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Band Doesn’t Just Play Music

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A band whose members collectively have half a century of musical experience will entertain audiences in New Port Richey this weekend. Bard 4 Life will make one of its frequent appearances at Jilly’s on Saturday, Dec. 22. Jilly’s was the five-piece Bard’s first gig when it began in 2004. […]

By F.C. Lowe The Winchester Star

She earned a doctorate from George Mason University in 1996. She and her husband, James Laster, lived in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1967-1973, during which time she taught methods courses, a children s literature course, and supervised student teachers at Beirut College for Women, now Lebanese American University. The couple moved to Winchester in 1973, […]

Photographer pays tribute to rock stars

By JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Writer 19 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - Deborah Chesher was culling through her old boxes of negatives one day when a random thought crossed the photographer s mind about how young and alive all of the guitar gods of her youth had been.

The sunny side of the street

So he isn t interested in just throwing the book at them. One of the devices that Judge Bidois and I created is what we call a remand contract. This is a deal which the young offender signs up to with the court. The offender might get a job and keep it for three […]

Christchurch artists top the Kiwi pops

Record Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) chief executive Campbell Smith said Christchurch had a reputation for producing quality acts. Hayley Westenra is always very big-selling when she puts a record out and Opshop are working off the back of a very big radio song, while Crawl was a very well-crafted record, he said. […]

The Night Before Burlesque to premiere in Portland

PORTLAND - Vivid Motion, Inc., Portland ’s innovative and kinda quirky dance company, will premiere The Night Before Burlesque, a brand new, brazen holiday dance show, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21-23 and 27-30, at the St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center, 76 Congress St. Vivid Motion, Inc., the company that has delighted Portland audiences […]

50 Cent Solo concert in Moscow

Yesterday 50 cent, one of the best American rap singers gave his the only concert in Moscow. Yesterday December 18 the Khodynskoye Field welcomed the solo concert by the rap singer 50 Cent. At his first solo concert in Moscow the rap singer performed his best hits and songs from his last album Curtis. […]

How the old became new again

John F. Kennedy preferred the Rat Pack to Rachmaninov, but classical music still held enough cultural sway that he (at the urging of the Mrs.) endured evenings at the White House with the day’s cutting-edge composers. It’s hard to picture President Bush making time for photo ops with Arvo Part or Philip Glass; even […]

50 Cent performs concert in Kosovo

“This is my third world tour and how can I call it a tour if I’m not going everywhere,” the Web site quoted 50 Cent as saying. “I came to entertain the world. My ambition is to put on a great show. I’m not a government. I don’t actually want to control the world. […]

Rackham Symphony Choir, jazz and classical musicians energize Too Hot to Handel

By K. Michelle Moran DETROIT It didn t originate in Detroit, but Rackham Symphony Choir s rendition of the musical extravaganza, Too Hot to Handel has become the signature production of this jazz and gospel variation on Handel s classical masterpiece, Messiah. The show which will be staged at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. […]