First Draft (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
No longer necessary for crazy right-wingers. Well, they've started pulling out the big guns. US Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Klan) went and called Barack and Michelle Obama "uppity." Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech with reporters outside the...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Rock and his Company Gibraltar Promotions are the Force behind Securing Beyonce and Alicia Keys as Headliner Performers; 4 Day Festival in October also features The Whispers, Solange, Aaron Neville, UB40 and More WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary boxing promoter-turned-entertainment promoter Rock Newman and his full service marketing, promotions and event production firm, Gibraltar...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bermuda Department of Tourism announced today that additional tickets to the 2008 Bermuda Music Festival have been released and are available to visitors looking to attend the highly sought after event. From October 1-4, 2008, Bermuda will make headlines all over the world as celebrities, locals and visitors alike join together for four days of sun, music...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
In the fall of 1991, Robbie Robertson released his second solo album, Storyville, to glowing reviews, including a four-star feature write up in Rolling Stone (“a mature and masterful work that lends additional luster to the formidable legacy Robertson shaped with the Band”). A month later, Nirvana’s Nevermind was released, and we all know [...]
Open Book (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
A collection of songs I plan to leave for my family, to be played at my funeral. A work in progress, in no particular order. Funeral for a Friend - Elton John Country Road - James Taylor One Step Closer...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. I've been a bit obsessed lately with summer reading lists, not only the lists themselves, but...
The latest from newcritics (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
It all started innocently enough over at my joint when I put up this charming clip. One of the two or three regular readers of my blog, who chooses, perhaps out of laziness, to go by the moniker Anonymous, left this comment: Great 60’s Male Vocalists in No Particular Order: John Lennon Elvis Presley Paul Jones Paul McCartney Roy Orbison [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 14/06/2008
Something Odd Happens Over a Full Weekend of Jazzfest. Between performances and parades, and the geography of where stages are situated, it's virtually impossible not to run into a brass band, Mardi Gras Indians or both. I assume that's by design; those traditions infuse all sorts of other New Orleans music and they are the main heritage in "Jazz and Heritage...
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Hal Wilner’s 1988 Disney tribute CD, Stay Awake, is going live. Stay Awake: the Official 20th Anniversary Concert will take place at UCLA’s Royce Hall on October 30th. Willner has previously staged live concert versions in London and New York over the last year. For its LA performance Willner will attempt to bring in [...]
Sicka Than Average (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
Celine Dion is my musical kryptonite (well, along with Aaron Neville) -- if her music comes on (especially that annoying Titanic song) I squirm and turn the dial; if I see her on TV, I change the channel. Needless to...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
The Beatles remain at the top of the charts, even if it's just the nostalgia ones.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
NEW YORK, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO:U2's The Edge to host with special performance by Aaron Neville and appearances by Les Paul, Tiki Barber, Christy Turlington, Petra Nemcova, Joan Jett, "Cry-Baby" Broadway star James Snyder, Earl Slick, Jody Porter of Fountains of Wayne, writer ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
NEW YORK, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets are currently on sale to the public for the star-studded Icons of Music II Auction, hosted by Julien's Auctions (http://www.juliensauctions.com) and U2's the Edge with a spe...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
Country and pop music's on-again, off-again romance is heating up. But is it more than a summer fling?
Hugo Schwyzer (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
I’m really, really diggin’ the new Volvo that came to live at our place this week. It's name, of course, is Ingmar. I know two other people with Volvos named Ingmar, and one with a Volvo named Ingrid, but damn it all, it's just right. A very busy weekend with family in from various [...]
