Hunger doesn't take a vacation in the summer. Richmond-based acoustic rock band "Offering" will host a Christmas music marathon/food drive to restock Central Virginia Food Bank's dwindling supplies during their third annual "Christmas in July" initiative July 25-26. The music marathon starts Friday, July 25 at the Diamond with a concert preceding that evening's Richmond Braves game, and is ...

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:03:16 2008

It wasn’t easy playing rock ’n’ roll. Macksburg native Marvin Ross, 72, knows what it was like trying to play this brand of music while it was still in its infancy in the mid-1950s.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 09:35:34 2008

TOP STORY Did Batman beat up his own mom and sister? Here's the latest on the Christian Bale assault saga. MUSIC Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 08:27:52 2008

WOODSTOCK – Music lovers of all ages have two opportunities in the next week to hear live music by groups playing rock, blues, folk and swing in downtown Woodstock.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 04:58:14 2008

There's a new beat in metro Detroit music studios that's less about practicing, more about performing -- even if you have braces and a sunburn. Just south of downtown Royal Oak, the Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music opened in May and already is set to put students onstage.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 03:36:26 2008

Jacksonville drummer and vocalist Ken Kirby admits he is not a dancer, even though his classic rock cover band, Hot Cotton, plays a mix of music that makes people want to get up and dance.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 00:55:04 2008

or 30 years, Detroit was one of the hottest spots in the nation for rock 'n' roll. Bob Harris, 78, of Southgate — a music promoter, rock group manager and publisher of a teen newspaper — was in the thick of it during the "golden age" of the Detroit music scene during the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 20:03:44 2008

A goodie bag of Buddy Guy's new album "Skin Deep." Rock and Roll and Blues Hall of Famer Buddy Guy returns with Skin Deep, his first studio album since 2005's Bring 'Em In. The 72-year-old music icon has, over the course of his illustrious career, won five Grammys, 23 W.C. Handy (Blues Music) Awards, Billboard Magazine's Century Award, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. The...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 17:07:58 2008

Founded as an experimental duo, Calexico has been known as a primarily instrumental band, blending southwestern music with indie rock mood. "Two Silver Trees", from their upcoming Carried to Dust , doesn't rewrite that equation so much as it adds a few new variables: a soft synth fanfare as simple-complex as a haiku, a guitar that arpeggiates in and out of existence, a lurking ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 15:24:41 2008

Layoffs and the business' decline have scattered thousands of employees – so where are they now? The major record labels have laid off more than 5,000 employees since CD sales began plunging in 2000 — and that's not counting all the people who ran screaming from the music business on their own. All asked themselves the same question: Now what? "When you've spent 20 years in the music business, ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 15:08:32 2008

Enjoy cool jazz under the summer sky at Jonathan Edwards Winery this Thursday evening.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:02:21 2008

Two music festivals in Norway are both aiming to become a blueprint for a green global music festival movement in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 08:35:54 2008

LANCASTER - Larry Cook believes in the educational power of jazz music. With the help of his double-string bass - and four other musicians - he attempted to pass his knowledge of jazz on to a very special audience Monday - children.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 08:21:02 2008

When listening to jazz, many forget that the genre is linked to blues. For that reason, Felice Green, a member of the Handy festival board of directors, has been organizing the ABCs of Jazz for the W.C. Handy Music Festival since the festival began.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 08:20:52 2008

At its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, the Dew Drop Jazz Hall in Mandeville was to jazz music as recreation is to Lake Pontchartrain, but today, the small structure sits mostly in silence awaiting its next opportunity to shine.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 03:05:41 2008

NORMAL -- When Chicago's Maxwell Street Klezmer Band traveled south to Normal's ISU quad 11 years ago this week, two historical precedents were set:

Posted: Wed Jul 23 02:47:54 2008

James Moody and T.S. Monk headline the jazz portion, set for Friday, noon to 5 p.m., of the 3rd Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival, running Friday through Sunday at Lincoln Park, off Broad Street in the Lincoln Park district, Newark.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 16:43:40 2008

LANCASTER - Larry Cook believes in the educational power of jazz music.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 06:36:48 2008

The Romanian-American Jazz Suite , by soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome and pianist Lucian Ban, is another very good example of how the jazz aesthetic of personal expression be applied to other music (here Romanian folk music and Christmas carols) and, in essence, subsume it.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 02:06:57 2008

Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present an evening of swinging big band music in the style of Count Basie in Roxbury's historic Fort Hill neighborhood with Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra and opener Lawrence Fields and his quartet.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 13:06:02 2008

Buddy Guy, "Skin Deep" (Silvertone/Zomba)

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:22:29 2008

In 1995 Grant Peeples hit the pause button on his music career, divested himself of what he owned in America and moved to a remote Caribbean island off the coast of Nicaragua.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 12:05:52 2008

Blues may be an ageless music, but most players ease into old age with relaxed grace. Not Buddy Guy, who sounds as distinctively piercing on "Skin Deep" as on his classic '60s Chess Records cuts or his early '90s comeback albums.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 11:25:11 2008

When listening to jazz, many forget that the genre is linked to blues. For that reason, Felice Green, a member of the Handy festival board of directors, has been organizing the ABCs of Jazz for the W.C. Handy Music Festival since the festival began.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 08:20:52 2008

LANCASTER - Columbus-based Inner City Blues Band put on a blues show as part of The Lancaster Festival on Tuesday, channeling the spirit of deceased Texas blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 06:36:50 2008

In last week's GO!, we previewed a summer's worth of festivals, fairs and theater. This week, it's music's turn, baby -- not to mention comedy or any other type of entertainment offered in a concert setting.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 02:46:14 2008

In today's GO! cover story, we've given you an extensive preview of all the big-name concert events scheduled in Pantagraphland between now and summer's end.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 02:46:03 2008

Two Men With The Blues will undoubtedly take yours away. Every other 2008 album released, from those already out to those awaiting a future Tuesday, are officially put on notice that Two Men With The Blues is in the running for the best of the year. Sure, it’s not an even playing field since it features Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis, two of the greatest musicians in their field brought ...

Posted: Wed Jul 23 02:37:58 2008

Double Trouble - the core around which great music is built. It's sort of ironic that the two members of a rock and roll, or any popular music band for that matter, who are most responsible for the rhythms that make the music so distinct are usually hidden off to one side or behind the other members of the band. While the lead singer and the guitar players can usually be found as far down stage ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 09:23:05 2008

Long Beach, CA - Southern California's premiere music festival presenting the best in Jazz and Rhythm & Blues for the 21st year.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 07:08:35 2008

NEW YORK -- Marvin Sapp's single "Never Would Have Made It" is a record-breaking phenomenon far beyond the world of gospel. The track from his seventh album, "Thirsty," is in its...

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:20:12 2008

NEW YORK — Marvin Sapp's single "Never Would Have Made It" is a record-breaking phenomenon far beyond the world of gospel.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:13:33 2008

NEW YORK (AP) — Marvin Sapp's single "Never Would Have Made It" is a record-breaking phenomenon far beyond the world of gospel. The track from his seventh album, "Thirsty," is in its 42nd week at No. 1 on Billboard's gospel radio charts.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:00:21 2008

MEDIA ADVISORY, July 23 / Christian Newswire / -- Tom Scott, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sky Angel U.S., LLC, a national provider of faith-based and family-friendly television and radio programming, is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Bill Dykes as Chief Marketing Officer.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 12:38:54 2008

The Montgomery Performing Arts Centre is cooking up a new Sunday tradition, its take on an old-fashioned church homecoming with plenty of good food and gospel music.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 05:15:53 2008

10 a.m. - Kidz Jam, Grace Episcopal Church, Sheffield. Music by Shoals piano students with Bob Wray & Chad Gamble.10 a.m. - Popcorn and a Movie, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Tuscumbia. Featuring Sam Phillips documentary.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 12:56:44 2008

The Mount Holly Black History Forum's second annual “Gospel Explosion” is 3 p.m. Sunday at the Tuckaseege Community Center. The event is a fundraiser for the “Walk Down Memory Lane,” which will commemorate A.M. Rollins Elementary School. The “Gospel Explosion” is a competition with individuals, choirs and praise teams participating. St. Mark's Methodist Church of Charlotte will be there to ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 11:25:28 2008

By PRESTON JONES Religion and country music often share a delicate dance. The genre can be deeply reverent as it sees fit (look no farther than Carrie Underwood’s Jesus Take the Wheel ) and more often than not, politely secular, with the majority of superstars downplaying the hallelujahs in favor of yee-haws. It’s a rare artist that can deftly blend the pathos inherent in traditional country ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 01:13:42 2008

Lorraine Porter-Hudson, a singer and guitar player, will provide gospel music at a Chicken-N-Biscuit Dinner on Saturday at the First United Methodist Church of Lake Alfred, 130 S. Pennsylvania Ave.The event will begin with dinner at 5 p.m. and a silent auction that will end at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment will begin at 7 p.m.

