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Guitar Heroes Tribute Jeff Beck

PR reports: FREEWAY JAM TO BECK AND BACK features some of the greatest names in progressive jazz/fusion, blues, and rock guitar, each paying tribute to rock guitar icon Jeff Beck, a pioneer of British blues and instrumental rock/fusion. A gifted composer and phenomenal guitarist, Jeff Beck has created an incredible catalog of memorable compositions in the genres of rock, blues and rock/fusion and has earned a worldwide reputation for utilizing only the finest musicians in his band. During his long career, Beck, whose fan base stems from his legendary recordings with The Yardbirds and The Jeff Beck Group to his solo work, developed an ideal combination of savvy songwriting and soulful guitar playing. Beck is revered in global musician circles and is a respected as a classic rock artist.

These ten incredible guitarists have come together to lift up their guitars as their voices in celebration of some of the most important music in rock history.

Track Listing / Featured Guitarists:
1. "Freeway Jam" Featuring Steve Morse*
2. "Over Under Sideways Down" Featuring John Scofield*
3. "Beck's Bolero" Featuring Eric Johnson
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New Yellowcard in July

PR reports: Breakthrough rockers Yellowcard return with new album Paper Walls on July 17th, the third in a trilogy of albums that includes 2006's gold-certified Lights and Sounds and their 2003 smash, Ocean Avenue. The band will join the 2007 Vans Warped Tour from June 29 – July 19, with more summer live dates to be announced soon.

A deluxe CD/DVD version of Paper Walls will also be available featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the band, extensive photo gallery and two additional live bonus tracks.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Editors Set Release

PR reports: The new Editors album, An End Has A Start, is set for release through Epic/Fader Records on July 17th. Recorded in Ireland at Grouse Lodge with the acclaimed Garrett 'Jacknife' Lee (Snow Patrol, Bloc Party), An End Has A Start reinforces the visceral power of Editors' music and emphasizes the band's desire to stretch themselves musically, lyrically, and conceptually.

While their debut album, The Back Room, seethed with claustrophobic menace and icy grandeur, An End Has A Start sees lead singer and lyricist Tom Smith more focused on the power of redemption and the human necessity for friendship and family in the face of death. The album's lyrics are closely linked to events over the last year or so.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Band Enters Bubble This Week

PR reports: Dr Pepper, MTV, and Epic recording artist Cartel are giving music fans more of what they want this summer…a first-time, real-time look into the making of the band's newest album during Dr Pepper Band in a Bubble. In what is sure to be the most talked-about music event of the year, Cartel will be sealed inside a huge transparent bubble on Hudson River Park's Pier 54 in New York City from May 24 through June 12, and every move they make will be live for the world to see as they eat, breathe, sleep and record the follow-up to their breakthrough debut album, CHROMA.

Dr Pepper Band in a Bubble, produced by Mediaedge:cia and True Entertainment, an Endemol company, is an interactive multimedia event that will bring new meaning to "up close and personal." Cartel will enter the bubble during a live MTV broadcast on May 24 and stay there with no escape until the bubble "bursts" on June 12. While the band is in the bubble, the drama and excitement of Cartel's recording process can be viewed in-person, on-air and online. Dr Pepper Band in a Bubble Web cams will stream live on and the event will air as a music special with four 30-minute episodes on MTV, which will also be available on-demand at MTV.com.- Click Here for the Full Story

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Poison Love Connection

PR reports: Bret Michaels, superstar lead singer of the band Poison, is set to play with this bevy of beauties in a 10-part reality series premiering in July on VH-1 in July called "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels."

The hard-rockin' Poison front man is looking for a woman who can truly keep up with his rock-n-roll lifestyle and not become jealous of his one true passion – performing which has been the reason for and destruction of most of his relationships. As VH1's hottest eligible bachelor, a bevy of beauties will vie to win his heart.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Erasure Summer Plans

PR reports: As Erasure get ready to join Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and The Dresden Dolls on the ‘True Colors’ tour launching next month, the iconic British duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke have announced they’ll set off on their own headlining tour this summer--entitled “The Light At The End Of The World Tour”--in support of their May 22 release, Light At The End Of The World (Mute). Erasure have announced over 15 solo tour dates, which will start in early July in Florida and continue on through early August. See full story for all the dates.- Click Here for the Full Story

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Horse the Band set Release Date

PR reports: Named one of Alternative Press Magazine’s 100 Bands To Watch, HORSE the Band are preparing themselves for a late-summer release of their third full-length album, A Natural Death (KOCH) on August 28. The band has also posted “Murder,” a song from the new album, on their MySpace page.

