Chicago Music Guide: January 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

As mentioned in Hip Hop Press.com

http://www.hiphoppress.com/2010/01/chicago-music-4-haiti.html

CHICAGO’ MUSIC 4 HAITI Chicago’s Recording Industry supports the

Haitian recovery efforts

CHICAGO (January 25, 2010) – Haiti has been hit with a disaster its

never seen before and the world has bonded to assist in their efforts

to rebuild. Chicago Music 4 Haiti contributes a benefit concert

showcasing the rich and diverse talents of Chicago musicians, spoken

word artist and bands to fundraise for YELE HAITI. Chicago Music 4

Haiti will be held at the Bottom Lounge www.thebottomlounge.com , 1375

W Lake Street on Sunday, January 31st, 2010. Chicago Music 4 Haiti

will be hosted by Alderman Walter Burnett and Darlena Williams-Burnett

presented by Miller Coors in 3 rooms of non-stop entertainment.

The red carpet reception begins at 6pm.The Grammy viewing party;

located in the Volcano room (upstairs) is from 7pm-10pm. Mary Datcher,

Event Producer of Chicago Music 4 Haiti, emphasizes the significance

of the community’s involvement in assisting Haitians during their time

of need and crisis. “Chicago is one of the most dynamic and diverse

cities in the world and its music reflect the wonderful melting pot of

music. We are coming together to raise money and continued awareness

of this tragedy. We have taken so much for granted, now is the time

for the Chicago Music Industry community to come together and give

back.”

There will be a silent auction where several companies will donate

items with proceeds going to Yele Haiti. Items are donated courtesy

of: The Wit Hotel, Guitar Center, Music Industry Workshop, The Hotel

Sax, Chicago Recording Studios, Apple Vacations, So She Cosmetics,

House of Blues, and Nike.

The main room will showcase live performances of different genres

starting at 9pm. Teefa (Power 92) and Dave Jeff (PHLI Clothing) are

hosting the benefit concert.

Performers are the following:

• MARVO (Hip Hop)

• Amina (Hip Hop)

• Trig (Hip Hop)

• Screaming Rachel (Dance)

• Pheave (Hip Hop)

• Onya (Pop/Rock)

• Twon Gabz (Hip Hop)

• State of Grace (Funk/Rock)

• Andrea Love (R&B/House)

• North Rock 360 (Reggeaton)

• Liquid Soul (Acid Jazz/Funk)

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

MARIAH CAREY RELEASES NEWLY REMIXED ALBUM OF DUETS - ANGELS ADVOCATE - MARCH 30th ON ISLAND RECORDS

TWO NEW DUET SINGLES IMPACTING AT RADIO FORMATS THIS WEEK:

• “Angels Cry” featuring Ne-Yo - at Urban A/C • “Up Out My Face” featuring Nicki Minaj - at Urban and Rhythm

New videos co-directed by Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey for both singles - premiering this week!

“ANGELS ADVOCATE” TOUR CONTINUES ACROSS U.S. & CANADA, THROUGH FEBRUARY 27th CLOSING DATE AT CAESARS PALACE IN LAS VEGAS

(Jan. 28, 2010 - New York, NY) International superstar Mariah Carey has completed her 13th studio album, ANGELS ADVOCATE, a brand new collection of newly remixed duets with some of her favorite artists, performing Mariah’s favorite songs from her #1 R&B album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (released September 2009). ANGELS ADVOCATE will be released on March 30th.

In advance of the ANGELS ADVOCATE album release, two new Mariah Carey singles are on the way this week - “Angels Cry” featuring fellow Island Def Jam artist Ne-Yo is impacting at Urban A/C radio, and “Up Out My Face” featuring Nicki Minaj is impacting at Urban and Rhythm radio formats. New videos for both tracks were co-directed by Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey. Both videos will premiere at #1 search site VEVO.com on Thursday, January 28th, followed by Friday debuts on MTV and BET. The videos will be available at all platforms starting Monday, February 1st.

Mariah is in the second week of her six week “Angels Advocate” Tour across North America - her first major tour since The “Adventures of Mimi: The Voice, The Hits, The Tour” of August-October 2006. The opening act on the “Angels Cry” Tour is RydazNrtist, a new R&B group signed to Nick Cannon’s NCredible Entertainment. (Since mid-January, the tour has played through MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT; Fox Theatre in Atlanta; Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL; and Fox Theatre in Detroit. Please see remaining tour dates below.)

