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Nine New Artists Signed to Date Through Billboard Underground Showcase Performances
Providing the opportunity for unsigned artists to debut in front of music moguls, tastemakers, and influential press, Billboard Underground leverages new talent for a possible contract with top industry labels. Proving highly successful, Billboard Underground's 40-plus shows to date have landed nine new artists with record deals. The shows are held on a quarterly basis with the next to take place in September 2007. 2007-07-16

Crooner Brian Evans Performs on 'So You Think You Can Dance' on Fox
Crooner Brian Evans' version of the song "It Had To Be You" will be featured on the hit show "So You Think You Can Dance" this Wednesday, July 18th, to millions of viewers. 2007-07-16

The LACS Release Lacademics Album
Side Ya Mouth Records is pleased to announce their new release by recording artist the Lacs, a CD for alternative and southern hip hop fans, titled Lacademics Back 2 School The Album. The Lacs produced it as the second album of the South on Fire Trilogy. The Lacs said, "We wanted the second album to have fun, be modern and have an alternative edge. The songs are refreshing but not redundant." The title of the CD comes from the idea that the Lacs are educating the hip hop world about their style of music. 2007-07-15

Valencia Vas Reaches Top 40 on ACQB Radio Chart in Only Three Weeks With Hopeful Pop Single "When The Sun Comes Up"
Classically trained soprano was tied with Chrisette Michele and ahead of Rascal Flatts, Sir Paul, John Mayer and Fergie for most added the first two weeks out. 2007-07-12

Joe Colledge Releases "Table For One" LP on OMS Records Label
AAA/Pop-Rock Singer-Songwriter Joe Colledge has just announced the release of his long-awaited and highly-acclaimed LP, "Table For One", on producer Anthony Vitale's new independent label, OMS Records. The album is now available on CD Baby, Amazon, and iTunes, as well as most other digital distributors through Big Fish Media, LLC. 2007-07-11

1720 Entertainment Joins Forces With Black Coral, Inc. For The Global Launch Of The Caribbean's Original "Queen of Soca" Alison Hinds' Smash Anthem "Roll It Gal"
Atlanta-based 1720 Entertainment is proud to announce its partnership with Black Coral, Inc. for the global launch of the Caribbean's one and only, original "Queen of Soca" - Alison Hinds' smash hit single, "Roll It Gal." Her debut album entitled, Soca Queen, will be released this fall. 2007-07-11

Iv'Joy Records Release "Of When You Came" by Clark Ingram
Iv'Joy Records announces the release "Of When You Came," a two disc, jazz flavored easy-listening CD by Clark Ingram. The CD is 18 sides produced, arranged and conducted by one of New York's finest producers, David Berger. 2007-07-11

TRIPNOTICA Presents New York's Record Release Party for Garbage's Greatest Hits Album, Absolute Garbage
TRIPNOTICA, in collaboration with UMe Records, presents the New York record release party for Garbage's thrilling greatest hits album, Absolute Garbage (UMe, 7/17/07). The official preview event will include special promotional giveaways and will be held at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. 2007-07-11

Kathryn Keats to Perform at The Mint in Los Angeles, July 17; San Diego Pride, July 21
Singer Draws Inspiration from Former Abusive Relationship 2007-07-10

Stephen Michael Apatow: Arts Integration - Save Our Selves - Live Earth Triggers a Global Frenzy
The arts are an essential part of American culture as a whole. It is very important that all members of society come into direct contact with the arts -- not only as passive observers, but also as active participants. The Humanitarian Resource Institute Arts Integration into Education initiative is promoting the arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic planning and development across the globe. 2007-07-09

JamzTown.com "Underground Sound" The Best Rock and Roll Album of Next Year
New Interactive Concept Album JamzTown.com celebrates progressive storytelling. The fast soulful grooves will wake the dead with killer guitar playing, bass rhythm and upfront drums. Devine lyrics have a sense of urgency, lust and freedom. 2007-07-09

Independent Label MusicandVideo.tv Announces The Global Release of New Music from Kansas' Steve Walsh
Two Songs, previously released on MusicandVideo.tv, now available globally on Apple iTunes featuring Steve Walsh and David Ragsdale of Kansas, Joel Kosche of Collective Soul and Joe Franco. 2007-07-05

Reggae Founder Rediscovered: After 25-Year Silence, Kingman Is Back
Jamaican hitmaker Claudius Linton launches his new band Kingman & Jonah. The first CD-EP, featuing "In The Street" and "Baghdad," debuts on July 30. 2007-07-05

Survey Reveals Lack of Awareness That U.S. Sunscreens Provide Insufficient Protection Against Skin Cancer
Results of a national survey on skin cancer and sun safety conducted by Harris Interactive were announced today by the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) and the Citizens for Sun Protection (CSP). The survey revealed some startling facts regarding public misperceptions of the level of skin cancer protection provided by U.S. sun screen products. 2007-07-04

