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According to the jam-band website Grateful Web, “Canadian ball-of-fire beacon of the blues scene Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne is set to add to his stack of multi-award-winning albums with the release of ‘Go, Just Do It!’ — available June 12,…

Community Bank, a regional bank in the Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida area has extended its license of the Ted Hawkins composition and recording (Rounder/Concord) of "Bring It On Home" for a series of TV ads to begin airing on May…

Diane Schuur’s first new CD in six years is due for official release on May 8, 2020 by Jazzheads Music Group.  Entitled “Running On Faith,” tracks are available now for digital download and streaming. Performing on piano throughout, the vocalist…

The Shifty Henry classic composition “Let Me Go Home Whiskey” first made famous by singer/pianist Amos Milburn was licensed for the History Channel series “Project Blue Book.”  The program chronicles the real-life, US Air Force sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena…

T-Bone Walker's standard "They Call It Stormy Monday" was featured in tonight's auditions for The Voice, performed by Tyrone Perkins.

Bates Meyer is handling the music research and licensing for the Grace Lee directed documentary series “Asian Americans” to debut on PBS in May.  The series, produced in conjunction with WETA reveals ways in which the Asian experience in the…

The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association will be inducting legendary Texas bluesman T-Bone Walker into their Hall of Fame on February 21 at the Paramount Theater in Austin.  Walker receives the honor this year alongside Jerry Jeff Walker, B.J. Thomas.  Guest…

The Ernie Watts Quartet returns to the Unity Concert Hall in San Luis Obispo on January 18 for an encore performance.  The event is promoted by the SLO County Jazz Federation.

Grammy Winner Diane Schuur headlines the Barclay Theater in Irvine, CA on January 10 with her quartet.  The concert is sold out for Ms. Schuur’s maiden voyage of 2020.

Bates Meyer Grammy winning artists Diane Schuur and Ernie Watts are working in the recording studio together on Schuur’s new album “Running On Faith.”  Watts is co-producing and laying down his signature saxophone, for the vocalist who is also producing. …