Subject: Musictoday April 2006 Newsletter
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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:10:34 -0500 (EST)

APRIL 2006 NEWSLETTER

Here's to spring's warmer weather, which means summer tours are just around the corner. You want to get new music so you'll know all the lyrics when your band plays, and you definitely want the latest gear to sport at the shows. Your April 2006 Musictoday Newsletter is a great place to start. Look for a cool contest from rising star James Blunt, pre-orders from Jewel and Drive-By Truckers, tour info from Dave Matthews Band, and great store offerings from Trey Anastasio, Silverback Management, and Jerry Garcia.

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

Dave Matthews Band
Live Trax 1-4 CD Bundle
Price: $59.99

Dave Matthews Band summer tour dates are now available on the official DMB website. On the Tourdates page, you'll find ticket public on sale information for the summer tour, which includes an excellent host of support acts. Tickets for the majority of summer shows go on sale, April 8, 2006. Support act and ticket prices may be found by clicking on the show date link on the Tourdates page.

Highlights of the summer tour include Dave Matthews Band's return to Randall's Island, NY on Saturday, August 5th and Sunday, August 6th. Gov't Mule will perform on the main stage Saturday and David Gray is scheduled to perform on the main stage on Sunday. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Slightly Stoopid, and Tea Leaf Green will perform both days. Dave Matthews Band is also excited to perform on July 7th and 8th at Fenway Park in Boston, MA with special guest Sheryl Crow. Click here for the complete tour listing and support act information.

Be sure to check out the DMB store for a great deal on Live Trax CDs. Save 20% when you order all four Live Tracks volumes today!

JAMES BLUNT

James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
Price: $16.99

In just 4 years, James Blunt has gone from serving in the British Army in Kosovo and then guarding the Queen at Buckingham Palace, to the top of both the U.K. and U.S. charts. His single, "You're So Beautiful," is the first by a Brit to top the U.S. singles chart in almost decade. He's on tour in the U.S. now, playing to and wowing capacity crowds every night. Check out songs and videos at www.jamesblunt.com.

While you're there, stop by James' online store, where you'll have the chance to win a beautifully framed, tour t-shirt, signed by James. Make any purchase before April 7th and you'll be automatically entered into a contest to win one of the signed and framed t-shirts.

SILVERBACK

Silverback
Bongidae Combo
Price: $24.98

Silverback, the management company that spawned Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Slightly Stoopid, and Pepper, launched its first annual music festival in August 2005. The show was an ambitious attempt to bring together a lineage of musicians - legends, for that matter - in the areas of Rock, Reggae, and Funk music, and to fuse them with some of today's future stars. Filmed on location in Hollywood, the show boasts an international line up that includes California's golden dub rockers, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, Jamaica's finest Reggae Dancehall pioneer, BARRINGTON LEVY, New Orleans' Original METERS, guitar prodigy LEO NOCENTELLI, Los Angeles's most influential third wave ska funksters, FISHBONE, DUBCAT, which features members of Sublime/Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Hepcat joined by Roots Reggae favorite HALF PINT, and lastly the spiritual acoustic soul of Bermudan born singer songwriter MISHKA.

JERRY GARCIA

Jerry Garcia
Pure Jerry
CD/Crate Package

Through April 14th, save up to 30% on selected Jerry Garcia merchandise

From limited edition ties to shirts and sweatshirts to the unique J.Garcia USB Drive, a wide range of items are available.

Also, if you are looking to stock up on Pure Jerry releases AND need somewhere to store them, you can pick up all six volumes to date, as well as one of our new wooden CD crates for a special price of $124.98, a savings of more than $15. The CD crates are hand-crafted pine, hold up to 24 single CDs, and feature original artwork from 1920's era food crates updated with Grateful Dead song titles.

TREY ANASTASIO

Trey Anastasio

Check out the Spring Sale in the Trey Anastasio online store, where you can save up to 25% on selected shirts and posters, and every order will receive a free sticker.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS

Drive-By Truckers
A Blessing And A Curse CD
Price: $15.00

The Drive-By Truckers' 7th album, A Blessing and a Curse, is now available for pre-order. The new album takes in all the elements that make the Truckers great and condenses them into the tightest, hardest rocking set of songs they've yet to produce. Their influences in the past have been immortalized in song, but here we see them integrated into the songs. The opening track, "Feb 14," sounds like the best, most poetic song the Replacements never released, and Cooley's devastatingly great rocker, "Gravity's Gone," does the same thing with a Creedence Clearwater Revival backwoods twang. Isbell chimes in with "Easy on Yourself," a subtler yet more biting warning fable in the vein of 2003's "Outfit." And just when you think that these former class clowns have moved on to the honor society, they kick in with the hilarious "Aftermath USA" - as good a train-wreck, surmise-the-damage classic as anything from Waylon or Merle.

Pre-order A Blessing and a Curse and you'll be automatically entered into a contest to Win a date with DBT!

One lucky winner will get to take 3 of their friends with them to a show of their choice (transportation to and from show is winner's responsibility). Once at the show, you will be given backstage passes and get to meet and hang out with the band, get stuff signed, and generally get the rock star treatment for the evening. In addition, 10 runner-ups will receive a copy of the CD booklet autographed by the band.

JEWEL

Jewel
Goodbye Alice In Wonderland CD
Price: $15.00

Jewel's brand new album, Goodbye Alice In Wonderland, has been described as her most personal work yet and is a fitting release at the 10th anniversary of her debut. You can pre-order the CD here, along with an exclusive shirt, at a price that is much discounted from the price on tour. Plus, pre-ordering enters you into a contest with a chance to win tickets to a 2006 live show by Jewel and signed CDs.

ISLAND OUTPOST

Supreme Beings of Leisure CD
Price: $8.08

Island Outpost Chic Shack Sale!

Island Outpost is offering price reductions of up to 50% on everything you need to get ready for summer or prepare for your next trip to a tropical destination. Whether you are looking for great island music to put you in the frame of mind, comfortable beach wear or island-theme home décor, visit the Island Outpost store. Island Outpost is a collection of boutique hotels in Bahamas and Jamaica.

"Like Island Records, Island Outpost is about the feeling. The price in standing up for quality and character. Good hotels are places where you dream staying. Great hotels are places where you'd want to live. This is how a lot of these hotels began - as places where I've lived. I've been around the block a couple times. And these are timeless values. Island Records never went for fads. We always worked a little harder for the classic. Just like Island Outpost)..."

- Chris Blackwell

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