A sold-out crowd of sharp-dressed music lovers was treated to a second big dance last night as My Morning Jacket took the stage to open their two-night, Under the Sea -themed residence at Athens, Georgia’s famed 40 Watt Club...
Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:01:03 -0600 by @ Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:01:03 -0600 Columbian - Dierks Bentley spent his first two albums stamping his freewheeling personality onto a variety of country music styles, from traditional honky tonk to spirited bluegrass to...
Six Utah County students are among 33 Utah recipients of scholarships through the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program: Shannon Babb of Highland; Brooke C. Lasky of Highland; Trevor L. McIntosh of Lindon; Noelle L...
Some months ago we learned that Coke-darling Jack White had done the Art Brut thing and formed a[nother] band, this time with singer-buddy Brendan Benson and two guys from the Greenhornes...
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George Colligan, an award-winning composer (Chamber Music America/Doris Duke Foundation grant recipient) and player (winner, Jazzconnect.com Jazz Competition), draws fans with his zesty sideman work with players like Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Buster W...
In some musical genres, such as jazz and blues, even more freedom is given to the performer to engage in on a basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework...
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died Saturday. He was 69.
Fender, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2006, died at noon at his Corpus Christi home with his family at his bedside, said Ron Rogers, a family spokesman.
Over the years, he grappled with drug and alcohol abuse, was treated for diabetes and underwent a kidney transplant.
Power, Place and People: African American and Indigenous Stories at Spencer Art Museum The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas will display an exhibition titled "Power, Place and People: African American and Indigenous Stories" as part of a...
I described the music world of the 18th century, when composers we now call but the concept of classical music didn't exist. Music wasn't considered a deeply serious art, and musical performances were mostly entertainment...
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Pretoria - He is a little shy and stays close to his mother for most of the time, but Willie the first koala born in Africa can now be seen by the public...
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