Plenty o' places for wearin' o' the greenFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:02AMIf there's one thing you can say about St. Patrick's Day, it's that there are plenty thngs to do. If you want to go out and drink and see bands, you can do that. If you want to have fun as a family, there are parades, and family fun. This week, we break down what's happening in Aurora and Elgin for you.
Chicago CalendarFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:32AMA roundup of upcoming art and cultural events in Chicago.
Dance night has DJsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:04PMWestcoast Underground (WCU) is a new series of continuous mixes highlighting local and emerging DJs from Vancouver Island. The debut release features one of the Valley’s rising talents, producer and DJ EM.ASH.
Family affair Leahy at the Morrison CenterThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:11PMIf you're unfamiliar with rootsy folk music group Leahy, well, it may seem too fairy tale-like to believe. But, yes, Leahy is a big family raised on a Canadian farm without TV. The brothers and sisters play instruments and sing - and step dance - and the whole thing is one big whopping success. Leahy has had multiple PBS specials. A documentary on the group won an Academy Award. And, of course ...
A Galaxie far, far awayThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:17PMGalaxie 500 were once lumped in with many of the shoegazing outfits currently hopping on the revival bandwagon. But their reissued albums show they were heartbreakingly apart, writes Alexis Petridis If you came of musical majority as the 80s bled into the 90s, if your age means you can remember when a chart placing of 38 and Snub TV showing a homemade video represented a dizzying peak of ...
NX35 ScheduleThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:55AMNX35 Schedule
The romance of the dance with Tango No. 9Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:10AMIn 1998, in their early days as a band, the members of Tango No. 9 played at the old coffeehouse/club, Radio Valencia in San Francisco's Mission District. Alejandro Oyuela, a native of Buenos Aires, classically trained in music composition and a tango composer, dancer and lyric translator — frequented
Around AllenWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:55AMJoin the Allen Chamber of Commerce for its "Eggs & Issues" breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26 at the Golf Club at Twin Creeks, 501 Twin Creeks Drive, and find out what's happening in our neighboring community of Fairview.
Conjunto legend Ruben Vela dead at 72Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:47PMHARLINGEN — Conjunto legend Ruben Vela’s career stretched from his boyhood in dusty South Texas dance halls to the days of the powermix and the music video. The accordion mastery that kept people dancing for more than half a century has been...
Cultures unite to call for peaceTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:04AMMochila and B'yachad came together for a new showcase titled Musika Rox, which combined music and dance numbers.
WEB EXTRA: DJs visiting Comox Valley via the UndergroundMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:33PMWestcoast Underground (WCU) is a new series of continuous mixes highlighting local and emerging DJs from Vancouver Island. The debut release features one of the Valley’s rising talents, producer and DJ EM.ASH.
3 St. Patrick parades, 30 hours of Disney and John Mayer highlight the week headMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:59PMBig ticket shows dominate the week's entertainment with John Mayer rocking the Arena along with NPR's "Wait... Wait..," "The Lord of the Dance" and David Gray headlining the Mahalia. In the clubs this week, Bob French is at Irvin's, the...
Community calendarMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:09AMPublished: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.
Fabriclive 51: THE Duke DumontSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:47PMBorn the son of a record dealer and raised in north-west London where pirate radio ruled the airwaves during the late 90s, it was near-inevitable that a teenage Adam Dyment would eventually find himself in front of a pair of Technics 1210s.
Vinyl sales squeeze downloadsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:07AMSALES of vinyl records and cassettes are soaring as music fans turn on downloads
Church eventsSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:06AM“Family, Faith & Tradition: Cultures Values & Diversity” Discussion. Photographic Archive Gallery, Belknap Campus, 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Panelists: John McLeod, Nisha Gupta, Sarvagya Bhatnager and Kunwar Bhatnager. Sponsored by the University of Louisville and Greater Metropolitan Louisville.
Black Bone Child To Releasing Two CDs SimultaneouslyFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:34PMAustin's most talked about music duo Black Bone Child are back with not one but two new CDs scheduled for release on March 9th.
