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Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka


Última Atualização: 17/11/2009

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Sexo: Male
Status: Em um Relacionamento
Idade: 39
Sinal: Peixes

Cidade: Bad Vilbel
Estado: Hessen
País: DE
Data de Inscrição: 25/2/2007

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quinta-feira, novembro 26, 2009 
Inspiriert vom Zusammenhalt der Deutschen wird der US-Rockstar einen Preis für außergewöhnliche Zivilcourage an einen Bundesbürger vergeben!
Berlin, am 26. November 2009: Nachdem Bon Jovi erst am 9. November auf dem „Fest der Freiheit“ in Berlin den 20. Jahrestag des Mauerfalls mit ihrer mitreißenden Freiheits-Hymne „We Weren’t Born To Follow“ musikalisch untermalt haben, hat Sänger Jon Bon Jovi nun seinen eigenen Preis für Zivilcourage ins Leben gerufen: Inspiriert von der unbeschreiblichen Stimmung am Brandenburger Tor und dem Zusammenhalt der Deutschen wird er schon im kommenden Monat erstmals den Circle Of Change Award an einen Bundesbürger bzw. eine Bundesbürgerin vergeben, der oder die sich im Jahr 2009 besonders durch gute Taten und außergewöhnliches Engagement für die Mitmenschen hervorgetan hat. Wohltäter und Menschenfreunde können sich vom 26. November bis 2. Dezember 2009 unter www.BonJovi.de entweder selbst für den Award nominieren oder von anderen als Kandidaten vorgeschlagen werden. Der Gewinner des Preises, den Jon Bon Jovi selbst ermitteln wird, darf nach Amerika fliegen, um die Trophäe dort höchstpersönlich von der Rock-Ikone überreicht zu bekommen.
Indirekt knüpft der Sänger aus New Jersey mit der Einführung des Circle Of Change Awards an die Aussage von Bon Jovis aktueller Hitsingle „We Weren’t Born To Follow“ an: Mit einer Textzeile wie „you got to stand up for what you believe“ – zu Deutsch: „Du musst für deine Ideale eintreten“ – ruft die Band auch musikalisch zu mehr Zivilcourage auf und widmet den Song all denjenigen, die „nicht bloß herumsitzen und in die Ecke spucken“.
Unter dem Motto „One Soul At A Time“ unterstützt der US-Sänger mit seiner Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation schon seit Jahren Obdachlose und Familien in Not, damit es ihnen gelingt, dem Teufelskreis der Armut zu entkommen. Mit seinem Circle Of Change Award fügt der 47-Jährige der langen Liste seiner gemeinnützigen Aktivitäten einen weiteren Eintrag hinzu. Erst im letzten Jahr wurden Jon Bon Jovi und seine Soul Foundation bei den Billboard Touring Awards mit dem Humanitarian Award ausgezeichnet, der an Künstler vergeben wird, die sich durch soziales Engagement hervorgetan haben.
Bon Jovi zählen seit mehr als 25 Jahren zu den erfolgreichsten Rockbands der Welt. Die Grammy-Gewinner haben weltweit über 120 Millionen Alben verkauft und sind im Rahmen von über 2600 Konzerten in gut 50 Ländern vor über 34 Millionen Fans aufgetreten. Ihr gerade erst erschienenes „The Circle“-Album stieg in Deutschland und zig anderen Ländern direkt auf Platz #1 der Charts ein. Ihre „Lost Highway“-Tour 2008 ist vom US-amerikanischen Billboard-Magazin zur weltweit erfolgreichsten Konzertreihe des Jahres gekürt worden.
quinta-feira, novembro 26, 2009 

quarta-feira, novembro 25, 2009 
SUGARLAND TO PERFORM ON OPRAH NOVEMBER 30 PROMOTING GOLD AND GREEN

Sugarland will appear on Oprah Monday, November 30 to promote their holiday album Gold And Green. The duo will perform a Christmas classic during the show with Oscar winning actress, Jennifer Hudson. This will mark Sugarland's second appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show this year.
quarta-feira, novembro 25, 2009 

quarta-feira, novembro 25, 2009 
JASON ALDEAN RELEASES LIVE
iTUNES EXCLUSIVE “SESSIONS” TODAY
 
Aldean’s "The Truth" Climbs Towards Top 10
 
NASHVILLE, TN – Nov. 24 – Country music chart-topper Jason Aldean takes his electric live show down a notch with the release of an exclusive eight song live EP as part of iTunes’ “Sessions” series today. Recorded in Nashville at Treasure Isle Studio, Aldean’s raw performance includes intimate renditions of some of his biggest hits as well as tracks off his top selling album WIDE OPEN.
 
"Sessions" Track Listing:
 
1. Hicktown
2. Amarillo Sky
3. Johnny Cash
4. Why
5. She’s Country
6. Big Green Tractor
7. Asphalt Cowboy
8. Crazy Town
 
After already spending six weeks at No. one this year, Aldean's third single “The Truth” off WIDE OPEN continues to climb, landing at No. 13 this week after only 10 weeks at radio.  Fans can catch Aldean headlining on the 2010 leg of his record setting WIDE OPEN tour beginning in January. For a full list of tour dates, visit www.jasonaldean.com.
quarta-feira, novembro 25, 2009 

THE RECORDING ACADEMY® ANNOUNCES ....

