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Blueberries & Bluegrass
Andy Pieters and Chuck Hagenbaugh offer up baskets of blueberries at Mifflinburg’s Blueberries and Bluegrass festival, held Friday evening in the community park.
The Milton Standard-Journal |
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MOLSON CONCERTS: Atmosphere keeps crowds coming to Lockport
More than 8,000 flock to Ulrich City Centre to see Nazareth, Flyin' Blind Blues Band and Navigator at Molson Canal Concert Series.
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal |
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Review: Chieftains play timeless, essential music
The Chieftains absolutely know this music, having played it for decades.
Victoria Times Colonist |
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Crunch of bent metal is music to Demolition Derby fans' ears
URBANA – Jason Dillingham committed at least five traffic violations to claim the top spot in Friday night's Demolition Derby at the Champaign County Fair – a repeat of his performance last year. In the derby's final moments, Dillingham's 1975 Buick shoved out his father's car to net the $1,000 victory in the full-size division of the derby. This year marked his 17th.
The Champaign News-Gazette |
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Mom Challenges Prince Over Copyright In SJ Court
A mother who uploaded a video of her son on YouTube is now trying to teach musician Prince and a major music company a lesson in a San Jose courtroom.
CBS 5 Bay Area |
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Saginaw's Friday Night Live's luck still holds
In 10 years, weather has scuttled only one concert. Rain is Jeanne Conger's least favorite four-letter word. Conger, the coordinator for Positive Results in a Downtown Environment-- PRIDE Inc. -- and 10-year Friday Night Live volunteer, is thankful she doesn't have to use it much.
The Saginaw News |
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Duo's performance is as sweet as sugar
RANDALL - Seldom was there a fan sitting during Sugarland's Country Thunder Performance Friday night. Everyone was on their feet bobbing their heads or dancing to the 15-song set.
Kenosha News |
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Gavin DeGraw
His latest album cover shows only his enigmatic profile and his first ever single, ‘I Don’t Want to Be’ is the theme song to hit television series One Tree Hill.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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Lang Lang lightning fast, electrifying
Lang Lang and the Tchaik One are meant for each other. The inescapable bravura of the First Piano Concerto of Tchaikovsky offers the perfect opportunity for the beloved young Chinese superstar to show his finger-busting stuff.
Rocky Mountain News |
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What's happenin'?
Looking for something to do Saturday? Consider the following: ART IN THE PARK The annual Anaconda arts and music festival continues Saturday and Sunday in Washoe Park. Tickets are $6 per day for 17 and older or $15 for a three-day pass. See the story on Page A1 today for details.
The Montana Standard |
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Slain man had passion for music
Jesse Harris Pejko had more friends than his father ever imagined.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Gujarat cardiologist's heart beats for organic farming
By V.N. Balakrishna, Kathvada, July 19 : A practising cardiologist for 25 years, Dinesh Patel spends long hours cultivating grain, fruit and plants in his organic farm on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat's principal city.
New Kerala |
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Loud bar music makes people drink more, faster
CHICAGO - BLAME the DJ: loud bar music makes people drink more and drink faster, a study released on Friday has found.
Straits Times |
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Volume rises for music video games
 LOS ANGELES, USA: It turns out everyone just wants to be a rock star. Music-genre video games "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" are bona-fide smash hits, entering the rarefied air once reserved for only the elite first-person shooters, "Mario" games or sports titles. And success breeds imita...
Chennai Online |
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Free concerts in Banning, Beaumont offer variety
Families in the Pass area seeking inexpensive forms of entertainment need not look far. Free concerts in the park featuring a variety of music styles, from country to classic rock, are presented this summer in Banning and Beaumont.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Try this: Flims, fests and lots of motorcycles
Batman sets out to zap-boom-bap organized crime in Gotham in “The Dark Knight,” but criminal mastermind the Joker has a few cards of his sleeve to thwart the Batman’s plans. There’s already Oscar buzz for Heath Ledger who portrays the Joker in the movie.
The Columbian |
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Religion News
Davidsonville United Methodist Church, 819 W. Central Ave., is accepting orders for fresh peach pies or unbaked, frozen pies, for $12. Pies must be picked up between 6 and 8 p.m. July 31. Pies will also be available at the peach festival, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 9.
The Capital |
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Music Review: Indie Round-Up - Anya Singleton, Emory Joseph, Parlour Steps, Kalliopi
Anya Singleton rocks with soul, while Emory Joseph applies a youthful bounce to the Garcia-Hunter canon. Anya Singleton, The Other SideAnya Singleton's first full-length album goes a long way towards fulfilling the promise of her earlier EP, Not Easy To Forget. The jazzy sound of that disc has evolved here into a more up-front soul sound with a bigger beat, epitomized by the insistent opening ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Vision Festival 2008: Day 2
It has become customary for the second night of the Vision Festival to be used to honor the lifetime achievement of one of the luminaries of the free jazz firmament and tonight, following in the footsteps of Bill Dixon, Sam Rivers and Fred Anderson, it was the turn of New Orleans saxophonist Edward Kidd Jordan.
All About Jazz |
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Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...
Recent Listening, But First... As recently as the early 1980s, relatively few major labels made jazz records. Columbia, RCA Victor, Decca, Capitol, United Artists, Warner Bros, Atlantic and Mercury were the big names.
Arts Journal |
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“This is definitive Garcia-Fons... where the lines between cultures and music's metaphors are as blurred as vibrating ...
Track after track leaves you breathless, each with a lyrical beauty or a feverish energy all its own.
All About Jazz |
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John Mayall: Live at The Marquee 1969 & The Masters
John Mayall had a reputation for being a rebel long before 1969. How else to explain his single-minded devotion to the blues in the face of Beatlemania?
All About Jazz |
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An Die Musik
No decisions about a recording should ever be made based on the first few sounds that are heard. Even though An die Musik from Japanese pianist Nobu Stowe begins with a restfully melodic and dramatic three-minute piano and drum duet, it moves quickly and assuredly into a vibrant and emotive rhythmic set of improvisations.
All About Jazz |
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Organ Trio
Organ Trio is Jersey City saxophonist/composer and bandleader Bryan Beninghove's debut self-titled album with his very able organ trio that performs regularly throughout the Jersey City/New York area.
All About Jazz |
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Nad / Reed
Pointless arguments over where the geographical heart of the music lies these days are rendered only more so by music like that on Nad / Reed by the Szilard Mezei Ensemble.
All About Jazz |
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