The daughter of political exiles who fled Santiago for Paris during the oppressive rule of Augusto Pinochet, Ana Tijoux — born Anamaria Merino in France in 1977 — previously fronted the Chilean rap group Makiza before striking out on her own a decade ago. Read full article >>
Music is, it seems, the point of disconnect for many cultures. Once upon a time, I lived in London. My musical frame of reference has been shaped by radio stations playing indie, R&B, rhythm-driven, pop, rock, jazz, acid jazz, Brit-pop, metal, alternative, punk, dance, and electronic heaven.
Nostalgia reigned during Friday night's double bill of acid rock, blues, and jazz.
LATEST NEWS: Kawabata Makoto pulled out of the tour due to health problems, so he’s not playing. DJ Urine (France) and Kawabata Makoto (Japan – of ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE) Supporting acts: Jerk Kerouac (Harsh noise) https://www.facebook.com/jerkkerouac Upstart Inc. (Free Jazz) Space Gambus Experiment (TBC) (Experimental/Improv/Noise/etc.) https://www.facebook.com/pages/SPACE-GAMBUS-EXPERIMENT ...
Hard to wrap my mind around the fact that as of yesterday, Michael Brecker has been dead for five years, now. With over 900 recordings to his name, it's damned near impossible to avoid that singular sax sound of his whether the music is funk, rock, mainstream jazz or fusion jazz. Moreover, I find that more and more of the current crop of sax players are drawing major elements of their style from ...
Launches Webdoc Embeddable Widgets for Each ServiceCannes, France (PRWEB) January 30, 2012 Webdoc, the most expressive way to share your passions online through the creation of rich media posts, has today announced integrations with SoundCloud, Songkick, and Topspin. First revealed at Midem 2012, the trio of new services provide a significant boost to Webdoc’s audio and music offering; providing ...
I’ve heard of it raining cats and dogs, acid rain and making it rain…but never cake rain. For a select few at Tuesday night’s Utah Jazz game, cake has fallen on them as fast as the Jazz in the Western Conference playoff standings. During a timeout the Jazz PR crew was attempting to hand a longtime season ticket holder a cake. Such is normal customs in America on the day of your birth. With a guy ...
February is typically a busy month in the live-music world, a time when arenas, theaters and clubs climb out of the post-holiday doldrums. This year, February has an extra day, which means a month that already was brimming with live-music opportunities is 24 hours fatter with choices and opportunities.
Ang Tigbuhat brought his family to the classical guitar concert at the Marcelo B. Fernan Press Center. The concert featured Tomonori Arai and Gen Matsuda, The Cebu Classical Guitar Ensemble, Franco Maigue and Monching Carpio. Not his whole family was there. His eldest son should have been there if only because he plays the guitar. But the word “classical” turned him off. His artistic life is for ...
R&B singer Trey Songz, whose hits include "Bottoms Up" (featuring Nicki Minaj) and "Can't Be Friends," launches a U.S. tour with a show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at The State Theatre at PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland. Also on the horizon: Jim Brickman's Romanza Tour Feb. 11 at the Canton Palace Theater and Peter Frampton's Comes Alive 35! Tour Feb. 22 at the Akron Civic Theater.
Pumping with the lifeblood of humanity, the International Boardwalk in Redondo Beach acts as a main artery connecting the pier to the harbor. A stroll along this eclectic oceanfront strip can be both dazzling and challenging with myriad sights, sounds, and smells bombarding the senses.
Quello appena trascorso è stato - nonostante tutto - un anno felice per il Blue Note. Così, non c'è da stupirsi se il club di via Borsieri ha deciso di riaprire l'attività dopo le feste natalizie ospitando di nuovo il contagioso, solare e, perché no,
This week gives us a nice chance to get a feel of Ukraine’s folk rock. One of the oldest bands in Ukraine, Mandry, will perform in Docker’s ABC on Jan. 27.
While it may have "not intended for human consumption" on the label, authorities say Jazz, like the recently banned K-2, is a synthetic marijuana -- often used to get high.
at the clubs Topeka 39TH STREET BAR & GRILL, 555 S.W. 39th: Simply Driven, 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3; Strictly Alice, a tribute to Alice Cooper, with Strictly Wicked, 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4; Super Bowl party with chili and soup cook-off, 5:30 p.m.
Zak Bagans has joined Lords of Acid founder Praga Khan on a new electronic music album. It will feature voices from spirits that Zak has ...
A decade in the making, Kounterclockwise unveils its debut effort, "Daylight Savings Time," with a CD release show at Myxx. Also, prog-rock act Turn Up the Stereotypes brings its epic soundscape to Bela Dubby.
British turntable artist DJ Yoda will deliver a dancefloor-igniting DJ and audio-visual set in the World Bar on Thursday, January 19, from about 10pm. read more
A summer's journey to Mississippi and Tennessee provides the inspiration for February's exhibition, Untold Stories: Searching for Dignity on the Freedom Rider Trail, at the Gallery 625 show opening on Friday in Woodland.
"Thank you very much, you make me feel so wonderful. It's been a pleasure being here but I really must go now, it's so hot."—clifford brown at the end of his final performance, june 25, 1956. jazz history is full of personal tragedies; so many of the greats who for various reasons, left us far too soon. For some of these legends, the last music they made adds a poignancy to their deaths. It ...
