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July LMNIssue Out with Alanna Fugate

The July issue of Louisville Music News is on the street, with Alanna Fugate on the cover.
Here’s a sneak peek at the story.

Saving Abel at Oasis

Denise Porter sent in a batch of photos from the Saving Abel show at Club Oasis from last month. Better late than never.

CD Sales Arc – Short and Not Too Sweet

The manic but insightful Bob Leftsetz does an analysis of how CD sales start … and end.

Defunding The Arts of The Folks

The annual round of “Did we get any money from the city?” this year left a lot of small arts organizations shocked – rather than getting less – because the pie is smaller – they got nothing. Zip. Nada. Zilch. The Fund for the Arts, which just posted a one million dollar increase from [...]

Will Gas Prices Kill Indie Tours?

It was bound to happen – gasoline prices are throttling indie tours in the crib. When it costs more in gas than a band will make at a show, there’s no way to stay out on tour. CNN.com Entertainment has a piece on a San Francisco band but it could just as well be [...]

MMJ at #9, Sid Griffin on B. Dylan

It’s hard to find the music items in the Saturday Scene, which has morphed into a “Buy-This” section for the Twenty and Thirty Something female set, so I missed J. L. Puckett column, in which he touts the news that My Morning Jacket’s Evil Urges CD debuted at #9 on the Billboard charts plus [...]

Marty Rosen Reviews Melissa Etheridge

Marty Rosen got the short straw to review the Melissa Etheridge concert at the Palace on Saturday.

Blondie Phoner

J. L. Puckett has a phoner with drummer Clem Burke of Blondie, scheduled to play at the Kentucky Center on Tuesday.

Brigid Kaelin Gets Reviewed

Brigid Kaelin’s latest project, West 28th Street, got a positive review from C-J Music Writer J. L. Puckett. Bon mots, indeed.

Will Oldham Gets Reviews, Too

Bonnie Prince Billie a.k.a, Will Oldham has a new CD Lie Down In the Light that’s garnering some reviews. Here are a couple:
Sydney Morning Herald – Australians like Oldham.