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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:25:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lilith Fair Returns, Shows Onsale 3-27</title>
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Different performers
for different shows will make "diversity" the operative term. Oddly, Pavement
was not invited, making it the only festival this year the indie avatars won't
be playing.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
It's been almost 11 years since the demise of Lilith Fair,
that estrogen-packed traveling summer festival co-founded by Sarah McLachlan,
but as we noted several months ago, organizers decided 2010 was the right time
to resurrect the event, what with summer festivals still going strong, shitty
economy be damned.
&nbsp;
Just announced, then, ticket onsale for the first 8 dates of
the 2010 Lilith Tour - Saturday, March 27, via LilithFair.com and LiveNation.com.
Those cities are listed below.
&nbsp;
Much like
the original Lilith Fair, there will be 11 artists on each date, with only two
consistencies per show: the Lilith Local Talent Search Ourstage.com winner who
starts the day and headliner Sarah McLachlan. The remaining acts on the line-up ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lesley Duncan 1943-2010 R.I.P.</title>
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Amazing vocalist
graced classic albums by Pink Floyd, Elton John, Ringo Starr and others.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
One of the most memorable, though relatively brief, vocals
in rock history has to be British singer Lesley Duncan's contribution to Pink
Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon; it's
an indelible performance that sticks in the mind long after the album has spun.
Word has arrived now via the NME that Duncan
passed away on Friday, March 12, following a battle with cerebrovascular
disease. She was 66.
&nbsp;
The Dark Side appearance was hardly Duncan's
only memorable performance, however, as she sang background vocals on scores of
albums in the &lsquo;60s and &lsquo;70s, including Jesus
Christ Superstar, Donovan's Cosmic
Wheels, Ringo Starr's Goodnight
Vienna, Long John Baldry's Welcome to
the Club, , the Alan Parsons Project's Eve and numerous records by Elton John. Duncan
also released several solo albums - her official website lists her many
proj ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Stooges Gets Deluxe Reish – Again!</title>
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Boasts elaborate
packaging plus a slew of material that didn't make it onto the previous reissue.
Differences between the two discussed below.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
The Stooges, whose March 15 induction the other night into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was long overdue, have been in the news a lot lately
- in particular, for the group's massively expanded reissue of Raw Power, due April 27, and of course
the reunion tour that will bring guitarist James Williamson back into the fold.
&nbsp;
Also getting into the act Rhino Handmade via a "Collector's
Edition" of the Stooges self-titled 1969 debut, a two-disc version going for
$49.98.
&nbsp;
Sharp-eyed Stooges fans will now be scratching their heads
and saying, "Waitaminnit - Rhino issued two-CD editions of The Stooges and Fun House back in August 2005. What gives?" Well, Rhino Handmade is essentially folding
the 10 bonus tracks from that release into this one and adding 8 additional
ones, for a tot ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>YouTube to MySpace: YouSuck!</title>
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If you're in a hurry,
you can simply read the boldfaced text...
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Although MySpace has
been the go-to destination for bands and musicians for some time now -
particularly independent artists without the web muscle of a big label or
marketing firm - anybody who frequents MySpace knows what a ghastly user experience the site
provides. First and foremost is the turtle-like
pace of the pages loading; in the time it takes for all the front-page
content - photos, videos, music player, blog section, etc. - to appear for a
typical MySpace account, you could have investigated the band via its official
website, its Wikipedia page, and a half-dozen fan sites. Factor in the general clunkiness of navigation for
MySpace, which involves image-loading freezing up a page, the scroll bar
operating as if it were an epileptic having
intermittent seizures, and the standard music player which looks like it
was designed by an unreconstructed fan of 8-tr ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South By FauxWest: SXSW Day 1</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3497/</link>
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Traipsin' the light
fantastic in Austin
without spilling a single beer!
&nbsp;
By Johnny Mnemonic
&nbsp;
Ed. Note: With South
By Southwest 2010 in full swing, we decided to send BLURT blogger Johnny
Mnemonic, who pens the "Music Journalism 101" blog for us, to Austin and report
back with his daily misadventures, er, observations. Only hitch was, he
neglected to inform us that he's currently in England and won't be back in the
States until the summer. "No problemo," he assured us. "I've attended SXSW
numerous times since its inception in 1987. At this stage, I think I can wing
it." We hereby present the erudite Mr. Mnemonic's long-distance account of this
year's SXSW - as he imagines it might be going down. Guarantee: all dialogue not reported verbatim. 
