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(Billboard) According a behind the scenes video from the L'Officiel Paris shoot, Beyonce appears with dark face makeup on set and in the magazine. L'Officiel Paris released an official statement explaining the styling of its shoot with Beyonce -- and admitting that the singer's face was "voluntarily darkened." more

Who Says Selena Gomez

(Disney) Selena Gomez & The Scene will premiere their new single, "Who Says," March 10 on the On Air with Ryan Seacrest show on 102.7 KIIS FM.

"Who Says" is the first single from Selena Gomez & The Scene's upcoming Hollywood Records album, to be released June 28.

The video for "Who Says" was helmed by award winning director Chris Applebaum (Rihanna, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey) and will premiere on the Disney Channel March 11. The digital single will be available March 14. more on this story

Alison Krauss and Starsailor's James Walsh Appear On New Gabe Dixon Album

Starsailor frontman James Walsh and Alison Krauss both appear on Gabe Dixon's new album, One Spark, which will be released by Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group on June 21, 2011. Here is some background info they sent over:

Recorded in Los Angeles with new producer Marshall Altman (Matt Nathanson, Kate Voegele, Marc Broussard) and a stellar new cast of players, including collaborators such as Starsailor frontman James Walsh and country/bluegrass icon Alison Krauss, One Spark will be available June 21, 2011.

For the last decade, Nashville based Dixon built a fervent following touring and recording as the leader and namesake of The Gabe Dixon Band. Originally formed as a quintet at the University of Miami, and eventually evolving into a trio, their 2008 self-titled release for Fantasy Records / Concord Music Group earned accolades from The Village Voice, American Songwriter and Performing Songwriter among many others. Paste said of Dixon: "(he) stakes his claim as the next great Pop Piano Man." Virtually the entire album was licensed for use on primetime television; and "Find My Way was featured as the main title theme for the smash-hit Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds film The Proposal. more on this story

Kesha All Mixed Up

Here is your chance to buy Kesha's songs all over again and help her earn that dollar sign in her name: Kesha will be releasing I Am The Dance Commander + I Commander You To Dance: The Remix Album on March 22nd.

This is Kesha's first remix album and features DJs such as Switch, DJ Skeet Skeet, Fred Falke, Dave Aude and more putting their unique spin on the most popular tracks off of Animal and Animal + Cannibal, including "TiK ToK" and "We R Who We R" as well as the "Sleazy" remix feat. Andre 3000 and the unreleased live favorite "F**k Him He's A DJ".

Kesha is currently on her first North American headlining tour – the "Get $leazy" tour, which is completely sold out. The tour kicked off in Portland on February 15th and wraps in Las Vegas on May 7th. more on this story

Semisonic's Dan Wilson Helped Adele To The Top

(Sacks & Co) "Someone Like You," Adele's hit single co-written and produced by Grammy-winning songwriter Dan Wilson, has reached the no 1 spot on the U.K. Singles Chart aided in large part by Adele's performance of the song on the BRIT Awards.

Wilson has three co-writing credits and one production credit on Adele's new album 21, out now in the U.S. on Columbia Records.

In a recent 4-star album review The Guardian notes that "it's former Semisonic man Dan Wilson who is responsible for the album's highlight, the gorgeous 'Someone Like You,' certain to be coming soon to a montage near you." more on this story

Want Mono From Neil Diamond?

Legacy Recordings are celebrating Neil Diamond's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with a special release on March 8th. Here is the official word:

Neil Diamond The Bang Years 1966 - 1968 features 23 core cuts establishing the artist's electrifying transition from struggling Tin Pan Alley songwriter to full-on American rock star lovingly restored to full-impact original mono for this definitive edition.

The American independent label Bang Records was founded by songwriter Bert Berns ("Twist & Shout," "Hang On Sloopy") in 1965 and produced a string of AM pop radio hits in the mid-1960s which included the earliest recordings of Neil Diamond, a Brill Building songwriter transitioning into performing his own songs. more on this story

Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs Summer Tour

(PR) Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs have announced their 2011 summer tour plans in support of their album, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise.