Posted: Sun Jul 20 10:46:08 2008

The Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the CSO Gospel Choir have selected a new music director, and have named an associate director for a newly formed vocal ensemble within the choir. Sandra Singleton Barnhardt of Adams Run will become music director of the Gospel Choir, founded eight years ago to perform locally and to tour Europe performing gospel music, spirituals and hymns.

Posted: Sat Jul 19 00:49:04 2008

An eclectic mix of pop, folk rock and Dixieland jazz will be served up Sunday, July 27, as part of the third annual Village Summer Concert Series.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 11:07:41 2008

Investigators with the New Mexico attorney general's office have executed a search warrant at an Albuquerque music store in connection with an investigation into illegally reproduced CDs.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 10:37:04 2008

Thanks to a bunch of new programs downloaded from the App Store, my iPhone 3G now has become a music lover's dream machine, letting me listen to live radio, identify songs I hear or even hum and, on the fly, build a playlist of my favorite artists or genres.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 10:13:13 2008

MIAMI | Just a few years ago, Scott Storch was one of the top producers in pop music, living in a $10.5 million mansion on an exclusive Miami island, driving a phalanx of luxury cars and dating the likes of Paris Hilton and Lil Kim.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 08:51:36 2008

Quivver's jovial consideration for getting things just right makes this one hell of a fun electro-pop album. John Graham has been easing in and out of the shadows for the last fifteen years, employing a myriad of alter-egos as cover and unleashing one gut-busting project after another on the global dance music scene.Whether he was Tilt, Skanna, Stoneproof, or Space Manoeuvres, this mofo was ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 19:07:58 2008

PopStar Guitar for the Wii includes the unique AirG peripheral, turning your Wii Remote into an air guitar.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 13:55:46 2008

NEW YORK - The Jonas Brothers will perform at this year's Video Music Awards. It will be the wholesome pop group's first-ever appearance at the event, known for its decadence and eye-popping water cooler moments (many involving Britney Spears).

Posted: Tue Jul 22 07:32:16 2008

MIAMI — Just a few years ago, Scott Storch was one of the top producers in pop music, living in a $10.5 million mansion on an exclusive Miami island, driving a phalanx of luxury cars and dating the likes of Paris Hilton and Lil Kim. Nowadays, Storch, 34, is missing in action.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 04:44:51 2008

It's a good week for catching Miley Cyrus, the hottest teen in the pop music business, live on stage. There is a good selection of other performances by great...

Posted: Mon Jul 21 08:09:31 2008

Terry McBride, the Canadian best known as the manager of pop megastar Avril Lavigne said the music industry's obsession with stemming the flow of illegally downloaded material is futile and short-sighted.

Posted: Sun Jul 20 22:12:27 2008

Music Video Games, LLC, an online, casual music video game company, today announced an agreement with Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Corp. company, under which Rhino will license original recordings from WMG's extensive library and will advise MvG on the selection of music and artists for use in MvG games.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 11:52:00 2008

Vancouver, BC, July 23, 2008--(T-Net)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced it has signed with leading Hollywood talent and literary agency UTA for representation in motion pictures and television.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 11:50:44 2008

GIZMO: News from E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. NO PLAYING AROUND: Riding high on a $48-billion-a-year (worldwide) business that reputedly exceeds movie box office grosses, music and DVDs sales, the video game industry rolled out hundreds of new products at its annual E3 game convention last week in Los Angeles.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 04:31:16 2008

Eagle B&L Instrument Co., Ltd., makes important progress in the computer peripheral business. It also introduces a new product, "Turning Globe", and seeks additional opportunities to meet with customers at the Hong Kong Electronic Fair in Octobe, 2008.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 03:01:00 2008

Turkish electronic music duo Portecho, comprising Deniz Cuylan and Tan Tunçağ and famed for its unique dance sound combining electronica with rock rhythms, will perform live tonight at İstanbul’s Taksim Blanco club.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 19:09:43 2008

