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The Magnetic Fields is getting 'Real' Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:38AMIf you like you pop music with smarts and your doses of reality harsh, then the Magnetic Fields' latest, "Realism" is the record for you.
Norah Jones branching out Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:46AMSinger continues to evolve with each of her albums, says she believes in taking 'natural approach' to music All new musicians on Jones' latest album
[music] Pot of Bog : Bog Iron powers two St. Paddy’s shows in Monterey. - Monterey County Weekly Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:22AMGuitarist Patrick Golden says his wildest St. Paddy’s Day took place two years ago in Monterey – the night of Bog Iron’s first performance. “That day is charged already, so playing music on that day, the crowd was even more amped up,” Golden says before a practice session. “And we had seven people up there on stage, and I probably drank a bit more than I should have.” This St. Patrick’s Day, the ...
Cue & A: Gabriel goes all the way Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:55AMPeter Gabriel has always been an experimental artist. He pioneered the progressive rock movement in the 1960s with his band Genesis, explored African rhythms with his solo work, and branched into world music later in his career.
Charleston's Ryan Bonner releases his inner 'Monster' Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:08PMAfter four years of playing gigs in Clemson, Ryan Bonner returned to Charleston to further pursue his musical career in 2008. Since then, Bonner, a seasoned veteran on mandolin, guitar and bass, has been collaborating with producer and pianist Josh Smoak to arrange and record his first re...
Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:04PM The title of the post is a reference to a name Chris Rea's UK record label (Magnet) had considered christening him with to make him sound more attractive commercially. What would you do if you were diagnosed with the big "C"? Well, if you were a musician with a deep and abiding love for the blues, and you knew you had been ignoring this love to your own detriment, harboring all this music deep ...
Playlist: Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and a Tribute to Mark Linkous Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:56PMHear a track from Dark Night of the Soul , a collaboration between the late Sparklehorse leader, David Lynch and Danger Mouse. Also on the podcast: more music from The Ferocious Few, Flying Lotus and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.
Sisters of charity Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:46PMSisters of charity
Ted Leo, Bad Veins Cover Apples In Stereo For “Future Vintage” Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 5:53PMIt seems like a lot of bands whose last albums were in 2007 are making 2010 their major comeback this year. Apples In Stereo is now one of these bands in anticipation of their upcoming album, Travellers in Space and Time, which slated for release on April 20. To celebrate the album release and to [...]
Sharleen: You f***** up, Thierry Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:47AMSPITERI berates footie friend Henry, backs Lily Allen and says stricken Texas star is on mend
Mary J. Blige Dishes On Her 'Crazy' Led Zeppelin Covers Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:03AMMary J. Blige dished on her "crazy" Led Zeppelin covers. "I've listened to their music since I was a child," said the R&B diva, who recorded "Stairway to Heaven" and "Whole Lotta Love."
Pink Floyd Set Legal Battle Against Record Bosses Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:39AMThe rock icon battle bosses at record label EMI over online royalty payments, challenging the parties to 'unbundle' the band's album and sell individual tracks online.
US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:52PMBigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly
Top Scoops Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:04PMHave you ever had that dream where you're on the train in a foreign city, surrounded by people of every creed and culture, and the entire car erupts into a spontaneous party? What begins as a waft of rhythm floating through the window and down the aisle turns into tapping toes and swaying limbs.
The Clanton Advertiser Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:36PMClanton-born Ray Smitherman will perform at Cafe Firenze II on Saturday, March 13.
Mix Position: Earth Wind & Fire, Lady Antebellum, Sheryl Crow part of Harbor Center 2010 schedule Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:07PMPortsmouth's Harbor Center, otherwise known as nTelos Wireless Pavilion, announced its first 13 shows today. Big names headed for the shed include Earth, Wind & Fire, Lady Antebellum and B.B. King.
