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Family Tree Records Release Sakai?s CD Dream Big
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Los Angeles, California-October 8, 2007- Family Tree Records has joined forces with The Rob Nonies Label Group and Koch Distribution on the release of Sakai?s Dream Big. ?I Like,? the first single from Dream Big is graced with the guitar-playing wizardry of Dwayne Wiggins of Tony! Tone! Toni!. ?I Like,? debuted at the #8 position on Billboard?s ?Hot R & Hip Hop Singles Sales?chart… READ MORE…

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:44:00 GMT

New R.E.M. song to debut on CNN show
Story updated at 1:55 PM on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 With a little less than a week before R.E.M. sees the release of its first-ever live album — appropriately titled “R.E.M. Live,” the band will have a song …

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:05:29 GMT

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The Soft Parade
The Soft Parade Publisher: Elektra / Wea (October 25, 1990) Average Customer Review: ( 111 customer reviews ) List Price: $11.98 51 Used & new from $7.20 Tag: Music Similar Product Waiting for the Sun Morrison Hotel Strange Days L.A. Woman The Doors…

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:10:07 GMT
Negativland Q&A: In the Future, Nothing Will Remain Intact
Negativland Q&A: In the Future, Nothing Will Remain IntactScott Thill did an extensive e-mail interview with mashup pioneers Negativland for a Wired News story about the group’s new DVD/CD retrospective, Our Favorite Things. Here’s the uncut interview. Wired News: What are your favorite things about Our Favorite Things? Mark Hosler: We love them all, and t…Read the full post from Listening PostTags: people
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Tue, 9 Oct 2007 18:21:12 EDT

N.W.A's 1988 Landmark Album Straight Outta Compton Expanded for 20th Anniversary CD Digital and Vinyl Release by Capitol/Priority
Commemorative Release Adds Live Track and N.W.A Covers by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Snoop Dogg and C-Murder Mack 10 and WC In Stores: December 4 2007 HOLLYWOOD Calif. Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ It has been 20 years since N.W.A rocketed Straight Outta Compton to double platinum success and worldwide acclaim and notoriety as rap music’s most powerful force redefining forever the trajectory of popular music.

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST
Andre Ward Crystal City Jazz Music CD Review
Crystal City is the latest Jazz CD released by the highly talented Andre Ward who once again has delivered a brilliant collection of tracks. I’m confident Andre Ward fans, and Jazz fans alike will be …

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:49:31 EDT

Taylor Swift To Release Her Deluxe Edition CD In November
All Headline News - Nashville, TN (CNS) - Teenage country music star Taylor Swift is all set to release her new music and video collection, “The Taylor Swift Limited Deluxe Edition,” on November 6. The collection is an enhanced version of the 17-year-old artist’s …

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:54:00 GMT
Embrace digital or die, EMI told
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The new owner of EMI, Britain’s largest music group, has warned that the industry will not survive if it continues to rely on CD sales alone.
Guy Hands, the financier whose private equity group, Terra Firma, bought EMI in August, told staff in a confidential e-mail last week… with the label, to release their latest album via the internet and at a price decided by fans.
In the e… from playing concerts and festivals overtaking their income from CD sales, the decision to break free

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:23:46 GMT

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Greater Nashville has a population of 1.2 million and hosts 9 million tourists each year. Projected growth is 42 percent in the five-country metro area by 2025, with the highest growth being in the outlying counties.

The projected job growth during that same time is 69 percent, but the majority of the job growth is projected to be in Davidson County. Local officials decided that commuter rail was definitely in the picture.

Planning for the line began in 1996, with actual track and signal construction begun in October of 2004. Station construction began in June of 2005.

The first day of revenue operations was September 18, 2006.

Scope of the project

The Music City Star project consisted of 31.4 track miles from Lebanon, Tenn., to downtown Nashville. This included the construction of six stations along the way. Along with the station construction, the project included rehabilitation of the existing railroad track from Class 2 freight to Class 3 passenger service, bypassing an existing freight yard, adding a signal system, protecting grade crossings, upgrading a maintenance facility and replacing or rehabbing several bridges.

Neel-Schaffer, Inc., a Nashville consulting engineering firm, was the project manager for the design and construction of the project. By using five different general contractors, the following work was accomplished:

* More than two miles of new track was laid, including bypass tracks around the freight yard, storage tracks and passing sidings.