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PORTLAND - Acclaimed baritone/soprano husband and wife duo Beth Donnelly and Doug Feller are celebrating Valentine's Day in style this year, sharing "From Our Hearts To Yours, A Valentine Collection of Songs"from the opera, operetta and Broadway stage at Classic Pianos Recital Hallin their hometown of Portland, Oregon.

Airplay On More Than 30 U.S. and International Terrestrial And Internet Outlets

LOS ANGELES - Proving that contemporary urban jazz is all about the groove these days, funk-driven emerging indie artist Mitchell Coleman, Jr. (www.mitchellcolemanjr.com) is creating the instrumental sound of 2015.

NASHVILLE, TENN., USA The winners of the SongDoor 2014 International Songwriting Competition have been announced: the Grand Award has gone to Hudson Henry of Los Angeles, California for this song, "Addicted," which also won the Hard Rock/Alt-Rock category. Entries were received from 21 countries on four continents. All of the winning songs can be heard at http://songdoor.com.

SWEDEN - Swedish heavy metal quintet, Lancer, has announced an April 10 release date for its sophomore album, Second Storm, to be released on Despotz Records. The band has teamed up with Revolver to launch a music video for the first single, "Masters and Crowns," streaming exclusively at: http://www.revolvermag.com/?p=69646.

Avenue One is a new collaboration between two established producers in the progressive trance scene, but for now their identities remain anonymous. They've been subtly releasing work over the past year, including their remixes of Aly & Fila's "For All Time" featuring Jaren and Matt Cerf and Ost & Meyer featuring Fenja "Like We Love," so a fan with a keen ear could solve the puzzle. On February 9, the enigmatic duo releases their first original track together, "In Your Arms," on Enhanced Progressive and is one step closer to revealing their names.

“I didn’t know it was being recorded” says BP Fallon about his new album ‘Live In Texas’. “That’s maybe why it has such a great vibe”. It goes like this ~ Jack White comes up to BP Fallon in a club in New York and says “Would you like to come down to Nashville and make a record?” Of course BP says yes, having never made a record in his life. Well, you would, wouldn’t you? Oh, BP had done the odd bit of music-making ~ playing tom toms with Led Zeppelin live during ‘Whole Lotta Love’ a few times, congas now and again with Marc Bolan & T.Rex, harmonica and vocals on the classic album ‘So Alone’ by New York Dolls subterranean star Johnny Thunders, among the backing singers on U2’s ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’ record, miming bass guitar with John Lennon on TV for Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma’ single. Wild, really.

Jennifer Davies has revealed the stunningly spectacular video for ‘Disconnected’. The video premiered at Wonderland who said, “We’ve been waiting for Jennifer Davies for a long time. Jennifer’s powerful voice never fails to take centre stage, but her talent is truly showcased when the backing falls away and she’s left to purr alone. It’s unashamed, unabashed pop. There’s surely a place for Jennifer in the hearts of fans of Icona Pop and Charli XCX’s ‘I Love It’, as a track with the same potential to be an overwhelmingly huge hit.”

Free CreativeLive "Studio Pass" course streams live February 4 - 6

SEATTLE, WA - Joey Sturgis, producer behind some of the biggest names in metalcore including Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men and I See Stars, sat down with Alternative Press' APTV and CreativeLive to discuss Joey Sturgis Tones, his career and more in anticipation of the free CreativeLive "Studio Pass" workshop he'll host next month. Check out the video interview exclusively on AltPress.com at: http://www.altpress.com/aptv/video/a_conversation_with_producer_joey_sturgis_of_mice_men_asking_alexandria.

(Atlanta, GA) The Funeral Portrait, a five-piece "Theatre Rock" band, is set to premiere a brand new video for their single, Casanova (C'est La Vie), the first single from their debut EP, For The Dearly Departed. Filmed on location in North Carolina, The Funeral Portrait has partnered with Director Justin Reich (Zakk Wylde, Between the Buried & Me, Hatebreed) and Producer, Alesana vocalist, and Revival Recordings President Shawn Milke. "Signing The Funeral Portrait to Revival was a no-brainer. They are primed to do big things in 2015 and beyond," adds Milke. The single, the first chapter in The Funeral Portrait's 6 song EP, tells the tale of a man that murders his love and sets in motion his journey through the 5 stages of grief.

DEBUT SHOW ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 11TH - LONDON, CAMDEN BARFLY

As Lions’ debut single ‘The Fall’ – available to download for free.

LOS ANGELES - The fast-rising dance/pop female duo STASH(www.dancestash.com) is bringing their high-energy set to West Hollywood's premier hotspot, The Abbey on Wednesday, January 28. Starting at midnight, STASH will perform tracks of their new debut EP, Strip Me Bare.

Which Is Off Their Upcoming Full-Length Due Out March 10th

Meghan Trainor has today announced details of her first ever UK headline tour, set to take place in April. Kicking off at Manchester’s Ritz on April 9^th, the four-date stint will also visit Glasgow and Birmingham before finishing off at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on April 13^th.
 

We sometimes forget that music is cyclical. As a new generation of clubbers discover sounds for the first time, they mistakenly believe the decades old genres are somehow a new phenomenon. The styles we attach to the terms techno, trance, progressive, and house are moving targets at best — words that are now redefined on an almost weekly basis.

With a band name like Flying Vaginas, it’s no surprise that the band members carry such aliases as Well Worn Banana (guitars, vocals), Disappointed Kiwi (bass, vocals) and Angry Pineapple (drums, synths). But this Italian trio’s debut album, And That’s Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (2014), demonstrates the seriousness of their dedication to the music they create and pulls out all the stops you’d imagine a true shoegaze band would. It leaves the listener with a sound similar to Yo La Tengo, My Bloody Valentine, Yuck and The Babies, to name a few.

A London-based electro-rock project dreamed up by Beatrice Bonnano, Dronningen, which means “The Queen” in Norwegian, base their music on three guiding principles that can be heard and felt in the music and lyrics: 1) Getting rid of general negativity; 2) Dance as a purifying ritual; 3) Being the sovereign of your own world. In their three-track debut EP, Carry on Dancing, Dronningen channel these principles into an album that displays dynamism and passion while being a source of pure entertainment as well. Even though this group, which has several dedicated dancers along with musicians, is normally focused on live performances, their music itself shines on this recording.

Fresh out of Switzerland, award-winning vocalist Ursina received much praise for her 2013 recording, the EP Time Is a Thief, and she’s followed up that album with her latest effort, the Hiding Behind A Mask EP. The album demonstrates the path she’s taken with her music and the maturity her music has experienced as she progresses through her music career.

‘FROM OUR HEARTS TO YOURS,’

PORTLAND, OR CROSSOVER POP-OPERA

DUO BETH DONNELLY AND DOUG FELLER

SHARE ‘A VALENTINE COLLECTION OF SONGS’

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 AT

CLASSIC PIANOS RECITAL HALL

AND SCORES BIG ON MAJOR RADIO CHARTS

WITH HIS TWO SINGLES, ‘PASSPORT’ AND ‘FLOW’

Electro hop phenom 2Four dedicates his time and talents to amassing a loyal cult following, most recently including the release of his latest EP, Intergalactic, and the time he spends connecting with fans online.

When it comes to Nashville electro hop artist 2Four, it’s not just about the music—it’s about the fans too. In De’Andre “2Four” Davis’ mind, what is music without the dedicated cult following to love and support it? Between writing and producing his music, which is sometimes compared to Lupe Fiasco, Drake and Travis McCoy, and other efforts to reach out to these fans, 2Four demonstrates his commitment to those who share and download his music.