Pop/rock Band Jag Star Wins 'Next Big Hit' Competition -- Now Featured Artist on iTunes Music Store Pop/rock band Jag Star was just named the winner of the "Next Big Hit" competition. As a result, the band is now occupying the coveted front page feature on iTunes music store, where their winning song "Missed Out" is available for download. "This is priceless!" says lead singer and songwriter Sarah Lewis. "We are thrilled to get this kind of exposure and we've definitely worked our butts off to get here!" The band has racked up many accolades and television placements on their own, and have toured 15 countries including overseas for the U.S. Troops. - 2007-07-17

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

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

ON Networks Introduces New Comedy Lineup, with All-New Shows Sure to Make Viewers Double over with Laughter Sketch comedy zaniness, stand-up instruction and game show-style cooking share a virtual stage at ONnetworks.com. The newly launched comedy line-up boasts quirky, original shows that offer something for everyone -- from satire enthusiasts looking for fresh desktop distractions to wannabe comedians eager to be the next Kathy Griffin or Jerry Seinfeld. - 2007-07-10

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

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

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

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

Family Values Tour Fans Invited to Create Original 2007 Tour Poster: The Family Values Tour Partners with Brickfish to Select Fan-Designed 2007 Tour Poster One of the greatest brands in summer rock festivals, The Family Values Tour, has announced an online contest open to all fans to design a 2007 promotional tour poster. - 2007-06-13

Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Lineup Hugh Masekela, Kevin Mahogany, Red Holloway, Cyrus Chestnut, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Romero Lubambo, Leny Adrade, and the Maria Schneider Orchestra added to lineup for Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival August 31-September 2, Lenox, Massachusetts. Full lineup includes Kurt Elling, Randy Crawford and Joe Sample, Marian McPartland, Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Hank Jones, Roberta Gambarini, Ahmad Jamal and Jimmy Heath. - 2007-06-13

On the Next Maury - Hypnotist The Incredible Boris Cherniak Helps Eliminate Extreme Phobias Motivational Hypnotist The Incredible Boris Cherniak eliminates phobias on Maury, airing June 14, 2007 (NBC Universal, Syndicated). - 2007-06-11

Reah Valente Partners with NumaNation to Release New Music Videos NumaNation to host Reah Valente's new music video spoof contest - 2007-06-07

Blend K-Pop, Brit-pop and American Rock to Get Seriously New Asian American Rock Band To Release Self-titled Debut EP June 5th. Los Angeles-based music content company / indie label, Chaos Theory Music is proud to announce the much-anticipated self-titled debut EP by the up- and-coming Asian American rock band Seriously. With producers Woody Pak and Gloria Lee, Seriously brings to you five songs that show off their talent for melancholy yet fresh songwriting, blending hints of K-pop (aka Korean popular music) and British pop within the context of an American rock sound and sensibility. - 2007-06-05

Organic Entertainment Launches An In-House Booking Agency Manhattan-based multi-tiered entertainment group Organic Entertainment and Media announces the launch of their own in-house booking agency. - 2007-06-05

Piaf Interest Surges - Raquel Bitton Leads Edith Piaf Revival French Jazz singer Raquel Bitton re-release tribute CD "Raquel Bitton sings Edith Piaf" Also in distribution is a new Piaf Film on DVD (Lionsgate Films) "PIAF: her story, her songs"- written by and starring Raquel Bitton, a feature film that captures the essence of Edith Piaf and tells her story through her music. - 2007-06-04

Austin TX Gets Ready to Get Funky at FunkFest 2007 Featuring Members of The Meters, Nevilles, Galactic, Karl Denson FunkFest is focused on the special collaborations and side-projects of the musical greats of funk, soul, jazz and boogaloo that happen as late-night shows during the New Orleans Jazz Festival. The line-up includes Leo Nocentelli (The Meters), members of the Nevilles, Galactic, Karl Denson and more. The event will partially benefit Meals on Wheels and More in Austin Texas. While independent of Summer NAMM, FunkFest coincides with this music-industry event in Austin Texas. - 2007-05-29

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