We reported back on February 19 on the news of Touch N Go Records recent financial problems and its connections to Louisville musicians. Mat Herron follows up in this week’s LEO.
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We nearly missed LEO’s story about the demise of Major Static (Stephen Garrett), Louisville’s most successful hip-hop star, at Baptist East and the legal fight that resulted. Phillip Bailey wrote the piece. Web radio guy Fender asked LMN to notify bands who have sent him CDs to please log onto http://www.crossfire-radio.com/cfre/page.php?33 and renew your permission for him to play your CDs, at the request of the company hosting his radio show. Also, Fender will be getting some weekly TV face time on the Louisville CW WBKI, [...] LMN contributor Jason Koerner takes over the Editor’s chair for this interview with Rich Williams, original guitarist for KANSAS. Interview with Rich Williams, original guitarist of KANSAS I recently had the pleasure of speaking to Rich Williams, original guitarist for the rock mega-group, KANSAS. The band is on the road [...] Jason Koerner takes over the Editor’s Blog for this review of the Powerman 5000 show: “”The show was on a Monday night, but you wouldn’t have known it if you were a calendar. A decade after the band’s most popular release, Tonight the Stars Revolt!, Spider is still fronting a Powerman 5000 live show [...] The newly formed Louisville Music Charities Inc., an organization dedicated to raising money for charities through music concerts, is staging its first concert on Saturday, February 21, at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall in Jeffersontown. LMC is the brainchild of Dale Cashon, organizer of the annual Jeffersontown Blues Festival. To date, most of [...] There has been considerable chatter going on in Louisville’s bluegrass scene about the upcoming Bluegrass Hotel concert and video shoot at the Galt House on March 20. For those not familiar with the story, the Bluegrass Hotel was the residence of dentist and banjo picker Harry Bickel, who rented rooms out to bluegrass musicians [...] Chicago-based indie record label and distributor Touch N Go has announced that it is canceling distribution deals with other independent record labels, including Drag City; All Natural; Overcoat; Flameshovel; tavistic Records; Delaware’s Jade Tree and Kill Rock Stars. The company will return to its primary business as a record company. Touch N Go [...] The Stonecutters have a new tune – “Christhammer” – http://www.myspace.com/stonecuttersky. Surviving Thalia has posted a couple of tunes from their new project at http://www.myspace.com/survivingthalia. Sara Evans has a preview phoner with Brandi Carlile, who is appearing with the Louisville Orchestra plus Sondre Lerche |
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