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Cindy Blackman has released the solo CD Another Lifetime, dedicated to the late, great Tony Williams. For more, visit www.cindyblackman.com.

Rick Woolstenhulme and Lifehouse are back with a new CD, Smoke & Mirrors. For more on the band and to hear the single “Halfway Gone,” visit www.lifehousemusic.com/splash/.

Bobby Alt, Adam Alt, and Frank Zummo, known as Street Drum Corps, are touring with 30 Seconds To Mars, which features Shannon Leto on drums. For more on Street Drum Corps, visit www.streetdrumcorps.com. And be sure to check out Leto’s Gimme 10! in the May issue of Modern Drummer magazine.

Homer Steinweiss is on Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’ latest, I Learned The Hard Way. Steinweiss is also on Daniel Merriweather’s Love & War; appearing on two of the album’s songs is Steve Wolf. For more on Steinweiss, revisit his MD Update at www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/.

Vinnie Colaiuta is on Tom Hemby’s In The Moment. For more, visit www.tomhemby.com. You can also hear Vinnie on Mark Egan’s latest, Truth Be Told. For more on Egan, visit www.markegan.com.

Chris DeRosa is playing dates with the world-pop band Aria. You can also catch DeRosa in Melba Moore’s new video for “Weakness” (with the amazing Phil Perry) and in Masspike Miles and Rick Ross’s new video for the single “Love Drunk.” To watch these clips, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnX0m_O84Ls and www.youtube.com/watch?v=610zp5Lmfc4.
You can find more on DeRosa at www.chrisderosa.com, www.myspace.com/chrisderosa, and www.myspace.com/ariyamuzak.

Mike Najarian is on the Lefty Rides Again tour with State Radio. For dates and more, visit www.stateradio.com.

Larry Lelli is the drummer and in-house music contractor for the new Broadway show Million Dollar Quartet. The show officially opens in mid-April, at the famous Nederlander Theatre in NYC’s Times Square. Check out a short clip at www.milliondollarquartetlive.com.

Prince bassist Josh Dunham has released his debut album, Reinvigorate. Drummer/producer Terry Banks and Dunham’s wife, Prince drummer Cora Coleman-Dunham, among others, are featured. For more, visit www.joshandcoradunham.com.

Drummer/composer Paul Peress has released his latest CD, Can’t Let Go. For more, visit www.paulperess.com.

Jay Weinberg is touring Europe with Madball on their upcoming Rebellion tour. For more, visit www.myspace.com/madball.

Jose Baraquio and longtime Joe Satriani drummer Jeff Campitelli are on Satriani’s Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock.

British group the Wedding Present has announced an April 2010 tour to commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the Bizarro album. This time around, drummer Graeme Ramsay will be on guitar and Charlie Layton will be playing drums. For tour dates and more, visit www.myspace.com/theweddingpresent.

Bobby Jarzombek has posted part one of a behind-the-scenes video road diary on his official YouTube channel. Jarzombek recently finished up a three-week Canadian tour with former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach, in support of Guns N’ Roses. Check out the video at www.youtube.com/bobbyjarzombektv. For more on Jarzombek, visit www.bobbyjarzombek.com and www.myspace.com/bobbyjarzombek.

If you plan to attend this year’s South By Southwest festival, you can be among the first to check out the documentary Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm. The movie will debut at SXSW, which runs March 12 through 21 in Austin. For more info, go to www.sxsw.com.


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