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Nashville Symphony will present the latest work from rock band Kip Winger
The Nashville Symphony is set to kick off the world premiere of a complete symphonic work by a Nashville-based composer March 17-19 as part of its “Night of Premieres.” You might know his name, but chances are it’s not from his classic work but from one of his 12 rock albums from the 1980s. Kip …
BMI congratulates 2022 NEA Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke and Billy Hart | News
This spring, the National Endowment for the Arts will celebrate two of BMI’s legendary jazz musicians, Stanley Clarke and Billy Hart, as Jazz Masters, which is the highest honor bestowed in the world of jazz music. As a bassist extraordinaire, Clarke became one of the most influential players in modern jazz history. In addition to …
The Malmesbury Concert Band is looking for more musicians ahead of a busy schedule
Malmesbury Concert Band is looking for more members as it prepares for a busy schedule for 2022. They particularly need trombone, horn, clarinet and bassoon to participate in this year’s program. The following program has been announced so far: • Sunday 29 May – Keynsham Memorial Park • Sunday 26 June – John Coles Park, …
New Zealand band The Beths are pretty weird
A long-tailed bat has won New Zealand’s 2021 Bird of the Year competition. Sorry, let’s back up a bit. On the Beths’ impressive live album “Auckland, New Zealand, 2020”, the band members take some time out during the show to publicly campaign for their pick in the 2020 New Zealand Bird of the Year contest. …
Rage Against the Machine earns its fourth Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination
Rage against the machine. Photo courtesy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Multi-platinum rock band Rage Against The Machine has earned their fourth consecutive nomination to the coveted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They have been eligible since 2017 and eligible band members include Tim Commerford, Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello …
Student group Tea Room brings spontaneity and good times to the music scene 5C
Student band Tea Rooom formed as a result of jazz band practice at Pomona College. (Courtesy of Tea Room) Improvisation is at the heart of jazz, and the same can be said of Tea Room. The newly formed 5C band grew out of a Pomona College Jazz Ensemble practice when Dylan Yin PO ’23, Alex …
Multi-award winning country band ‘Lonestar’ take the stage at the Alberta Bair Theater on June 11
The Alberta Bair Theater presents the multi-award-winning country music group Lonestar on Saturday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. have evolved as musicians over the years through thousands of live performances. On this latest album, TEN to 1, the band members were keen to strike a balance between preserving sonic elements that fans are familiar with …
10 Best Hollywood Biopics Like Pam and Tommy
Since the release of the new Hulu miniseries Pam and Tommy, the world was buzzing with the resurgence of the story of the infamous Hollywood couple. What fans couldn’t get enough of the show were the dramatic stories that are too good to be true and the weird moments that actually happened. Related: 10 Movies …
John Mayer Reveals Sob Rock Touring Band
The tour will kick off on February 17 and run through April 29. By Scott Bernstein February 1, 2022 • 1:36 p.m. PST Guitarist John Mayer will soon embark on an extensive 2022 North American tour in support of his bloody rock album. Today Mayer announced his band members for the Sob Rock Tour. The …
Face the Music: expect new music from these local artists
I’m here to put a jump in your step and add some silver musical linings to your life this week by telling you what some musicians in Maine have in store for the year. I reached out to several of them to find out what their release plans are for the coming year and what …
Omega X returns bold and laddish with ‘Love Me Like’
Boy group Omega X poses at an online press conference Wednesday. (Arrow entertainment) Beginner band Omega X hailed the frigid season and jumped on the January musical craze by releasing their second EP, “Love Me Like,†Wednesday afternoon, four months after their previous release. At an online press conference Wednesday, the 11-member group described the …
Decatur groups inaugurate the Christmas spirit through music
DECATUR – Three groups of colleges and high schools from Decatur offered a little Christmas joy on December 8, to the delight of spectators and supporters of the Decatur music program. The hour-long program was part of the band’s annual Christmas concert at Lloyd Peterson Gym in Decatur. Three groups, under the direction of six-year …
Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Barn album review
Neil Young is standing on the porch, smoking weed, waiting for someone else to show up. This is the basic premise of “They Might Be Lost”, the strangest, looser song and therefore the epitome of barn, his latest album. (Young’s discography itself is odd and loose enough that contextualizing barn in the usual way seems …
Brass Band of Columbus polishes performance in new LHHS music hall
On Tuesday evenings, a musical group composed mostly of adult musicians from central Ohio meet in the Licking Heights High School group room to practice together. The Brass Band of Columbus (BBC) is now using the high school’s new music education space. Previously, the group rehearsed at Dublin Jerome High School, where BBC principal Brian …
All-season Monkee Michael Nesmith dies at 78
LOS ANGELES – Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, songwriter, actor-director and entrepreneur who will probably be best remembered as the wool-hat member and guitarist of the made-for-TV rock band The Monkees, is died at 78. Nesmith, who had quadruple bypass surgery in 2018, died at home on Friday of natural causes, his family said in a …
Live jazz, Caribbean rhythms, human flowers, frenzied Christmas balls to delight our alleys in the East this summer
