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TUESDAY'S CALENDAR
Octavia Books 513 Octavia St. Book launch, reading and signing for "City of Refuge" by Tom Piazza, 6. Free. Call 899.7323. Hubbell Library Author Night Carriage House behind the Algiers Courthouse, 225 Morgan St., Algiers Point.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Sox taking care of business against losing teams
Seattle can still churn out the Starbucks coffee and grunge music. Good baseball, though, is a rare gem in the Emerald City this summer.
Daily Herald |
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Experience the Australian Outback in Del Norte this weekend
DEL NORTE — Alamosa Live Music Association and Wildwoodsounds will present Ash Dargan, an aboriginal performer of didgeridoo, world flutes and storytelling at Wildwoodsounds, 850 Grand Ave., Del Norte, on Fri., Aug. 22.
Alamosa Valley Courier |
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Don't Worry, Baby, Beach Boys Boost Fair
HARRISONBURG - The Beach Boys and good weather helped push overall attendance at the Rockingham County Fair to record numbers last week.
The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record |
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The verdict: 'phenomenal'
Teresa Fankhauser, executive director for the Allied Arts Council, is suffering from her usual exhaustion after her organization staged the Trails West! Music and Arts Festival Aug. 15 through 17.
St. Joseph News-Press |
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Glitter freed from Vietnam prison
Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter has been released from a Vietnamese prison.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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MTV nomination for pop duo
The Ting Tings have been nominated for a top US music award. (18/08/2008 16:54:45)
wigantoday.net |
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Coming back to school on a high note
Music students at San Mateo High School began this school year with a surprise — updated facilities. The plans to renovate the facilities were not highly publicized, yet Superintendent David Miller felt there was an immediate need to fix up the property.
San Mateo Daily Journal |
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Crown Point tells church to quiet down
CROWN POINT A Crown Point church in the middle of a monthlong prayer festival is at the center of a controversy after raking in numerous complaints from neighbors and 10 citations from the Police Department.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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One of Mindanao’s colorful festivals
THE Kadayawan sa Dabaw’s “Tunog Mindanaw’, a pop music composition competition that incorporates Mindanaoan indigenous and folk music, has finally selected eight entries from Mindanawon artists that will compete in the finals slated on August 20, at 5 p.m. at NCCC Mall.
Sun Star |
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Workout of the week: Tabla yoga
Instructor: Edward Cranmer-Brown, a former Olympic soccer hopeful who turned to yoga, music and martial arts after breaking his ankle twice. Who does it?
Colorado Daily |
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Dorival Caymmi, noted Brazilian composer
Dorival Caymmi, 94, a revered composer and singer of Brazilian popular song who influenced generations of bossa nova performers and whose first major hit helped launch the Hollywood career of entertainer Carmen Miranda, died Aug. 16 at his home in Rio de...
The Standard-Times |
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Performing arts center quickly becoming a reality
According to the College Board Entrance Examination, "Students with backgrounds in the arts score higher on SAT's than students with no coursework in the arts."
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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How a modern-day Music Man convinced locals that they could crack the national scene
It was late last summer when Santi Guarnera got the phone call. Michael Ward, an old Army buddy of his, was on the other end of the line. He wanted to catch up, to see how his friend in Colorado Springs was doing.
Colorado Springs Independent |
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Jody Raffoul Sets National Debut
There are not many musicians that can say their music appeals equally to fans of Kid Rock, Nickelback, Collective Soul, Joe Cocker, Blues Traveler, Richard Marx, and the Allman Brothers.
antiMUSIC |
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CONCERT REVIEW: Jane Pini rocks Brucemore
Jane Pini wasn't kidding about her heart being in the '60s and '70s.Instead of CDs, Pini was selling souvenir records and 8-tracks at her Cabaret in the Courtyard performance Sunday night at Brucemore. It was a nice touch to a performance that seemed timeless despite its reliance on the past. Pini, whose husky voice is perfectly suited for belting out songs from the classic-rock era, put on a ...
The Gazette |
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Chorus performs at GALA Festival
The Gulf Coast Men's Chorus and Harmony: The Women's Voices of Sarasota performed at the GALA International Choral Festival in Miami last month along with more than 120 other GLBT choruses and 5,000 singers from around the world.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Benjy Davis Project Inks Deal
Benjy Davis Project has just signed with Rock Ridge Music and plans to release their album "Dust" nationally (with distribution via ADA) on November 4, 2008.
antiMUSIC |
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The Heart is a Drum Machine
"The Heart is a Drum Machine," the music documentary from the producers of 2006's "Moog" feature, has wrapped production and added to an already impressive cast of musicians, music historians, critics and scientists
antiMUSIC |
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Orchids & Onions 8/16
Orchids: To Menards for their plans to bring a large retail presence to the Virginia area. Two suggestions for the folks at Menards. First, quickly identify the geniuses that designed and engineered the various 12th Avenue entrances (Holiday, Target, KMart, McDonald’s) to the existing retail area.
Mesabi Daily News |
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Blistering New Label
Blistering Records is pleased to announce the launch of their exciting new record label, with a focus on signing and developing recording acts in a wide spectrum of rock music
antiMUSIC |
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Preschool party busted for noise
A New Zealand kindergarten disco was broken up by authorities for pumping out "Bob the Builder" music too loud.
MSNBC |
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CD capsule reviews: Extreme, George Jones, Hotel Lights
Extreme Saudades de Rock ** Thirteen years have elapsed since the last Extreme effort and while three-fourths of the original line-up (lead belter Gary Cherone, guitar whiz Nuno Bettencourt — who also produced these 13 tracks — and bassist Pat Badger) return for this latest disc, there’s a sense that their hearts just aren’t in it. Saudades de Rock , a Portuguese title roughly translated ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Scotland's Amy Macdonald breaks the typical singer/songwriter mold
By PRESTON JONES Throw an acoustic guitar in 2008 and you’ll hit a female singer/songwriter striving to bring "something different" to the table. They clog the airwaves in heavy rotation, dominate pages of music magazines and inspire plethoras of poorly written blog posts like some kind of unkillable strain of bacteria. The popularity of these cookie-cutter acts isn’t surprising though, ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Counting Crows, Maroon 5 team up
One band is a little longer in the tooth than the other, one is currently more commercially popular than the other -- but both have enough clout and hit songs to mount a proper headlining tour all by their lonesome.
Jam! Showbiz |
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