Star-studded concert sings praises of many cultures
Songs of the Spirit 2007 is a monster concert that comes in peace. And love. And understanding. At 7:30 p.m.
Latin Grammy nominees share their stories
Bachata icon Juan Luis Guerra scored this year with a pop and tropical smash. “La Llave de Mi Corazon,” a quirky bilingual tune that starts off about an online romance, spent four weeks at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs. The song is the title track to Guerra’s first EMI Televisa album. “I started [...]
Sackville’s new Cultural Capital co-ordinator up for the challenge
“When they put together the plan and the layout for the Cultural Capitals application back in 2006, it was an incredibly ambitious project and now, having been given the honour of being able to realize it, it takes a fair amount of work. . . . to take what the overall hopes and dreams were [...]
Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo
At age 16, Jason Gorman had a terrifying decision: Finish high school in Long Beach, or venture to Las Vegas for a shot at joining one of the world s most popular dance shows Lord of the Dance. I was scared out of my mind, admitted Gorman. He had no professional showbiz experience at that [...]
Niche, but the show goes on
As KN Suntook, the man who runs the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) at Mumbai and is its vice-chairman, puts it, “to say that this genre is elitist is stupid. This is the golden age of accessibility. The Internet has made listening to classical music so easy,” he said. “When I was in [...]
Guthrie and Irion concert
Born to Woody and his second wife, dancer Marjorie Mazia, Arlo was destined to follow in his father’s musical footsteps, but these were large shoes to fill and Arlo took his music in a different direction. The generation of traditional ballad singers of the 1950s was on the way out and the new crop [...]
Big shows, big names, small cost
In fact, Brooks will be in Kansas City, Mo., to perform his last of nine sold-out performances on Nov. 14 at the same time the Illinois audience will be viewing the country legend. It’s not magic or illusion; it’s part of the alternative in-theater movement that has had cinemas ready to splurge on the [...]
POP thrives in uncertain times
We all know the music industry is a mess. The album format may be going the way of the woolly mammoth, possibly taking the major labels with it. Concert tickets cost too much, and with the Web encouraging a million little niche markets, no one soundtrack is inspiring a generation. We’ve come so far, [...]
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
“Both of them are masters of developing their own language. For instance, you won’t be able to pull out pirouettes, a grand ronde de jambe or a fourth position the movement structure is so specific to the choreographers and to the music. Children is a remarkable shorthand that the two developed between themselves when [...]
Only for the “Nerdcore”
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