Media Credit: Jordan Jessup Leonardo Campus, president of UNH’s Electronic Dance Music Association, found himself deejaying an unusual party this past Friday night. Standing behind a booth set up at The Hamel Recreation Center he nodded his head to the music and watched rock climbers standing by the facility’s bouldering wall. Every so often, [...]
Freddy Cole doesn’t apologize for sounding like his brother, Nat King Cole. Growing up in the light of his elder brother, Freddy has always been true to his own unique styling. His vocals - suave, elegant, formidable, and articulate - are among the most respected in jazz. Freddy has an impeccable sense of swing… he [...]
The unique six-piece group pushes the boundaries and musical shadow-lands, constantly seeking the new and the exciting, with music that is lush, full of ethereal electronic sounds, strings, metallophones, melodicas, accordions, soaring guitars and multi percussive layering.
“Lyle … and Nik got together to make some kind of electronic music for Nik’s sister’s [rock] climbing video, or something like that, and it turned into a one time thing. Then after, they’re like, ‘Hey let’s do some more stuff with some keyboards,’ and they got a hold of everyone else and one [...]
And maybe his time has come. It’s 10 long years since south Londoner Fielding, now 34, and Leeds-born Julian Barratt, now 39, became friends after appearing on the same comedy bill at a pub in north London. Fielding had studied Fine Art at Croydon Art College while Barratt had dropped out of an American studies [...]
Franco-Spanish composer and singer Manu Chao brings his World Music sounds to Geneva’s Arena on Tuesday, Oct. 30 . Born in Spain and brought up in the suburbs of Paris, the globe trotting musician has been influenced by his native roots, British punk and reggae. That all contributes to a pretty unique sound. His latest [...]
The revival of My Fair Lady at the Roundabout Theatre Company also features Boyd Gaines as Col. Pickering. Mays and Gaines were members of last year s brilliant ensemble cast of Journey s End, the World War I play directed by David Grindley. Grindley is directing the Roundabout s Lady.
At least I hope I get to see the show, from whatever (disad)vantage point, before I hear too much more about what it’s like. But this week I have seen shows that have respectively benefited and suffered from the burden of expectations that have become attached to them. In the case of ENO’s Carmen [...]
He had a sensational co-star Sunday night in Sarah Coburn, as the intermittently unbalanced Elvira. In vocal terms, the soprano proved to be a remarkably pure Puritan, her tone clear, smooth and effortless. Coburn, who would also be a very welcome presence on one of our local stages, apparently never met a coloratura hurdle she [...]
“It’s been such a blessing to still be able to go to these towns and sell out places,” he said. “I really feel like if (the fans) had been with us since the first album and they’re here now on the sixth album, that they’ve grown up with us. It’s a very strange feeling [...]