MakeMusic has announced that it is shipping Finale 2009, a new version of its music notation software for Mac OS X and...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 15:22:47 2008

Finale 2009 is the latest release of MakeMusic's industry-standard music notation software for Mac and Windows.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 14:32:06 2008

Part two of our 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival recap includes photos of the entire day's sets and interviews with Titus Andronicus, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Jay Reatard, Icy Demons, Dizzee Rascal, Vampire Weekend, !!!, the Hold Steady, No Age, and Animal Collective. read more

Posted: Tue Jul 22 05:10:44 2008

Music composed and performed by Ryan Jones, a Midland native who died in January 2007, has been published and released posthumously by the University of Michigan’s Block M Records, Ann Arbor. The album of 18 original compositions of electronic music is titled “Ryan Jones: In Memoriam” and is available on iTunes.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 06:48:37 2008

Composers Nitin Arora and Sony Chandy have composed an album for the comic caper "Money Hai Toh Honey Hai" that is dominated by hip-hop. Title track "Money hai toh honey hai" is a mix of hip-hop, electronic music and tinges of Chinese sounds. The composer duo joins Harshdeep Kaur for the rendition.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 01:12:25 2008

Anticipation and excitement is higher than ever as aspiring country music artists prepare for the 27th Annual Colgate Country Showdown set for Sunday, July 27, at the Toledo Summer Festival.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:13:54 2008

Country Music Television (CMT), partnering with Faith Time Inc., announces plans to bring a religious programming block, Faith Time, to mainstream cable.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 08:24:04 2008

Though the title of "Queen of Country Music" is one that seems to be passed around rather freely from country diva to country diva, there's little doubt that Reba McEntire is one of the top contenders for the title.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 02:46:28 2008

Washington, July 22 : The country music festival in Wisconsin on Saturday July 19 night saw Jessica Simpson turning tearful and emotional.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 11:57:15 2008

Jessica Simpson booed at country music fest; Amy Winehouse's husband gets jail sentence; Britney Spears steps out

Posted: Mon Jul 21 18:21:54 2008

Jessica Simpson is booed during her first country music concert.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 14:47:19 2008

Jessica Simpson was met with an icy reception at her live country music debut, with concertgoer booing the star's performance. The singer announced earlier this year her plans to release a country album - despite originally making a name for herself as a pop star.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 11:45:31 2008

Jessica Simpson was met with an icy reception at her live country music debut with concertgoers booing the star's performance.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 07:26:17 2008

Jessica Simpson was met with an icy reception at her live country music debut, with concertgoer booing the star's performance.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 04:45:05 2008

Die-hard fans donned ponchos and toted umbrellas through seven hours of rain Sunday at the ninth annual WOKO Country Club Music Festival. Photos: See images from festival

Posted: Mon Jul 21 04:17:18 2008

Daddy Yankee was the first reggaeton star to successfully bring his music into the U.S. mainstream. Now, with his new movie "Talento De Barrio," he wants to be the first reggaeton star to be a success on the big screen.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 10:30:03 2008

Singer/songwriter Antonio Allbritten says the inspiration for his complex arrangements often comes in those moments between sleep and waking. His dreams must be beautiful ones, because Allbritten's new album, "El Oscuro Paso " , evokes images of tropical beaches and lush rainforests, even as it features disco backbeats and woodwinds wrapped around electronic melodies.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 07:55:00 2008

The latest Hennessy Artistry 'The Global Art of Mixing' party shook the grounds of Bukit Kiara Indoor Arena recently with a ...

Posted: Wed Jul 23 07:09:12 2008

With midsummer barely upon us, it may seem like jumping the gun to broach the subject of fall and winter happenings on the arts and entertainment front.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 02:48:44 2008

WESTFIELD - For Arthur A. Natella, of Westfield, teaching classes at American International College about Latin-American culture became a challenge. Finding the right book was impossible, so he decided to write his own.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 00:18:30 2008

Part three of our 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival recap includes photos of the entire day's sets and interviews with HEALTH, Apples in Stereo, King Khan, Les Savy Fav, M. Ward, Bon Iver, and Spoon. read more

Posted: Tue Jul 22 05:24:30 2008

Something a little different from the Latin music legend. You gotta hand it to Sergio Mendes. The ageless Latin musical star has flourished for more than four decades, and even though he has plenty of ability himself, he's been helped along the way by his unerring ability to choose some interesting musical partners. For his latest album, Encanto, now out on the Concord label, he embraces the ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 00:38:08 2008

