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April 4, 2017
by: DJ ISA

A trailer for a documentary about jazz music legend John Coltrane called “Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Story” has been released. The documentary is narrated by actor Denzel Washington and features archived performances and discussions with famous fans about his life and impact, including jazz musician Kamasi Washington, rapper Common, former President Bill Clinton, and more. John Coltrane died at the age of 40 and gave few interviews during his life. The documentary will be premiering April 14th. (Source: Pitchfork)

Wu-Tang Clan member RZA collaborated on a song with Italian duo Parisi called “No Refuge”, which condemns immigration bans. All proceeds from digital sales and streams of the song are being donated to the UN Refugee Agency. (Source: Rolling Stone)

Michael Angelakos, leader of indie pop band Passion Pit, gave away free digital copies of Passion Pit’s latest album, “Tremendous Sea”, to those who retweet his tweet supporting Michael F. Wells. Michael F. Wells is a neuroscientist who took over Passion Pit’s Twitter account recently to answer questions about mental and physical health. Angelakos is an advocate for mental health issues. He recently founded Wishart Group, a company that provides musicians with health services. (Source: Pitchfork)

Source: WRUV News

March 27th, 2017
by: ISA

Chuck Berry, one of rock music’s pioneers and greatest guitar players, passed away at the age of 90.

Berry was brought to the blues label Chess with the help of Muddy Waters. His first hit song “Maybellene”, recorded in 1955, was inspired by a 1938 country hit “Ida Red” by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Berry covers of country songs in a blues and R&B style played a part in developing and popularizing rock and roll music. Maybelline was one the first songs with all of the elements of rock and roll music.

The lineup for 2017’s Lollapalooza, the annual music festival in Chicago, has been announced. Some of the performers include The xx, Lorde, Run The Jewels, Spoon, The Shins, Arcade Fire, Chance The Rapper, Migos, Mac Demarco, Tegan and Sara, The Killers, Kaytranada, and Sylvan Esso. Lollapalooza will kick of August 3rd.

Legendary punk and new wave band Blondie have collaborated with electronic R&B performer Blood Orange on a new song called “Long Time”. It will appear on Blondie’s upcoming album “Pollinator”, which features collaborations with musicians both new and old.

Record Store Day 2017 will be happening on April 22nd. Record Store Day is an international annual event celebrating vinyl releases that started in 2007. Artists release special vinyl albums on that day. There are over 500 planned releases for this years Record Store Day. This includes a post-humorous David Bowie release Cracked Actor, a 3-disc set of a 1974 Los Angeles concert during his Diamond Dogs tour.
Seven 12” singles by another recently deceased legend, Prince, will also be released.

Source: WRUV News

March 21, 2017
by: Emma Sorenson

Recently our very own DJ big dog gave back to the community at the “Friends For A_Dog DJ Camp. The program was completely free of price, and big dog acted as the lead counselor. The first day, children learned all the ins and outs of DJ-ing. The second day producers Es-K and Loupo were featured to teach the children about making beats, and were even able to make their own! Finally, Zach Crawford AKA “Skysplitter” showed the campers post production recording, Lyric and S.i.n Sizzle. The kids then learned about rapping and recorded over the previously made beats. Overall bigdog describes it as a “great success”— both the kids and teachers had loads of fun!
Friends For A_Dog is a local non-profit foundation formed in honor of the late & legendary Andy “A_Dog” Williams, whose devotion to music, skateboarding, and other forms of art will live on in the hearts of the people of Burlington.

Source: WRUV News