Sir Cliff swings into jazz at 70 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:44AMSir Cliff Richard is moving into jazz with an album of swing covers. Related Stories Liv Tyler filming new thriller Liam Hemsworth in Arabian Nights Anna Faris set for Number movie Gemma: I insisted on being tied up Bridges: Maggie was top of my list
Sir Cliff swings into jazz at 70 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:44AMSir Cliff Richard is moving into jazz with an album of swing covers. The singer will release the new collection of standards, Bold As Brass, to mark his 70th birthday later this year.
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Sir Cliff swings into jazz at 70 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:22AMSir Cliff Richard is moving into jazz with an album of swing covers.
DAVID BOWIE SAYS NO TO PETER GABRIEL COVERS PROJECT Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:10AMPETER GABRIEL's ambitious plans to have the artists he covers on his new orchestral album SCRATCH MY BACK record renditions of his songs have hit a snag - DAVID BOWIE doesn't want to join the fun.
Tween-sleeves celebrate new TV show Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:44AMFamous album covers have been recreated swapping the original stars for children. Related Stories Dizzee Rascal writes autobiography V Festival sells out in record time Anton Du Beke taken to hospital Be patient with Evans, says Wogan Pammie pulls 'a proper pint'
Barnes R 'n' B shows cancelled Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:29PMJIMMY Barnes has mysteriously cancelled his four-date The Rhythm and the Blues tour due to hit Melbourne next month, citing "scheduling problems".
Titus Andronicus Get That Sinking Feeling Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:39PMIn 1861, the United States commissioned John Ericsson—widely considered one of Sweden's greatest engineers—to construct an iron-clad warship eventually christened the USS Monitor . Napoleon had recently rejected a similar concept, but at the onset of the American Civil War, the ...
Billboard Bits: Pavement, Regina Spektor, T.I., Gorillaz and More Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:22PMBillboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip every afternoon.
A SPECTACULAR LINEUP OF STARS MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE DANCE FLOOR AS THE TELEVISION PHENOMENON "DANCING WITH THE STARS ... Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:11AMPamela Anderson, Shannen Doherty, Kate Gosselin, Niecy Nash and "The Bachelor's" Jake Pavelka are among this cycle's participants.
Associated Press Monday Ohio Headlines - 3/1/2010 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:19AMWILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) - Meteorologists are busy adjusting their record books after the snowiest February ever seen in several Ohio cities.
Botswana : Young, Talented Singing Piano Man Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:46AMOn this particular hour the youthful pianist has arrived almost an hour late for the Arts & Culture interview.
Early Buzz: Ebert, 'Max Headroom,' Gorillaz, 'Lost' and more headlines Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:43AMWelcome to the working week, everyone. I hope you had the best weekend -- I'm really into re-watching Lost right now, so I did a lot of that. I also caught up on some new music, in preparation for my upcoming trip to South by Southwest. I still haven't seen Saturday Night Live, though I heard Jennifer Lopez wasn't bad.
Another Country: Why everything you thought you knew about cowboy music is wrong Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 6:28PMIt is the butt of musical jokes. Here's a selection to get you in the mood: What happens if you play a country song backwards? You get your wife and job back. How many country singers does it take to change a light bulb? One to change it and two to sing about the old one. What's got eight teeth and 158 legs? The front row at a Garth Brooks concert.
Bob Levey: Back in the swing Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:17AMCARBONDALE - Bob Levey sets high standards, for himself and the musicians he plays with. A few years ago the drummer, who lives in Missouri Heights, quit a blues band he was in because he knew that it wouldn't take long before three-chord blues songs bored him. Levey admits he may have ticked off some bandmates because he is so demanding. He says he has a reputation for being especially tough on ...
Mars goes to war Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 1:21AMMusicians often fear the dreaded sophomore slump, but what about the third-album lawsuit? Not so much. L.A.[...]
Sterdan’s CD/DVD Reviews Sunday, 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.
Best entertainment bets for Feb. 28-March 4 Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:11AMHere's the best in music, theater, art and dance in the Twin Cities for Feb. 28-March 4.
