Monday, January 20, 2014

Ringo Starr Spirit of Harmony foundation



Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Greg Rolie, Mark Rivera, Greg Bissonette - and Ringo on behalf of the Spirit of Harmony foundation discuss the importance of music education to them and to today's youth.

official Spirt of Harmony site

http://spiritofharmony.org/

Spirit of Harmony
 
 Todd will announce the launch of the Foundation at the SupportMusic Coalition live webcast on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 2 p.m. (Pacific time-USA). Webcast is free, but advance registration is required. Please click here.
 
 

Friday, January 17, 2014

RundgrenRadio update

Todd will be touring with Ringo again in 2014!

TODD'S LES PAUL AWARD CEREMONY TO BE WEBCAST!
http://rundgrenradio.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7d4ed23baaa8cae5fe511ba60&id=cf62b201b2&e=289ddd0f6f
AWATS DVD'S START SHIPPING SOON!

TODD RUNDGREN TO RECEIVE LES PAUL AWARD AND IT'S GOING TO BE WEBCAST!

Rundgren will be honored on January 24, 2014 with the Les Paul Award at 7pm Pacific time (9 Central, 10 Eastern).  He'll be presented with the honor at the 29th annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, taking place in Anaheim, California during the 2013 NAMM Show.  The webcast is free, and will be streamed live at http://www.namm.org./.

The official story of the Les Paul Award states: "The Les Paul Award, named for the revolutionary inventor and esteemed musician, is presented annually to honor individuals or institutions that have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of audio and music technology." Russ Paul, son of Les Paul, will make the presentation on behalf of the Les Paul Foundation, sponsor of the award.

If you want to go to the actual event, tickets are now on sale ...

http://www.tecawards.org/tec/29thTEC_ticketinfo.html

TODD RUNDGREN TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF HIS FOUNDATION AND IT'S GOING TO BE WEBCAST!

Todd Rundgren will formally announce the launch of the Spirit of Harmony Foundation at NAMM's Support Music Coalition webcast, on Friday, January 24, starting at 2 pm, Pacific time.

From the Spirit Of Harmony Facebook Page:


"Come together with industry leaders, music educators, arts leaders and celebrities to advance goals to keep music education strong in communities everywhere. All music education supporters are encouraged to attend either in person in the NAMM Foundation Lounge, Level 2 at the Hilton Hotel or via the live webcast.

2 - 4 p.m. Pacific time, 4-6 p.m. Central time, 5-7 p.m. Eastern time.

Registration for the webcast is free, but you must register in advance here:
http://www.nammfoundation.org/support-music/supportmusic-coalition-january-webcast-live-2014-namm-showhttp://www.nammfoundation.org/support-music/supportmusic-coalition-january-webcast-live-2014-namm-show

Featured guests:
Chad Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bernie Williams, Jazz Guitarist and NY Yankee Champion
Todd Rundgren, Musician, songwriter, and record producer
Joe Lamond, NAMM President and CEO
Kathy Fletcher, Director of Turnaround Arts of the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities
Glen McCarthy, Music Educator and Top Ten Finalist for the Grammy's Music Educator Award
Tim Tuten, Director of Special Projects, Partnership and Events of the US. Dept. of Education with a special video greeting by U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan to the SupportMusic Coalition
Leaders of the "Anaheim Project" - a school and community effort to strengthen music education
National Arts Education Standards Update from Lynn Tuttle, Director of Arts Education, Arizona Department of Education and Immediate Past President, State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education, and David A. Dik, National Executive Director, Young Audiences Arts for Learning
Special presentation of the Don Johnson Service Award from MMR Magazine, Terry Lowe, Publisher"

AWATS DVD UPDATE FROM Toddstore.com!


The long awaited A Wizard, A True Star DVD is finally here!  

"If you pre-ordered AWATS Live..we are expecting the DVD's here tomorrow..the CD's will be here on Tuesday ..shipping will begin when everything arrives!"

The video coverage is from the first show in Akron, OH.

TODD'S NYE CONCERT GETS RAVE REVIEWS!

As we had hoped, the event had an intimate private party feel to it.  Special guest Pat Travers Band earned some new fans during their rocking set to start the night off right.  A special THANKS goes out to everyone that attended!

From TRconnection.com's Tour Page reviews:

"Every song was strong. There was an amazing vibe in the air and everyone had a great time including the band. Todd really seemed to enjoying himself."  Al Cannon

"Todd looked good and sang well; he really appeared to be in good spirits. The band was its usual almost perfect self." Bob Markarian

"All in all, I enjoyed the concert immensely and from what I saw to my left and right, so did everyone else! Todd was in fine shape, physically and vocally—soooo happy he was healthy! He seemed to enjoy himself—there were lots of smiles from the man! " Kathryn Sauers

"So glad that we decided to do this event and would do it again in a heartbeat ... Todd was amazing as always. I tell everyone who asks me "he's still around"? that he can still rock it and as long as he is touring I will be there rocking with him. "  Donna Carroll


TODD ANNOUNCES HE WILL BE TOURING WITH RINGO AGAIN

During the NYE concert, Todd let the cat out of the bag that Ringo's All-Starr Band will be back out this Summer.  Dates/cities to be announced soon!