The Fabulous Rudies Launch Rude Gear Collection
The featured Vans Warp Tour BBQ Band partners with Groove Rock Gear for hot new clothing line. 2007-07-02

The USA to Get Happy this Summer   The happiest tour on earth is back! Kicking off June 23rd in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and wrapping up in Dallas, Texas on August, 26th, the Get Happy tour is an all ages welcome, fan friendly, rock and roll show that's set to play over 40 dates throughout the USA this summer. 2007-06-29

Mission House Music welcomes Maria Long
Mission House Music proudly welcomes Maria Long to the Mission House family. 2007-06-29

Preservation Hall Bridges Past with Present in its New Release, 'Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions'
Box set includes rare unreleased recordings, original photographs, DVD and more from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band musical archives (www.preservationhall.com). National Release Date- Tuesday July 24, 2007. 2007-06-29

Music Royalty Comes Together To Pay Tribute To Fats Domino On New CD: 'Goin' Home'
Landmark recording to benefit Tipitina's Foundation mission of saving the musical culture of New Orleans; Vanguard Records to release double disc set on September 25th. 2007-06-28

Hoodiny Entertainment Group and Billboard Form Strategic Alliance To Expand Digital Services to the Latin Music Industry
Hoodiny to Leverage Nielsen Sales Organization and Billboard Content to Strengthen Online Music Destination and Develop Ad-supported Communities for Music Labels 2007-06-28

Front Gate Solutions Launches Online Store Business; The Industry's First Truly Integrated Online Ticketing and Merchandise Platform is Born
Front Gate Solutions of Austin, TX today announced the launch of MerchManager™, a web-based e-commerce application that has been designed specifically for the entertainment industry. The solution enables artists, bands, festivals, film studios, sports teams and other event producers to sell t-shirts, hats, CDs and more from a privately branded online store. Organizations can either license the software to run their own operations or outsource store management and fulfillment operations to Front Gate Solutions' full service agency, Front Gate Tickets. 2007-06-27

Andy Milne & Gregoire Maret Duo Debut Album Scenarios Releases June 26, 2007 in USA
Cinematic piano/harmonica duets prove Milne and Maret are among today's most notable jazz musicians "These two musicians are seminal representatives of today's jazz" - Toots Thielemans 2007-06-26

International Drum Legend, Ignacio Berroa Walks Home with '07 Award for 'Best International Jazz Album of the Year' for 'CODES'
With eight intimate tracks, Codes is not only an International winner at the Danish Music Awards 2007, it also celebrates an experiential masterpiece. 2007-06-22

Fancorps.com Takes Blue October's Street Team to the Next Level
Platinum selling Universal Motown artist Blue October enlisted Fancorps.com to manage their street team of over two thousand members. The team has since grown stronger than ever and helped push the band to mainstream success. 2007-06-22

Pop Singer Seven Silvasy And Former Miss Pennsylvania Teen Returns To Perform and Join Judges Panel
Silvasy to Participate in the Miss Pennsylvania Teen Pageant to be held June 22-24th at Radisson Hotel and Convention Center, Harrisburg, PA. 2007-06-21

Trueful's Debut CD 'Truth Be Told' Featuring the First Single, 'Wherever,' Set for Release as Artist is Nominated as Best Male Vocalist at the Las Vegas Music Awards
Music's Hottest Newcomer, Trueful, is Nominated As Best Male Vocalist at the 3rd Annual Las Vegas Music Awards Award Nomination Comes on the Heels of the Artists Debut Album Release, Truth Be Told Featuring the First Single, "Wherever" 2007-06-20

Gamma Blast Debuts New, Leading Edge Service for North American Market
Gamma Blast, a leader in the field of digital post production, recently announced its new service of providing high-definition (HD) closed captioning services to producers and broadcasters whose programming is in the HD format. This is a significant development for the television industry because only a handful of companies in North America are equipped to provide this service with most of the few offering the service in Los Angeles or New York. Furthermore, 2008 is predicted to be the year that many networks "officially" move away from Standard Definition broadcasting and begin to broadcast exclusively in HD. 2007-06-20

T.I - Featured Artist of the Month in July on Music Choice
Thirteen videos from T.I.'s catalog of music, along with exclusive programming that introduces viewers to both the personal and professional sides of T.I., will be featured on Music Choice's free video-on-demand music service, the most-popular video-on-demand service in the country, throughout the month of July. 2007-06-19

Lisa Houston to Launch Her Highly Anticipated Debut Album "Spread the Love"
Album includes thirteen tracks most of which were written by Lisa Houston & Producer Jimmy Mac, it also includes trademark songs of her career and award winning Christian musicians. 2007-06-19

Benny Mardones: "Illegal Downloads Out of Control"
"If retailers and artists do not offer music consumers what they want, when they want it, they will turn to other resources, such as contaminated P2P networks," singer-songwriter Benny Mardones 2007-06-18