Submitted photo - Sabor will perform a free concert in Bayliss Park Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Go to far off locations - Latin America and "Far, Far Away" - without leaving Bayliss Park with the 2008 Music and Movies in the Park series.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 12:30:33 2008

Latin musicians now do not need to sell as many albums in the United States to receive gold and platinum awards, thanks to the industry slump.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 09:41:16 2008

By CARY DARLING Some of the most intriguing contemporary music continues to come out of the Spanish- and Portuguese-language world, where combining alternative rock and electronica with traditional Latin rhythms has led to an often intoxicating fusion. It’s sometimes known as "alt Latin," a broad umbrella that covers a variety of musical graces and sins, but this spring and summer have seen the ...

Posted: Sun Jul 20 01:16:15 2008

The Irish band Celtic Crossroads have announced that they will include The Northwest Georgia Band Amphitheater in Ringgold for a stop on their 2008 World Tour on October 10. Celtic Crossroads, a group of seven highly talented multi-instrumentalists, are performing Irish music like never before.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 21:15:24 2008

Cellphones, Cameras, Computers and more. The European venture capital firm Wellington Partners opened an outpost in Palo Alto, Calif., this month, hoping that a base in the United States will help the firm and its portfolio companies scout out partners and bridge cultural divides.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 20:07:25 2008

EU regulators ordered music copyright groups on Wednesday to end a system that makes it difficult for online music stores to buy EU-wide licenses -- knocking down a major obstacle to iTunes' rollout across Europe.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 15:38:23 2008

McCOY — An all-day music festival in the wilds of Atascosa County will offer fans of Texas music an opportunity to enjoy nonstop entertainment on Saturday, July 26. The event, from noon to midnight at the Wildcat Grill & Saloon, will feature a host of bands and musicians, including Rodney Hayden, Jason Allen, Gary P. Nunn, the “Scott Wiggins Band,” and “Two Tons of Steel.”

Posted: Tue Jul 22 14:28:43 2008

Comments have trailed off...is everybody sick of this? Here are two New York Times reviews to contrast. First, Steve Smith on a concert of music written by women . A very well-written, evocative review (which someone commenting on a previous post was good enough to praise):

Posted: Tue Jul 22 11:52:12 2008

July 22 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell for the first time in five days and U.S. index futures dropped after American Express Co. and Ericsson AB posted lower profits, while Vodafone Group Plc and Apple Inc. reduced revenue forecasts.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 07:52:08 2008

July 22 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks, and U.S. index futures fell after American Express Co. and Ericsson AB reported earnings that missed analysts' estimates and forecasts at Vodafone Group Plc and Apple Inc. disappointed investors. Asian commodity shares rose.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 03:36:51 2008

July 22 (Bloomberg) -- European stock-index futures fell after American Express Co. and Ericsson AB reported earnings that missed analysts' estimates and forecasts at Vodafone Group Plc and Texas Instruments Inc. disappointed investors.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 03:06:48 2008

July 22 (Bloomberg) -- European stock-index futures fell after American Express Co. and Ericsson AB reported earnings that missed analysts' estimates and forecasts at Apple Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. disappointed investors.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 02:40:34 2008

July 22 (Bloomberg) -- European government bonds were little changed before a report predicted to show manufacturing in the region fell in July. Traders are paring bets the European Central Bank will raise interest rates again this year as economic growth in the region slows.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 02:40:27 2008

When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra warms up a week from Friday, the musicians will be clad in their usual summer attire: White dinner jackets and bow ties for the men, white tops and black skirts or slacks for the women.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 12:07:27 2008

After 40 years and 1500 concerts, Joe Queenan is finally ready to say the unsayable: new classical music is absolute torture - and its fans have no reason to be so smug.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 10:42:34 2008

Thanks to a bunch of new programs downloaded from the App Store, my iPhone 3G now has become a music lover's dream machine, letting me listen to live radio, identify songs I hear or even hum and, on the fly, build a playlist of my favorite artists or genres.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 10:13:13 2008

One startled listener said it best: "What will those trio girls do next?" Great question, after we had to hold onto our suspenders for Friday's final work: the half-jazz, half-classical, one-quarter crazed Café Music by Paul Schoenfield.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 00:13:08 2008

