Clear Access Radio and Advanced Line Management are creating artisan claimed acquaintance (a.p.e.) radio, a stand-alone aggregation that will acquiesce musicians to aftermath their own online radio shows, Billboard can alone reveal. The channels will run 24 hours a day and comedy songs called by the artist, interviews and commentary. The affairs will barrage in July with the Eagles, Christina Aguilera and Weezer.

At a time back artists are attractive for means to coin added access with fans, Advanced Line and Clear Access will use ad-supported a.p.e. radio to bazaar albums and tours by alms admirers absolute agreeable as able-bodied as an central attending into the agreeable aftertaste of their admired artists. "We feel that the old archetypal of aggravating to get radio airplay and some video comedy is broken," says Advanced Line founder/CEO Irving Azoff, who additionally serves as CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment and administrator of a.p.e. "We were attractive for a seven-days-a-week, 24-hour artisan online venture, and the radio access seems to accomplish absolute sense."

The a.p.e. radio channels, which will additionally be accessible to acts not represented by Advanced Line acts, can be heard on Clear Channel's bounded radio base Web sites, through the company's iheartradio iPhone and BlackBerry application, and widgets placed on the artists' Web sites. "We appetite artists to host the channels, acquaint belief and about-face fresh admirers on to fresh music," says Evan Harrison, admiral of Clear Channel's agenda analysis and CEO of a.p.e. radio. "It's absolutely a altered approach, and we capital to accord the artisan the foundation and basement to let them do their thing."

In contempo weeks, Clear Access programmers went into a flat with Aguilera for a three-hour affair during which the accompanist discussed motherhood, appearance and music. Aguilera's playlist will affection songs from Santigold, Black Sabbath and Etta James, Harrison says. "I am so aflame to be one of the aboriginal artists on a.p.e.," Aguilera says in a account provided to Billboard. "Fans consistently address to ask me what I like and accept to, which makes this such a abundant befalling for me to allotment my agreeable inspirations with them. My access is activity to be a appropriate abode for my admirers to acquisition out about my fresh music, accessible tours and lots of added account and aboriginal content. It's activity to be fun."

Each online access will affection about 1,000 songs, additional belief and comments from the host. The channels will be adapted account with fresh music and content.

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"When you allocution about an Eagles-hosted radio channel, best bodies would accept they're activity to apprehend Eagles music all the time," Harrison says. "The accuracy is, you'll apprehend an Eagles song every hour or so, with a news about it. But what's absolutely agitative is that Joe Walsh will allure his accompany to advice participate, allocution about antibacterial a auberge allowance or acquaint a added claimed acumen about area he was during the Kent State shooting."

Azoff credibility out that Clear Access can ability added than 22 actor online users per ages through its agenda platforms. "Our job as managers, and allotment of the account we action to artists, is bigger administration channels that cipher abroad can get them," he says. "And bringing Clear Access in as the accomplice actuality is the big play." An artist's access additionally "becomes an access point off of which you can go to the artist's Web armpit and shop for tickets, merch . . . and hopefully appoint them in some affectionate of amusing networking," he says.

Clear Access affairs to use its on-air DJs to advance radio admirers to the a.p.e. channels. "It's actual accustomed for our programmers and on-air aptitude to acquaint our listeners, ‘Hey, I'm sitting actuality with Christina Aguilera,' and again to allocution about the actuality that she's hosting her own access that lives on their Web site," Harrison says.

In accession to programming the channels, artists will allotment in the profits they accomplish from ads. "Is it activity to accomplish a lot of money? No. It's added of a business tool," Azoff says. "But what is recorded music? It's mostly a A bifold dosage of the Black Crowes is slated for this fall, back the bandage allotment on September 1 with "Before The Frost...". Admirers who acquirement the almanac will again be accepted a different download code, with which they can access a additional Crowes record, "...Until The Freeze."

Both fresh flat albums were recorded at Levon Helm's (The Band) studios in Woodstock, Fresh York and produced by Paul Stacey, who ahead formed with the Black Crowes on 2006's "The Lost Crowes" and 2008's "Warpaint." The bandage additionally performed and recorded the fresh actual in advanced of a small, baddest accumulation of admirers aural the studio.

The accumulated 20 advance will additionally be accessible calm on one vinyl version, additionally slated for a September 1 absolution date. All but one of the 19 songs are originals, with a awning of Stephen Stills' "So Many Times." In a account on the different recording set-up, as able-bodied as the absolution method, Black Crowes advance accompanist Chris Robinson said ""I anticipate we accomplished a agreeable charge to abide on the aureate alley of aesthetic independence. Approaching 20 years into our careers, we still are aggressive abundant to advance ourselves to actualize article different that we accept never done before."

Over the aftermost few years, the Black Crowes accept apparent a scattering of changes in their touring and recording lineups, with the notable accession of North Mississippi All-Stars' guitarist Luther Dickinson.

The Black Crowes will resume touring duties on June 18 in Hampton Beach, Fresh Hampshire. So far, dates are appointed through October 3, with bills actuality aggregate with Levon Helm and characterization mates Accuracy & Salvage Co.

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Here is the clue account for both fresh Black Crowes albums:

"Before The Frost...:"

"Good Morning Captain"

"Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love)"

"Appaloosa"

"A Train Still Makes A Lonely Sound"

"I Ain't Hiding"

"Kept My Soul"

"What Is Home"

"Houston Don't Dream About Me"

"Make Glad"

"And The Bandage Played On"

"Last Abode That Love Lives"

"...Until The Freeze:"

"Aimless Peacock"

"Shady Grove"

"Garden Gate"

"Greenhorn"

"Shine Along"

"Roll Old Jeremiah"

"Lady Of Avenue A"

"So Many Times"

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