Becca is the newest American Import to conquer Japan’s eclectic music scene. Just days before the biggest gig of her life, a festival in Japan where she performed before 20,000 fans, UnRated NYC caught up with this shining bright new star to chat about how she got into the business, school life on the road, making friends, and of course, her love of Japan. She has been in the game for most of her life, and now Becca is living her dream. Find out how she did it…
Pink Floyd are pioneers in the live music experience, renowned for their lavish stage shows that combine over-the-top visual experiences with music to create a show in which the performers themselves are almost secondary. Playing 98 shows in 1972, the most until 1994, Pink Floyd debuted the live performance before its release not of a song but a whole album.
I never would have thought that 10 years down the road my adrenaline filled body would be standing front and center at New York City’s majestic Highline Ballroom watching a mature Jakob Dylan perform “6th Avenue Heartache” before a sea of lively fans.
The rap game is a definite challenge that H-Twenty is ready to take over and conquer. With the rap game beginning to be saturated with garbage, the talented rapper you know as H-Twenty emerged. The 23 year old rapper isn’t content with being a city, regional, or national artist. He will not stop until the world knows him as H-Twenty.
Multi-platinum producer, prolific hit-maker, and sonic innovator Timbaland will release his third solo album, entitled Timbaland Presents Shock Value II, on November 23rd, 2009, on Mosley Music Group/Blackground Records/Interscope Records.
AM Taxi began establishing a rep as a dynamic live outfit with headlining performances at local clubs like the Metro and soon after recorded their second EP, The Good, The Bad and The Fed Up. Entering an Austin studio with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Patty Griffin, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead), AM Taxi proceeded to record a major-label debut that reflects the group’s diverse influences.
On October 8th and 9th, the legendary Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rocked Giant’s Stadium with the final of five shows at the venue. These shows are the last that Giants Stadium will ever see before it is knocked down.
Digital music service Grooveshark.com announced it has entered into agreements with major label EMI Music and EMI Music Publishing that will give Grooveshark users access to content from EMI’s roster of current and legendary catalog artists and EMI Music Publishing’s songwriters.
The National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB), the non-profit trade association dedicated to protecting consumers and the secondary ticket market, today released the following statement applauding the action of the Office of Fair Trading, the antitrust enforcement agency in the UK, to block the Ticketmaster/LiveNation merger, and urging US officials to follow their lead.
The Classic Car Club of America defines a CCCA Classic or is as a fine or distinctive automobile, either American or foreign built, produced between 1925 and 1948.
Derek and the Trees began where a lot of great bands do — on the Jersey shore. The lead singer, writer and guitar player Derek John, had a dream and a passion stemming from early teenage years that he only recently was brought to fruition. I caught up with Derek on the beach in New Jersey to talk about his new music.
NEW YORK, NY, October 7, 2009 – Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) today announced that it has named Grammy Award-winning music producer, Rob Cavallo, to the newly created position of Chief Creative Officer. Cavallo has produced or had creative involvement in albums that have sold more than 125 million units over the past 16 years…
7digital, the digital media delivery company and home of the MP3, today announced its official launch in the United States. Agreements in Place With All Four Major Music Labels – Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Music.
Isolation is more than just being alone. You could be in a room full of people and still be isolated. In a effort to thwart loneliness some people use creativity to express themselves which is exactly what singer/songwriter/producer Michael Nova does on the live music multimedia project, X: The Human Condition.
Good Evening New York City is a forthcoming CD/DVD double live album by Paul McCartney consisting of material performed over three nights as the inaugural concert at New York City’s Citi Field, July 17, 18 and 21, 2009, part of his Summer Live ‘09 concert tour.
“If you ask me who I would like to look like on stage,” says Anna Rose, who has long blond hair and blue eyes, “it would be Jim Morrison.” On ‘Anna Rose’, songs like the guitar-rich ‘Picture’ and the atmospheric ballad ‘Wilshire Blvd.’ proceed with an elegant ruggedness that comes from Anna Rose’s life-long attraction to rock and roll from the halcyon days of ’60s and ’70s southern California…
On their newest album, Love 2 Air shows us how to welcome life from a different vantage point. Recorded at their new studio in Paris, Love 2 is a musical adventure that deconstructs the way our brain manipulates time.
Although “Bad Things” is the song that took off, Red Revelations is filled with heavy music that grabs at the soul with unbelievable precision. “Burn For You,” is a riveting song that emphasizes how hot the feeling can be when two people are madly in love.
From Bruce Lee to Kung Fu movies to the Wu-Tang Clan, westerners have embraced the idea of one person using martial force to not only subdue one opponent, but rather an army of them. But, when faced with an assailant in real life most of the fantasy goes out the window, and all you’re left with is instinct.
“I came up with the band name because in the beginnings of making this album, I was partying … we’ll call it partying. It wasn’t much fun, but we partied a lot. And there was a lot of times where I was kind of in a really self-destructive place, and sometimes it felt like you weren’t sure if you were going to make it to the next day.