&nbsp;
***
&nbsp;
Day 1: Tuesday, March
16
&nbsp;
Greetings, Blurters. I'm safely ensconced in my hotel room
here at the Bloomsbury in London,
currently on a freelance assignment for MTV networks. Readers of  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Krautrock! Can’s Liebezeit Reissued</title>
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Visionary
percussionist has pair of early solo recordings newly available.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Longtime fans of seminal Krautrock outfit Can know the
story: by 1979 the German visionaries were running out of steam, having issued
the relatively lackluster albums Out Of
Reach (1977) and Can (1978) -
neither of which featured, significantly, founding member Holger Czukay. At
this point the group went on hiatus (an official breakup was never announced)
and the various members engaged themselves with sundry solo projects prior to a
short-lived '86 reunion. (In the years since Can has operated in a somewhat
free-style manner, the musicians recording and performing together in various
incarnations and even communing to oversee the reissue of the group's back
catalog, although guitarist Michael Karoli's death in 2001 ensured that the Can
name would never be formally utilized again.)
&nbsp;
Drummer Jaki Liebezeit (pictured with Can, above, on the far
righ ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Money, Money: About That Tommy James Bio</title>
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In a new music book, hitmaking frontman
for The Shondells dishes - sorta - on his mob-connected mentor Morris Levy
while skimming the surface of his own creative inspirations. Dig the video below, btw.
&nbsp;
By Bill Holmes
&nbsp;
 
Tommy James and
the Shondells were one of the most consistent hit making groups of the &lsquo;60s,
with iconic songs like "Hanky Panky", "Mony Mony",
"Crimson and Clover" and "I Think We're Alone Now"
peppering the charts in rapid succession. One would think that the story of
their rise to success in that turbulent decade would be a fascinating
recollection; a gratuitous name-dropping inside look at the greatest era of pop
music and the whirlwind machinery that keeps the whole thing afloat. Instead, Me, The Mob, and The Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the
Shondells, penned by James with the assistance of Martin Fitzpatrick is a
quick, anecdotal treatment that more often skips across those topics like a
stone on a p ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Watch: Mark Growden Video Premiere</title>
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Amazing animated video for "Coyote"
from Growden's new Saint Judas album.
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
We've got an incredibly cool video to unveil for you today from veteran
singer-songwriter Mark Growden. He returns with his first studio collection of
his own material in 8 years, Saint Judas, issued today, March 16, on
the Porto Franco label.
&nbsp;
The song "Coyote" - viewable at BLURT here - is given a
delightfully dark animated treatment by Christiane Cegavske that will have you
laughing and crying at the same time - think "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
meets Dostoevsky (sorta).
&nbsp;
Those creaks and clanks and touches of arcade noir that Growden conjures, equal parts Tom Waits, Nick Cave
and Kurt Weill, will chill you to the bone too, yet as with the video, there's
an odd undercurrent of redemption lurking. Accompanied by his backing band -
guitarist Myles Boisen, bassist Seth Ford-Young, percussionist Jenya Chernoff,
cellist Alex Kelly, trumpeter Chris  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dropkick Murphys Say Happy St. Paddy's!</title>
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Exclusive interview
with the band only at BLURT - first person to click on the link gets a free
case of green beer. Hey, would we lie to you?
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Tomorrow, March 17, is Saint Patrick's Day, and you know
what that means in the music world (no, not a sermon from Bono): time to break
out some Dropkick Murphys!
&nbsp;
For the occasion, BLURT blogger John Moore did an extensive
interview with singer/bassist Ken Casey in which the feisty musician talked
about his band's new live album Live on
Lansdowne, their upcoming appearance at Bonnaroo, hanging out with Bruce
Springsteen (!), the charitable foundation the Claddagh Fund which they established,
and of course what it's like to be a SPD mainstay each year in Boston.
&nbsp;
"The whole Boston
thing has become a little tradition," said Casey. "When you're in a touring
band, you're away a lot of the year and you don't get to catch up with as many
people as you like. Honestly, over St. Pa ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Gets Corked</title>
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Or "uncorked,"
depending on how you look at it. Most awesome piece of indie swag ever.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Well, if other labels can create promotional shot glasses,
who's to say making a promotional bottle stopper's a bum idea? In fact, we
think having Will Oldham perched atop our
favorite bottle of spirits is a ding-dong dandy idea! (Thanks to Pitchfork for
the news tip.)
&nbsp;
Domino Records has created a limited edition (only 150 made)
bottle stopper depicting Oldham-the-stopper in conjunction with the upcoming
Bonnie &lsquo;Prince" Billy and The Cairo Gang album The Wonder Show of the World, which is due from the label on March
29. According to domino, each stopper was hand carved by artist Scott Millar so
they'll all be unique.