Comments have trailed off...is everybody sick of this? Here are two New York Times reviews to contrast. First, Steve Smith on a concert of music written by women . A very well-written, evocative review (which someone commenting on a previous post was good enough to praise):

Posted: Tue Jul 22 11:52:12 2008

It's true, you can apply the concepts of forensic science to classical music. Tanya Tomkins, cellist with the American Bach Soloists.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 03:05:32 2008

The 2008 Quartz Mountain Music Festival this week brings some of the best-known works of Mozart, Bunch, Boccherini, Rodrigo and Mendelssohn and a world-famous classical guitarist to Southwest Oklahoma’s Quartz Mountain State Park.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 23:35:00 2008

Australia's top musicians have been acknowledged at the Australian Classical Music Awards at the Sydney Opera House.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 20:26:08 2008

Behind all the discussion we've been having about pop and classical reviews lie some big differences -- differences in how people think about pop and classical music.It'll be good, I think, to clarify these, at least as I see them, before I go on to compare more reviews.

Posted: Sun Jul 20 20:37:09 2008

At 10 a.m. July 9, Carla Selby turned the dial on her radio to 88.1 FM and heard... nothing. For weeks, she’d heard announcers on her favorite radio station, KVOD classical music, warn listeners that the station was moving down the dial from its longtime home at 90.1 FM. But she never once heard that Boulder residents would likely lose their reception.

Posted: Sat Jul 19 20:52:46 2008

Austin musician says he didn't know what he was hearing in his head before finding mbira music.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 09:22:47 2008

Eagle B&L Instrument Co., Ltd., makes important progress in the computer peripheral business. It also introduces a new product, "Turning Globe", and seeks additional opportunities to meet with customers at the Hong Kong Electronic Fair in Octobe, 2008.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 03:01:00 2008

There are certain events that everyone needs to go to once in their life if at all possible. The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is one. You want to try Jam Cruise before peak oil destroys the cruise industry. Bonnaroo must be experienced.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 00:12:58 2008

Founded as an experimental duo, Calexico has been known as a primarily instrumental band, blending southwestern music with indie rock mood. "Two Silver Trees", from their upcoming Carried to Dust , doesn't rewrite that equation so much as it adds a few new variables: a soft synth fanfare as simple-complex as a haiku, a guitar that arpeggiates in and out of existence, a lurking ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 15:24:41 2008

MakeMusic has announced that it is shipping Finale 2009, a new version of its music notation software for Mac OS X and...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 15:22:47 2008

Finale 2009 is the latest release of MakeMusic's industry-standard music notation software for Mac and Windows.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 14:32:06 2008

The audiences at the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's weekend concerts were treated to a display of awesome mastery by solo percussionist Steve Schick.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 00:25:34 2008

Cuban pianist/composer/bandleader Roberto Carcasses wants to move Cuban music forward, past son tradition and timba formula. ''We want to do a musical investigation, really create something new,'' he says, sitting in a friend's Miami Beach apartment, where he's been staying while visiting here from Havana. ``It's to mess with your head. We're really trying to do something different. And since ...

Posted: Mon Jul 21 03:13:05 2008

Pianist/composer Geoffrey Keezer has been playing piano since age three and has been on the road since 1989 when he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers after a year at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 02:36:55 2008

It turns out everyone just wants to be a rock star. Music-genre video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band are bona-fide smash hits, entering the rarefied air once reserved for only the elite first-person shooters, Mario games or sports titles. And success breeds imitation.

Posted: Sun Jul 20 22:48:57 2008

FRIDAY, JULY 25... By Carlton Hargro JULY 25 -- With vocalist D'Angelo still off the scene, music lovers may wonder where they can soul-filled tunes stained with jazzy undertones. My advice? Take a listen to the singer named Dwele. The Detroit native's new CD, Sketches of a Man, is filled with mellow, soulful vocals and cool, muted horns. Expect to hear new and material like this when he swings ...

Posted: Wed Jul 23 12:06:02 2008

“The Big C is not the end of everything,” answers Pinky Tobiano, cancer survivor and head of Pinky Cares Foundation, when asked how the dreaded disease has changed her life.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 11:39:47 2008

MIAMI | Just a few years ago, Scott Storch was one of the top producers in pop music, living in a $10.5 million mansion on an exclusive Miami island, driving a phalanx of luxury cars and dating the likes of Paris Hilton and Lil Kim.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 08:51:36 2008

London - A strikingly real waxwork model of troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse, complete with her trademark beehive hairdo and sailor tattoos, was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London Wednesday. The Amy model, placed in the Music Zone of t...