2010 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME® INDUCTEES ....

Selections Represent Some of Music's Lasting and Legendary Recordings....

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Nov. 24, 2009) — The Recording Academy® announced the newest additions to its GRAMMY Hall Of Fame®, adding 25 recordings to a timeless list that now includes 851 titles. The Hall Of Fame serves as a celebration and reminder of the triumphs and achievements of the recording arts. Selections are drawn from all categories of music, acknowledging the diversity of musical expression for which The Recording Academy has become renowned. The list and recordings now reside as a collection on display at the GRAMMY Museum®.....

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"This year's GRAMMY Hall Of Fame inductees highlight a diverse array of masterpiece recordings that have had a profound impact on our musical history," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "The selections are timeless staples that span six decades and represent a wide range of genres from comedy to rock, reggae, jazz and R&B. They all greatly deserve to be memorialized."....

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The selected recordings range from 1923's "Dipper Mouth Blues" by King Oliver & His Jazz Band to 1977's "Birdland" by Weather Report. Other recordings also chosen this year include Louis Armstrong's "Lazy River," the Beach Boys' "California Girls," James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's Man's World," George's Carlin's Class Clown, the Doors' "Riders On The Storm," Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad," and Bob Marley & The Wailers' Catch A Fire. Other artists with selections include the Isley Brothers, Bo Diddley, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Mahalia Jackson, Harry James & His Orchestra, Janis Joplin, Johnny Mercer, Jelly Roll Morton, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.....

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The Recording Academy's National Trustees established the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. Hall Of Fame recordings are reviewed annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts, and final approval is made by The Recording Academy Trustees. For more information about the Hall Of Fame or the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (to be broadcast live on Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network), please visit www.grammy.com. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy®'s social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys.....

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For a complete list of GRAMMY Hall Of Fame inductees, please go to http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Hall_Of_Fame/.....

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Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY® Awards — the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture. For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, join the organization's social networks as a Twitter follower at www.twitter.com/thegrammys, a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/thegrammys, and a YouTube channel subscriber at www.youtube.com/thegrammys.....

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Media Contact: ....

Lourdes López....

The Recording Academy....

310.392.3777 ....

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2010 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductees....

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"AS TIME GOES BY"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ....

Dooley Wilson....

Decca (1944)....

Traditional Pop (Single)....

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"BIRDLAND"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ....

Weather Report                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ....

Columbia (1977)....

Jazz (Single)....

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"CALIFORNIA GIRLS"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ....

The Beach Boys                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ....

Capitol (1965)   ....

Pop (Single) ....

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CATCH A FIRE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ....

Bob Marley & The Wailers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ....

Island (1973)....

Reggae (Album)....

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CLASS CLOWN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ....

George Carlin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ....

Little David (1972)....

Comedy (Album) ....

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"CRAZY HE CALLS ME"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ....

Billie Holiday                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ....

Decca (1949)   ....

Jazz (Single)....

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"DIPPER MOUTH BLUES"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ....

King Oliver & His Jazz Band                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ....

Okeh (1923)....

Jazz (Single)                              ....

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"DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE (NEVER NO LAMENT)"                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ....

Victor (1940)   ....

Jazz (Single)                              ....

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ELLA AND BASIE!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ....

Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ....

Verve (1963)....

Jazz (Album)                               ....

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"FELIZ NAVIDAD"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ....

Jose Feliciano                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ....

RCA Victor (1970)....

Latin (Single)                              ....

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"FOR ME AND MY GAL"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ....

Judy Garland & Gene Kelly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ....

Decca (1942)....

Traditional Pop (Single) ....

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"HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ....

Mahalia Jackson                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ....

Columbia (1958)....

Gospel (Single)                            ....

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"I FEEL LIKE GOING HOME"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ....

Muddy Waters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ....

Aristocrat (1948)....

Blues (Single)                              ....

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"IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD"                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ....

James Brown                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ....

King (1966)   ....

R&B (Single)                               ....

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JAZZ SAMBA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ....

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ....

Verve (1962)   ....

Jazz (Album)                               ....

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"KANSAS CITY STOMPS"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ....

Jelly Roll Morton                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ....

Victor (1928)   ....

Jazz (Single)                               ....

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"LAZY RIVER"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ....

Louis Armstrong                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ....

Okeh (1931)   ....

Jazz (Single)                               ....

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG PLAYS W. C. HANDY                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ....

Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ....

Columbia  (1954)   ....

Jazz (Album)                               ....

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"MR. BOJANGLES"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ....

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ....

 Liberty (1970)   ....

Pop (Single)                                ....

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PEARL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ....

Janis Joplin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ....

Columbia (1971)   ....

Rock (Album)                              ....

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"RIDERS ON THE STORM"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ....

The Doors                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ....

Elektra (1971)   ....

Rock (Single)                              ....

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"TWIST AND SHOUT"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ....

The Isley Brothers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ....