WTUL Rock-On Survival MarathonFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:51AMWTUL, Tulane University’s radio station, will host its 37th Rock-On Survival Marathon March 11 - 28. This annual fundraiser takes place each year to keep WTUL on the air. Through a series of shows, DJ sets and a few gimmicks, WTUL hopes to raise as much as $30,000 this year. The radio station will team up [...]
Singing in the rainFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:56AMLast Thursday, the sky over Cairo suddenly turned a menacing dark grey around sunset, with clouds hanging low over the cityscape.
Kimberley Locke: 'American Idol' Star Is Newly Single & Has A New SingleFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:12AMFiled under: Exclusives , Interviews , Music , Television Season two 'American Idol' finalist Kimberley Locke is single again! After two years of dating 'Celebrity Fit Club' fitness coach Harvey Walden , the couple recently broke up. "He's not my husband or my boyfriend. We didn't make it," Locke told BV Buzz during Disney's Dreamers Academy at Walt Disney World. (Read: ' Reality Romance ...
North Central Massachusetts Community CalendarFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:41AMThursday, March 4 Shirley Well Adult: Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, in conjunction with the Shirley Board of Health, announces that a free well-adult clinic will be held from 10 to 11 a.
What's happening in and around New Orleans: Friday, March 5, 2010Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:14AMExhibitions Hornets Day at the Zoo Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. Performances by the Honeybees, Hornets Drumline and the Stingers, interactive games, music, the Hornets Bookmobile, and appearances by the players (2-3 and 3-4), 10 a.m.-4 Sun. Free ticket to...
Acoustic show gives Kinks leader Ray Davies room to roamThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:01PMBinghamton has been known for plenty of things over the years, including carousels, Rod Serling and spiedies. But for legendary British rocker Ray Davies, the city holds a unique distinction on his list of all-time greats.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS: BARN yard sale season beginsThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 7:46PMGet some great bargains when Transitional Housing BARN Inc. holds its first "Exceptional Yard Sale" of 2010 from 8 a.m. to noon March 13 at 9541 Linton Hall Road, Bristow.
‘HarpFusion’ to perform SundayWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:36AMHarpFusion is coming to the Wickenburg Community Center as the next in the 36-year series of Friends of Music free concerts.
SCENE: They write the songs... and sing them, tooWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:36AMMusic has been a big part of Snowmass Village from the early days to the present. From apres ski bands to summer's free Thursday night concerts and the Jazz Aspen Snowmass June and Labor Day Festivals, music has brought thousands to this small mountain town. The talent that plays here doesn't all come from afar. Four local singer/songwriters have put their mark on the town and the whole Roaring ...
Dan Berglund: Back from the DarkWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:22AMBassist Dan Berglund became known as one-third of Swedish jazz superstar group e.s.t. ( EsbjA rn Svensson Trio), with CDs including From Gagarin's Point of View (ACT, 1999), Good Morning Susie Soho (ACT, 2000), Strange Place for Snow (ACT, 2002) and e.s.t.. Live in Hamburg (ACT, 2007)--one of The Times UK's top albums of the last decade--culminating in Leucocyte (ACT, 2008). The trio's steady ...
Ignoring popular cultural activities a real kick in the artsTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:42PMThe Australia Council continues to ignore popular culture and the artforms of the 21st century. There's no cinema, no television, no radio and no games. What gives?
Album Review: Take Action – Volume 9Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 6:18PMTake Action Volume 9 is a potpourri of pretty acoustic sets and interesting remixes. This year, Hopeless Records and Sub City Records have come together to make a lengthy compilation featuring popular bands, all in the name of charity. For the past few years, these two record companies have released a number of CD/DVD [...]
