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Art attack
It’s time for a reality check on the digital convergence thing that’s bringing music, film and other entertainment online.
Macworld UK |
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Google to launch free music service in China
Google is launching a music service aimed at providing Chinese listeners with free, legal music downloads, it said Tuesday.
Macworld UK |
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Alan Nolan
I first had the pleasure of meeting Alan Nolan in 1991 during the first Wordstruck festival of books and authors. He had just published his revisionist assessment of Robert E. Lee, Lee Considered.
Nuvo |
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Music council chief stands by target
KUALA LUMPUR: Get your act together or leave.
The New Straits Times |
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Don't Be Square. Dig Some Elvis Movies!
So you don't like crazy music, and you don't like rockin' bands. You just wanna go to a movie show and sit there holding hands? You're so square. But, baby, this is Elvis Week, and Elvis Presley Enterprises and Malco theaters are going to show Presley-loving cinephiles that they really do care.
The Memphis Flyer |
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'Nuclear Modified' music CD sparks alert
How do you get two security agents to sit still long enough to listen to a whole music album?
Independent Online |
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Fatboy Slim's ageing fast as his bad back leaves wife Zoe loading luggage after gig abroad
He is a youth icon, revered by dance music fans the world over. But there wasn't much youthful-looking about Fatboy Slim as he came back from his latest DJing jaunt at the weekend.
Daily Mail |
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The Great Cincinnati Music Trivia Challenge
By Mike Breen.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
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Familiar faces return for Summer Music season
Two accomplished alumni of the St. Marys Children’s Choir will be performing in Stratford Summer Music this season. In its eighth season, Stratford Summer Music is a celebration of Canadian and international musical talent and runs from July 21 to Aug. 17.
St. Marys Journal Argus |
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Stage Set for BluesFest '08
Free preview set for Friday
WTRF Wheeling |
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Blackstone targets Lollapalooza again
Constellation's Blackstone brand has again won exclusive rights to push its wines to young Americans at the Lollapalooza festival.
Decanter.com |
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Lil Jon - Lil Jon Withdraws Objections To Tvt Sale
Rapper/producer LIL JON has dropped a multi-million dollar objection to the recent sale of music label TVT Records, after striking a deal with new owners The Orchard. ...
ContactMusic |
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Kansas City this weekend
The Missouri State Fair gets rolling in Sedalia, “American Idol” looks for more talent in KC, the American Royal throws its first Wine & Brew Ha-Ha!!, Billy Bob Thornton plays his lazy country tunes at Knuckleheads the annual Kansas City bartending contest tops off the weekend Sunday night.
The Kansas City Star |
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Mid West Reggae Fest jammin Friday through Sunday at Nelson Ledges
OK, so I just spent a week in Massachusetts and Vermont -- in a bunch of sleepy towns where nightlife, it seems, is reserved for cockroaches. The few bars that stayed open late were lame, and the hippies and grubs in them were lamer. Cleveland, I missed you. OK, onward . . .
The Plain Dealer |
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Disc Makers Adopts CD Baby
Disc Makers, the independent CD and DVD manufacturer, announced they have acquired independent music seller CD Baby, following a seven-year strategic partnership between the two companies.
CMJ |
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Lola’s Dancehall
Rockin’ Lola’s by West 7th will soon be joined by countrified Lola’s in the Stockyards.
Fort Worth Weekly |
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Google looks to free music to gain China search market
Google hopes the introduction of a free music search download service in China will help it challenge the country's dominant search engine, Baidu. Google's new music service allows Chinese web users to search for tracks online, before downloading them legally from music service Top100.cn.
IT World |
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Handyman Accused Of Shooting Songwriter Ready For Trial
The lawyer of a former handyman for a Colombian music songwriter says they're getting ready for trial in Miami.
NBC 6 Miami |
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Ex-kwasa kwasa queen plans dramatic comeback
Former kwasa kwasa queen, Charity Ntebang, plans to make a comeback to reclaim her status. Ntebang has been preparing to re-launch her musical career.
Mmegi |
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Cooling commodities ease rate-hike pressure
The sound of air hissing out of the commodities bubble is music to Ben Bernanke's ears.
Fortune via Yahoo! Finance |
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Pierce Twp. to host free concert in the park
PIERCE TWP. - Officials are hosting a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in Pierce Township Park, 961 Locust Corner Road.
Community Press & Recorder |
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Just a Minute With: Stone Roses' Ian Brown
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Ian Brown was lead singer of Manchester-based indie band the Stone Roses, which formed in 1984 and are considered one of the pioneers of the northern English city's "Madchester" music scene.
Reuters |
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Spice Up Your Dinner Table With America's Regional Flavors
The warm weather, colorful tapestry and festive music aren't the only things that draw vacationers to the Southwest.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Heisler, Moran and Hernandez to Conjure Antigone's Woe in Too Much Memory at FringeNYC
Laura Heisler, Peter Jay Fernandez and Martin Moran are among cast members of Rising Phoenix Repertory's world premiere production of Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson's Too Much Memory, a theatrical collage borrowing elements of the ancient Greek story of Antigone, as part of the 11th Annual New York International Fringe Festival.
Playbill |
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Local musicians receive training from world class bagpipers
Two local performers have spent a good part of their summer making some sweet music. Bagpipers Ben Pugh and Catherine McDonald spent two weeks during their summer break training with world class pipers and instructors at the North Academy of Piping and Drumming in Valle Crucis, N.C.
Lake Wales News |
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