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The Time Dave Brubeck Jammed on the National Cathedral Organnew
On a hot July day in 2006, thanks to a connection through the music-teaching world, I got to meet the late Dave Brubeck at the Washington National Cathedral.
Washington City Paper |
John LeBec |
12-11-2012 |
Music
Tags: Dave Brubeck
Gift of Musicnew
The Trans Siberian Orchestra’s Christmas CD is a gift that won’t get left in the closet.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie Long |
12-10-2012 |
Music
Tags: Trans Siberian Orchestra
Lee Fields shares musical wisdom in his second actnew
At 62, N.C.-born singer is part of a growing soul revival in Brooklyn.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Schacht |
12-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daptone, Lee Fields
Viva John Lennon: Jenny Luna may be a dreamer, but she's not the only onenew
Jenny Luna wasn't even alive when John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980, let alone when the Beatles took the world by storm in the early '60s.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
How DJ Shadow Helped Man Mantis Embrace Instrumental Hip-Hopnew
What sets instrumental hip-hop apart from just beats?
Larry Coryell gets haughty about his skills ... and rightly so.new
Some players willfully flout convention, bounding from one genre to the next. Guitarist Larry Coryell didn’t set out to play garage, psych, jazz and fusion. He’s just kept good company over almost fifty years in music.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
12-04-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Larry Coryell
TobyMac is Bigger Than Evernew
As a member of DC Talk in the ’90s and early 2000s and a solo artist ever since, TobyMac has long known what it’s like to be at the peak of the Christian music scene.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
11-30-2012 |
Music
Breaking Bad's Steven Michael Quezada to host Mariachi Vargas Extravaganzanew
It might not be evident from his role as laid-back DEA agent Steven Gómez on the hit AMC drama Breaking Bad, but actor Steven Michael Quezada is a funny guy.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
11-28-2012 |
Music
Rush comes to San Antonio with a first for the band: a string sectionnew
"I never expected it to be like this," Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said in a recent phone interview. "I had my 59th birthday [on Aug. 27], and [drummer Neil Peart] turned 60 a couple of weeks later. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it feels like it did in 1976."
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Flogging Molly finds hope in the darkest placesnew
Flogging Molly frontman Dave King is an Irish Springsteen. He writes songs that celebrate working-class values and the everyman's indomitable spirit. Not surprisingly, the songs are occasionally dark, especially when King recounts his impoverished Irish upbringing ("Life in a Tenement Square," "Screaming at the Wailing Wall"), but even these tunes are hoisted by the vitality and hope at their center.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flogging Molly
Season of the Bitchnew
Halestorm's Lzzy Hale crashes heavy metal's boys club.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
IHOP Rapnew
Mac Lethal ventures beyond pancakes.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: hip-hop, Mac Lethal
New Orleans Music Lawsnew
A new coalition of musicians, club owners and lawyers are working with the city to keep live music going in New Orleans.
Rah Rah's New Album Garners Cheersnew
The little band from the Canadian prairie is trying to breaking into the American market, and their album might be strong enough to do it.
Boulder Weekly |
David Accomazzo |
11-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Singer/songwriter Julie Slonecki adds new flavors to her soundnew
Julie Slonecki doesn't need a menu to know what she wants to order at Waffle House. Cup of coffee. Grilled cheese. And hash browns, diced and covered.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
11-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Julie Slonecki