“We posted a series of ads and pictures featuring dead wolves who were killed in an 'un-natural' way (i.e. by humans and technology). This is meant to explore the irony of 'a natural death' and make people ask themselves, 'What is natural?' Nature being murdered by man is paralleled by man being murdered by nature, which is a theme of our album,” says guitarist David Isen.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Arthur Alexander The Final Chapter

PR reports: The only songwriter whose songs were covered by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley was Arthur Alexander. One of the greatest soul singers of all time, if not the best known, he penned “Anna,” “Sally Sue Brown” and “You Better Move On” among many others. The Beatles modeled their early sound after him. Yet by 1980 – a young man, just 40 – Alexander had left the music industry and was driving a bus and working at a center for disadvantaged kids in Cleveland. That’s exactly where the story of Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter – a deluxe package chronicling his improbable, triumphant yet tragically short-lived comeback in the early ‘90s – begins.

In one comprehensive 18-track volume, Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter (Hacktone Records, due out 8/21) combines Arthur Alexander’s Ben Vaughn-produced final album for Nonesuch (awarded a rave feature review in Rolling Stone) with previously unreleased material from NPR’s “Fresh Air” in a rare on-air performance, the never-before-heard hotel room demos (including Arthur’s take on Neil Diamond’s “Solitary Man”) and a live version of “Anna” recorded at New York’s Bottom Line.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Feel Jesse Harris

PR reports: Busy times are ahead for NYC songwriter Jesse Harris who is announcing new tour dates and the release of his solo album, Feel, which is to be released July 10th on Velour. Harris also recently wrote the entire soundtrack for the upcoming Ethan Hawke film The Hottest State. His soundtrack songs were performed by an array of great artists including Willie Nelson, Bright Eyes, Cat Power, Feist, M.Ward, and The Black Keys. Harris, who also appears in the film, sings three of the songs himself.

New tour dates are listed below
5/22 New York, NY - The Living Room
5/24 Boston, MA - The Regatta Bar
5/29 New York, NY - The Living Room
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Deepfield Debut

PR reports: On July 24, In De Goot Recordings will release Archetypes And Repetition, the debut recording of South Carolina’s Deepfield. The band is comprised of singer/guitarist Baxter Teal III, lead guitarist J. King, bassist Dawson Huss and drummer Russell Lee. Influenced as much by Silverchair as they are by Porcupine Tree, the debut contains 12 cuts that range from crystalline pop to Hard Rock and even ends with a cover of En Vogue’s “Don’t Let Go” that turns this radio hit totally inside-out, mining its inner rock’n’roll soul. The first single, “Get It,” will be released June 12.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Dance with David Bowie Again

PR reports: On June 5, Virgin/EMI Music Catalog Marketing will release The Best Of David Bowie 1980-1987: Sight & Sound. Among the 36-track CD/DVD collection’s 19 audio gems are many of Bowie’s best 1980s hits, including “Let’s Dance,” “Modern Love,” “China Girl” and “Blue Jean.” Its 15 video clips include Bowie’s top ‘80s music videos and, making their DVD release debut, videos for “The Drowned Girl” and “When The Wind Blows.”

Virgin/EMI Music Catalog Marketing will also release David Bowie’s classic 1974 album Young Americans in an expanded Special Edition CD/DVD package on June 5. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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The Willowz Summer Tour

PR reports: California buzz band The Willowz have announced a summer tour with The Detroit Cobras. The Willowz will wind across the country performing in support of their new album Chautauqua, which hit stores March 20th from Dim Mak Records.

07/11 Covington, KY @ The Mad Hatterz*
07/12 Columbus, OH @ Little Brother's*
07/13 Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre*
07/14 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom*[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Music Nation Winners

PR reports: Music Nation (www.musicnation.com), the artist development company, today announced the three grand prize winners of its online video music competition. Kid Deposit Triumph, in the rock category, Yolanda Ruiz, in the pop category, and T-Max, in the urban category, beat out nearly 2,500 artists to win a global recording contract with Epic Records. Additionally, on the heels of this first competition’s success, Music Nation has today beta launched a redesigned site and opened up their online music community to a wider audience in advance of the second competition, set to officially begin June 18th.
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