdcall "PalhaÃ§o" (Lord Nelson Cavaquinho), was as sideman for the highly pop vocalizer Dalva de Oliveira. At 19, he debuted as a soloist, performing Weber's "Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra," accompanied by the Orquestra SinfÃ´nica Nacional. Hired by the Orquestra Ary Barroso, he toured Mexico in 1953. Soon after, he linked the group of smashing trombonist Maciel. Hired by RÃ¡dio Tupi, he played thither with the Orquestra CipÃ³. In 1954, he joined the Conjunto Guio de Morais, which was a even playact at the noted RÃ©gine's cabaret. His number 1 record album as soloist (a 78 revolutions per minute for Columbia) was recorded in 1956: Paganini's Moto Perpetuo. In 1957, he organized his first-class honours degree gafieira orchestra, performing with it at the gafieira Brasil DanÃ§as. In that same twelvemonth, he recorded Paulo Moura e Sua Orquestra Para Bailes (Sinter). In 1958, Moura was leased by RÃ¡dio Nacional as an orchestrator and organiser, working there for deuce long time. Also in 1958, he recorded the LP Paulo Moura Interpreta RadamÃ©s Gnatalli (Continental), accompanied by the RadamÃ©s Gnatalli Quartet, and became the musical theater director for Brazilian all-stars Dolores DurÃ¡n, Nora Ney, Jorge Goulart, Maria Helena Raposo, and the Conjunto Farroupilha. Touring through and through Soviet Union and other countries, he conducted the Symphonic Orchestra of Moscow. In 1959, he was leased as first-class honours degree clarinetist for the Orquestra do Teatro Nacional, working for 17 age in that position. In 1960, he linked popular conductor Severino AraÃºjo's orchestra, touring Argentina, and recorded for Chantecler the LP Tangos e Boleros. In 1962, he recorded with Brazilian violÃ£o master Baden Powell, performed at the historic jazz/bossa nova nightclubs of Rio's Beco hyrax Garrafas and, as an altoist, he united SÃ©rgio Mendes' Conjunto Bossa-Rio, performing at the historical Carnegie Hall Bossa Nova Festival. In 1964, Moura attended as saxist the great drummer Edson Machado's LP for CBS, Edson Machado Ã© Samba Novo. In 1968, he recorded for Equipe the LP Paulo Moura Hepteto; the side by side twelvemonth, Paulo Moura Quarteto; and in 1971, Fibra, besides for Equipe. In that year, Moura toured Greece with his quartette. In 1975, he recorded in the U.S. with Brazilian guitar player Tiago de Melo. In the side by side twelvemonth, he recorded his definitive masterpiece ConfusÃ£o Urbana, Suburbana e Rural, which granted him an extremely popular two-month circuit passim Japan with full fight coverage. In the '80s, he recorded his classic album Mistura e Manda (Kuarup) and with the Brazilian violÃ£o master Raphael Rabello, he recorded the record album Dois IrmÃ£os, which was hang toward the choro side spell besides including Raphael's flamenco-influenced guitar style and bossa nova themes. He besides recorded respective new erudite albums with Brazilian classical piano player Clara Sverner. In 1981 came some other classic LP, ConSertÃ£o, an oecumenical production with internationally awarded classical pianist Artur Moreira Lima, Brazilian jazz guitar player Heraldo do Monte, and folksinger/composer Elomar. Following this, he formed a trio with internationally renowned classical violonista (acoustic guitar player) TurÃbio Santos and Artur Moreira Lima. As a soloist, he performed at New York's Lincoln Center, appeared at the Music Festival of Guadalupe in Mexico, and created the number 1 saxophone orchestra. He besides soloed concerts with the Orquestra SinfÃ´nica Brasileira and Orquestra SinfÃ´nica do Estado de SÃ£o Paulo. In 1985, his choro trinity performed at the Brazil Festival, at Juan-les-Pins (Antibes, France), and his gafieira orchestra opened the France-Brazil Cultural Interchange at the Zenith Theatre, in Paris, France. In 1988, Moura conducted the Orquestra SinfÃ´nica de BrasÃlia, performing his have piece for percussion and orchestra commemorative the centennial of the abolition of slavery in Brazil. Since then, he has been invitee conductor at a series of concerts in Porto Alegre, Salvador, and Espirito Santo. In 1992, he wrote the piece "SuÃte Carioca" for jazz rhythm department, symphonious orchestra, and children's choir. Also in that year, he was awarded as Best Soloist at Moscow's Mozart Festival. In 1996, he arranged all of the music and performed the clarinet and saxes at the Os Batutas' show up Pixinguinha at Teatro Carlos Gomes (Rio). An all-star choro chemical group, Os Batutas takes his name from Pixinguinha's seminal radical and is formed by Jorge Simas (violÃ£o), MÃ¡rcio (cavaquinho), Jorginho (pandeiro), Jovi (pleximetry), MarÃ§al (pleximetry), ZÃ© da Velha (trombone), and Joel do Nascimento (bandolim). The prove was recorded live and released the following year on the Velas CD Pixinguinha. It won Brazil's PrÃªmio Sharp for Best Instrumental CD and Best Instrumental Group in 1997. The CD presents 16 tracks of greco-Roman choro music by one of Brazil's almost authoritative composers of all time, Alfredo da Rocha Viana JÃºnior, Pixinguinha. In 1996, he was also awarded with the PrÃªmio Sharp as Best Popular Instrumentalist. Other awards received by him include PrÃªmio JosÃ© Sarney, Villa-Lobos, Brahma Extra Prizes, and Honorary Citizenship in Rio de Janeiro. Four years later, he was awarded a Grammy for Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album for Pixinguinha at the starting time Latin Grammy Awards and the sizzling album Tempos Felizes was released in other 2001.

