Calendar F S S M T W T 21222324252627View CalendarContribute eventseMail this story | print this story Zoom - Remembrance’, a mixed media collection by artist Carolynne W. Miller, will be on display from Dec. 13 through Jan. 31, 2008 in the City Gallery at the Costick Center at 28600 Eleven Mile Road in [...]
Not until Dawson heard from his manager later in the morning did he learn what that meant: Shiny Toy Guns’ debut “We Are Pilots” had snagged a Grammy nomination for best electronic/dance album alongside the Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Justice and Ti sto. “I didn’t think we had taken anything to that level,” Dawson [...]
Baltimore Consort, 7 p.m. Saturday, Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 E. Market St., Bethlehem. Suggested donation: $12. A reception follows the concert. Info: http://www.baltcons.com .
Jaqu DuPr e, one of the lead vocalists of Casselberry, brings to her audience a rich legacy of musical genres. Drawing on a background of gospel, folk, and country music, her songs encompass a “down home” spirituality coupled with a deep appreciation for the Gullah narrative, a bridge to her African roots. DuPr e’s [...]
Like the author Peter Newman, I always have music playing when I write. He likes jazz. I Iike classical music. As I write, I am listening to CBC Radio’s annual broadcast, Joy to the World , a European-produced, 12-hour, Christmas musical tour of Europe.
As the man, the myth and the legend that is Dewey Cox, John C. Reilly gives one of the best performances of his career, which says a lot given the plethora of parts he’s played in the past. The key to it is that he plays every scene in the movie with the seriousness of [...]
20 Dec 2007 Desire Rites - Sieben Matt Howden gets better and better. ‘ Desire Rites ‘ begins with fantastic layering of violins plucked, bowed and otherwise abused: it’s a brooding and edgy form of beauty that anyone who heard 2003’s ‘ Sex and Wildflowers ‘ will be familliar with. And then halfway through [...]
“When I get off that stage, I’m sweating! I don’t think about makeup and trying to be all cute, or about my feet being dirty or my pantyhose being ripped. I’m coming to give you a show and to give you the nitty-gritty. I don’t need 15 background singers and dancers on stage to [...]
“Our goal has always been to push kids towards it, have them think about school music programs, but also form bands outside the traditional music and choir settings,” said founder Dennis Graham. “I want to have them say, ‘Oh, wow. A lot of genres are covered here,’ you know.
Founded by guitarist Rick Cyge and flutist Lynn Trombetta, Meadowlark melds new age, folk and contemporary acoustic music with Celtic, African and Mediterranean influences. This intriguing husband and wife duo have performed with some of the most notable contemporary musicians, opening for both Acoustic Alchemy and David Lanz at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing [...]