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Monday Jun 15 | NBC11.com

What You're Doing Tonight, June 15

Let's start in San Jose at JJ's Blues Lounge . You can take in Gene Washington tonight.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, San Jose, CA, San Jose Metro, Folk-Rock

Wed Jun 10, 2009

San diego reader Blogs

Rock Around the Town: Wednesday a Round Town, plus Jill Sobule, Best ...

Posted June 10, 2009, 4:17 a.m. Press illo to play the Overheard song! IT'S DONE!!!! And growing every hour.... If you wanna see a list of over 1,5000 San Diego bands, with links to full profiles, photos, discographies, articles, MP3s, etc, checkout http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/search/ Believe it or not, you can click on ANY LOCAL MUSICIAN'S ...

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock

Wed Jun 03, 2009

New Times

Psychostick and Jill Sobule Have Fan-Funded Albums in Common

You might not think that Tempe "humorcore" band Psychostick and Jill Sobule have much in common, but it turns out they both have some seriously loyal fans.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, Music, Entertainment

Wed May 27, 2009

All Things Digital

D7 Multimedia: Singer Jill Sobule Serenades Rupert Murdoch [D7 Highlights]

At last year's D6 Conference, singer/songwriter Jill Sobule was introduced to media mogul Rupert Murdoch-and apparently, he made quite an impression.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock

Tue May 26, 2009

CNET News.com

D7: The Twitter guys speak

The D7: All Things Digital opening night keynote, often reserved for tech legends like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, was handed over this year to the team behind Twitter.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Folk-Rock, Internet, Science / Technology, Web 2.0 Conference, Emerging Technology

Fri May 15, 2009

The Oregonian

Jill Sobule Kissed a Girl' too and she did it first

Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule busted boundaries in 1995 with her "I Kissed a Girl," the first pop hit to address homosexuality head on.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, US Politics, US News

Wed May 13, 2009

Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn

OTBKB Music: Jill Sobule Comes to the Nabe

Jill Sobule always stands out. Growing up, she was the only Jewish kid in Catholic school.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock

Tue May 12, 2009

Advocate

Jill Sobule "Kissed a Girl" First

More than a decade before Katy Perry "Kissed a Girl," Jill Sobule made waves with her song of the same name.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock

Mon May 04, 2009

Journal News

Jill Sobule gets by with a lot of help from her fans

Veteran singer-songwriter Jill Sobule got fed up with business as usual three years ago, and on a new song she pinpoints the moment.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock

Tue Apr 28, 2009

Wicked Chops Poker

Daniel Negreanu in Katy Perry's "Waking Up in Vegas"

When we heard that Daniel Negreanu was in the new Katy Perry video, we were like, "You mean the non-Jill Sobule 'I Kissed a Girl' girl? Or is that Lily Allen?" Turns out our first guest was right.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock

Mon Apr 27, 2009

MassLive.com

As Dylan Says on New Album: 'It's All Good'

Bob Dylan, "Together Through Life" 4 stars. Jill Sobule, "California Years" . 3.5 stars.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Bob Dylan, Folk-Rock, California, Bob Dylan & the Band, The Grateful Dead

Wed Apr 22, 2009

Denver Post

Husted: Singer Sobule put a new spin on funding latest CD

Jill Sobule just released her Internet-funded CD, "California Years." Denver's native pop star Jill Sobule , the St.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, Denver Metro, St. Mary's, CO, Entertainment

Mon Apr 20, 2009

NOLA.com

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation's second Sync Up conference keeps growing

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation's second Sync Up conference will connect local music professionals with the larger music industry via morning panel discussions April 24-25 and May 1-2. Speakers include Seymour Stein, the Sire Records impresario who discovered Madonna, Blondie, the Talking Heads and the Ramones; recording artist Jill ...

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Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Folk-Rock, Video Games

Sat Apr 18, 2009

Billboard

Jill Sobule Releases Fan Financed 'California Years'

Jill Sobule's latest release is the fan-financed "California Years." April 15, 2009 07:17 AM ET Evie Nagy, N.Y. Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule took a uncharted path to her sixth studio album, "California Years." Instead of the usual record company routine, Sobule financed the recording, production and publicity for the set with donations solicited ...

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, Acid-Jazz, Sex Mob, New York Metro, Springs, NY

Thu Apr 16, 2009

Park Record

Something old, something new, something blues

Katy Perry was not yet in junior high school when Jill Sobule wrote the folk ballad "I Kissed a Girl." The 1995 song owes more to the wry sensibility of Melissa Etheridge than the sassy pop number that catapulted Perry's ballad to the top of the charts.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, Park City, UT, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Pop/Rock, Jazz, Madeleine Peyroux, Rock-N-Roll, Chuck Berry

Tue Apr 14, 2009

New York Daily News

Fans are sold on Sobule's 'gifts' & new CD pays off

Jill Sobole is back with "California Years." Overview First, Radiohead flipped the script by saying fans didn't have to pay anything for their new CD.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, Music, Entertainment

Sun Apr 12, 2009

NPR

Jill Sobule's 'California Years'

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET. April 12, 2009 - When singer-songwriter Jill Sobule found herself without the financial support of a recording label, she found a way to circumvent the business - by getting her fans to donate enough money to fund the recording of her new CD.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock

Thu Apr 09, 2009

USA Today

Music fans pitch in to design covers, back CDs, map tours

Chris Kubik always dreamed of designing album covers. But as a senior graphic designer forSchumacher Electric Corp., he was more likely to spend his time with battery chargers and jump starters than superstars and electric guitars.

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Related Topix: Graphic Design, Arts, Country, Rascal Flatts, Arlington Heights, IL, Folk-Rock, Social Software, Music, Entertainment

Wed Apr 08, 2009

New Yorker

Ben Greenman: Jill Sobulea s a oeCalifornia Years.a

This past year, Jill Sobule was in the news more for a song she didn't write than for any of the songs she has written.

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Related Topix: Greenman, Folk, Folk-Rock

Mon Apr 06, 2009

National Public Radio

Bob Dylan, Sam Phillips, Grizzly Bear, More

All Songs Considered , April 6, 2009 - It's hard to believe, but in a career spanning five decades, Bob Dylan has released more than 30 studio albums, and dozens of other live recordings and compilations.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock

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