Dinner in town this weekend? Want to rediscover the charm of the legendary eastern streets of the city center? Keep an eye out for a pop-up celebration of some of TÄmaki Makaurau’s live artists over the weekends this summer. After more than 100 days of reinventing what it means to activate public spaces in the …
Mid Sussex Brass Band offers a festive concert
Brass Band Mid Sussex Admission is free and everyone is welcome to come and enjoy Christmas music and refreshments. Spokeswoman Isobel McFarlane said: “The band members are delighted to be back on stage after months of not being able to start their normal schedule of concerts, community events and private functions. “In addition to providing …
New state youth group created in Victoria – 4barsrest
The Australian state of Victoria will see a revival of its representative youth group. The Victorian State Youth Brass Band in Australia is to be revived with a new partnership. It will see the Victorian Bands League partner with Skunkworks Community Limited. Opportunities Skunkworks Community Limited is an independent, non-profit production company committed to working …
Jungkook is “nervous” to perform again in front of ARMY
On November 27, BTS will launch the first of four Permission to Dance On Stage – LA concerts at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Ahead of the concerts, BTS members appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden. During the talk show’s appearance, Jungkook admitted he felt “nervous” about performing in front of BTS …
Damn Yankees’ unreleased album had “great moments”
By the turn of the 90s, hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees landed two hit albums and toured extensively. Grunge storm survivor (when they would also have been paid a million dollars to go away for a while), they reunited towards the end of the decade for a third album slated for release on the reboot …
Travis releases new cover of “Killer Queen”
NEW | CHARACTERISTICS | OVERVIEW | EVENTS originally published: 20/11/2021 Scottish multi-platinum rock band Travis face Queen’s “The killer queen, â€For their own harmoniously crisp take on the classic ’70s hit. The previously unseen reimagined version was originally intended for the B-side of their hit single“ Sing â€. Now the track is available with a …
Midwest Avengers celebrates 29 years of music, latest album
This week marks a milestone for a group of skateboarding friends who grew up loving rap and punk music: the Midwest Avengers. Twenty-nine years ago, they began performing as a diverse hip-hop rock band that seamlessly combines musical worlds. Next week, they will celebrate this anniversary with their album release show. Fridays Saint Louis on …
Benefit concert for local charities on December 4 in Kingston
Brothers Britt and Jack Espinosa, who grew up in Kingston, and their band Becoming Bristol will hold a benefit concert on December 4th at Bayside Community Church to support local charities and families during the holiday season. The Espinosa brothers haven’t played in Kitsap County for nearly three years and are eager to play in …
So about the night Led Zeppelin took over an Indian dive bar – 2oceansvibe News
[imagesource: Dick Barnatt / Redferns] In the early 1970s, Led Zeppelin was probably the biggest band in the world. Anyone who has read any of the hundreds of band bios (I would say When the giants walked the earth is the best of the group) will understand why, with their success and notoriety increasing with …
Review: Alt-Rock Velvet Underground finally makes its cinematic debut
Maybe it’s because I’m a longtime music lover, but I feel like it would be pretty hard to spoil a documentary about a famous music artist unless you have an obvious and deeply rooted bias. . Take Todd Haynes’ new doc on the Velvet Underground, simply titled The velvet metro. On the surface, this is …
UB40 ‘betrayal’ and upheaval: the sad separation that has torn apart Birmingham’s largest group
The death of Birmingham legend Astro is mourned around the world – this was the impact of his music as part of UB40. But his passing once again sheds light on one of the most acrimonious splits in music history. Astro co-founded the group in 1978 – but members of the group UB40 gave their …
Each group that the 90s show can include (based on the choices of the 70s show)
Music played a hugely important role in That ’70s Show, and the’ 90s sequel can continue to include the most popular alternative bands. Music was essential to the gang in This 70s show with all the bands they have listened to and seen in concert, and This show of the 90s will likely maintain the …
Legendary band members, reggae, singer-songwriters
Originally from Georgia, Molly Parden took a different path when she released new music last year during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of releasing a full album, she split the songs into two EPs. The first came out last summer and she followed it up with the release of “Rosemary” in November 2020. “I felt growing …
Kentuck Festival returns for its 50th with Kathryn Tucker Windham Stage
The Kentuck Festival of the Arts will return after a pandemic year of its fall collage of sights, sounds, flavors and textures for tens of thousands of people walking, shopping and playing in Kentuck Park. Given the COVID-19 sweep, the Kentuck Art Center in downtown Northport generated what it could last fall, hosting a virtual …
Ohio State Band Skull Sessions before the Maryland game
The Ohio State football team are returning home after a 52-13 victory over Rutgers last week to face Maryland on Saturday. Call it a homecoming. The state of Ohio is. Saturday’s 12:05 p.m. clash with the Terps serves as the 2021 Buckeyes’ return home game. The showdown is an interesting one for Ohio State. Prior …
Columnist recalls the life and times of country music icon Charley Pride
In the early 1970s, country music legend Charley Pride performed to a full house at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The audience was all white and the band members were all white. I was there. Former Governor Jimmie Davis, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame himself, presented him with a key to …
