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This Groovebug Sunday Jazz pick is chosen from the Blue Note App - Dive deep into the iconic jazz label Blue Note Records with streaming audio, images, articles, videos, featured playlists, and much more.

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Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity is an upcoming documentary chronicling the life of one of music’s most dynamic figures. Directed by Dorsay Alavi, the project will be comprised of concert footage, personal interviews, and candid behind-the-scenes moments. The resulting endeavor will provide a composite sketch of Wayne Shorter – as a man and a musician.

The musings of Wayne Shorter are delivered with an unfailing optimism and a dash of wit. Embedded in his words is an underlying provocation:

“I dare you.”

Read the full article and many more on the Blue Note App by Groovebug.

Every week we rank top artists according to how popular they are among all Blue Note app users. In essence, as you explore your music collection, discover new artists, and favorite the artists you love, you are casting your votes for the Blue Note App Top 20.

This Groovebug Friday Feature is chosen from the Groovebug iPad App - your personalized music magazine and discovery engine.

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Templeton, California is the home of indie rock band Night Riots, who have made a lot of noise over the last couple of years with accolades such as "one of the top 16 unsigned bands in North America" from Rolling Stone, and one of "The Most Criminally Overlooked Artists Of 2012" from MTV. Their latest EP, Young Lore was funded via a successful campaign on IndieGOGo, and has just been released and is available to stream in full via the Groovebug iPad app. Fans of Friendly Fires, The Killers and The Cure should all check out the new record. Read on to check our Q&A with lead singer, Travis Hawley.

Q: Introduce your sound in five words: A: Gloomy, Pop, Rock, Night Driving.

Q: What can fans expect from you over the coming months? A: We will be spending the next few months writing, recording and touring. We will also be releasing a few music videos and just released a couple of Halloween singles.

Q: Which places or people inspired the songs on the Off The Charts album? A: Travel, friends, family, life, books and relationships.

Q: What is the most fun you've ever had writing a song? Either actually writing it or the situation that inspired it? A: Getting to work with new people in a new environment is always fun. I always like to see what different engineers and producers bring to the table.

Q: Who has encouraged you the most to pursue a career in music? A: My family and close friends have always been very supportive of us doing what we love to do.

Q: What impact has touring had on your career? A: It has allowed us to reach new ears and to develop relationships with people from all over the country.

Q: Which do you enjoy most - performing live or recording in the studio? A: I love to play great shows but there is something about recording that I really love. It's the place where we get to be entirely creative and finish our songs.

Q: What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? A: The moment you're ready to quit is usually the one right before the miracle.

Q: Which historical musical moment do you wish you were present for? A: Queen at Wembley Stadium. [1986]

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This Groovebug Throwback Thursday pick is chosen from the Concert Vault iPad App - hundreds of thousands of exclusive live audio and video performances from the ’50s to the present day - available for you to play whenever, wherever.

Download the app for free and sign up for a free trial at http://smarturl.it/CViPad 

Following modest success in the mid-1960s in the Herd and increasing popularity during his five-album tenure in Humble Pie, lead guitarist Peter Frampton embarked on a solo career. The big breakthrough occurred in 1976 when Frampton released his first live recording, Frampton Comes Alive, which literally exploded onto the charts, remaining in the Top Ten for over a year and eventually becoming the biggest selling live album of all time. Uncharacteristically for a live album, Frampton Comes Alive spawned no less than three hit singles and a ubiquitous FM radio staple, which led to a cover story in Rolling Stone magazine, making Peter Frampton a household name by the end of the year...

This Groovebug Throwback Thursday pick is chosen from the Concert Vault iPad App - hundreds of thousands of exclusive live audio and video performances from the ’50s to the present day - available for you to play whenever, wherever.

Download the app for free and sign up for a free trial at http://smarturl.it/CViPad  The rock 'n' roll icon Chuck Berry turned 87 years old recently. Hear him at his 60th birthday concert in 1986 with a superb band put together by Keith Richards.

This Groovebug Friday Feature is chosen from the Groovebug iPad App - your personalized music magazine and discovery engine.

Download the app for free at http://bit.ly/grvbg.

V V Brown Samson & Delilah  

Q: What can fans expect from you over the coming months? A: Touring, my second album, fashion and who knows ? The skies are open.

Q: Which places or people inspired the songs on the Samson & Delilah album? A: Iceland, an amazing country with the nearest resemblance  to the moon. my trip there was other worldly. Secondly Bjork. Thirdly home, London and my home studio. Normality.

Q: I saw you at Glastonbury a few years back and really enjoyed the show. How has your sound evolved in recent years? A: Dark, minimalist, more mature, electronic and abstract. Gone are the 50"s progressions really want to explore a more experimental approach to music.