The tour will begin in Waterbury, CT on May 25th and culminate on June 21st in Boise, ID with supporting acts Brandi Carlile and The Secret Sisters. Ray is also set to play at this year's Bonnaroo Festival on June 10th.

God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Digital Album chart. This marked a personal sales best for Ray and tied his debut chart position at #3 with Gossip in the Grain. The single, "Beg Steal or Borrow" became Ray's first radio #1 on the AAA BDS and Mediabase. The Associated Press called the album "one of the year's best," while the New York Daily News' 5 star review said the album is "one of the stand out releases of the year." more on this story

Singled Out: Lee MacDougall's Joanna

Lee MacDougall kicks off a new North American tour tomorrow and to celebrate we asked Lee to tell us the song "Joanna," from Lee's new self-released CD. Here is the story:

I always think bad situations tend to bring the best out in my songwriting... basically because when I'm feeling good I'm usually out on the town drinking or something and nowhere near my guitar ha ha. But I had just split with my girlfriend and I was pretty cut up about it and my friend was trying to cheer me up saying I should write a song about it so that at least something good would come from the situation. But the last thing I wanted to do was to sit down and wallow in self pity and write out all my feelings, I'd never done that before and it felt a bit self indulgent. So I fought the urge to write about it for a while until eventually I sat down at my piano and the whole thing just came out. I wrote the bridge first, I just had the line "I'm sorry for being myself" stuck in my head, and I liked that bit because it was a bit sarcastic and immature haha.

I wondered if the world really needed another break-up song, but it was just so brutally honest and un-sugar-coated that I thought there was a good chance people could really relate to it. I like to see honesty in music, and I just laid it all out on the line. It sounds pretty desperate and basically tells the complete conversation of the final nail in the relationship coffin…in chronological order..

I had been listening to a lot of Angels & Airwaves, and also Kate Nash, and I loved the energy in the drums on both records, and I just wanted the drums to sound massive when they kick in on the bridge. It was funny because a friend of mine asked me how I managed to get a choir on it... he didn't realize, in reality, that I had recorded the whole thing in my bedroom by myself, and it was just me crying into my microphone all night!

One of the first times I ever played it live, a guy in his 40s came over to me afterwards and said listening to it made him feel like he was 17 again and took him back to exactly how he felt when he split up with his first girlfriend. I was like, "Great! That's exactly what I wanted!" ... I think he knew what I meant.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and grab the tour dates right here!

Brooke Fraser Returning To America

(PR) Brooke Fraser will return to America for another series of dates in support of her latest album, Flags.

The "Something in the Water Tour" will bring Brooke to legendary venues such as Webster Hall in NYC, the Fillmore in San Francisco and The Music Box in Los Angeles.

Prior to the U.S. tour, Brooke will make a prominent showing at SXSW and head to Europe for her first ever tour of the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany and Italy. more on this story

White Lies in the U.S.

(Press Here) White Lies will be kicking off a spring run of stateside dates this May with the rescheduled New York City show happening on May 19 at Terminal 5.

The 7 city run in support of their sophomore release, Ritual, will see the band giving their fans on this side of the ocean a taste of their new music in their exciting live show.

From tour kick off in Boston at Paradise Rock Club on May 17 the band will hit major markets across the East Coast and Southern States before wrapping in Mexico City on May 26. more on this story

Andrae Crouch's Journey Set For May

Andrae Crouch has announced a May 17 release date for his 18th album, The Journey.

His new single, "The Promise," is being sold exclusively at Walmart. The single CD package of "The Promise" includes the single, an instrumental version, an instrumental version with background vocals, "The Promise" video, a video with a personal message from Crouch and a PDF copy of the sheet music.

The digital version of single is sold at Walmart.com, iTunes, Amazon and all other online retail outlets. The digital single includes the same components as the physical CD, with the exception of the sheet music. more on this story

David Michael's Low Bid On A Dream

(Glass Onyon) Denver's best kept secret David Michael is about to burst onto the scene in a big way. Not a stranger to the music business, David has been involved in radio and television, for years. Yet, what's currently turning the heads of music enthusiasts and press alike is the release of David Michael's debut CD 'Low Bid On A Dream'.

