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Forever Changes: Chick Corea's Return To Forever reunites and shows neo-jazz fusion groups how it's done
Anyone seeking a definition of "jazz fusion" needs to look no further than Return To Forever. The seminal group, which is fronted by keyboardist Chick Corea, took the term literally by fearlessly and effectively welding jazz ideals with genres ranging from Latin music (1972's Light As a Feather) and ...
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B-Sides makes sense of Iron & Wine while Lemuria continues to Get Better
Judging from the trance-inducing, whispered meditations of Iron & Wine, the group's singer and songwriter, Sam Beam, should be far less affable and more nonchalant. But his music, starting with the homespun demos of The Creek Drank the Cradle and stretching to the rhythmic and melodic layers of last ...
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Flight Of The Conchords - (Sub Pop)
Besides wasting some time on a long road trip, I have no idea what to do with this album of comedic songs. If I want to listen to music, I'll do so, and if I feel like watching something funny, I'll happily turn on/download Jemaine and Bret's (sorry, "Brit") hilarious HBO Spinal Tap -y show.
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Ladytron/Datarock
Ladytron's music both reflects and drives its fashion-forward image and DJ-culture celebrity. Whispery vocal detachment and burbling analog instruments on tunes such as "Playgirl," "Seventeen" or "Blue Jeans" conjure sophisticated snapshots: the seductive curl of smoke rings, the glacial coldness of ...
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E.S.L. - (Jericho Beach Music)
"A band of bohemians in white gowns prancing about in the forest" alert! Actually E.S.L. may not be doing much prancing since there's a piano along for the ride, but you get the drift.
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Jumbling Towers
The indie-rock superpower Pavement was not especially known for asking poignant questions, but the 1997 single "Stereo" contained one such query: "What about the voice of Geddy Lee / How did it get so high? / I wonder if he talks like an ordinary guy." One could ask the same question of Jumbling Tow ...
Riverfront Times |
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Krauss, Plant lead Americana Awards finalists
NASHVILLE, Tenn. June 11, 2008, 11:34 pm ET · Alison Krauss and Robert Plant were nominated Wednesday night for top album, No. 1 song and best duo in the seventh annual Americana Honors and Awards.
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The 2008 RFT Music Award Winners: The Results Are In!
Like every year, the 2008 RFT Music Award winners represent a diverse cross-section of the old and the new, the familiar and the upstart. Genial jazz chanteuse Erin Bode (who's set to release a new album this weekend) and venerable hip-hop/rock hybrid the Midwest Avengers both swept their categories ...
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St. Peterâ€s raises funds, spirits
ANTIOCH – Stormy weather couldn’t dampen the fun at St. Peter’s third annual Community Festival. Members of the parish, children, and pastors all flocked to Williams Park for the event.
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OFF Festival de Jazz
"I'm booking this tour, and one presenter wanted to know what percentage of originals we play. We play all originals! 'And is there a singer?' And I'm like, 'Oh man...'" Lina Allemano's voice trails off.
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Schoolhouse Rock!
You grew up on the Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and The Dead. Your kids are growing up on Fall Out Boy, Slipknot, Linkin Park, and Seether. And in the back of your mind, you’re probably thinking, Dude, rock music ain’t what it used to be. You’re right — in the Seventies, your f ...
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Half a century of reading
Dozens of children clap their hands and wiggle their hips Wednesday as songwriter Joe McDermott strums his guitar and sings about roller coasters. McDermott is playing the kick-off show for the Summer Reading Club at the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library.
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Often Imitated, Never Duplicated
When you remember Celia Cruz — La Guarachera de Cuba, arguably the most influential woman in Latin music history — you can almost immediately picture her. The bright hair, dynamic fashion, and broad, infectious grin made her look distinctive, to say the least. Her career was long and notab ...
Miami New Times |
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Can iPods make you deaf? 12 Jun 2008, 0017 hrs IST, ANI
You might love listening to your favourite music on your iPods, but a new survey has revealed that more than 70 per cent of young adults are losing their hearing power, thanks to the increasing use of headphones.
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Landmark store reopens in Alleghany County
An Alleghany County landmark that's been around since the 1800s is back open. Last year, Alpha "Granny" Averill retired from running the country store in Low Moor close to her 100th birthday. A businesswoman bought the store and has reopened it.
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Cents and Sensibility
"The music industry," declares Less than Jake drummer and lyricist Vinnie Fiorello, "is pointing towards bands becoming their own cottage industry. Which means bands being in charge of their own merch, distribution of records, and production of records." Fiorello makes this claim of the power of in ...
Miami New Times |
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Calling all Guitar Heroes to the conductor's stand
You may be a wicked axe man thanks to the "Guitar Hero" videogame by Activision Inc, but are you ready to take on a whole orchestra?
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Say It With Music selected as theme for 2008 Gold Cup Parade in Charlottetown
Summer does not officially begin until June 21 but if you plan to enter a float in this year’s Gold Cup Parade the chair of the parade would like you to start thinking about it now.
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We Love Techno starring Marko Nastic
"Big in Serbia" might sound like a joke to the public at large, but dance music cognoscenti know better. Balkan beat conductor Marko Nastic is huge in his home country, but he's also making ripples in the global sine-wave ocean. He discovered electronic music courtesy of an uncle who spun Italo reco ...
Miami New Times |
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The Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee to perform in Brockton
The Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee is coming to Brockton this weekend to perform in memory of Deacon Alphonso Anderson, 71, a leader from Messiah Baptist Church killed Nov. 8, 2007, by an alleged drunken driver.
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Krauss, Plant lead Americana Awards finalists
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant were nominated Wednesday night for top album, No. 1 song and best duo in the seventh annual Americana Honors and Awards.
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EVENTS Scottish Highland Games, barbecue and more
The Scottish Highland Games stand out among the festival options this weekend. Now expanded to three days, the games will be at E.H. Young Riverfront Park in Riverside.
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Calendar for June 12
A CONCERT OF HOPE AND PEACE, AND A SERMON FROM THE MOUNTAIN: Choral and spoken word tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.; with African-American spirituals performed by tenor Robert Hughes. 3 p.m. June 15. Westport Presbyterian Church. $5 at door. Tickets also available online. www.WestportCenterfortheArts.org (816-931-1032)
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LOCAL MUSIC Poi Dog Pondering leads outdoor Lawrence show; Earle rocks at Knuckleheads
Lawrence is jumping into the free/outdoor music party. The all-ages “Boogie on the Blacktop” is from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday in the parking lot at Ninth and New Hampshire streets. The headliner is Poi Dog Pondering. Here’s how the band describes its new record, “7”: “a rock-and-soul record; 14 cuts deep and layered in horns and strings; immediate guitars, sometimes shimmery and liquid and sometimes ...
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CLASSICAL BEAT: Music sacred and profane
Judy, Liza, Barbra, Madonna, Carol Channing, Peggy Lee, Marilyn Monroe, Patsy Cline. Never have so many divas graced the same stage — and half of them are dead!
The Kansas City Star |
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