Q: What is the most fun you've ever had writing a song? Either actually writing it or the situation that inspired it? A: 'Nothing Really Matters', which is a song on the album, happened with one take on the mic, both lyrics and melody. That was magical.

Q: Who has encouraged you the most to pursue a career in music? A: My mother and manager Sarah Stennant, Jono Ball and all at Turnfirst. My career has been a rollercoaster and they have stuck by me allowing me to change evolve and be creative.

Q: What impact has touring had on your career? A: It's opened my eyes to different psychologies for different stages and how to perform. I'm constantly learning and growing and touring is a great catalyst. You also learn to live on a bus.

Q: Which do you enjoy most - performing live or recording in the studio? A: Performing because you can share the experience with people. The studio can be a selfish place.

Q: What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? A: Give.

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Seattle's, Minus The Bear have had quite the journey on the rise to their current world-tour-worthy fame. Their alternative/electronic rock style has earned them many fans and positive critical reviews along the way, and they have produced five full-length albums and several EPs exploring their sound.

Founded in 2001, the band released a couple of notable records before settling on their current line up of Jake Snider (vocals, guitar), Dave Knudson (guitar), Cory Murchy (bass), Alex Rose (synths, vocals) and Erin Tate (drums). Their third LP, 2007's Planet of Ice helped them break into the Billboard 200 Charts, and in 2008 recorded four tracks live on Daytrotter. That year also saw the release of an acoustic EP appropriately titled Acoustics.

Yet more studio time in 2009 led to the recording of Omni, produced by Grammy Award-winner, Joe Chiccarelli. The album was recorded without the support of a label, but soon caught the iterest of the band's new home, Dangerbird Records, and the album saw a full release on Dangerbird in 2010.

The next few years saw appearances at festivals large and small, including Lollapalooza and Riot Fest, culminatin with their latest album where former keyboardist and producer Matt Bayles made a return to working with the band. Infinity Overhead is the band's latest anthemic long player, released at the end of last summer to great success. Recently, the band have been touring Europe, and putting together a second Acoustic EP to be released very soon.

Minus The Bear's Infinity Overhead is available to stream in full via the Groovebug iPad app. Fans of Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists and The Mars Volta should all check out the album.

Blue Note 1.4.0 is now available on the App Store.

http://appstore.com/bluenotebygroovebug

What's new:

• Reply to and like comments 

• Get notified when people interact with your comments 

• Landscape orientation for videos and articles (iPhone only) 

• Redesigned "now playing" screen (iPhone only) 

• Redesigned album page header (iPhone only) 

• Choose merge strategy after you switch iCloud accounts 

• Fixed streaming issue when app is in background and internet cuts out 

• Fixed rare crash on startup

Enjoy!

Until someone invents a time machine, the best way to experience legendary performances of the past is through recorded audio and video. Out of today's selection of devices, the iPad is arguably the best place to experience them.

The Echo Nest has teamed with Groovebug and Wolfgang's Concert Vault for a fantastic new live music app for the iPad (screenshots below) that lets music fans experience thousands of performances by everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Bon Iver, from the comfort of their living room, commute, beach, or wherever they find themselves.

Groovebug Concert Vault includes live audio and video performances from over 3,500 musicians from the rock, indie, blues, jazz, country, folk, and bluegrass genres, with more added daily. For $3.99 per month or $39.99 per year, music fans can access all of these shows on multiple platforms -- and now, the iPad, offering a great combination of portability and screen size. The app includes native Apple AirPlay too, so you can watch them all on Apple TV with ease, listening to the audio on your surround sound system.

To see whether the app is worth their cash, fans can sign up for a seven-day free trial, allowing full access within the app as well as on the website.

The Echo Nest's technology is all over this app, powering similar artist suggestions and more -- but perhaps most importantly, helping fans find the performances most likely to set their spines atingle from this large selection of high-quality recordings. It works by analyzing your listening history to figure out what you might want to watch or listen to next.

Do you want to see The Grateful Dead at the Winterland in 1977? Perhaps you'd prefer R.E.M.'s outstanding set at the Capitol Theater in 1984, St. Vincent rocking the Great American Music Hall in 2009, or Mumford and Sons stopping by Daytrotter last October? Groovebug Concert has all of that and much more. It's a lot to choose from, but The Echo Nest's technology assures that the app gets better the more you use it.

Nothing replaces the feeling of being at a show as it happens. But until that time machine gets invented, Groovebug Concert Vault for iPad is the next best thing.

Here's the Home screen:

Here's Jimi Hendrix live at the Fillmore (this show is audio only, but some contain video too):

You also get a bio of every artist, as well as news and similar artists.