ANGELS ADVOCATE (and Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel) follow up Mariah’s multi-platinum E=MC² (2008), and worldwide 10 million selling The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005). The Emancipation Of Mimi generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), two #1 singles, and countless more honors during its 18-month chart stay. Soundscan’s biggest-selling album of 2005, Mimi featured “We Belong Together” (Grammy winner for Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song) and “Don’t Forget About Us,” Mariah’s 16th and 17th #1 career singles respectively. They tied one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard Hot 100 history, Elvis Presley’s 17 #1’s.

Three years later, Mariah surpassed Elvis when “Touch My Body” (from E=MC²) became her 18th #1 Hot 100 hit. “Touch My Body” spent two weeks at the top, Mariah’s 78th and 79th cumulative career weeks at #1, which tied Elvis’ long-standing all-time high of 79 weeks at #1, as calculated by Billboard. Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles’ all-time high of 20 #1 hits. The success of E=MC² brought total sales of Mariah’s albums, singles and videos to more than 175 million worldwide, distancing her even further from the pack as the top-selling female recording artist in history.

MARIAH CAREY - “ANGELS ADVOCATE” TOUR

Jan. 27 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall 30 Boston, MA Wang Theatre

Feb. 1 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center

4 Montreal, Que. Bell Centre

6 Ottawa, Ont. Scotiabank Place

9 Toronto, Ont. Air Canada Centre

10 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center

13-14 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre

18 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre

20 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre

23-24 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre

26 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena

27 Las Vegas, NV The Caesars Palace

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

“EYESORE” CONTINUES TO SOAR UP THE ACTIVE ROCK CHARTS

JANUS KICKS OFF CHEVELLE TOUR STARTING FEBRUARY 8 IN SUPPORT OF DEBUT ALBUM ‘RED RIGHT RETURN’

The Chicago band----David Scotney (vocals), Johnny Salazar (drums), Alan Quitman (bass), Mike Tyranski (guitar/programming)—will soon be able to show everyone that they live up to such a compliment. Once a current trek of headlining shows concludes, JANUS will perform a month’s worth of dates with Chevelle starting February 8 in Boston at the House of Blues. They’ve been touring non-stop to promote their debut album,RED RIGHT RETURN, since its release September 22, 2009 on REALID Records, through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group.

The album’s explosive first single, “Eyesore,” is currently spinning on over 50 Rock radio stations nationwide, and is at #16 on the Active Rock charts. A video for the track—directed by Noah Shulman (Sleepless City Productions)--can be seen here.

Don't miss Janus hosting MTV2's Headbangers Ball which first ran this morning and will be re-airing today (1/26) at 3am EST/PST. Janus recently stopped by Revolver Magazine headquarters and recorded an acoustic version of their hit song "Eyesore" for their Bootleg Section which can be seen here.

Check out this video to get to know the guys a little bit better as they talk about the band name, album title, and their custom made uniforms.

DATE CITY VENUE

Headlining shows:

Fri 1/29 Nashville, TN Exit/In

With Chevelle:

Mon 2/8 Boston, MA House Of Blues

Tue 2/9 New York, NY The Fillmore

Wed 2/10 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel

Fri 2/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

Mon 2/15 Columbus, OH Lifestyles Communities Pavilion

Tue 2/16 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre

Wed 2/17 Fort Wayne, IN Piere's

Fri 2/19 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room

Sat 2/20 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre

Sun 2/21 Waterloo, IA McElroy Auditorium

Tue 2/23 Rapid City, SD Barnet Arena

Wed 2/24 Fargo, ND The Venue

Fri 2/26 Sioux City, IA Convention Center

Sat 2/27 Grand Island, NE Heartland Arena

Web: www.janusmusic.com

MySpace: www.myspace.com/janus

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

An affiliate of Martin’s International Culture, Inc.

HAITIAN MUSICIANS RAFO INTERNATIONAL COMBO PERFORM

“SHANGO FOR HAITI” AT 29^TH CHICAGO MUSIC AWARDS SUN, JANUARY 24

Song written especially for Haiti to have its premiere at the CMA

CHICAGO – January 20, 2010 - Haitian vocalist Raphael St. Vil (better known as Rafo) of Rafo International Combo de Chicago,will perform a newly penned song, “Shango for Haiti” in honor of the devastated island country at the 29^th annual Chicago Music Awards Sunday, January 24. Shango is the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning and a symbol of resistance. Nominated for their CD, “Chicago” which was produced in honor of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, founder of Chicago, the group performs Kompa Direct, a contemporary rhythm of Haiti as well as Calypso, Salsa, Soca, Disco, Bossa Nova, Tango, Cumbia, Mambo and Meringue. They also sing in many languages including English, French, Spanish, and Creole.

