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• Rhino to Release Grammy Nominees CD
  The Recording Academy's GRAMMY Recordings has partnered with Rhino Entertainmentfor the 2009 Grammy Nominees CD, the 15th edition of the best-selling series highlighting artists and songs nominated for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards. The 20-song collection will be available January 27 and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the CD will benefit the MusiCares® Foundation and the Grammy Foundation, two charitable organizations established by The Recording Academy. "This Grammy Nominees CD compilation represents some of the great songs and artists that make up this year's remarkable crop of nominees," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy "We thank Rhino Entertainment for its collaboration on this project, which will once again help fund the vital work of MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation, and we look forward to another successful, chart-topping year."The disc contains many of the most widely recognized GRAMMY categories. The 20 tracks from the 2009 Grammy Nominees CD represent nominees from the Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Best New Artist, Song Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals categories. The nominees CD is made possible by a special arrangement with all of the major music distribution companies and rotates labels from year to year."We are thrilled to be working with The Recording Academy to present the best music from this past year," said Rhino Entertainment President Scott Pascucci. "The collection's dynamic range represents a great value for music fans. We are so proud to support the efforts of MusiCares and the Grammy Foundation."The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be held Feb. 8, 2009, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide.2009 GRAMMY Nominees CD Tracklist:1. COLDPLAY"Viva La Vida"Record Of The YearAlbum Of The YearSong Of The YearBest Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals2. ESTELLE Featuring KANYE WEST"American Boy"Song Of The Year3. SARA BAREILLES"Love Song"Song Of The YearBest Female Pop Vocal Performance4. NE-YO"Closer" Album Of The Year5. LIL WAYNE Featuring T-PAIN"Got Money"Album Of The Year6. ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS"Please Read The Letter"Album Of The YearRecord Of The Year7. RADIOHEAD"House Of Cards" Album Of The Year8. LADY ANTEBELLUM"Love Don't Live Here"Best New Artist9. JONAS BROTHERS"Burnin' Up"Best New Artist10. JAZMINE SULLIVAN"Need U Bad"Best New Artist11. DUFFY"Mercy"Best New ArtistBest Female Pop Vocal Performance12. M.I.A."Paper Planes"Record Of The Year13. ADELE"Chasing Pavements" Song Of The YearBest New ArtistRecord Of The YearBest Female Pop Vocal Performance14. KATY PERRY"I Kissed A Girl"Best Female Pop Vocal Performance15. LEONA LEWIS"Bleeding Love"Record Of The YearBest Female Pop Vocal Performance16. P!NK"So What"Best Female Pop Vocal Performance17. GNARLS BARKLEY"Going On"Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals18. ONEREPUBLIC"Apologize"Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals19. MAROON 5"Won't Go Home Without You"Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals20. EAGLES"Waiting In The Weeds"Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals For more, visit www.grammy.com.
• Trentalange Set to Release Sophomore Album
  After fronting the darkly sophisticated Seattle band Spyglass for five years, Barbara Trentalange's new release, <em>Awakening, Level One</em> sonically shoots into outer space landing on planet Moog. She mines the depths of the human psyche to compose character studies that would make Edger Allen Poe, Nick Cave, and members of Pink Floyd proud. Though dark in nature the listener can't help their body from moving and heart from racing to her sonic sequel. Drawing from diverse influences, such as Black Sabbath, Massive Attack andBlondie, Trentalange crafted a sound that is both unique and compelling.Trentalange composed, performed and recorded the songs on Awakening, Level One. With producer Martin Feveyear(Jupiter Studios), drummers Mark Pickerel and Faith Stankevich, and backup singers Dave "Head Like A Kite" Einmo, and Daniel G. Harmann, Trentalange has created a solid repertoire of songs that she skillfully recreates live. Seattle'sSound Magazine put her in the top ten artists to watch in 2008.With a lifetime of passion and dedication her skill and creativity are astounding. Her music defies description; and cannot easily be put into any one genre. Trentalange's songs are so saturated with emotion and style new sonic discoveries will be made with each listen.Tracklisting:01. Fever02. Shadow Man03. Ultimate Machine04. Heavy Metal Astroman05. Fear06. Valentine07. Racing With Nowhere To Go08. Nuclear Family09. Caged Blue10. Fire Lights The Sky11. Awakening, Level OneLearn more at www.trentalangemusic.com.
• Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen
  A Who's Who of young Texas/Americana artists and musicians gathered last winter at the annual MusicFest in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to honor a man who has blazed an important trail for them: indelible songwriter/singer/musician Robert Earl Keen. The result of that tribute concert is a live (yes, genuinely live) double CD set appropriately titled <em>Undone: A MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen</em>. The CD, complete with a 20-page booklet with exclusive photos and artist commentary, will be released February 3, 2009 by Right Ave/Dickson Productions and distributed by Thirty Tigers in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of Keen's enduring classic party song, "The Road Goes On Forever." Over the last two decades, Keen has earned a deep and abiding respect from his fellow musicians. He's truly a songwriter's songwriter who can move effortlessly from a poignant love ballad to a roof-raising sing-along. Because he's so successfully carried forward those rich traditions from earlier songwriters, while also putting his own distinctive stamp on the music, Keen has done more than any other single artist to inspire a whole new generation of Americana and Red Dirt singer-songwriters, including Cory Morrow, Bonnie Bishop, Cody Canada, Todd Snider, Randy Rogers, Reckless Kelly, and countless others. If anyone has earned the right to be called the "father" of Americana music, it's Robert Earl Keen. <em>Undone</em> is a moving tribute to Keen's important legacy as a singer, songwriter, performer, and pioneer of the Americana music movement. As part of Dickson Productions' annual "Tribute to a Legend" at MusicFest in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, The Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University helped bring together some of today's best young Texas and Americana artists to celebrate Keen's impact on their musical careers. With a great deal of respect and a healthy dose of humor and energy, each one of these musicians adds his or her own interpretation of Keen's material to the mix. From Reckless Kelly's rocking take on "Think It Over One Time" to Bonnie Bishop's sweet and soulful "Not a Drop of Rain," these younger artists demonstrate exactly how much Keen has influenced them musically. As an added bonus, Robert Earl Keen and his band also take the stage to perform a high-octane set of some of his most popular tunes ("Dreadful Selfish Crime," "Wild Wind," "For Love," "The Road Goes On Forever,") and his new song "Goodnight Cleveland," for which this is the first recording. As part of Dickson Productions' efforts to honor and support the great traditions of Texas music, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of <em>Undone</em> will benefit The Center for Texas Music History. As the only comprehensive, university-based program devoted to the preservation and study of the musical heritage of the Lone Star State, the Center is a non-profit educational organization that offers college courses on Texas music, sponsors research and publishing projects, and organizes exhibits, performances, and other programs to help students, scholars, and the general public better understand how Texas music reflects the rich history and cultural diversity of the Southwest.Track ListingDisc One1. "Think It Over One Time" Reckless Kelly2. "No Kinda Dancer" Max Stalling (vocals &amp; guitar), Dale Clark (guitar)3. "Lynnville Train" Wade Bowen4. "What I Really Mean" Brandon Jenkins 5. "Paint the Town Beige" Walt Wilkins 6. "I'll Be Here For You" Randy Rogers 7. "I Would Change My Life" Roger Creager 8. "I'm Coming Home" Kathleen Braun (vocals, guitar), Cody Braun (harmony vocals, fiddle) 9. "Christabel" Matt Skinner 10. "Carolina" Brandon Rhyder (vocals