Three orchestras from four countries have been invited to perform this year as a part of the National Arts Festival sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan. Programmes presented by these orchestras, which this year includes the KBS Symphony, a flagship orchestra of Korea, and the Kunming Symphony Orchestra from China, combine [...]
Looking for new talk show episodes on this third week in October is like going to the bank on Columbus Day. The ‘closed’ sign comes as a surprise, and never seems explained enough to my satisfaction. Why exactly do all the talk shows take a break this week every year? Is it just a [...]
Bihar Governor R. S. Gavai, at Sri Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna on Saturday, inaugurated the Ninad Festival 2007 by lighting a lamp and thus opening a weekend filled with music, both classical and folk, reminding the people of the glorious days of Patna when Dussehra in the city meant presence and performance by [...]
It was uncanny how Saturday’s Carter Albrecht Memorial Concert mirrored the life of its honoree. Mr. Albrecht, who died Sept. 3, was a social guy, with few walls to ward off strangers. Throughout the evening, dozens of local musicians and scenesters who knew the late songwriter and multi-instrumentalist socialized, and many were poised to [...]
The Music Caf on Ridge Road offers an open microphone night every Tuesday and live music Fridays and Saturdays. A 5 cover charge on weekends helps pay the musicians. A mix of alternative rock, country, bluegrass and jazz musicians are booked through February, Anderson said. The second Saturday in November will feature a Beatles tribute [...]
Yet the most striking thing about DeVotchKa’s circuslike show at the Spiegeltent at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan in August was the music, a quilt of sounds from the international section of the iTunes store. One could hear mariachi ballads, polkas, horas and Gypsy tunes played on accordion, bouzouki, violins. But those sounds [...]
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A HIP HOP dance group is among the winners of new council awards recognising youth achievements in Hobsons Bay. The council’s youth voice committee has named local youth Danny Alsabbagh and the Hip Hop Dance Alliance as the winners of its first two arts, cultural diversity and music awards. Hobsons Bay mayor Leigh Hardinge [...]
I have had a chance to see the Driven PPV this week, and it was extremely impressive. Danielson/McGuinness is a top drawer match that will give all the MOTY candidates this year a run for their money. That headbutt sequence was just brutal. Elsewhere, the card was very solid overall, and I particularly enjoyed the [...]
My name is Cemal Atila and I am running a dance school based here in Istanbul. Beside Latin, Turkish and Flamenco dances, we mainly focus on Greek folk dances with concerns to learn and teach Greek folk dances in their most original form. Beside technical lessons, we organize regular Greek dance nights every Friday and [...]