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 [...]
— Patty Griffin , “Children Running Through,” released Feb. 6: Is it any wonder artists from the Dixie Chicks to Emmylou Harris to The Wreckers to Kelly Clarkson have recorded the songs of the fiery-haired singer-songwriter from Nashville? She writes phenomenal words and sings them with a voice so sweet it makes sugar seem like [...]
“I believe that the Chinese Consulate is again seeking to discourage participation by elected officials in the Holiday Wonders show,” said Assemblyman Benjamin in an e-mail statement to The Epoch Times earlier today. “The CCP insists to the world that there is only one China. They seek to drown out alternative voices. They fear [...]
San Francisco s Noise Pop follows up its festival dates and early artist announcement with a number of important updates. Noise Pop Festival badges are on sale now. In addition Noise Pop also announced a number of new confirmed festival performers, strategic partnerships and other festival event details.
Throughout generations, things such as fashion, technology and government change. Another thing that changes significantly is music. Music is a language everyone can listen to, but often in different dialects. It’s pretty rare to find teens today who have 1950s music on their iPods. And you probably wouldn’t hear a retiree jammin’ to Britney Spears. [...]
Diane Keaton and Jon Heder in Mama’s Boy (2007). If it’s true that people are born to do certain things, then Hank Nelken was born to be a moviemaker. Because whether he was filming Bar Mitzvahs as a kid to fund his own short films or editing wedding videos right out of USC Film [...]
Mississauga heavy music act The End will treat fans to a show in Toronto this Thursday. Vocalist Aaron Wolff, guitarists Steve Watson and Andrew Hercules, bassist Sean Dooley and drummer Anthony Salajko are taking to the stage at the Opera House. Chimaira, Kataklysm and Terror are also on the bill. Earlier this year, The End [...]
Cortney Harding, N.Y. London-based rock duo the Kills thought they could cope with recording their latest record in the urban jungle of Los Angeles, but gave up after only a few weeks and split for the wilds of Benton Harbor, Mich. The far-flung studio had served as their home when they recorded their previous [...]
In addition to lending his singular style of fusing Pop music with electronic music, in what has become a recognized industry standard, as in the arrangements of the tracks “Los Que Se Aman”, by Ricardo Montaner and Adrian Posse, previously recorded by the duet of Servando and Florentino, and “Tengo Miedo”, co-written by Montaner [...]
A Large, Widely Varied Field Full Of Healing Possibilities By Jessica Wasmund Music Therapy 12/16/2007 - jwasmund@post-journal.com After World War I, thousands of musicians — both amateur and professional — would travel to Veteran’s hospitals across the country playing music for the wounded soldiers. As the doughboys began to recover from both the physical and [...]