Mark Lindsay will come to J&R Music World, 23 Park Row, Manhattan, New York, NY Friday, March 19th at 12 noon to autograph a new release of Paul Revere and the Raiders Singles.

This 66-song, 3-CD set covers the entire Raiders’ 45 rpm recording career at Columbia Records. Included along with every A and B side of all the singles are two songs used for marketing Mattel’s “Swingy” and Pontiac’s “Judge”. This package was mastered by Sundazed’s Bob Irwin and sounds incredible. Includes a 26-page booklet! Mark put a lot of effort into this repackage and is very proud of it.

One of the most commercially popular American rock bands of the 1960s, Paul Revere & the Raiders enjoyed a 40-year career. Formed in Oregon in the late `50s around organist Paul Revere, the Raiders played an edgy brand of pop-minded rock influenced by the sound of the British Invasion. Continue Reading »

Grammy-nominated Trumpeter Christian Scott will celebrate the release of Yesterday You Said Tomorrow at noon March 30, 2010 at J&R Music World, 23 Park Row, Manhattan, New York, NY. The highly anticipated, all-new 10-song collection was recorded at the renowned Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey where legendary Rudy Van Gelder engineered the work. Van Gelder, who is known as one of the greatest recording engineers in jazz history for his work with John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock among others, says about the new album, “This is one of the best things I have done in a long, long time.”

Born in New Orleans in 1983, Scott has always been acutely aware of the legacy of jazz and its role within the broader context of 20th century history. Regarding the new album, Scott says, “I wanted to create a musical backdrop that referenced everything I liked about the music from the ’60s - Miles Davis’ second quintet, Coltrane’s quartet, Mingus’ band - coupled with music made by people like Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Continue Reading »

Timbaland will give a brief performance followed by an autograph signing on December, 8th at 6 pm in J&R Music World, 23 Park Row, New York, NY.

Buy the New Timbaland CD, Shock Value, Vol. 2 and receive a wristband to meet him at this special event.

For more than a decade, Timbaland has dominated the pop charts by producing an endless stream of hits for the likes of Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, and Nelly Furtado.

Says Timbaland, “I came back more determined than ever and I my fans accepted me with open arms; the connection my fans felt to my music was a result of the renewed sense of confidence I had in myself.”
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Tarrus Riley comes to J&R Music World (directions) Tuesday, August 4th for a 12:30 pm in-store performance, after which he will sign copies of his new album, Contagious.

The secret to the success of Tarrus Riley, believe it or not, is quite simple - “when preparation meets opportunity”, stated a self-assured Riley. “I’ve been surrounded by music all my life. My father is a singer and my mother is a bathroom singer”, he explains with a chuckle. “Because I can’t change the world, I sing for the people - this is the contribution I can make and after I make a song; it isn’t even mine anymore; it belongs to the people.”
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Friday, June 19th at 6 pm, J&R Music World will be rocked by Shadows Fall.

Before the so-called “New Wave of American Heavy Metal” was even a ripple, Shadows Fall were there. Emerging from Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995, this D.I.Y. band ultimately found legions of fans, worldwide fame, two Grammy nominations, and even a song on Guitar Hero. Of course, none of this came from luck. Instead, hard work and musical innovation have been the forces propelling Shadows Fall, continually revealing ever more of this band’s Continue Reading »

DJ Big Whiz, Chuck D, DJ Parler, DJ Johnny Juice

Hip hop artists celebrate J&R Musical Instrument Store Grand Opening.

First up:
Thursday June 18th, 12:00 noon DJ Big Wiz will demo in J&R Musical Instrument Store, 33 Park Row, 1st Floor.

DJ BIG WIZ started DJing in late ‘83. Since then he has worked as a DJ in many aspects such as community and college radio as well as at one of the biggest commercial radio stations in the US. He was also down with two of the original 3 groups on the Rap-A-Lot Records (home of the Ghetto Boys) in the mid to late ’80s.
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“I’m very conscious and music is the number-one source of expression and emotion,” - J. Holiday.

Live @ J&R Music World, 6pm, March 10, J. Holiday will perform and sign copies of his lastest CD release, “Round 2”

When J. Holiday talks earnestly of “following my dreams” and “being in love with music,” it’s not a deliberately sympathetic portrayal by a partial writer. In fact, J.’s talent is matched -in rarity and intensity–only by his enthusiasm. His candor and vulnerability are refreshing

J. Holiday has made a home in fans’ hearts and ears. In turn, his epic one-year odyssey has opened his own eyes: “Being inside the game has given me a whole different perspective. I would like to think that I’m very good at what I do, and I believe in my craft, but I still feel blessed. I have done a lot more than some very talented people who were in my position at one point in time, in the timeframe that I’ve done it. I’m still new to all this. But I can’t worry myself about what other people are doing. I know just by staying me, my music is going to stand on its own.” So too will the world stand, and applaud.

Beloved singer, Dudu Fisher will perform and sign autographs 12:30pm at J&R Music World, Monday, March 9, on the same day as the 8pm WLIW New York broadcast of his first Public Television Special. Outside New York Area, check your local listings for times in your area. Shot on location in Israel at the historic Beit She’an archaeological site, Fisher electrifies the audience with a blend of Broadway show tunes and traditional Jewish folk songs.

Through his music and stories, Fisher takes the audience on an inspired journey connecting his talent as a Broadway performer, cantor, and contemporary artist with the beauty of Israel’s landscape, culture and people.

Adding to fisher’s accomplishments are his staring role in the film “The Road to Glory”, acting as host on an Israeli television series and appearing on innumerable radio and television programs throughout the world. Dudu’s fall 2004 one-man show “Dudu Fisher coming to America” which features selections from “fiddler on the roof”, “The Jazz Singer” and “Yentl” began in Jerusalem and continues from the opera house in Sydney Australia to Madison square garden in New York, from the Budapest Opera House to the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Dudu Fisher spends most of the year traveling around the globe bringing joy to millions of people.