Sterdan’s CD/DVD ReviewsSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 1:06AMA country legend's latest posthumous release, a pair of British albums finally hitting these shoes, an indie-rock oldster with a new spring in his step, and a musical revamp of a classic kids' story.
pat mAcdonald teams with uw pRessSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:59AMYou don't often see local pop music in a university press catalog. And for musicians, so few marketing opportunities arise at grouse-appreciation events. But leave it to Wisconsin music veteran pat mAcdonald.
High School Notebook: Medway in rare territorySunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:00AMIt was late February 1991. C&C Music Factory was at the top of the music charts based on one simple demand. Everybody dance now! Whether its players knew it at the time or not, the 1990-1991 Medway boys basketball team dutifully followed the instructions of that eclectic hip-hop ensemble. Jason Rojee was a Medway High junior then. Nearly two decades later, now in his fourth season as the ...
Album arrivals show up fashionably lateSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 2:02PMA country legend's latest posthumous release, a pair of British albums finally hitting these shoes, an indie-rock oldster with a new spring in his step, and a musical revamp of a classic kids' story. it's all about late arrivals this week.[...]
Around AllenSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 12:53AMJoin the Allen Chamber of Commerce for its "Eggs & Issues" breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26 at the Golf Club at Twin Creeks, 501 Twin Creeks Drive, and find out what's happening in our neighboring community of Fairview.
Classical Music 26/2/10Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:14AMBrahms’ Piano Concerto No 2 will be played tonight by the outstanding young Irish pianist Finghin Collins with the Ulster Orchestra’s Principal Conductor Kenneth Montgomery. Related Stories BATS are winging in for Big Gig at Spring and Airbrake AC/DC could be kings of Slane Castle Pop/Dance Music 26/2/10 Blaze of glory Roots/Folk Music 26/2/10
Bad Boy Bill is ready to launch 'artist' albumFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:40AMWorld-famous DJ Bad Boy Bill was at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport at 6 a.m. one morning last year after a late-night club gig here when creativity struck him.
The best for last?Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:09AMLAS CRUCES-February For the Love of Art Month draws to a close with a wrap party today, readings for literary aficionados on Saturday and a last chance to catch all those special art exhibits you
Guitar trio enticingThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:13PMAn amazing guitar trio has been born: Pavlo Simtikidis, Rik Emmett and Oscar Lopez are an incredible chemistry of music united by friendship and talent.
'Hallelujah,' it's Denver's Matt Morris (VIDEO)Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:50PMIt was a stunning moment on TV. Colorado's Matt Morris and Justin Timberlake performed an emotional rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" on the "Hope for Haiti" telethon on Jan. 22.
Seductively tuneful serenadesThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:23PMAs many of the major classical labels have withered and shrunk, a growing number of the orchestras that were once under contract to them have been launching labels and online distribution facilities of their own. Listeners who have been keeping track of this trend have been rewarded with some marvels. The Haitink/Chicago Symphony account of Bruckner's Seventh and the Mariiansky Theater's ...
Music: Pied Piper Oran Etkin wakes up instruments and audiencesThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:04PMCould there be a better representative of the Putumayo World Music label experience (and ethos) than Oran Etkin, featured artist at two performances Sunday for the finale of the 18th annual Please Touch Museum Junior Jazz Festival?
Vegetable gardening is topic today at Bay Village branchThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:52AMBay Village Branch, 502 Cahoon Road, (440) 871-6392. • Master Gardener’s Vegetable Gardening, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25. You will learn how to prepare the soil, the value of raised beds and when to plant different vegetables. Registration required.
Ewan Pearson - We are Proud of Our ChoicesThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:25AMWhile the world and her husband have lots of fresh and exciting opinions about the changing nature of the music industry in the face of technological leaps, these opinions tend to be put into equally fresh and exciting thinkpieces.
Latin jazz mainstay portrays Cuba orchestrallyThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:28AMRebeca Mauleón loves to mix it up musically. A sterling San Francisco pianist and composer who's been a central figure on the Latin jazz scene since the 1980s, Mauleón writes music that merges sacred and secular Afro-Cuban sounds with flamenco, jazz harmony...