&nbsp;

&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Wow, that's a scary looking army o' Oldhams. Folks who order the bottle stopper will also get a download
code for the album, natch. They'll set you back 25 British pounds, but just
imagine t ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Moby Grape Live LP, Rec Store Day 7”</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3472/</link>
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Sprawling 19-track
album covering 1966-69 performances, plus exclusive Record Store Day single
with non-album track.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Sundazed is billing it as the first official concert
collection from the legendary San Fran sixties outfit: Live by Moby Grape, originally comprising Jerry Miller, Skip
Spence, Bob Mosley, Peter Lewis and Don Stevenson. Their Columbia debut LP, Moby Grape, issued in June 1967, is still acclaimed as one of the
greatest rock albums ever - a union of blues, soul, country, surf twang and
day-glo garage rock, packed into original killer-pop songwriting. Extreme Columbia hype, devastating
business hassles and Spence's tragic mental collapse threatened to blow up the
band, although the Grape continued to make a string of great albums, 1968's Wow and Moby Grape '69.
  Meanwhile, though, Moby Grape, in their prime, were also one of the Bay Area's
- and America's - best stage bands, like the Beatles and Rolling Stones in one, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Look: New Graham Parker Album</title>
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Though
no longer squeezing out sparks, he's smoldering quite credibly on Imaginary Television, out this week on Bloodshot.
By Lee Zimmerman
&nbsp;
 
For the better part of the last 35 years, Graham Parker's
been known as an irascible agitator, an artist whose considerable talents have
always found him toiling in the shadow of contemporaries like Elvis Costello
and Tom Petty. Despite an enviable career and a prodigious output, he never
quite achieved the wider acclaim he so clearly deserved.&nbsp; To his credit, however, he's never faltered;
every Parker album has maintained quality control, and happily, Imaginary Television (Bloodshot) is no
exception.
&nbsp;
If there is any change in Parker's MO, it owes to the fact
that these days there's a little less grit, owing to a realization, perhaps,
that he can gracefully age without appearing to retreat. "We're all downsizing
what we're doing with our lives," he concedes on "Broken Skin," a song that
sounds soot ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man’s Micky Jones 1946-2010 R.I.P.</title>
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Virtuoso musician,
beloved by rock fans everywhere, could make the guitar talk.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Guitarist Micky Jones of the legendary Welsh psychedelic
band Man, passed away late last week (reportedly on Wednesday, March 10, or
Thursday, March 11) following a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 63.
&nbsp;
Here in the States, Man's profile was relatively low,
although anyone who came up during the &lsquo;70s reading rock mags like Trouser Press, Phonograph Record Magazine,
BAM and even the occasional imported copy of Melody Maker &nbsp;or NME surely knew the band - and possibly,
like myself, pledged eternal allegiance as well. A string of classic albums on
the UA label yielded endless pleasure for fans of full-on hemp-fueled guitar rock;
not for nothing was Man consider the Grateful Dead of the British Isles, and it's
significant that no less a West Coast psychedelic avatar than Quicksilver
Messenger Service's John Cipollina not only gave M ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mike Patton Goes Pop, Italian Style</title>
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Long-in-the-gestation
stages Mondo Cane will arrive on May 4. Something about Faith No More is
happening too...
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
Nearly two years ago we interviewed Mike Patton, and in the
story he disclosed that he had a new project he was working on, Mondo Cane.
&nbsp;
"It's a big, complicated project,"
said Patton. citing a 10-piece band plus a full symphony orchestra and choir.
The project was inspired by Italian pop crooners from the '50s and '60s who
enlisted top arrangers and composers for backing. "It's my version of that
music, so it's a little bit twisted and I definitely rearranged some things.
But it's me in that environment."
&nbsp;
Incoming, then, finally, is Mike Patton's Mondo Cane, the Faith No More/Peeping
Tom/Tomahawk/Mr. Bungle/Fantomas mainman's Italian language rock-meets-orchestra
hybrid. It's due May 4 via Patton's Ipecac Recordings label.
&nbsp;
Recorded at a series of European performances including an
outdoor conc ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mountain Goats Do Record Store Day DVD</title>
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Check out the live
video clip, below.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Well, you could certainly call this going above and beyond
the call of duty. Most bands do a special 7" single or a vinyl edition of an
already existing album in order to support Record Store Day (this year, April
20 at fine indie retailers across the country). Which is great! But the
Mountain Goats are apparently going all out by issuing a live DVD.
&nbsp;
According to the band's label, 4AD, 1500 copies of the film will
be made available on DVD, titled The Life of the World to Come: A film by
Rian Johnson and a song-by-song performance
of the album of the same name. &nbsp;As
4AD notes, "Shot with minimal cameras and with no allowance for retakes, John
Darnielle plays through the whole album, switching between piano and guitar,
resequencing the album's running order in the process while joined by a special
guest for two songs."
&nbsp;
Filmmaker Johnson's previous credits include 2008's Th ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indie Supergroup Alert: MG&V</title>
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Almost as
cool as CSN&amp;Y! That would be folks from Deer Tick, Dawes and Delta Spirit...
debuting at SXSW. So new there's not even a promotional photo!