The material on this fantastic new CD is an assortment of songs that co-producer, John Kappler, skimmed from David's bag which has accrued over many years. "The task of choosing stuff left my head spinning," says David. "So John said, 'OK, this is in and this is out' and that felt right to me. Producer John McVey had veto privileges. His impeccable ear was the guiding light."

David describes his new CD as "someone's polite, random cross-section of my stuff, but certain currents and themes inevitably surface: There's a first-person smug and streetwise fool, more fool than streetwise, who makes an appearance on a regular basis. There's a certain dream that seems to want to come and go, often triggered by Dexter Payne's incomparable reeds, and just enough pedal steel from Uncle Dick Meis to keep us from getting too far uptown. There's a certain minor coarseness here and there which has sometimes confused friends who think these characters are autobiographical, which they are not." more on this story

Go Mute on Record Store Day

(PR) Mute have announced an exclusive label release to celebrate the annual Record Store Day, on April 16, 2011.

The release titled, Vorwärts, is a compilation of exclusive tracks from Mute artists, either from the vaults, such as Can's "Millionspiel (edit)", previously unreleased from 1970 or tracks which have been previously unreleased commercially. Hand-numbered and set to a limited edition of 1000 in the US on orange vinyl plus CD package, Vorwärts features unreleased tracks from Liars, Junip, Josh T. Pearson, Mick Harvey, and Polly Scattergood along with the brand new track, "Be The One" from Moby. Full tracklisting below.

"In Every Direction (White Sea Remix)" by Junip is the lead track on Vorwärts. White Sea is M83 singer Morgan Kibby's new project. Also featured are two new Mute artists, S.C.U.M and Big Deal, both based in London. more on this story

Jane Eyre Soundtrack Announced

Sony Classical will release of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the new film Jane Eyre, on March 8, 2011.

Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement) has created a romantic and moving score, performed by violinist Jack Liebeck, as the perfect complement to the new movie version of the celebrated story. Jane Eyre opens in New York and Los Angeles on March 11, and expands to additional cities throughout March.

Dario Marianelli's Jane Eyre score heavily features a solo violin, recorded for the film by the 2010 Classical Brit Award-winning violinist Jack Liebeck. Marianelli is known for the gift of capturing the emotional and poignant elements of a story in his music. His score for Atonement earned him Golden Globe and Academy Awards, and his work on Pride & Prejudice was also Oscar-nominated. His other film credits as composer include Eat Pray Love, Agora, The Brave One, The Soloist, Everybody's Fine, and V for Vendetta. more on this story

Alberto Rigoni Rebirth in April

(Submitted) Italian bass player Alberto Rigoni (TwinSpirits, Solo Artist) will release his new solo album "Rebirth" on April 26th.

"Rebirth" contains a wide spectrum of music, from solo bass settings to more progressive songs. Each displaying the dynamic playing and writing skills of a young and exciting bassist in Rigoni, as well as a cast of amazing guests (Gavin Harrison, John Macaluso, Michael Marning and Yves Carbonne, to name a few).

World famous bass master Michael Manring, who appears as special guest on two album's tracks, says: "Alberto Rigoni is a real 21st century bassist with a unique musical vision. His new album "Rebirth" is engaging and moving and I hope you'll check it out." more on this story

Early Sarah Jaffe EP Being Reissued

(Stunt Company) Kirtland Records is set to nationally release Sarah Jaffe's first ever EP, Even Born Again, on March 8th. T

he decision to put this out comes on the heels of an incredibly successful year with her debut album Suburban Nature – which made Jaffe one of 2010's breakout artists – topping year end lists for USA Today, Paste, Amazon and more.

Even Born Again was originally released in 2008 and only available through independent local record stores in her home State of Texas. Now the rest of the US will have their chance to listen to the earliest official recorded music from Jaffe. more on this story

Summer Camp Release Singled Ahead of US Dates

(Big Hassle) Summer Camp have released the single "I Want You" from their forthcoming full-length album.

The album was recorded this winter, and produced with Steve Mackey (of Pulp fame).

Summer Camp have scheduled shows at The Mercury Lounge in NYC on March 2nd, and will be playing The Echo in LA on March 10th. At SXSW they will play the Forrest Family/Transgressive Records showcase. more