TODD RUNDGREN ANNOUNCES SUMMER CAMP FOR 2014!

The Mythic Pacific Retreat will be held in sunny Cambria, California at the Cambria Pines Lodge from August 18-22, 2014.  We plan to have the organizer Danny Heaps on a future RR show.  All the up to date details can be found here ...

http://mythicpacificretreat.com/


KASIM SULTON'S NEW CD COMING SOON!

Kasim has several guests on his CD including Todd Rundgren, Willie Wilcox, and Roger Powell!  They aren't all on the same song so it's not a new Utopia album/song :-).

Kasim will be doing some solo shows to launch his new CD.  The first one will be in Cleveland, OH at the Beachland Tavern on March 9th and tickets are available at http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3985434. A few days later on March 12 he will be performing at Space in Evanston, IL.  You can purchase tickets at http://evanstonspace.com/shows/?event_id=3958294.   

Friday, January 10, 2014

See Todd receive the Les Paul award live

When Todd is receiving the Les Paul Award at the TEC Awards it will be streamed live! A link will be available on the NAMM web site. www.NAMM.org

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Ringo group shot

Check out @FansRingoStarr's Tweet: https://twitter.com/FansRingoStarr/status/420963020194328576

Friday, January 3, 2014

Video: New Years Eve 2013 at BB King's Club in Orlando Florida



Todd Rundgren, New Years Eve 2013 at BB King's Club in Orlando Florida...set openers REAL MAN and LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN. The band is Kasim Sulton (bass), Jesse Gress (guitar), Gregg Bendian (drums) and John Ferenzik (keyboards).

Performance sponsored by RundgrenRadio.com and hundreds of global Todd fans.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Todd Rundgren - 12 Days of Christmas..

Chirbit - Todd Rundgren - 12 Days of Christmas... - rogsteel - share audio easily

upcoming Todd Camp

 

 

 

mythic pacific retreat

Cambria Pines Lodge, Cambria

August 18-22, 2014



As the pioneers made their way inexorably westward in search of new lands and adventures, so the Rundgren Nation must explore the nether regions of this vast continent.
Thus we encamp this August for our first Mythic Pacific Retreat at the Cambria Pines Lodge on the Middle Coast of California.
Our agenda is still in development, but do not hesitate to explore the site of our destination and consider joining us for what is sure to be an historic event.

Eureka!


Thursday, December 5, 2013

Kasim message about broken ankle.

http://www.kasiminfo.com/Message.html

each month Kasim Sulton sends a message about what he has been doing and his future plans so here is his one for December 2013
Kasim Sulton at AWATS gig, Akron, OH, 09/06/09 - photo by Whitney BurrAnd Then I....
Broke my leg.
Technically my leg but specifically my ankle.
Even more specifically my right Fibula.
The gory details are a hairline fracture spiraling from the front of the bone to the back. Like a candy cane if you will.
This all started with my back.
Now, I've never had back issues. I guess just the normal back aches associated with my age and my profession. Having a 6 - 7 pound guitar hanging on your shoulder hours on end, sitting on planes and bad hotel beds has had a cumulative effect on me.
When my back problem presented itself, the only relief I got was taking numerous hot baths. I was taking roughly five a night just so I could sleep for a few hours. During the course of a week, I was lucky to get 8 hours of real sleep.
I was so tired that after one of the baths, I slipped getting out of the tub and .... crack ... fell on my ankle and broke it.
I've been hobbling around for the past two weeks with a cast on.

The worst part was missing a private show in Las Vegas with Todd. The first missed show in 38 years. Hopefully the last.
This couldn't have happened at a worse time. The holidays.

I'm on the mend ... I've been to more Doctors in the past 3 weeks then I have in the past 10 years and I'm not happy about it.
I'll recover and treat this as a not so subtle indication that I need to be more conscious of taking care of myself.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas.
Kasim

Monday, December 2, 2013

Toddstore sale..

Good Morning and Welcome to Day 2 of December ! In the spirit of giving and the Holiday spirit .. With your purchase you will receive a Live Todd & Live Healing CD ..2 of our Holiday Postcards and 2 TR guitar picks ..FREE with your purchase of 30.00 or more !! Start your Holiday shopping NOW ! www.toddstore.com