But this flood of indistinguishable junk rock only exposes artists that refuse to submit to formula, and this year’s festival was fortunately rife with bands that definitely have something new and interesting to contribute. The best of these was Brooklyn country rockers O’Death.
4:50 p.m. Oct. 20 — The DanzJazz Dance Studio & Entertainment Company will hold its eighth annual dance concert on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the GATE Theatre, Tiyan. There will be a 2 p.m. and a 7:30 p.m. show, and tickets are $10 per adult and $7 per child age 12 younger.
Technical difficulties and poor organization marked the generally spiritless presentation of the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2007, with the exception of a few brilliant moments provided by British rockers The Cure and Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. With a backdrop of torrential rain, the gala was held in the Mexican capital for the [...]
Atlanta is the proud home of artists like Usher, but now the eclectic Georgia city can add new alternative rock band City Sleeps to its list of credits. The five newcomers released their debut album, Not An Angel, last week. Contrary to the band’s heavy metal-hardcore rock look, theyseem to comfortably float between full-on [...]
The event was organized by head coach Mr. Brown, assisted by coaches Mr. Boniface, Mr. Judge, Mr. Laird and Mr. Andichick.
On Oct. 12 and 13, the Smith College campus will be buzzing with excitement. At these times, artists like Amanda Palmer (of the Dresden Dolls), Betty, and JD Samson and Johanna Fateman of Le Tigre will be gracing the stage of John. M. Greene Hall. The occasion is The Smith College Alliance for Alternative [...]
Raising Sand, the collaborative effort of Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and bluegrass diva Allison Krauss, plays like the bedroom negotiations of two aging lovers. Where once Plant’s ballads dripped with post-coital tenderness, here, they soothe the “not tonight, my head hurts” apathy of age. Most of the tracks quietly, slowly, with hints of [...]
SHOWBOAT 1-800-736-1420: In the House of Blues: Queen Latifah is in tonight at 9; $42-$87. In the Orleans Ballroom: “Finnegan’s Wake,” an interactive musical-dinner show, runs through Nov. 25. Call for schedules. $59.99 (includes dinner).
ADRIAN, Mich. — By Atticus Sumner’s estimation, the Cottonwood Cloggers have taught folk dance style to thousands in the organization’s 21 years. Now he hopes the group he founded as a teenager can bring that to even more people by expanding to communities throughout southern Michigan, northwestern Ohio and northern Indiana. “I’ve had this [...]
It has been said that if blues is the more emotional, visceral genre, then jazz is the more methodical, intellectual style of music. But Scofield proved that statement to be blatantly false on Tuesday night. His facial expressions during his solos alone were worth the price of admission. Everyone in the room (if not [...]