http://sound-off-online.com Message Music For The Masses. Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:32:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Concert Remembers the Women’s Orchestra of Birkenau at St. John the Divine “Music in Desperate Times: Remembering the Women’s Orchestra of Birkenau” is a concert presented by the Woodstock, N.Y.-based choral ensemble Ars Choralis that interweaves orchestral music with spoken memoirs to bring back the voices and music of the ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=501 With the support of musicians and their fans, and this year in partnership with Whole Foods Market, Conscious Alliance will deliver full holiday meals to impoverished Native American Reservations. This is the fifth year Conscious Alliance has conducted the annual program. The organization is also hosting Rebel Alliance Jam XIV, ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=499 Music Industry Publicist Launches T-Shirt Series For Charity Holiday Matinee, a PR firm specializing in music publicity (clients include Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, Jimmy Eat World, and MTV) has launched its “artist series” of T-shirts, with a new design debuting each month. The first design is by LA- artist ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=497 Dark Was The Night Marks 20th Annual Release In The Unique Series The latest album in the Red Hot series, which includes Red Hot And Blue (a tribute to Cole Porter), Red Hot And Riot (Fela Kuti), and Red Hot And Bothered (’90s indie rock) is Dark Was The Night. Like ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=495 www.npr.org, www.nytimes.com www.mtv.com/news, www.reuters.com www.cnn.com, www.bbc.co.uk www.rollingstone.com, www.washingtonpost.com http://sound-off-online.com/?p=494 CD Inspired By Barack Obama’s
 Presidential Campaign Inspired by the grassroots movement created by Barack Obama’s presidential run, Hidden Beach Recordings has assembled a compilation CD that “taps into the creative community’s overwhelming response to the campaign’s universal themes of hope, unity, and change.



” The eighteen-song disc, Yes We Can: Voices Of ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=492 Concert Series, Merchandise, And Foundation Launch The Our Veterans, Our Heroes project was founded to directly address the challenges and needs of our military personnel and their families, from the devastation of health care issues to the heartbreak of home foreclosures. Through the efforts of three business executives—Ken Fry, George Nauful, ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=490 New Song Offered As Free Download Everclear’s new single, “Jesus Was A Democrat,” tackles religious and political hypocrisy. The song, which was penned by front man Art Alexakis, arrives as a free download via the band’s Web site, www.everclearonline.com, just in time for the 2008 presidential election.
The band debuted “Jesus Was ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=488 Taylor Guitars has partnered with platinum-selling artist Jason Mraz for the release the limited-edition (50—one for each state) Liberty Tree T5 Guitar. The roots of the Liberty Tree T5 date back to the Revolutionary War. According to the guitar-maker, patriots chose trees in each of the colonies to hold secret ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=486 Lots of bands mix genres, some better than others. New York’s Holy Hale is among those who do it unusually well, with big-beat, pop, Americana, hip-hop, new wave, and electro coming together in a healthy, breathing surge of energy. The lyrics strewn across their debut album, Independent Pleasure Club (due ... http://sound-off-online.com/?p=484