Wand (1962)....

R&B (Single)
quarta-feira, novembro 25, 2009 
A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS VOLUME 7 ....

Featured in USA Today, Billboard, E!, Seventeen, People, Us Weekly, Sports Illustrated,  NY Times, Tiger Beat, J-l4; Huffington Post, Bop, Pop Star, Westwood One, ABC Radio, CMT, CMT.com and more!....

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ALL-STAR LINE UP OF YOUNG TALENT TO BENEFIT SPECIAL OLYMPICS:....

COLBIE CAILLAT, CARTER TWINS, CHARICE, MILEY CYRUS, KRISTINIA DeBARGE, GLORIANA, VANESSA HUDGENS, SEAN KINGSTON, LEIGHTON MEESTER, MITCHEL MUSSO, KELLIE PICKLER ASHLEY TISDALE AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD CONTRIBUTE TO ACCLAIMED CHRISTMAS SERIES....

(Los Angeles, CA - Tuesday November 24th, 2009)  This week, the torch was passed to a new generation of superstar talent when A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS VOLUME 7, was released to great fanfair at retail, radio and in the media.   This is the first I-Tunes generation album, and it features Colbie Caillat, Carter Twins, Charice, Miley Cyrus, Kristinia DeBarge, Gloriana, Vanessa Hudgens, Sean Kingston, Leighton Meester, Mitchel Musso, Kellie Pickler, Ashley Tisdale, and Carrie Underwood performing original recordings of new and traditional Christmas songs which each artist selected especially for this album.     ....

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USA TODAY RAVES ABOUT THE PROJECT: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-11-23-very-special-christmas_N.htm....

BILLBOARD: http://www.billboard.com/news/miley-cyrus-carrie-underwood-bring-holiday-1004047872.story....

iTUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-very-special-christmas-7/id340358454....

AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Q8RUH0/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img....

J-14 MAGAZINE: http://www.j-14.com/2009/11/a-very-special-christmas-review.html....

SEVENTEEN: http://www.seventeen.com/fun-stuff/17-buzz/very-special-christmas-vol-7....

LINK TO COVER ART: http://www.dbaronmedia.com/special-olympics-photos-media.html....

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Selling one million copies in its first year, the premier album, A Very Special Christmas,  and the subsequent albums in the series, have generated more than $l00 million for Special Olympics, the most ever raised by a benefit recording series.  Disbursed in grants by the Special Olympics Christmas Records Trust, the monies raised each year by the albums/CDs/DVDs play a crucial role in the lives of the least-advantaged Special Olympics athletes around the world where there are inaccurate and prejudiced views about people with intellectual disabilities.  ....

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For more information on Special Olympics, go to www.veryspecialchristmas.org

terça-feira, novembro 24, 2009 
JO DEE MESSINA
 
ADDS ADDITIONAL SHOW
DECEMBER 5 IN NASHVILLE
DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND
 
ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT HARVEST HANDS



Multi-platinum country singer-songwriter JO DEE MESSINA has just announced she will add a matinee show December 5 from at 4:00 PM at Brentwood United Methodist Church to raise funds for Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation (CDC), a non-profit, faith-based organization in South Nashville.
JO DEE’s 7:00 PM show “sold out” with all 1800 free tickets claimed.  The church and Harvest Hands subsequently received immediate inquiries as to whether more tickets would become available.  JO DEE graciously agreed to another show with hopes to raise twice as much money for the organization.  Tickets for the matinee show are available now free-of-charge at http://www.jodeemessina.com/tickets. Concert-goers are asked to donate a “love offering” for this incredible cause.
"Harvest Hands is truly an amazing organization,” says JO DEE.  “It is currently taking the inner city of Nashville and is changing it one life at a time with educating, kindness and love.  To go down and actually see how they are making a difference has touched me."  
In an interview with Tonic.com, JO DEE said: "This is not something where they go in from 9 to 5 and then go back to their house in the hills.  He (Reverend Brian Hicks) and his wife live there, in the inner city. They went into this community and said, 'What do you need from us?’ The first thing they did was go in and knock down a crack house. The church bought it, went in, knocked it down and made a playground out of it. This is not people throwing money at a problem; they're living in the midst of it and helping with their time and their love and understanding." To read the whole interview, go here: http://www.tonic.com/article/country-star-jo-dee-messina-concert-for-harvest-hands/.
JO DEE will perform--along with the BUMC youth and children’s choirs--a wide array of songs from her 2002 Christmas album A Joyful Noise, other holiday classics and music from her next album, including the upcoming single “That’s God.”
terça-feira, novembro 24, 2009 
The Steep Canyon Rangers Join Steve Martin on NPR's "World Café" today, Tuesday, November 24.
 
The Rangers completed a fall tour with Martin earlier this month.  Their current Rebel Records release, Deep in the Shade, was in the top 10 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart for the month of October, attaining the band's highest Billboard chart position at #3.
 
The Rangers will be in Germany for most of December as part of the Bluegrass Jamboree.  For more information visit www.steepcanyon.com.
terça-feira, novembro 24, 2009