It s the happy result of dudes meeting at (Allston s) the Model Cafe and somebody slurring, We should start a band! said guitarist Adam Ritchie . That was back in 2005, when vocalist Rishava Green and bassist Matt King decided to form a band. In true Lights Out style, drummer Jesse James was [...]
Barbeque, blues and beer were the perfect combination for the ShedHed Blues Festival in Jackson county Sunday. This is the fourth year the event has been held. “We do three things at the Shed. We do beer, barbeque and blues, and this is what this is about. It s about the blues,” said Brad [...]
It was when his family moved to Tijuana a few years later that Santana began his lifelong relationship with the guitar. Early on he emulated his heroes - John Lee Hooker, T. Bone Walker and B.B. King - whom he heard on American radio stations when their signals crossed the border. These days Santana [...]
Country Music Hall of Fame Nashville, Tenn., is the center of the country-music universe, and the city’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum pays homage to the stars of the past. NASHVILLE, Tenn. It’s Friday night at the Bluebird Caf , and waitresses balancing trays overhead deftly squeeze through the tightly packed club [...]
However, despite the changes in voices over time, the sounds and attitudes that have made the group what it is, has remained constant throughout. Armed with only their voices and a few hand percussion instruments traditionally used by African women, Sweet Honey in the Rock is well prepared to take your breath away. For [...]
But the place didn’t really erupt until albino legally-blind Muslim rapper (yeah, take a minute with that) Brother Ali brought his fiery rhymes to the stage.
The only thing more staggering than the two-CD collection s run time of an hour and 30 minutes is the list of musical guests that join Say Anything in telling the tale of Bemis disorder, rehab, love, and music. Pete Yorn , Adam Lazzara , Anthony Raneri , Hayley Williams , Chris Carrabba , [...]
But later I got tired of these kinds of noisy commercial activities. This isn’t what I want,” the pianist reportedly said. But Li said he sees the value of mainstream exposure in promoting classical music. “Classical music activities are non-mainstream activities. We have to appropriately and strategically to let commercial activities in … Not only [...]
The UI Museum of Art is normally filled with silently reflective patrons, but not on Oct. 21. The “Music at the Museum” series, a union of melody and art engineered by the UI School of Music, will fill the gallery with an afternoon of Baroque arias and sonatas. The free performance is open to [...]