“The people of Haiti have been suffering for too long,” said Ephraim Martin, producer of the Chicago Music Awards. “We are connected to the Haitian people as human beings especially in Chicago – a city founded by a Haitian immigrant. We all must rally to make whatever contributions we can to help our sisters and brothers in Haiti and to help rebuild this great nation.”

The Chicago Music Awards celebrate the connectedness of all people through music. The awards represent the breadth and depth of Chicago music and musicians. Other top flight artists who will perform include R&B sensation Jeremih, legendary R&B artistMarshall Thompson of the Chi-Lites, Hip Hop performer Twista, classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine, gospel singers The Brown Sisters, Asian/Latin performer Guia Rivera, jazz saxophonist Skinny Williams and Rock & Roll/Bluegrass performers The Henhouse Prowlers among others.

The Chicago Music Awards will be held on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at Alhambra Palace, a dining and entertainment complex located at1240 W. Randolph Street. Packages include the VIP dinner package/$125; VIP Reception/$75 and Awards ceremony only/$55. VIP packages begin at 5:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony is at 7 p.m. The show will be co-hosted by Marshall Thompson, NBC-Channel 5’s Saran Dunmore, bluesman Frank Pellegrino and pop performer Demi Lobo.

For tickets and information, visit www.chicagomusicawards.org, or phone 312/427-0266.

Tickets may also be purchased through Ticketmaster at 312/559-1212 or by visiting

www.ticketmaster.com. The CMA is dedicated to “Health Awareness” and to Haiti.

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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

What:
Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra

When:
Sunday, January 10, 2010 @ 3:00

Where:
North Park University

MEDIA CONTACT:
Philip Simmons (224) 456-2399
LINCOLNWOOD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AT NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY

Philip Simmons and the Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra will present "Mendelssohn 200th Anniversary Celebration" on Sunday, January 10

th at 3:00pm, in Anderson Chapel, North Park University in Chicago. International concert artists David Yonan (violin) and Christine Yoshikawa (piano) will join the orchestra in a performance of the seldom performed Mendelssohn's Double Concerto for Violin and Piano in D minor. Other works include Canzonetta, Op. 12, String Symphony No. 10 in B Minor, and a premiere of a work for violin and piano by Mendelssohn. Tickets: $25/$15/$10 students with ID.

The concert will be followed by a coffee and dessert reception and a dinner for donors of the "Chicago-Berlin Young Musicians Exchange Initiative".

For more information about the Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra and the Fine Arts Music Society go tohttp://www.americanmusicfestivals.com/Lincoln.asp and www.fineartsmusic.org.

For more information about the concert, please contact (847) 942-6441.

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Monday, January 04, 2010

“RAIN OR SHINE,” O.A.R. SET TO RELEASE LIVE 4-DISC SET JANUARY 12^TH

January 4, 2010 – Everfine/Atlantic recording group O.A.R. are set to release a live 4-disc set entitled Rain or Shine on January 12^th. Recorded this past June, over two nights at Chicago’s Charter One Pavilion @ Northerly Island, Rain or Shine contains 37 tracks and over four hours of music with both electric and acoustic versions of O.A.R. favorites “Shattered” and “That Was a Crazy Game of Poker.” Also included are two previously unreleased tracks, “Tonight,” the first song the band ever wrote, as well as “Rhythm of your Shoes.”

“Chicago was the first major city we ever played. The fans there have been supporting us since the early days of our career so it made sense to record Rain or Shine during those shows,” said Richard On. “This album puts the listener right in the middle of our two nights in Chicago and ultimately the most intense live release yet because of the crowd,” added Marc Roberge.

O.A.R.’s fourth live album, Rain or Shine, was a unique recording experience as it marks the first time that the band has released a live CD recorded at an outdoor venue as well as the first time the band has captured their live acoustic songs on an album. Due to inclement weather the album almost didn’t come to pass. But O.A.R., who are known for their electrifying live show, proved once again why they are fan favorites and made the second show at Chicago’s Charter One Pavilion @ Northerly Island happen, Rain or Shine. As a special bonus, the recording includes a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Fool in the Rain” with guest musician Robert Randolph.

For more information about O.A.R., go to www.ofarevolution.com.

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