Available for logged-in reporters only Description The Acoustical Society of America will meet Nov. 27 -Dec. 1 in New Orleans. Topics: the acoustics of everything from tiny practice rooms to massive stadiums; apartment building vibrations; and sound waves under water, in the atmosphere, and in soil; speech intelligibility; sound qualities of jazz instruments; and [...]
The year 1902 had no CDs or DVDs, but it did have arrangers. Into them music publishers poured symphonies, operas, string quartets and oratorios, all to be ground to a consistency suitable for parlor piano.
The Baganda from central Uganda are known for their Baakisimba, Nankasa, Muwogola and Amaggunju dances. The Bakisimba, Nankasa and Muwogola dances originated from the king s palace. It is said that a former Buganda King (Kabaka) greatly enjoyed local brew (tonto) which is made from bananas. During one of the kingdom functions, the king [...]
After giving your fingers a little time to rest, the Guitar Hero brand is back again to dish out the pain in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. With developer Neversoft taking over for the now MTV-owned Harmonix, many fans feared this new studio would break their favorite rhythm game. Fear not. While some [...]
But her rose-tinted view of the capital is somewhat clouded by certain aspects of its music industry, where she says sexist attitudes towards female songwriters still reign. This is one thing that really angers her. “There’s only one other really successful female songwriter in this country and that’s Cathy Dennis,” she says. “And that’s [...]
I can guarantee you that Hendrix 2009 or whatever they decide to call it will suck the life completely out of the rythym game genre. EA will buy up the exclusive rights to the RIAA, and that will be all she wrote. After Hendrix 2009 has done all it can to get EA into [...]
Van Halen fans have been wishing for this for years: a reunion of original frontman David Lee Roth and his former bandmates Eddie and Alex Van Halen. Joining them for the long-in-coming tour is Eddie’s son Wolfgang, on bass guitar. Eddie’s extraordinary guitar playing and Roth’s over-the-top showmanship made the band a legend in [...]
Sat-Mon, Nov. 24-26 The nun from “Late Nite Catechism” solves “The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold,” 8 p.m. Nov. 24, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26, Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave. Tickets: $15-$29.
Mr. Drucker maintains an active solo career in addition to his Philharmonic duties, appearing with ensembles throughout the world. He has been twice nominated for Grammy Awards in the category of Best Instrumental Soloist/Classical with Orchestra: In 1992 for his recording of the Copland Concerto with the Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein, and in 1982 for [...]
This set not only contains material released on the studio albums “On the Corner” (1982), “Get Up With It” (1974) and “Big Fun” (1974) but also 12 previously unreleased tracks, notably the brooding “Mr. Foster” and “Chieftain,” which melds Caribbean rhythms and Near Eastern colorings. There’s a total of more than two hours of [...]