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Charlie Gillett, a DJ and music historian who helped bring music from around the world to wider attention, has died at the age of 68, his employer, the British Broadcasting Corp., said Thursday more - more on this story

Sarah McLachlan Sets New Album Release

Sarah McLachlan is scheduled to release her first studio album of new material in 7 years The Laws Of Illusion on June 15th on Arista Records. The album is currently being recorded in Montreal and Vancouver with Sarah's longtime collaborator/producer Pierre Marchand.

Sarah's new album The Laws Of Illusion will be released just weeks in advance of the kick off to Lilith Fair 2010, the historic all women touring festival, founded by McLachlan, which became one of the highest grossing touring festivals in the world.

A special pre-order campaign for Sarah's new album THE LAWS OF ILLUSION is available now exclusively at sarahmclachlan.com. Fans that pre-order her new album will be offered the added benefit of exclusive access to purchase Lilith Fair tickets before they are made available anywhere else, and additionally will receive an instant download of Sarah's new song, "One Dream." A resident of Vancouver, Sarah recently performed at the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics and wrote and recorded "One Dream," which was used as part of the TV marketing campaign for the Vancouver Winter Olympics. - Click Here to Watch the video for One Dream

Z-Trip Cancels Shows Due To Emergency Surgery From Snowboarding Accident

Due to an unfortunate snowboarding accident Z-Trip has canceled numerous live performance dates. He has also dropped out of the upcoming "A-Team" movie soundtrack. The world-renowned DJ and producer completed successful emergency surgery yesterday to mend a broken clavicle and is recovering nicely.

While the accident occurred Friday, March 12, the extent of injuries and necessary recovery time was not immediately clear and involved a series of medical evaluations. Z-Trip is at this time scheduled to make his triumphant return to the stage at this year's Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 17 as planned.

As he is currently the Friday night headlining resident DJ at Rain Nightclub at The Palms in Las Vegas, where "Z-Trip's Revolution" takes place weekly, he will not be at the planned gigs on March 19 or April 2, and has canceled his scheduled headlining appearance at SXSW in Austin on Saturday, March 20 at Red Bull's "Thre3 Style" event. - more on this story

Landon Pigg Interviewed at Michele Clark's Sunset Sessions

Project Rhythm Seed--a nonprofit company with a mission to create funding for youth music programs--was recently invited to attend a private, music industry showcase called Michele Clark's Sunset Sessions.

During the three day event, they videotaped over thirty interview and performance segments with many talented musical artists and groups, including two segments with Landon Pigg.

Says Project Rhythm Seed founder Myles Crawley, "Landon is a consummate professional. He is a songwriter's songwriter. While we were waiting for the technical crew to begin shooting, Landon and I had a conversation about Project Rhythm Seed's mission. Being a second generation musician, and having the creative tools readily available as he was growing up, Landon not only understands the importance of musical education, but also recognizes the potential for negative impact created by the breakdown of school music programs."

The exclusive Landon Pigg footage premiered today at - www.projectrhtyhmseed.org

Meaghan Smith All Things Considered

Meaghan Smith was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered: Weekend Edition" this week.

She discussed her inspirations behind the vintage sound of nettnew album The Cricket's Orchestra. Click here to listen to the great interview.

Since the release of her debut album, Meaghan has received critical acclaim from the New York Times to USA Today to People Magazine. Be sure to catch her on one of her upcoming tour dates and on this summer's Lilith tour - more on this story

The Perfects Reissuing Their Leaked Year Old Debut

After last year's leaking of their debut LP Future Automatic, The Perfects are gearing up for the re-release in Spring 2010.

Releasing the album via FU Records, the Baltimore musicians will be including two new songs, remixes from top DJs, and a few more surprises to keep listeners on their feet.

Along with the upcoming album, The Perfects also have a few performances lined up at top venues in Los Angeles for next week, including The Good Hurt and Viper Room. - more on this story

Pharoahe Monch Going To W.A.R.

Pharoahe Monch is on the front lines once again and this time it's bigger than just album talk. Monch is gearing up to release his new project W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) through a partnership with Duck Down Music, while establishing his company W.A.R. Media as a viable entertainment portal.

W.A.R. is the follow-up album to Pharoahe's "Desire" project from 2007. Fans can expect what they've come to love from Pharoahe on the new LP; complex rapping techniques that are both intricate and intelligent.

Monch states, "I'm incredibly excited about my upcoming release W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) and my new partnership between my company W.A.R. Media, LLC, and Duck Down Music. This album deals with conflicts and resolutions of the spirit, the soul, the government, and the industry among other things. Thus far it features Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid, Jean Grae, Styles P, Phonte, Black Thought, with more to come. It also features production from M-Phazes, Marco Polo, Mike Low, Fatin, Lee Stone, Exile and others to be announced. I am working diligently to finish the work for a summer release and I am honored to join forces with the Duck Down family during their 15 year anniversary." - more on this story