I Hear America Dancing, and the Sound Is Just Like Tap Shoes
The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular might bring a sneer to the world-weary, but also an unspoken sense of wonder that so many people could be making so many other people happy.
The Metropolitan Diary
Communication with strangers in person, written and phoned-in is the focus of this weeks reader stories.
Julio Bocca exits dance stage in grand fashion
First taught ballet by his mother, Nancy, Bocca also fell in love with tango at a young age. He later founded his own troupe, the Buenos Aires-based Ballet Argentino, in 1990, and provided employment for young dancers. Performing in the Teatro Maipo, a historic, 700-seat theater co-owned by Bocca, the chamber-size troupe has also toured [...]
Blitzen’s Big Band Blitz
Set List “Take a Break Guys” “Dig That Crazy Santa” “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus” “Angels We Have Heard on High” “Jingle Bells” World Cafe , December 25, 2007 - Raised on Long Island, Brian Setzer initially took his inspiration from blues-rock bands, but spent a considerable amount of time as a teenager in jazz clubs [...]
Bass links rock and roll royalty
But it’s in the best hands it could be right now, with McCartney, she said. He takes care of it. He loves it. He keeps it alive. And I would like it to stay with him.
Atlanta Band Holdcell, Redefines The Sound Of Southern Rock & Roll @ Top40-Charts.com
(The score was 42-30, but please note: the Georgia Bulldogs have only managed to win against the Florida Gators 3 times in the last 18 years.) Even with the pain of Bulldog teeth marks on my Gator fan behind, it was undeniable, and it is my job to give true and honest credit where credit [...]
Kansas City blues icon Cotton Candy dies at 76
An icon of the Kansas City blues scene has died. Annetta Cotton Candy Washington passed away early Tuesday morning due to complications from a stroke. She was 76. The coming year would ve been the singer s 40th as a fixture on the local music scene, said Chris Cohick, a saxophonist who regularly played with [...]
Good-natured comedy hits the right notes
Judd Apatow can do no wrong, apparently. Even in taking on a genre parody, the comic mastermind behind Knocked Up and Superbad manages to find fresh laughs again and again. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story , a take-off on the music biopic, hits all the familiar conventions we’ve seen in overly earnest movies like [...]
Celebrate 2007 Finale in Classic Style
The philharmonic group will also play Symphony No. 4 to conclude the series paying homage to the German Romantic composer. Seoul Arts Center is located near Nambu Bus Terminal station on subway line 3. Tickets cost 10,000-100,000 won. Call (02) 3700-6300.
2 days ago Lutherville band kicks it big
‘њNamed after the street where they grew up, Cinder Road were sure to draw attention in their home of Lutherville , Maryland , but it didn’t take them long to earn an audience up and down the East Coast, thanks to intense live shows and constant touring,’ќ wrote a critic for All Music Guide. [...]