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Sturgill Simpson Live at Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks, Forecastle Music Festival

By |February 10th, 2017|Categories: Austin, Chicago, Denver, Entertainment, Featured, Forecastle Music Festival, Japan, Los Angeles, Music News, National News, Okeechobee, Pop Culture, Portland, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, St. Louis, Sturgill Simpson, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Sturgill Simpson was one of the hottest live acts of 2016, and has just released tour dates for 2017. After scoring big with audiences on his last album A Sailor's Guide to Earth, Simpson continues to reinvent himself with his recent Saturday Night Live performance. Watch 'Call to Arms' below. The summer tour will feature performances at the most legendary venues in the United States. In contrast to large cities, and famous entertainment venues, he will also be performing at music festivals including: Okeechobee, Forecastle, Sloss Music & Arts Festival, and the Fuji Rock Festival. Later in the summer, he

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Does Bitcoin have the Demand to Excel at a Price Point Over $780?

By |December 28th, 2016|Categories: Asia, China, Economy, Europe, Featured, Global, India, Japan, National News, North America, Politics, Tech News, United Kingdom, United States, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , |

Bitcoin is an electronic form of currency that has made impressive gains over the past few weeks. On Wednesday, Bitcoin was valued at 968.00 USD per Bitcoin. In comparison, to the all-time high of 979.45 per Bitcoin. The digital currency has continued to have a positive trend during 2016. One of the strong driving points to the increase in demand may be the instability of the major currencies around the globe. One of the questions that I would like to see is how Bitcoin will react when valued around the 980.00 USD price point. The price of the currency

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Sundance Film Festival 2017 Rolls Out the Short Film Lineup

By |December 7th, 2016|Categories: Asia, Australia, Entertainment, Featured, Fiction, Film News, France, Japan, National News, Park City, Pop Culture, Previews, Sundance Film Festival, United Kingdom, United States, Utah, World News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Sundance Institute and the film festival organizes have recently announced their short film lineup. Poster image of Jonas and the Sea by Marlies Van der Wel, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. © 2016 Sundance Institute. This year the festival is presenting short films from national and international filmmakers. Some of the countries partaking include: Poland, United States, France, Chile, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom and many more countries. After watching a series of the short films at Sundance, I found out that it broaden my horizons overall. I went to

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NEXT Lineup and Competition Films Announced for Sundance Film Festival 2017

By |November 30th, 2016|Categories: Australia, Canada, Economy, Entertainment, Environment, Europe, Featured, Film News, Global, Japan, National News, Park City, Pop Culture, Previews, Sundance Film Festival, United Kingdom, United States, Utah, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The Sundance Film Institute has announced the films for the Competition field, as well as motion picture projects in the NEXT category. Over 100 films were selected for the competition this year. 32 countries and 37 first-time filmmakers, including 20 in competition will be present at the Sundance Film Festival 2017 event taking place in Park City, Salt Lake City, and additional locations in Utah. One of the biggest and most vital additions to the festival is the New Climate category. Sundance is one of the brightest, boldest and loudest voices in the environmental community. Their level of independent support

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Amazon Prime Video The Grand Tour Sets the Bar in Automotive Entertainment

By |November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Amazon, Entertainment, Featured, Film News, Germany, Japan, National News, Pop Culture, Tech News, United Kingdom, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Amazon Prime Video has just launched The Grand Tour, and set new in house records for viewership. Episode 1, Season 1 features the scorching sun in the California desert, plus three amazing hybrids and a stunning BMW. Episode two is from Johannesburg, and will be available this upcoming Friday on Amazon Prime. The Grand Tour provides Amazon Prime Video the wheels to speed up their original content programming. The show is rated 4.9 out of 5 stars by more than 15,000 customers on Amazon, and currently has a score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. With on-demand viewing, users can watch the content

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SXSW Music 2017 Adds +200 International Artists to the Lineup

By |November 15th, 2016|Categories: Austin, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Entertainment, Featured, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Music News, National News, Pop Culture, Previews, Spain, SXSW, Texas, United Kingdom, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

SXSW 2017 has just announced 211 new artists to the fold for their upcoming annual event taking place March 10-19. The festival has unveiled over 200 live music acts that will all interconnect at SXSW Music 2017. To help break down the massive list of new artists, we have provided a quick guide to some of the acts that have hit our radar. Sweet Crude (New Orleans, USA) https://youtu.be/_TZ0YW4Iu6w One of the hottest acts that I have come across since the 2015 SXSW event is Sweet Crude from New Orleans. The dynamic group of musicians create a style that

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California Roads Expand with Renewable Energy

By |August 14th, 2016|Categories: California, Clean Energy, Economy, Environment, Featured, Japan, National News, Tech News, YouTube|

Engineers in California are trying new methods to produce renewable energy with their roadway system. Recently, state officials have gave the green light to a pilot program including piezoelectric crystals that will be installed on several freeways. The crystals generate electricity by a form of kinetic energy as automobiles drive over the roadway. This system has been shown to be successful in other parts of the world, such as Japan, and now will have the opportunity to help the United States transition to renewable energy. EcoWatch notes: In fact, scientists estimate the energy generated from piezoelectric crystals on a 10-mile

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Picture This Campaign to Connect Film and the Environment

By |July 25th, 2016|Categories: Africa, Asia, Clean Energy, Economy, Entertainment, Environment, Featured, Film News, Global, Japan, National News, United Kingdom, United States, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Picture This Festival purpose is provide a platform for filmmakers to share their stories and insight on successful skills or actions that could lead to a more environmentally safe climate. The festival has noted that eight participating network groups will accept entries from countries in their territories, which will be evaluated by a panel of judges. Participating regions include the U.K, Spain and Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Latin America, Asia, the U.S. and Central Europe. Winners will be chosen based on the power of their storytelling and their illustration of the Picture This campaign: Picture a Better World. Crackle

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YouTube NextUp Creator Contest

By |March 26th, 2016|Categories: Entertainment, Film News, Google, London, Los Angeles, National News, New York City, Tech News, Tokyo, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Professional Production Around the World on YouTube After announcing the YouTube NextUp last month, three out of the four locations have filled up. The US and UK workshops have been closed for entries, but the Tokyo contest is still open. A piece of me would love to be able to afford to take time off work, and travel to Tokyo to learn their style of filmmaking. Aside from learning in the studio and in the classroom. I do the majority of my learning online, and mainly on YouTube. Watching video tutorials has been effective for myself, with being a visual

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Jake Shimabukuro Covers Bohemian Rhapsody on Windy City Live

By |February 3rd, 2016|Categories: Canada, Entertainment, Global, Japan, Music News, National News, New York City, Tokyo|Tags: , , , , , , , |

[av_heading heading='An Acoustic Verison of a Classic Queen Song on the Ukulele' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Jake Shimabukuro, professional musician & master of the ukulele, stopped by the studios at Windy City Live to share his creative cover of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' Shimabukuro has built an international following from his years of playing the ukulele. He is originally from Hawaii, and continues to tour the world with his uplifting style of music. He will be performing a sold out show at the Rio Theater on Broadway in Vancouver on Thursday, February 3.

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