Duke Ellington - Three Classic Albums and More (Historically Speaking - The Duke / Duke Ellington Presents / Ellington 55)
Kotaku (Free subscription) | yesterday
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Domino, James Brown – Denver's historic Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom has seen them all since its inception as a ex-servicemen's club in the 20s. On a night...
Kotaku Australia (Free subscription) | yesterday
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Domino, James Brown – Denver’s historic Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom has seen them all since its inception as a ex-servicemen’s club in the 20s. (more…)
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
Massey Hall was packed to the gills Thursday night with fans enthused to see Steely Dan sing for their supper on the final of two local nights of their two-month Rent Party Tour, which closes in Montreal on Saturday.
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hornby Island: For Louise, music is much more than a vocation; it is, in her own words, the perfect metaphor for life itself.
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, James Brown and the Doors are among the songs that have been named as the 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame, reports rollingstone.com. Twenty-five recordings from various genres will be added to the Hall, which currently includes 851 songs altogether. Songs are eligible 25 years after [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- THE WHO, one of the world's greatest and most dynamic rock and roll bands, will perform in the BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLIV HALFTIME SHOW on CBS Sports at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 7, the NFL announced today durin...
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Here’s the latest batch of Music Musings and Miscellany’s unapologetically subjective selection of the twentieth century’s best 1000 singles. THE BYRDS – So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star / Everybody’s Been Burned (Columbia 43987 1967) They had a bit of a nerve poking fun at the Monkees when just a couple of [...]
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Albert Ayler - Greenich Village (Universal Japan/Zoom ) Amanda Martinez - Amor (Phantom ) Anita O'Day - Sings Winners (Universal ) Anita Spring - Let Them Talk (Phantom ) Art Blakey - Jazz Message (Universal ) Art Sherrod Jr. - Seasons (Pacific Coast Jazz ) Benny Carter - Further Definitions (Universal Japan/Zoom ) Bernie McGann - Solar (Indies Aus/Zoom ) Bill Evans - With Symphony Orchestra (Universal...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Dave Weisser (tpt/vcl), Barrie Ascroft (pno), Jim Crinson (bs), Eric Stutt (dms). ----- Harley Johnson (pno), Jim Crinson (bs), Eric Stutt (dms). ---- Dave, Barrie, Eric + Willie Angus (bs), Judith (vln), Matt (gtr). ----- Tonight came pdc to being my gig of the year! Harley (pic. left), undeterred by the limited exposure on Blue Peter, took his gentle aggression out on the Duke Ellington songbook...
Music For Maniacs (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
- What-ho, Maniacs! The tuxedoes and evening gowns are back from the cleaners, the martinis are mixed, and our soirée is ready to begin. Why simply everyone will be here. I'm sure it will be the gayest event of the year! - Excuse me, sir... - What is it, Jeeves? - I'm afraid the orchestra won't be able to make it. Their motor-car ran into a tree. - Dash it all! Whatever will we do without music?!...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
It's one of my favorite new rooms in town and the Plaza Theatre has just announced an interesting lineup of upcoming shows, including the Subdudes and the Duke Ellington Band. There's also a "Black Friday" sale of tickets for Friday's...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Photo: Wyman/WireImage.com; Walter/WireImage.com Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, the Doors, James Brown and Janis Joplin have been named as 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Twenty-five recordings from a variety of genres will be added to the Grammy Hall, which currently includes 851 titles altogether (songs are eligible 25 years after release [...]
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Power and Style, in the Ring and the World By Dwight Garner, The New York Times Published: November 24, 2009 SWEET THUNDER The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson By Wil Haygood Illustrated. 461 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. US$27.95. In the late 1930s, when he was still an amateur fighter, Sugar Ray Robinson began lugging an old Victrola record player around with him on the road. He’d bring a stack...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The newest additions to the roster of Grammy Hall of Fame recordings remind music fans that a kiss is still a kiss, I wish they all could be California girls and to Shake it up, baby!
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Music News: Satchmo tunes jazz up 2010 roster -- The Recording Academy announced 25 additions to its Grammy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, adding to a roster of timeless tunes that now includes 851 titles.
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