Live Outdoor Music Series Begins at Mesquite Library
By BOBBIE GREEN Progress The Mesquite Cafe Blues Band kicks off the Sunday concerts at the Library Series by playing music in front of a crowd of around 60 for the first time. PHOTO BY BOBBIE GREEN / Le Progrès An outdoor concert series at the Mesquite Public Library began on Sunday afternoon October 3. …
Greg Townson remembers Rochester Music Hall of Famer Pee Wee Ellis
It was in the late 1980s, and Greg Townson was playing guitar in one of the most successful bands on the Rochester scene at the time, The Essentials. A rock band with some brass, which gives it a funk and R&B side. And if you go down that road, there’s James Brown right in front …
Travis Announces 20th Anniversary of “The Invisible Band” and Tour
The invisible band, the Scottish rock band’s multi-platinum album Travis, should be reissued to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The Deluxe Edition includes the original album remastered by GRAMMY-winning engineer Emily Lazar, all original B-sides, and a selection of completely unreleased demos, live sessions and alternate takes. The project is slated for release on December 3 …
Throwback Thursday: Famous musician John Philip Sousa has already visited Ripon | New
This is an example of one of John Philip Sousa’s compositions sold as sheet music. submitted photo Ripon has hosted events for a number of prominent visitors including politicians, writers, movie stars, singers, educators and more. One of the highlights over 90 years later is the reception and events organized by the city for Lieutenant …
Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival will present a musical mix of Texan country, Zydeco
From Texan tunes just a stone’s throw away to the spicy beats of Zydeco, there’s something for every musical interest at this year’s Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival in downtown Conroe. The downtown street festival, now in its 32nd year, runs from Friday evening October 8 through Sunday afternoon October 10. The family-friendly event features non-stop …
Tucson’s’ 80s metal cover band The Dirt lands headlining concert at AVA | Music
From left to right, Andy Saenz, Michael Charron, Jon Cornely, Abe Saenz and Gage Schmidt form the group The Dirt. Mamta Popat, Star of Arizona Daily By most accounts, over 1,000 people showed up in the parking lot of the Station Pub & Grill in Marana on May 1 when Tucson’s 1980s cover band The …
Student Spotlight: TDX Group The Dandelions Hope To Expand Repertoire And Fan Base
Following their first official performance this summer, fans of the group anticipate a series of energetic shows this year. by Eleanor Schifino | 09/21/21 2:00 a.m. The Dandelions will perform in Chi Heorot on September 18, their first performance of the fall session. Source: courtesy of Didi Tyree Connected by their brotherhood and an appreciation …
Big smiles as the Big Band returns to Birdland
In a few hours, the Birdland Big Band orchestra will take to the stage of the legendary jazz club for the second time in nearly two years. This is where they have been, every week, for over two decades, and their time in quarantine, navigating closed show business, unable to meet for their usual performances …
‘Why Don’t Us’ Boy Group Blames Abuse Management
Getty “American Idol†judges Lionel Ritchie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan. American Idol “has catapulted countless applicants to fulfilling musical careers since its premiere in 2002. However, a former competitor denounces mistreatment in the music industry. Daniel Seavy, one of the 10 season 14 finalists of “American Idol†and a member of the boy group …
Michigan Marching Band set to make a comeback for football after a year-long layoff
Ann arbor – When the Big Ten turned the tide and re-established a cut short football season last fall, it hardly signaled a return to normal. The COVID-19 pandemic limited sports seasons, but it completely wiped out a year of the Michigan Marching Band. Almost 100 seniors lost a chance to perform one last time. …
Braden River High School Welcomes Familiar Face as New Groups Principal | East County
Cliff Dawson, the new director of the Braden River High School marching bands, stood before four members of the marching band in a small room with the metronome. He listened intently to the band members perform their respective parts of a quartet that will be part of this year’s walking show, “Renewal”. When they finished …
Duran Duran teams up with Japanese rock band CHAI for their latest single
Duran Duran has teamed up with Japanese rockers CHAI for their latest single ‘More Joy’. According to Nick Rhodes, Duran Duran’s keyboardist, the song was originally the product of a jam session between band members, Graham Coxon of Blur, and producer Erol Alkan. “It was such an unusual piece that we weren’t quite sure it …
Struggling Toronto bar gets lifeline from award-winning band
A popular band draws crowds to a Toronto bar that, like most, has had no luck. Tonight Bar has not only endured the recurring blockages all businesses have had to deal with, the stretch from Queen to Parkdale where they are located has been closed to road repairs to streetcar tracks for months now, making …
Black Pumas Rising: The Austin Band performs at Mission Ballroom in Denver
^ I support Local Community Journalism Support Denver’s independent voice and help keep Westword’s future free. Singer and guitarist Eric Burton was delivering Amazon packages three years ago when he met producer Adrian Quesada in Austin, TX. The two started making music together and a year later they released an album under the name Black …
Indie rock icon Tobin Sprout kicks off Grand Rapids tour
The Michigan artist and former member of Guided by Voices opens his Midwestern tour on Friday at the Grand Rapids Listening Room. The interview with Local Spins, with his choices of songs and artists who influenced him the most. On the Road Again: Tobin Sprout, right, and his band perform in GR’s listening room this …