General Music Update Thread

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Hip-O-Select will release the Jimmy Cliff box set [b][i]Jimmy Cliff - Better Days Are Coming: The A & M Years.

It's a four disc box set due in August that will feature material from 1969 - 1971 and also have a bunch of material that has been previously unreleased in the US.

This is the information I got out of the July 1st USA Today newspaper.

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A new Simple Minds CD entitled Black And White 050505 is due out September 13th on Sanctuary Records.

Here's an article on blues legend B. B. King.

The documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan will hit DVD on September 20th, six days ahead of it's premiere on PBS and the BBC. News article

A more convential album from Missy Elliott? This article says yes.

The new Eliza Gilkyson CD Paradise Hotel is due out August 9th. You can check out a preview of one of the new songs via this special E-Card from Red House Records.

I'm really psyched for this new album because her most recent CD Land Of Milk And Honey was so good it made my top 5 of 2004 list.

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The second Franz Ferdinand CD is due out October 4th. Here's some details.

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Depeche Mode CD due to be released in October. It will be called "Playing The Angel."

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Paul McCartney will release his new 13 track solo CD Chaoa and Creation in the Back Yard on September 13th via Capitol Records.

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Here's an interview with Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's.

Here's the track listing for the new Simple Minds CD "Black & White 050505."
The album is due out September 13th on Sanctuary Records.

01. Stay Visible
02. Home
03. Stranger
04. Different World
05. Underneath The Ice
06. The Jeweller (Part 2)
07. Black & White
08. Kiss The Ground
09. Dolphins

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Here's an interview with Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo about his debut CD.
Interview link

Son Volt has a new album coming out called Okemah And The Melody Of Riot. Here's an article with details and more.

Are you wondering what's up with former American Idol contestant Kimberly Locke? Read this to find out!

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Here's the cover art for the Simple Minds upcoming CD Black and White 050505

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Jason Mraz has a new 12 track CD called Mr A-Z on July 26th.

Details

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There's a brouhaha over the choice of a new conductor for The Baltimore Symphony.

Check out the story.

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A violinist is suing the New York Philharmonic claiming it gives preferential treatment/status to female violinists.

Full story

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Melissa Etheridge has released a new single. It's a cover of the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers classic "Refugee." (REAL PLAYER)
Here's the cover art for the single:


The new Susan Tedeschi album Hope and Desire will be released in the fall of 2005.

Heart will appear on the PBS program Soundstage the week of July 28th. Check your own local listings for exact date and time.

The new Hootie & The Blowfish album Looking For Lucky will be released August 9th on [b]Vanguard Records. You can hear the 12 songs from the album via this CMT.com link
Here's the cover art:

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Huey Lewis has joined the cast of "Chicago."

Story Link

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Here's an article on singer Joss Stone.

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Lil Kim will release her new album Naked Truth on September 13th.