Barb Jungr: The ultimate cover girl can't keep her hands off America's greatest hits Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 6:25PMFor a singer to cover one record by her favourite artist might be considered bold; to make an entire album of songs by her all-time heroes, who also happen to be icons of modern popular music, might be considered... "stupid?" suggests Barb Jungr, with a throaty laugh.
Album arrivals show up fashionably late Saturday, 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.[...]
Q&A with one of the best songwriters of the last 40 years Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 8:31AMJohn Prine is flat-out one of the best songwriters of the last 40 years, a voice so distinctive that even Bob Dylan is a fan. “Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree,” Dylan said last year.
Boy Eats Drum Machine: Jon Ragel's one-man band Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 8:04AMIn Boy Eats Drum Machine's world, keyboards pile up next to organs and guitars; the cat can play the turntables; the "Empire Strikes Back" lunchbox is in near-mint condition, but Darth Vader's batteries are dead; and there's a kazoo near the Pac-Man coffee mug.
Pursuit of happiness Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:14PMBRITISH jazz dynamo Jamie Cullum is loving life as he returns with a new album and is looking forward to performing Down Under. Watch Cullum's interview
Quick Hits: Santana, Black Eyes Peas, Maxwell & Jill Scott, Sting, Rocklahoma Festival, Ozzy Osbourne, Band Of Skulls ... Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:46PMCarlos Santana is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his Supernatural album with Supernatural: Legacy Edition , which includes a second disc of rare and unreleased material.
EVENT: Miles Milestone: First North American Multimedia Miles Davis Exhibition - April 30 - August 29, 2010 Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:53AM"We Want Miles" - Miles Davis vs. JazzApril 30 to August 29, 2010 in Montreal Designed and organized by the Cite de la musique, Paris, with the support of Miles Davis Properties, LLC, in collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, "We Want Miles": Miles Davis vs. Jazz is the first North American multimedia retrospective exhibition devoted to one the greatest jazz artists of the ...
Young, talented singing piano man Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:06AMOn this particular hour the youthful pianist has arrived almost an hour late for the Arts & Culture interview.
'Historic' status saves Abbey Road Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:39AMMusic lovers are resting a little easier this week as Abbey Road Studios has been listed as an historic landmark.
Jack Rose - Luck in the Valley Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:34AMIn an interview with Pitchfork, Six Organs of Admittance supremo Ben Chasny talks of his love of Jack Rose . Chasny said that Rose “calls out all the acoustic guitar hacks, like myself, and spanks our collective open-tuned ass… but the thing about Jack is that where most guitarists think it's enough to know the Takoma crew, Jack has drowned himself in real country-folk blues music.”
Heart songs Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:52PMBabyface’s music is a soundtrack to people’s lives.
Fiddling around, and opening for Los Lonely Boys in Aspen Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:17PMASPEN - It's not likely many current Aspenites remember Carrie Rodriguez from her Aspen days. Rodriguez's stint here was some 15 years ago, when she was a Texas high-schooler, and her stay lasted just nine weeks, the duration of the Aspen Music School's summer session. And if anyone did recall the petite, dark-skinned, curly-haired musician from the mid-'90s, it's not certain they would connect ...
Carrie Rodriguez finds space to fit in the roots music world Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:50PMSinger, songwriter and fiddle player extraordinaire Carrie Rodriguez is kind of lonely. She’s currently on the Acoustic Brotherhood Tour with Los Lonely Boys and Alejandro Escovedo and is the only female among the 30 or so men traveling with the tour.
The Indigo Girls are still playing their way Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:56AMOnce radio darlings but never industry playthings, the Indigo Girls have stayed on the road with a purpose.
Eric Johnson Joins Experience Hendrix Tour Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:04AMJoe Satriani, Brad Whitford, Jonny Lang, Susan Tedeshi, and others kick off their tribute show Thursday.
Butch Walker and The Black Widows - I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:19AMA less aware individual would follow the lead of an A&R rep and create something as familiar as his previous music, but Walker, once again, has opted for the road not taken. This release contains such an onslaught of influences- it's dizzying to see him meld them through these eleven songs with ease.