Tennessee's Bonnaroo fest opens amid summer festival revival

2008-06-12T20:56:00.001-07:00

When the tens of thousands of music-crazy fans gather in the Tennessee countryside this weekend for Bonnaroo, they'll be part of not just one of the summer's biggest music festival, but a nationwide revival.

Just 10 years ago, after the disastrous 1999 Woodstock and the temporary petering out of Lollapalooza, festivals appeared dead. But in recent years, they've emerged as one of the music industry's few cash cows in an otherwise tumultuous environment.

Of course, braving heat, rain storms and traffic can make most any festival a tumultuous experience. But the rejuvenation of the summer festival is best understood as a reflection of changed music-listening habits.

"I don't think it's a coincidence that as people started having more access to music, it meant that people were looking for a live experience that reflected that ability to consume," said Rick Farman, a founder of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which launched in 2002. "When you look at people's iPods, it's really diverse what people are listening to."

Like hitting 'shuffle,' fans can toggle through genres at a large festival with multiple stages. This year's four-day Bonnaroo, which starts Thursday, has more than 100 acts. It's held each year on a 283-hectare site in Manchester, Tenn.

Though the festival, produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, began primarily as a jam-band event, its identity has broadened considerably. This year's fest will welcome Pearl Jam, Kanye West, Metallica and Chris Rock.

It's hardly the only gig this summer. The season kicked off with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., a nine-year old summer behemoth that in many ways originated the festival revival.

Still to come is the seven-year-old Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas and the now Chicago-based Lollapalooza. Each has a giant lineup of dozens of acts. Lollapalooza will feature Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine and West; Austin City Limits will include Beck, Foo Fighters, Gnarls Barkley and David Byrne.

That still leaves the third-annual Pitchfork Music Festival, put on by the influential website; the first All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey (created by Coachella producer Goldenvoice); Seattle's decades-old Bumbershoot; the launch of Michigan's jam band-centric Rothbury Music Festival; the sponsored Virgin Festival in Baltimore; and San Francisco's new Outside Lands Festival.

There are many more, too, including the traveling Warped Tour featuring mainly punk acts, and the 10-city Rock the Bells hip-hop tour.

Older festivals are also adjusting to the new landscape. In its 49th year, Rhode Island's Newport Folk Festival will be produced by the Festival Network, which has diversified the historic Newport's lineup. Jimmy Buffett, Trey Anastasio, the Black Crowes and Cat Power will play where Bob Dylan famously plugged in his electric guitar in 1965.

Jay Sweet, one of three producers of the Newport, says this is now "a festival country."

"That's the business model right now," said Sweet. "If you can't do it live, get out of the way."

He believes that for a festival to thrive, it can't be limited by genre distinctions.

"We live in a genre-less musical paradigm," said Sweet. "We are musical omnivores."

The land rush for big summer stages has been a lucrative one. According to concert industry trade Pollstar, Coachella grossed $16.3 million last year, Lollapalooza $9.8 million and Austin City Limits $11.3 million.

To make that kind of money, ticket prices aren't cheap. Four-day passes to Bonnaroo, which include parking and camping, run from $209 to $244, not including surcharges. Like many festivals, Bonnaroo also offers VIP treatment; $1,169.50 buys a pair of tickets with special facilities and snacks. (For $4,000 at Coachella, you can get a posh tent with air conditioning and candles.)