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
MG&amp;V stands for McCauley, Goldsmith, and Vasquez...More
specifically, John McCauley - frontman of Deer Tick, Taylor Goldsmith -
frontman of Dawes and Matt Vasquez - frontman of Delta Spirit.
 &nbsp; Notoriously
adverse to sitting still, John McCauley felt the urge to write and record
during some of Deer Tick's recent downtime. Deer Tick chose Dawes to support a
leg of their summer 2009 tour, during which McCauley and Goldsmith developed an
affinity for each other's songwriting. McCauley decided that Nashville would be the perfect location to
write some new songs, and invited Goldsmith to join him. As the project began
to take shape, McCauley and Goldsmith decided Matt Vasquez was the man to
complete their vision for the project. A few days after tape started rolling,
Vasqu ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: Broken Bells Live in Brooklyn</title>
<link>http://blurt-online.com/news/view/3465/</link>
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At the Music Hall of Williamsburg
  Wednesday night (March 10), Danger Mouse and
James Mercer cover Neil Young, Tommy James, and themselves. Rising above the
potential hype-spawned critical backlash, they do the latter proud, paving the
way for a bright future as a "real" group.
&nbsp;
By
Zachary Herrmann
&nbsp;

 
Debuts
rarely come with such lofty expectations as those attached to the self-titled
Broken Bells release. Given the pedigree of the group's two collaborators -
Brian Burton
(Danger Mouse) and James Mercer (of The Shins) - it's understandable. &nbsp;In
the world of indie music, those two names are Dirk
Diggler-in-bursting-light-bulbs big.
&nbsp;
With
the album's March 9 street date come and gone, it's not the least bit
surprising to see in critical circles, at least, a good deal of backlash to Broken
Bells. The whole scenario sort of feels like d&eacute;j&agrave; vu all over again - there
was the same degree of acceptance/disappointment wi ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Who Stole The Soul? Brown's Body Missing</title>
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Who stole the soul
indeed! Rumored to be running guns on the Ivory Coast with Jim Morrison, Jimi
Hendrix and Elvis.
&nbsp;
By Fred Mills
&nbsp;
Some days we write the news, some days the news writes... you
know. The UK
media salivating heavily on this day, an otherwise slow news day, thanks to a
report in the Daily Mail concerning
the late James Brown's body - or the lack thereof.
&nbsp;
Hi daughter, LaRhonda Pettit, is claiming that the corpse is
missing from its crypt, which has been stored since the Godfather of Soul's
death in 2006 at the S.C. home of another daughter, Deanna, until an official
mausoleum can be completed. Pettit has been seeking an exhumation and autopsy
of the body in order to prove that the official cause of death was not heart failure in conjunction with
pneumonia.
&nbsp;
Petit told reporters, "My daddy's body has disappeared. I
have no clue where it was taken, but I need to know where. I'm convinced his
death was suspicious and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Look: New Ted Leo Album</title>
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Not
only is the new Ted Leon &amp; the Pharmacists album Leon's best to date, &nbsp;it's a strong candidate for one of the finest
full-lengths of 2010. Released this week on Matador.
&nbsp;
By Ron Hart
&nbsp;
 
"What about the voice of Geddy Lee?" once pondered an indie
rock wise man. Well, from the sound of "The Mighty Sparrow", the opening track
off The Brutalist Bricks (Matador),
the outstanding new album from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, it seems as though the
Washington DC-by-way-of-Brooklyn-by-way-of-North Jersey punk great swallowed it
whole (significantly when he hits that high note at the end). But don't think
PhX has gone all Rush on us here, kids.
&nbsp;
In fact, this taut, tight collection of 13 songs that make
up the DNA of The Brutalist Bricks find
Leo's trademark indie punk sound getting the major kick in the ass it so
desperately needed, especially after 2004's underwhelming Shake The Sheets and 2007's disappointing Living Among The Living ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nacional Recs w/Chilean Benefit Album</title>
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Fuerza Chile
features 11 Chilean artists from the Nacional roster.
&nbsp;
By Blurt Staff
&nbsp;
In the wake of the Haiti disaster zillions of people stepped
up to donate to Haitian relief programs, but the whole thing was so
overwhelming and the media coverage so relentless at times that for many, "Haitian
exhaustion" kicked in. As a result, in comparison the Chile
earthquake, though admittedly not causing the same amount of damage and
suffering, tended to be downplayed. It's a sad but true state of affairs.
&nbsp;
So in an effort to revive the spirit of giving in the minds
of the music community specific to Chile, the good folks at
Alternative Latin label Nacional Records
have put together a digital-only benefit album to raise funds. Titled Fuerza Chile, it cherrypicks 11 tracks
from Chilean artists across Nacional's catalog. All proceeds will be donated.
  Nacional founder Tomas Cookman was in Chile with management and label
artist Los Fabulosos Cadilla ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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