Posted: Wed Jul 23 07:48:17 2008

Jon Bon Jovi isn't exactly known for rock 'n' soul music, but the Jersey boy and owner of a Philly Arena Football team is going to be in the Big Easy Sunday when his team does its version of "Soul Man" for the league's championship game.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 05:17:21 2008

Sitting in the No. 2 spot on the Billboard adult R&B charts -- several notches above Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and Usher -- is a new song with an old soul called The River .

Posted: Wed Jul 23 04:38:07 2008

By MIKE KONVICKA mkonvicka@journal-spectator.com Singer-songwriter David Kauffman brings his style of inspirational music and ministry to the Holy Family Catholic Church on Aug. 8. Kauffman, who calls San Antonio home, is the founder of "Good For The Soul Music" and has given over 1,000 concerts, youth rallies and parish retreats.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 01:22:54 2008

Quivver's jovial consideration for getting things just right makes this one hell of a fun electro-pop album. John Graham has been easing in and out of the shadows for the last fifteen years, employing a myriad of alter-egos as cover and unleashing one gut-busting project after another on the global dance music scene.Whether he was Tilt, Skanna, Stoneproof, or Space Manoeuvres, this mofo was ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 19:07:58 2008

The first half of 2008 has already seen some great albums.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 00:31:39 2008

It's a good year for the soul divas at this edition of the Macy's Music Festival, as the event features an unusually strong female lineup. It all kicks off Friday with 25-year-old Chrisette Michele.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 05:44:20 2008

Git Fresh, an R&B/hip-hop group with 10 years of hard work and persistence under its belt, is attempting a comeback to the music scene. With its newest hit, "Booty Music," reaching major radio stations across Florida, it looks as though Git Fresh could get the break they are looking for.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 00:16:05 2008

Legendary Hip Hop Female DJ K Swift Dead at 28 Pioneering Baltimore club/radio DJ dies in tragic swimming pool accident

Posted: Tue Jul 22 15:03:20 2008

"There is apparently something about hip-hop that distracts people into, in some part of their brains, seeing something in it that is… inspirational. From what I see, it's the beat…

Posted: Tue Jul 22 08:34:27 2008

In its 14 years of existence, the Vans Warped Tour has become known for exposing loud young bands to rebellious suburban teens and promoting the mixing of music and extreme...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 00:18:50 2008

ASPEN - Often said to be the most socially significant and most musical of hip-hop outfits, The Roots seem to be distancing themselves even further from the pack.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 23:11:31 2008

Joss Stone is reportedly dating American hip-hop star Nelly.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 07:46:18 2008

Composers Nitin Arora and Sony Chandy have composed an album for the comic caper "Money Hai Toh Honey Hai" that is dominated by hip-hop. Title track "Money hai toh honey hai" is a mix of hip-hop, electronic music and tinges of Chinese sounds. The composer duo joins Harshdeep Kaur for the rendition.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 01:12:25 2008

New York City Parks Department will host a free concert at Central Park Soundstage in honor of the 25th Anniversary of Video Music Box on Friday, July 18th at 7pm. The performing line-up is being withheld from the public but is expected to feature some of the biggest and most profound names hip-hop history.

Posted: Sun Jul 20 03:01:00 2008

Several players come forward to promote the popular urban music style locally. It’s a common story found in smaller cities across the country: There are talented musicians who can’t make it big. But in Fayetteville, young hip-hop artists are finding their own ways to grab exposure.

Posted: Sun Jul 20 00:04:23 2008

Project Rebound hosted the 2nd annual Hip-Hop Summit at the Liberty Theater in Columbus. Their goal was to show the community the culture behind the music.

