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Assistance in preparing this story was provided by Dylan Siegler Melinda Neman, and Chuck Taylor in New York Paul Sexton in London; and Christie Eliezer in Melbourne, Australia. NEW YORK--When […]

LOS ANGELES - On his sophomore Columbia solo release, 'Contemplating The Engine Room,' due Oct. 7, bassist Mike Watt marches up a new musical gangplank and offers what may be […]

Much-Awaited Columbia Album To Get VH1 Boost NEW YORK - During the past five years, quintessential singer/songwriter James Taylor has remained in the spotlight through sellout tours, a video, a […]

Columbia Presents New Tunes, Old Faves LOS ANGELES--Columbia Records isn't treating 'Merry Christmas,' due Nov. 8, as just another holiday album. It's the first seasonal album by the best-selling female […]

Columbia Records is looking to drum up interest in tomorrow's release of a Bob Dylan's greatest hits collection by means of a viral marketing campaign that offers personalized greetings from [...]

Alongside changing his artist name from DJ Cam to simply Cam, the French DJ/producer, signed to Sony Music France's label Columbia, has undergone a stylistic rebirth aptly demonstrated by the […]

FAITH-FULL: Sinead O'Connor's Atlantic Records debut, 'Faith & Courage,' will be released by the label June 13 worldwide. O'Connor came to Atlantic in July 1998 following the release of an [...]

Columbia Records' Web site now offers broadband programming in conjunction with the launch of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Broadband Guide, and distributed by iBEAM. Country.com surpassed 200 million page views [...]

Now here's another candidate for the always-crowded vocal-event-of-the-year category come awards-show time. Columbia's Nashville promotion team is working 'If You Ever Leave Me,' a vocally athletic duet from Barbra Streisand […]

NEW YORK--Although Latin music superstar Marc Anthony takes pride in the current rush of media attention thrust upon the genre and its crop of rising mainstream stars, he doesn't view […]

Feb. 24, 1999, may go down as the most important date in the musical history of Latino artists in the U.S. English-language market. That is the night that millions of […]

No matter how mesmerizing the material, a soundtrack has only the smallest of windows through which to bore into a movie fan's mind. Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax plans to maximize […]

What happens when a rising star delivers a sensational album, but can't plug it on a multicity promotional tour because she's pregnant? Stephanie Gayle, 29, director of product marketing at […]

How do you say 'wow!' in Spanish? One trusted confidant suggests 'huy!,' while another prefers 'que maravilla!' What's certain is that you need multiple exclamations to describe the opening week […]

WHERE THE HEART GOES: Although Gato Barbieri's 1997 release 'Que Pasa' (Columbia) was well-received, the saxophonist is eager to put the project behind him. 'When I made that album, I […]

LONDON -- After an 18-year career in the music business--and a full decade after Primal Scream won the UK's Mercury Music Prize with their album Screamadelica on Creation--the band are […]

TORONTO - While 1997 was a fast-paced, rewarding year for Our Lady Peace, 1998 may prove an even bigger one for the Canadian rock quartet. Nine months after the April […]

WESTPORT, Conn. - When it came time for Michael Bolton to begin working on 'All That Matters,' his first new studio album in four years, he knew he wanted 'a […]

NASHVILLE - With a combination of harmony-laden ballads like its breakthrough hit 'What Do I Know?' and infectious uptempo romps like 'Daddy's Money,' Columbia band Ricochet has quickly gained a […]

LOS ANGELES - 'I came into this album, for the first time, thinking we were really good. I'm not trying to be egotistical, but it's really the first time I've […]

NEW YORK - In the record industry, product continuity is a retailer's ally. Talk to a few people about comebacks, and the 'what have you done for me lately?' syndrome […]

BRISBANE, Australia - Within nine months, Brisbane-based pop duo Savage Garden notched two Australian hit singles without the benefit of live performances or interviews. Now, with its debut, 'I Want […]

NEW YORK - Nietzsche was not talking about making albums when he said, 'That which does not kill me, makes me stronger'; however,the members of Aero-smith feel as if the [...]

