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Sony Talks Instrument Compatibility
Rock Band 2, GH: World Tour, and Rock Revolution's instruments will be interchangeable.
1up.com |
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KUSP plans shift to more news, less music on weekdays
Airtimes for several volunteer-produced programs on public radio station KUSP 88.9 will soon be shifted to clear the way for additional news and information.
Register Pajaronian |
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Xavier University holds choral fest
THIS coming August 22 to 23 marks the celebration of Verbena de Coros: the first Xavier Choral Festival. The two-day event -- presented by the Xavier Diamond Jubilee Steering Committee together with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Philippine Choral Directors' Association -- will have a series of lecture/workshops, a choral competition and a festival night with choirs ...
Sun Star |
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Sky to launch second arts channel
Sky is to double its output of arts content with the launch of a channel featuring classical music and opera. By Leigh Holmwood
Guardian Unlimited |
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Public Enemy to play free concert
The iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy will play a free concert at Civic Center next week as part of a litany of protests planned during the Democratic National Convention.
Rocky Mountain News |
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AROUND THE REGION
Ashland: The Ashland Area Rotary Club recently held its annual chicken dinner at the Little League field, serving some 400 dinners, according to organizers. After dinner, the Cressona Band presented a concert at the bandstand in Eureka Park. Under the direction of conductor John F. Potlunas and associate conductor Dale C. Schimpf, the band treated the crowd to a variety of musical selections, ...
The Pottsville Republican & Herald |
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CD: Because Of You
Proving you should never judge an album by its cover is Mark Ruebery’s Because of You , which features a somewhat pensive looking Ruebery, his face half hidden by a shadow. I expected an album of relatively dark, introspective songs.
RainbowNetwork.com |
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Business Digest
OktoberfestFestival starts this weekend with beer, food, art and more Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort's 36th annual Oktoberfest celebration begins Saturday.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Universal Music Publishing set to enter UAE region
19 August 2008 DUBAI -- Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), has agreed a deal for Fairwood/BKP Music (Arabia), to act as a sub-publisher and licensing representative across the UAE and neighbouring region (including Arab territories of the Middle East and North Africa).
Zawya |
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Glow Bowl
There was a time, many of you will remember, when people hung out, listened to groovy music under trippy colored lights and had fun. Those days are back and they are happening at your bowling alley. It's called cosmic bowling.
Daytona Beach News-Journal |
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Calendar -- Des Moines
Treasure Hunters Roadshow. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Coins, paper currency, toys, dolls, trains, vintage jewelry, old and modern musical instruments, war memorabilia, gold and silver jewelry, costume jewelry, advertising memorabilia, swords, knives, daggers.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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Calendar -- Urbandale & Johnston
Treasure Hunters Roadshow. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday. Coins, paper currency, toys, dolls, trains, vintage jewelry, old and modern musical instruments, war memorabilia, gold and silver jewelry, costume jewelry, advertising memorabilia, swords, knives, daggers.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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Music marks end to summer
Join the St. Mark Fine Arts Ministry Team for an end-of-summer music celebration. Ice cream will be served at 6:30 p.m., then participants will move to the sanctuary at 7:15 for the hymn sing.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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Come witness cow-pie drop at festival in Dallas Center
They don't call it cow-pie bingo anymore, but whatever its moniker, it's back - and it's sure to be a favorite at the Dallas Center Fall Festival. The cow-pie drop is just one of the many activities scheduled for the Aug. 22 and 23 event at Mound Park in Dallas Center.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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Get to know D.M. firefighters during festival
The public usually only meets firefighters during an emergency, which John TeKippe admits is not the best time for people to get to know one another. Des Moines Fire Fest 2008 aims to correct that problem.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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'Porcelain': the dance with a difference
Raj Kumar Sharma, New Delhi: Remember 'jaltarang'? The musical instrument consisting of china bowls of varying sizes filled with water that has been extensively used by the musicians.
New Kerala |
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Taste of Lakeport takes place Friday
LAKEPORT -- Patrons can enjoy Lake County wines paired with appetizers while listening to music at the 12th annual Taste of Lakeport event, coming to Lakeport's downtown Main Street on Friday.
The Lake County Record-Bee |
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Campbell surprises with covers album
Glen Campbell, "Meet Glen Campbell" (Capitol) - Perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that Glen Campbell, at age 72, would release a collection of songs as ambitious as this. Still, "Meet Glen Campbell" defies expectations.
El Paso Times |
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Rock Band Goes New Wave
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of tracks from New Wave pioneers Devo and Duran Duran to the Rock Band Music Store catalog.
antiMUSIC |
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Pyramid Rock Festival Announced
The Pyramid Rock Festival on Phillip Island has been announced and its fifth year is its best lineup yet. International acts include Morcheeba making a welcome return to Australia and Ohio’s favourite dirty duo The Black Keys are back again.
Undercover |
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Lenny Pickett and Borneo Horns in Ekenas, Finland
Readers familiar with the New York experimental or art music scene will be familiar with Lenny Pickett from his residence there for the last 25 years, from his involvement with fellow musicians such as Kenny Werner, and with artists like Jorge Louis Borges.
All About Jazz |
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Misha Alperin, Ketil Bjørnstad & Alon Yavnai: Rolling Out New Piano Rolls
In his pioneering works on cognitive musicology and music psychology, the late Leonard B. Meyer defended the concept of redundancy in its promotion of musical understanding, and for its important role in listeners' emotional engagement.
All About Jazz |
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Brazil men beachy in volleyball
BEIJING -- Carnival is coming to the Olympic beach volleyball venue, where pulsating music, sweltering heat and scantily clad dancers are making the Brazilians feel right at home.
Standard-Examiner |
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Double Sunrise Over Neptune
Following Roy Campbell's Akhenaten Suite and Bill Dixon's 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur , bassist William Parker's Double Sunrise Over Neptune is the third release from AUM Fidelity this year to document premiere performances from the 2007 Vision Festival.
All About Jazz |
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Harriet Tubman
Bassist, librettist, composer, and conductor Marcus Shelby has created with the jazz oratorio and double CD Harriet Tubman , a work that ought to have a place of honor in the intersecting worlds of jazz and American Black history.
All About Jazz |
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