Farman believes providing more amenities to fans is central to the new festival experience. At Bonnaroo, even yoga classes can be had for a price.

"We sort of had this concept that we could buck a lot of the negative trends in the industry, whether that was high ticket pricing, whether that was over-sponsorship, whether that was just not a lot of care being taken for the fans."

Though terrific headaches can still be found - maddening traffic and heat stroke among them - the organization is clearly better than it used to be.

"Some of the festivals of the '90s were more about $5 waters or $8 waters and five port-a-johns per 2,000 people," said Sweat. "I don't think I've stood in line at a port-a-john at any festival I've been to in the last two years."

Bands are also profiting. Fees can range into the millions for the big headliners or still supply tens of thousands for less mainstream acts.

"For most bands, to be honest, if it's a good paycheque, you want to go there," said Stephen Malkmus, the former Pavement frontman whose tour with the Jicks included a stop at Coachella. "It can be an anchor for your tour, make it so you didn't lose money."

Whether audience demand will match the increased supply of festivals is one of the big questions of the summer. Ever-rising gas prices also could keep fans at home - or at least at their local venue.

But anyone who truly wants to hit 'shuffle' this summer will have to pick a festival and hop in the car.

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On the Net:

http://www.bonnaroo.com

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4 Strings Ft. Tina Cousins

2008-06-12T20:55:00.001-07:00

Artist: 4 Strings Ft. Tina Cousins

   Genre(s):
Trance

Discography:

Curious (Promo)

Year: 2006
Tracks: 5

Barack Obama Projected To Win North Carolina Primary; Indiana Too Close to Call

Journey's 'Revelation' takes No. 5 via Wal-Mart

2008-06-12T20:54:00.001-07:00

The lesson for Journey: Don't stop believin', especially if you have Wal-Mart on your side.

The classic-rock band's new album, "Revelation," debuts this week at No. 5 on the national sales chart with 105,000 copies sold, all of them through Wal-Mart or Sam's Club or the band's website. The deal with Wal-Mart is another example of a veteran music act partnering with a retailer to reconnect with its fan base.

"This is all new to me," Journey guitarist Neal Schon said Wednesday from Germany, where the band was touring. "We finally found a way to get the word out there about our new music and that's been the problem in the past. Wal-Mart is creating a buzz for the album using the store itself."

The first-week sales of "Revelation" were a 1,600% increase over their last album, "Generations" in 2005.

In addition to in-store promotion, the release is getting ink in the retailer's advertising circular, which reaches 85 million households in the U.S.

The album is a three-disc package with new music, new recordings of old hits and a concert DVD. It retails for $11.88.

Also new on the chart this week: Disturbed scores its third No. 1 album with "Indestructible" (282,000 copies sold); Weezer's third self-titled album is at No. 3 (126,000 copies); "The Declaration," the newest from Long Island, N.Y., native Ashanti, is at No. 6 (86,000 copies); and "Perfectly Clear," the career excursion into country by Jewel, is at No. 8 (48,000).

geoff.boucher@latimes.com

Ain't It Funky Now: James Brown items for sale

2008-06-12T20:53:00.001-07:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fans of James Brown will have a chance to own some of the legendary soul singer's funky stuff when Christie's puts hundreds of items up for sale on July 17.

The auction house said on Tuesday it will sell some of his instruments, hand-written lyrics, awards and grooming artifacts among 320 lots to be offered at "The James Brown Collection," estimated to take in about $1 million.

A leather belt with a red-and-silver rhinestone buckle reading "Sex Machine" and tooled "We Love You James, Blue Express" is seen fetching $2,000 to $3,000.

The figures are just estimates. The personal effects of the late "Godfather of Soul" have commanded prices two, three and even 10 times expectations.

Among the highlights are Brown's Kennedy Center Honor from 2003 ($10,000 to $15,000) and his 1986 Grammy Award for "Living in America" ($15,000 to $20,000). His jumpsuits, many priced around $5,000, are grouped with other clothing in the sale catalogue by color.

Brown's Yamaha baby grand piano and his Hammond B-3 electric organ with Leslie speakers are each expected to fetch $15,000 to $20,000.

Fans with more modest budgets can consider some photos, hand-written notes and letters estimated at only a few hundred dollars. Other lots such as an engraved silver plate, or sets of cufflinks and studs, are similarly priced.

Brown collected presidential paraphernalia, and the sale will include photos and letters from Presidents Reagan and Bush, as well as a Republican Presidential Task Force Card priced at $200 to $300.