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Pharcyde reunites to round out the most potent Rock the Bells lineup yet
Now in its fifth year, the Rock the Bells hip-hop festival easily has its best lineup ever, from headliner Nas to a reunited Tribe Called Quest. But some of the biggest buzz is coming from the reunion of the core of The Pharcyde.
Rocky Mountain News |
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1,000 drums, one transcendent vibe
Don't expect 1,000 drummers to be performing today in Fort Collins. There may not even be 1,000 drums, as the title of Halim El-Dabh's symphony implies.
Rocky Mountain News |
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JAZZ: Denver jazzier than you might think
If you're a jazz fan visiting Denver for the Democratic National Convention, consider yourself lucky.
Rocky Mountain News |
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IMMEDIATE MUSIC CHOOSES SOLID STATE LOGIC AWS 900+, ALPHA AND DELTA LINKS FOR FILM TRAILERS
"The AWS 900+ Becomes an Extension of Your Creative Control." DMN Newswire--2008-8-21-- Immediate Music , Hollywood's preeminent supplier of original music for high profile, major studio feature film trailers, has built a new two-room facility equipped with a Solid State Logic AWS 900+ Analogue Workstation System used in conjunction with XLogic Alpha-Link and Delta-Link units . The AWS 900+ is ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Celebrating Merdeka with indie art
JAYA One in Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya, is celebrating National Day with Rantai Merdeka, a three-day festival of independent art, film and music from Aug 29 to 31.
The New Straits Times |
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Off-key life beats
An Emmy-nominated musical comedy series begins its showing on HBO on Sept 3. Get ready to slip into the wacky world of musicians Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, writes HIZREEN KAMAL.
The New Straits Times |
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Noel Gallagher struggled to name Oasis album
Noel Gallagher struggled to name the new Oasis album. The guitarist admits the title for the band’s upcoming LP 'Dig Out Your Soul’ was chosen because the group couldn’t think of anything else.
Undercover |
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Stereophonics: Become a Superhero!
Stereophonics invite you to become a Superhero! A new fun viral campaign with a serious message has been launched to encourage more people to pledge to save a life by signing up as an organ donor.
Undercover |
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VH1 Save the Music benefit tour to make two stops in Emporia
California native Andy Frasco and his band by the same name are bringing their VH1-sponsored Save The Music tour to Emporia. In the middle of the first trimester of the tour, Frasco took some time to talk about his band and their tour.
The Emporia State University Bulletin |
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Travel
This is an overwhelmingly Muslim country, but you wouldn't know it from the music festivals. The Casablanca festival turns the commercial capital into an urban Woodstock, with masses of young people clogging the mosque-filled streets and partying to the pulse of hip-hop, rock, pop and Arab music.
The West Australian |
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Independent clothing store now open
Fast Lane Clothing Company, a new independently-run clothing outlet, opened for business in Tooele today. The store is located in north Tooele near Applebee’s and Deseret Industries, and it is owned by Bob and Anne Southwick, who also opened Redux music across the street four years ago.
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin |
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Do civic duty, eat and drink a beer
On Sunday afternoon, when you want to be out in the sun, drinking a beer, eating a hot dog and maybe listening to some good music, you can also be registering to vote.
Fall River Herald News |
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Terrell Stafford Takes Center Stage
In 1963, DownBeat magazine began using the phrase "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" in its annual jazz poll. It was a useful idea, if a bit relative. Are there any important living jazz (or even classical) musicians who don't deserve wider recognition? In contemporary American culture, it seems the only way an artist can truly become "widely recognized" is to appear on a reality television ...
The New York Sun |
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Korean Film Fest Makes Its Own Mark
The New York Korean Film Festival, which begins its 10-day program Friday at Cinema Village and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, is delivering the latest offerings from Asia's most vibrant movie industry while they're still hot. Indeed, 11 of the 14 titles to be screened are making either their international, North American, or American premiere at the festival. There's something for every taste, ...
The New York Sun |
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Convicted ex-rocker Gary Glitter returns to London
LONDON -- Former glam rocker and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter left Thailand for his native Britain early Friday, three days after being released from a Vietnamese prison.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Billy Bob Thornton at the Whitaker Center
GARY DWIGHT MILLER, The Patriot-News Academy Award winning actor, Billy Bob Thornton performs on stage with The Boxmasters, an electric hillbilly music group, at the Whitaker Center in downtown Harrisburg Thursday night.
The Patriot-News |
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Cajun/Zydeco Festival set for Saturday in Ardenwood
Event costs $20 for adults, $3 for children
The Fremont Argus |
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Matthew Sweet
A few years back, rock critic Chuck Klosterman listed Matthew Sweet as one of the most accurately rated (as opposed to over- or underrated) artists in rock history, saying, “Every Matthew Sweet album has only one good song, and that song is utterly perfect.”
San Diego Reader |
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Richard Widmark: Rebel With a Cause
In 1983, the Telluride Film Festival was known to film aficionados as much for its annual tributes to cinema greats as it was for being a showcase for emerging talent. Arriving in the thin Rocky Mountain air 25 years ago, I was pleased to discover that one of the tributees was to be the Russian writer-director Andre Tarkovsky. But I was ecstatic about the other honoree: the American actor and ...
The New York Sun |
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Puccini’s heroines
HE was deemed a poor and indisciplined music student by his uncle, yet Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), the famed Italian composer renowned for his operas, went on to write classics of the genre like Tosca, Madamme Butterfly and La Boheme, among others.
The Star |
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10 a.m. - Musicians wanted for Guam Symphony Orchestra, rehearsals start Monday
10 a.m., Aug. 22 — The Guam Symphony Orchestra will begin rehearsals – for string players only – for its 42nd concert season at 7 p.m. on Monday at the University of Guam Fine Arts rehearsal room.
Pacific Daily News |
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25th Annual Ukrainian Days Festival sponsored by UCCA-Illinois Division in Chicago-Midwest on 08/23/2008
This year marks the 25th consecutive Ukrainian Days Festival organized by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) - Illinois Division.
BRAMA |
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Arts around the Mid-coast; August 21, 2008
Last free show set AUBURN— Trust About Daisies will perform a free concert at noon, Aug. 28 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Auburn Riverwatch. The Portland quintet features four-part vocal harmony, and draws inspiration from a range of stylistic traditions, including urban folk, country, and melodic pop.
The Times Record |
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A towering performance for the SummerEnder
To make an audience swoon, the performing arts company Strange Fruit takes a love story, colors it with whimsical costumes and makeup, and acts it out through a magical mix of theater, dance and circus techniques.
Yakima Herald-Republic |
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Legal dispute among The Doors nears end
The end is near for a bitter legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors now that the California Supreme Court has refused to take up their case. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger are on the hook for more than $5 million...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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