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Summer Jam
Outdoor music fans, it's time to break out the lawn chairs.
The Daily Sentinel |
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The only Englishman at Euro 2008... and he doesn't think much of the game he left behind
There is one Englishman in Austria for whom the European Championship is not a cringe-worthy reminder of what might have been. Roger Spry will be immersed in this Alpine festival of football while back home we try to blot out flashbacks to the Wally with the Brolly and humiliation at Wembley.
Evening Standard |
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Moog Debuts Moog Guitar At Summer NAMM 2008
The much-anticipated and much-talked-about Moog Guitar will debut at Summer NAMM in Nashville. The Moog Guitar is "a fantastic axe designed to be played by the best musicians in the world," says Moog Music President Mike Adams.
Harmony Central |
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Samoan bass baritone at DFP
Lemalu is at the forefront of today’s generation of young opera singers. THE Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) will collaborate with rising bass baritone Jonathan Lemalu in two spectacular concerts at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP), KLCC, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur tomorrow and Sunday.
The New Straits Times |
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Filipino bands gear up for concert series
Doha • The heat is on as Filipino bands gear up for the most anticipated musical event in the community, titled 'Isang Musika' (One Music), which will be staged in the Hyatt Plaza from tonight until June 13. This concert series is part of the Philippines' 110th Independence Day celebrations.
The Peninsula |
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Hockey Night in Canada theme song may be benched permanently from broadcasts
TORONTO - Hockey fans called a major penalty against the CBC Thursday as the national broadcaster seemed prepared to do away with the Hockey Night in Canada theme - a beloved 40-year-old musical institution as familiar to Canadians as the country's national anthem.
The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Hockey Night in Canada theme song may be benched permanently from broadcasts
TORONTO - Hockey fans called a major penalty against the CBC Thursday as the national broadcaster seemed prepared to do away with the Hockey Night in Canada theme - a beloved 40-year-old musical institution as familiar to Canadians as the country's national anthem.
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News |
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Alexandra Costin to perform at Radio Hall
A programme including Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, a possible synthesis of music forms highly praised during the nineteenth century will be performed by the National Radio Orchestra today, at 19.00, at the Radio Hall. The performance will be conducted by Jin Wang and will feature pianist Alexandra Costin as soloist.
Nine O'Clock |
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After a 4-year absence, Ashanti returns with 'The Way That I Love You'
NEW YORK - Ashanti was one of music's hottest stars, with two multiplatinum albums and a Grammy under her belt, until her third disc, 2004's "Concrete Rose," landed like a brick on the music charts.
Jam! Showbiz |
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Three days of walking, at Street Delivery 2008
The inhabitants of Bucharest are expected, for three days, during June 6-8, to walk along “The Walkers’ Bucharest”, on the route Pictor Verona Street – The “Gradina Icoanei” Park, at the urban culture event “Street Delivery 2008,” organized by the Romanian Architects’ Order and the Carturesti Bookshop.
Nine O'Clock |
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Customer Service
NEW YORK - After spending his youth mired in harrowing brutality and poverty as a child soldier in Sudan's ethnic conflict, Emmanuel Jal was rescued by aid workers who pushed to give him a new start at life in a different country.
Brandon Sun |
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PeaceSmiths to hold coffee house June 6
A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry and Whatever Coffeehouse will hold its last coffeehouse of the season with a drum circle to cap off the evening. The Coffeehouse is held at the First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway/Rt.
Amityville Record |
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Glasgow really is miles better for classical music
THIS week, with the full might of the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra rounding off another popular and prestigious International Classical Season at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall,
The Scotsman |
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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Country Music's Report Card Time
(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/ CMT .com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.) Oh, man, I love Nashville this week. Fan Fair week. The sun is shining down, the sky is clear blue and music is in the air everywhere downtown. Someone should write a musical about it.
cmt.com |
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King's Brass To Appear In Concert At Lee Tuesday
Tim Zimmerman and The King's Brass will be appearing in concert at the Lee University Dixon Center on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Tim Zimmerman and The King's Brass present hymn classics with a contemporary flair. The King's Brass features three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, percussion, and keyboards.
