Music News & Notes

Mike Farris releases live album in April

Soulful gospel voice Mike Farris will release a live album, dubbed Mike Farris SHOUT! LIVE, on April 14 via INO/Columbia records.

The set, which collects highlights from his regular Sunday Night Shout stops at Nashville's cozy Station Inn with his band the Roseland Rhythm Revue and powerful vocalists the McCrary Sisters, will be made available on both vinyl and CD.

Farris and Co.'s live prowess has been highly praised since the release of the former Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies singer's Salvation in Lights solo album, and they'll return to some favorite stages in the coming months -- the Sunday Night Shouts will resume in March, and in June the band will be back at the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, where they received a rousing reception last year.

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LimeWire Store Announces New Content Partners

TuneCore, Delicious Vinyl, Kemado, CBS and Fader Label Among New Partners

(Marketwire) -- 02/25/09 -- Lime Wire LLC announces deals with new partners to sell their combined digital music catalogues, adding thousands of titles to the LimeWire Store. The new partners include TuneCore, Kufala Recordings, Delicious Vinyl, CBS Records, Kemado Records, and Fader Label.

These deals provide access to titles from artists such as Crowded House, Soul Coughing [Kufala Recordings]; Brand New Heavies, Tone Loc, Young MC, The Pharcyde [Delicious Vinyl]; PJ Olsen, Will Daily [CBS Records]; The Sword, Dungen, Langhorne Slim [Kemado Records]; Saul Williams, Matt & Kim [Fader Label], as well as many other notable names.

"This latest crop of signings is very exciting -- Delicious Vinyl is an undisputed pioneer in the hip-hop world and Kemado and Fader are tastemaker labels at the forefront of smart indie rock. Our TuneCore affiliation will give independent artists an easy, cost-effective way to sell their titles in the LimeWire Store. We're proud to add these folks to our growing list of partners and offer their amazing catalogs to our customers," said Tom Monday, Director, Partner Relations for Lime Wire.