Posted: Sat Jul 19 23:43:01 2008

It’s been forty years since The Band released their Music From Big Pink, creating a legacy in the music world that would last through decades of explosive change.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:34:59 2008

Sky is to launch an online subscription music service to rival Apple's iTunes in Britain and Ireland. The pay-TV firm has partnered with the world's largest music group Universal to offer a monthly subscription service with downloads and unlimited listening through streaming.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 09:28:34 2008

The Irish band Celtic Crossroads have announced that they will include The Northwest Georgia Band Amphitheater in Ringgold for a stop on their 2008 World Tour on October 10. Celtic Crossroads, a group of seven highly talented multi-instrumentalists, are performing Irish music like never before.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 21:15:24 2008

Another superb concert, including a world premiere, at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival Monday night at Lakeside School.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 19:56:31 2008

BSkyB is hoping to revolutionise music consumption as it did television after announcing a tie-up with the world's biggest record label to launch an "all you can eat" digital service that will compete with Apple's iTunes. Having signed up Universal, home to U2, Duffy and Amy Winehouse, as an equity partner in the new business, the pay TV group is also believed to be close to similar deals ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 19:23:31 2008

Mini-Cassia welcomes the world as the Idaho International Dance and Music Festival comes to the area. This will be the fifth year the festival has come to Mini-Cassia and is the largest one yet.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 15:31:37 2008

Britain's largest pay-TV firm BSkyB is to launch an online subscription music service and has signed the world's largest music group Universal as its first partner, in a deal that could challenge Apple.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 11:15:26 2008

Is it too little, too late? Sky is launching a new music retail company in partnership with the world's biggest record company, Universal.…

Posted: Tue Jul 22 10:51:43 2008

Pay-TV firm BSkyB is to launch an online subscription music service and has signed the world's largest music group Universal as its first partner, in a deal that could challenge Apple.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 10:10:00 2008

Casting has been announced for the Arena Stage's production of Daniel Beaty's Resurrection, a music, dance and poetry-filled new work introducing us to a handful of varied African-American men.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 17:29:12 2008

AN HOUR before his first Sydney show, Davide Bruno, the rather fierce-looking leader of the Italian heavy-metal group Metatrone, was holed up in his dressing room and refusing to speak.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 12:09:41 2008

Austin musician says he didn't know what he was hearing in his head before finding mbira music.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 09:22:47 2008

Expect some good advice, but don't expect them to agree on much G.K. Hizer: Dfest is finally here and with it a virtual smorgasbord of bands. The promise of two consecutive nights filled with music can be exciting and daunting at the same time. The question is, with roughly 140 bands to choose from... By G.K. Hizer and Josh Klein.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 04:52:09 2008

Metal Knights, working with Dio guitarist Craig Goldy and his Destiny Bridge program ready to take on the world and make Heavy Metal Medieval Again!

Posted: Wed Jul 23 03:01:00 2008

Imagine heavy metal without wailing guitars and pounding drums, or Coldplay's music without Chris Martin's percussive piano. Now try to imagine rock 'n' roll without any instruments at all -- just voices, singing not only the words but also the accompaniment.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 00:51:24 2008

What in the hell is up with Ozzfest? First it was the not-so-successful FreeFest fiasco last year and this year it was stripped down to a one-off. The once leading summer metal music festival has fallen from it's greatness but the mastermind behind the festival says that it will return to a full fledged tour next year.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 22:30:54 2008

Another superb concert, including a world premiere, at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival Monday night at Lakeside School.

Posted: Tue Jul 22 19:56:31 2008

The 'lt;i'gt;Isthmus'lt;/i'gt; Guest List is back with another round of free tickets to amazing concerts, shows and more fun events around Madison. This week's contests include tickets to: JJO Band Camp and the Madison Roots Festival at Willow Island; the Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival at Lake Farm County Park; Sheryl Crow and James Blunt at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee; People in ...

Posted: Tue Jul 22 13:39:47 2008

Black Sabbath, "The Rules of Hell" (Rhino)

Posted: Tue Jul 22 08:38:17 2008

Some newcomers made a splash, so did the weather at 3-day festival Here's something you don't experience too often at a big outdoor music festival: silence.

Posted: Mon Jul 21 14:44:32 2008

Mike Riley and The Summit Underground bring “blues from up the mountains” to the Landmark in Yachats, beginning at 9 p.m. today (Friday). Riley is a consistent and generous blues player who has lived the life all his life.

Posted: Wed Jul 23 13:14:14 2008

*With it being so wretchedly hot outside as of late, spending time in air conditioning has been one of my priorities. I spent two nights this past weekend in the sanctuary that is the Bemis Underground: one to hear David Matysiak premiere the sound result of his Telephono project and another checking out Kidrobot Munny dolls created by a handful of local artists.