The Chattanoogan |
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CBC, composer face off over iconic hockey theme
The CBC is courting a coast-to-coast uprising by hockey fans after threatening on Thursday to drop Hockey Night in Canada's iconic theme song - the "Dunt-da DUNT-da Dunt" fanfare known as the country's "second national anthem" - over a contract dispute with its composer that's headed for a last-minute scramble on Friday.
Vancouver Province |
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The Infamous Stringdusters - There’ll be some pickin’ and jammin’ at the Capitol
GREENEVILLE — The Infamous Stringdusters, with special guests Lost Mountain String Band, will take the stage of the Capitol Theatre on Saturday as part of the Capitol Music Series.
Johnson City Press |
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Adam Larkey A boy and his fiddle
Adam Larkey doesn’t act his age on stage. At 11, you’d think the fiddler might be a cute novelty because he’s so young, but he and his band, Mountain Time, are serious musicians.
Johnson City Press |
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The decline of MTV: internet killed the video star
It was a seminal moment in the history of popular culture. On 1 August 1981, MTV launched in America with the simple words: "Ladies and Gentlemen... Rock and Roll." The phrase was followed by a montage of the Apollo 11 Moon landings. While the pictures of Neil Armstrong bounding across the lunar landscape conveyed the channel's imperialistic ambitions, its first video, played seconds later, ...
Independent |
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Cultural Life: Emmanuel Jal, musician
Books : I am reading Marley Legend: An Illustrated Life of Bob Marley by James Henke. It is about the early years when he was trying to make a band, and includes interviews with Marley's family. I am also reading Slave: My True Story, about the Sudanese girl Mende Nazer's lost childhood after she was sold into slavery, until she managed to escape in 2000. I have been reading a few books about ...
Independent |
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Internet speed-throttling hits U of M
Restrictions placed on the University of Manitoba’s computer network has landed some students in hot water over illegal downloads. The U of M constantly monitors campus computer traffic to detect movie and music downloads from file-sharing programs. The network then automatically restricts the connection speed to ensure that teaching and research-related downloads can be obtained quickly, ...
The Gateway Online |
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Akala: My African adventure
A group of leading British urban musicians including Akala, the Mobo-winning rapper and brother of Ms Dynamite, and Kele Le Roc, singer of Basement Jaxx, went to Bamako, Mali, to join musicians and rappers from across Africa. There, with local musicians and others gathered from Morocco, Ghana, Gambia, and South Africa – including Kwaito's biggest-selling artist, Zwai Bala – they worked ...
Independent |
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Bo Diddley and the beat surrender
Bo Diddley, who died earlier this week, was perhaps the least celebrated of the original pillars upon which the mighty, world-changing edifice of rock'n'roll was built: less glamorous than Elvis, less flamboyant than Little Richard, less dangerous than Jerry Lee Lewis, and less poetic than Chuck Berry. But, in at least one respect, he was every bit their equal.
Independent |
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The Britpack - Our new generation of movie stars takes Tinseltown
In a fortnight's time, 10,000 people will file into London's O2 arena for the UK premiere of Prince Caspian. It will be, the producers trumpet, the "biggest single-screen, shared audience experience ever". But then, as the second instalment in Disney's Chronicles of Narnia series, it's a pretty big film. The first, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, grossed $745m worldwide. Hopes are high ...
Independent |
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The story of Joan as survivor
Bounding up to ground level from the bunker-like hotel basement where she has been cooped up too long, Joan Wasser's eyes are fearlessly direct, her wayward mane swept under a flapper's hat. As when she stands pounding the piano during the freewheeling shows as Joan As Police Woman that have made her name in Britain, she is a bundle of raw, positive energy. This wasn't always so.
Independent |
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