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Legendary producer and record executive Jerry Wexler, who among many other achievements coined the term "rhythm and blues," passed away on Friday. After the break, find a few of our favorite records from artists he worked with, as well as a Rolling Stone playlist of the songs he was most proud of from his historic career.
Why is some music not available to customers outside the US?
Today is a holiday in honor of Amie Street's first birthday! One year ago today, Amie Street launched and we've barely slept since. To celebrate our anniversary, nobody has to go to work and there will be fireworks in every town across America. Hooray!
A big THANK YOU to all our artists and members. It's been a great year and the next is going to be even sweeter.
If you are celebrating the birthday of America too, why not celebrate with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings' version of Woody Guthrie's folk classic "This Land Is Your Land."
Amie Street is joining the Blubrry podcast community to help fight the incurable lung disease known as Cystic Fibrosis. Between now and May 15th the Blubrry Jam To Fight Cystic Fibrosis is raising money for the Boomer Esiason Foundation Exercise For Life Scholarship fund. This fund helps provide financial support to people living with this terrible disease.
Amie Street is doing our part by serving up music by a pair of New York City based artists who are involved with the campaign. So when you purchase tracks at $.50 each from rocker Brother Love and urban country artists HER & Kings County 100% of their royalties will go to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.
If you find yourself enjoying the music from these artists you can catch both bands in person at the Blubrry Jam Live Event on April 7th at the Canal Room in New York City. Proceeds from this event go to the Boomer Esiason Foundation as well. As an added bonus Brother Love will be releasing his brand new CD and handing out complimentary limited edition CDs to everyone who comes down for the party. You can find out more about the live event and get discounted advance tickets at http://blubrryjam.eventbrite.com/?discount=amiestreetcares. Fans who buy tickets using this special URL get $5 off the $18 pre-sale ticket price.
Thanks for your support. Now go enjoy some great music!
Buy tracks from Brother Love HERE!
Buy tracks from HER & Kings County HERE!
Middle Distance Runner, The Dead Trees, and The Epochs have all seen personal success on Amie Street and are touring on the first AmieStreet.com Presents Tour to visit Boston, Manhattan, Brooklyn and D.C. over a week long period beginning March 19.
The tour starts in Boston on Monday, March 19th at Great Scott, then to Manhattan on Wednesday, March 21st at Pianos, followed by Brooklyn on Thursday, March 22nd at Galapagos, and ends in DC on Saturday, March 24th at The Rock and Roll Hotel.
Middle Distance Runner is supporting their 2006 EP release, Plane in Flames, which The Washington Post says, has an, "atmospheric pop vibe." Their track "Naturally" is one of the all-time best-selling songs on AmieStreet.com.
The Dead Trees, who just completed recording their first full-length release with Ed Valauskas (the Gentlemen), have been said to, "Show a maturity in both songwriting and instrumental prowess," according to The Boston Herald. This will be their first official "tour" as the Boston-based band takes their much-lauded "buzz" on the road. In the coming weeks, The Dead Trees will also play some Southern dates with Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes) and The Mooney Suzuki.
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HUGE welcome to Free the Children, our first benefit campaign
partners! 100% of the sales of any songs in the benefit tracks list
on the home page go straight to Free the Children as Amie Street
begins our first social awareness campaign. Free The Children is
the world's largest network of children helping children through
education, with more than one million youth involved in their
innovative education programs in more than 45 countries. Founded by
the international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The
Children is a unique youth-driven charity that addresses the
primary root causes of poverty and exploitation: lack of access to
education. Through the voices and actions of young people, Free The
Children has built over 450 schools which provide education to
40,000 children daily. Free The Children has shipped over 200,000
school and health kits to children in need and has directly
provided heath care services to over 500,000 people in Africa,
Latin America and Asia, by building health care centers and
distributing essential medical supplies. Free The Children has been
nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize and has partnered
with the United Nations, Oprah's Angel Network, and Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, and has also been profiled by CNN, 60 Minutes, The
New York Times, The London Herald, TIME Magazine, and the
Economist.
I have been actively involved in Free the Children since the late 1990s. I have traveled with the organization to volunteer in community projects in India and Thailand. I also participated in fundraising for school and health kits to be sent to Free The Children communities overseas.