LOS ANGELES - 'I've been watching MTV's 'It Came From The '80s,' and I started thinking that we are the Men At Work of the '90s. We are Kajagoo-goo,' says […]

NEW YORK - To quote one of the band's biggest hits, radio is welcoming back Journey with 'Open Arms.' The San Francisco Bay Area act, one of the rock era's […]

NEW YORK - Some of pop's best albums, including 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac and 'Tunnel Of Love' by Bruce Springsteen, have been inspired by relationships gone awry. Now Shawn Colvin […]

SAN FRANCISCO - R.E.M., Live, Madonna, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Smashing Pumpkins are among the acts contributing tracks to 'Sweet Relief II - Gravity Of The Situation: The Songs […]

NEW YORK - Wanting to communicate with as many listeners as possible is a standard artistic goal. But in jazz, proving your eloquence at a broad level can be precarious: […]

NEW YORK - Columbia is making debut artist Maxwell 'hit the road' in an effort to break the R&B vocalist's 'Maxwell's Urban Hangout Suite' - a collection of tracks brimming […]

NASHVILLE - After spending the last year in some of this town's famed recording studios with the cream of the Nashville cats and getting over his writer's block, Neil Diamond […]

LOS ANGELES--Despite a somewhat modest sales performance by the Fugees' 1993 debut, 'Blunted On Reality,' the hip-hop trio managed to establish an underground following with remixes of several of the […]

LOS ANGELES -- When director Tim Robbins informally requested several of his favorite artists to contribute music for a 'companion piece' to his upcoming Gramercy film 'Dead Man Walking,' he […]

TOKYO - Japanese soul man Toshi Kubota, like many musicians from this part of the world, makes a habit of recording in the U.S., where the grooves are deeper and […]

NASHVILLE -- One of the most distinctive new voices on the country music scene is also one of the best known, although only in industry circles. Thirty-two-year-old Ron Wallace has […]

NEW YORK -- As the Oct. 3 release date of Mariah Carey's sixth album 'Daydream,' approaches, Columbia Records is preparing a multifaceted marketing blitz that is geared toward increasing the […]

With the release of 'Dance Of The Rainbow Serpent,' a three-CD boxed set on Columbia/Legacy, Santana, the band credited with marrying rock'n'roll, blues, and jazz with Afro-Latin music, gets its […]

Hot on the heels of the Boo Radleys' chart-topping triumph in England, Columbia Records will attempt to rouse U.S. interest in the quartet's brand of rich, melodic pop with the […]

NASHVILLE - Conventional wisdom in the music industry usually follows the time-worn path of signing the act, creating anticipation, releasing a single, then hitting them with the album. However, Columbia […]

The marketing of Stacy Dean Campbell's second Columbia album, 'Hurt City,' will rely on what Sony Music Nashville's senior VP Scott Siman calls simply 'the visual.' 'We know Stacy's a […]

NEW YORK - When Columbia Records releases Super Cat's 'The Struggle Continues' in mid-August, it will try to build on the Caribbean and domestic audience the reggae artist has established […]

NASHVILLE - After six albums on Epic Records, Doug Stone is set to release his seventh collection - 'Faith In Me, Faith In You' - on Epic's sister label, Columbia. […]

PARIS--Francis Cabrel--widely acknowledged as one of France's most successful recording artists--is not one of those show business personalities whose glittering lifestyle is played out on the national television screen. Yet […]

NEW YORK--During the past several years, rock audiences have been inundated with waves of funk-metal and punk-funk--but little in the way of straight-ahead, undiluted funk. However, judging by 'Righteous,' due […]

NEW YORK--Backed by a buzz built during two years of solo performances at Manhattan's hip East Village club Cafe Sin-e--plus curiosity arising from his surname--Jeff Buckley may well confound expectations […]

'Cover Girl' Welcomed By Columbia, At Radio NEW YORK--You're an acclaimed singer/songwriter whose first two albums have reeled in three Grammy nominations and one statuette, and you've earned a reputation […]