Daily Contributor Adam Lambert shrieks that funky music, white boyNewsday, NYI agree too that anyone who thinks what he does in the upper register is shrieking, just simply doesn't understand music or power rock and roll. Konnichiwa, Adam Lambert is really super star…Amazing!!!! ,, you are the best from all an American Idol …American Idol: Adam [...]
The Gospel According to John Scofieldjambands.com, NYHe wrote all these great songs in the 30s and 40s, became gospel music classics, so I picked a couple of his that I really love. RR: Your story about Dorsey giving up blues and embracing gospel music is similar to how I felt, as originally stated, …Piety StreetAll About [...]
H-Town Rock Was There: Westheimer Block PartyHoustonist, USASuffice to say, as a study in contrasting styles that actually works, we thoroughly enjoyed the bare-bones rock music of this quartet as a follow-up to the smile-inducing tones of Wild Moccasins. The set started with a gentleman hopping the stage … More: continued here
Baby Einstein: World Music (DVD)DVDTOWN.comAfter that it's on to Asia (with its pandas, Buddhist statues, tiger's eye, and so on), Antarctica (with its penguins, dramatic ice scenery, and more New Age-sounding music), South America (heavy on the Latin beat, maracas, etc. … More: continued here
Bonnie Bishop, Coconut Joe's, "Smoky" Weiner, New Music Collective …Charleston City Paper, SCBlues, jazz, rock, bluegrass, folk … we are open to anything, as long as you have some way to pull it off." Admission is $3. Call Smoky at (843) 330-4066 or Bowens Island at (843) 795-2757 for the lowdown. The New Music Collective has [...]
Young talent shines at Springing the BluesFlorida Times-Union, FLBy Tamara McClaran Jacksonville blues guitarist Conrad Oberg is one of three teenage artists performing at the George's Music Springing the Blues Festival. Oberg will play the festival's West stage at 9 pm Friday. This week's George's Music Springing … More: continued here
New York Times Chasing the Monday Blues With a Signature Jazz SoundNew York Times, United StatesBy STEPHEN HOLDEN That shopworn description “songbird” applies to the jazz singer and pianist Daryl Sherman not only because she has a sweet, little-girl lilt embodied in her voice, but also because her musical spirit belongs to an era when jazz… [...]
Entertainment Weekly Jonathan Lethem on The Godfather of Rock Critics: Paul WilliamsEntertainment WeeklyNovelist (and unrepentant Music Mix fan) Jonathan Lethem (author of Motherless Brooklyn, Fortress of Solitude, and the forthcoming Chronic City) writes to tell us about a new website dedicated to the work of pioneering rock critic Paul Williams. …Help Crawdaddy founder Paul WilliamsPitch [...]
Spicezee In Defense Of: Billy Joel, and music that makes us happyEntertainment WeeklyHe makes great contact with the crowd — sure, he's a rock star and has that life, but he's also "one of us" … he connects. Great music, excellent showman, very funny, and an environment that makes you forget where you are and [...]
Tamagotchi and Epiphone(R) Launch "Wanna Be A Music Star" SweepstakesFOXBusinessCYPRESS, Calif., Mar 31, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) —-Going backstage is closer than you think with the Tamagotchi Music Star "Wanna be a Music Star?" sweepstakes. Kids can enter this rockin' sweepstakes and win a variety of prizes including an exclusive … More: continued here