NYT > MusicMusic: Death Cab Is Up for the Long Haul Fri, 16 May 2008 17:12:52 -0000
“Narrow Stairs,” an unsettling, confident album, reaffirms Death Cab for Cutie as an increasingly rare thing: a career rock band.
Music: Philharmonic and the Man Who Got Away Fri, 16 May 2008 17:14:46 -0000
Some musicians feel jilted by Riccardo Muti, even with Alan Gilbert on the way.
Music: Aria! Action! Making Opera a Director’s Art Sat, 17 May 2008 16:06:18 -0000
A DVD offers a fascinating glimpse of an important moment in operatic history now vanished.
NPR Topics: MusicNew Music: Can Scarlett Johansson Sing? Tue, 20 May 2008 08:46:00 -0400
Esquire music critic Andy Langer discusses this week's fresh album releases, including new discs from a certain actress covering Tom Waits, the married couple Mates of State, the much-buzzed-about Brits Ting Ting, rapper Bun B and more.
Jazz in Bloom: May Flowers Mon, 19 May 2008 15:35:00 -0400
Everyone knows the expression, "April showers bring May flowers." The beauty of flowers inspires songs of color, happiness, love, and passion, with a hint of the summer yet to come. In honor of the season, here's a small bouquet of jazz with a floral flair.
((Sounder)): 'Those Days Were Good Days (as Days Sometimes Are)' Mon, 19 May 2008 15:02:00 -0400
The music of ((Sounder)) is filled with resignation and uncertainty. Life may be good, but it's likely to go bad... and get worse before it gets worser. No one has the answers or knows where to find them. The world and everything in it will eventually end. The band scores these themes with appropriately gloomy, experimental noise-rock. But they complicate the mix by throwing in some jangly, uptempo sing-alongs, all of which makes their latest CD, Good Things Come and Go Like Bad Things an intriguing listen.
www.tennessean.com - Rss-News-Music Industry newsRecording Academy Block Party lets folks network, hear new music Thu, 15 May 2008 20:59:00 -0500
The Nashville chapter of the Recording Academy hosted its 10th annual Block Party in Owen Bradley Park this week, as a special event for its members and their guests.
Vassar, Messina to kick off CMA festival Thu, 15 May 2008 21:00:00 -0500
The Country Music Association announced that Phil Vassar and Jo Dee Messina will officially kick off the CMA Music Festival June 5, with performances at the Greased Lightning Daytime Stages in Riverfront Park. Other additions to the daytime lineup include Bo Bice, Mindy McCready, Jason Michael Carroll and Jack Ingram. Performers already announced include Keith Anderson, Luke Bryan, Jake Owen and Emerson Drive. Individual tickets for the daily Greased Lightning shows are $16 and can be purchased at the gate the day of the show.
Universal Music Group settles in to downtown digs Fri, 09 May 2008 04:03:00 -0500
The staff at Universal Music Group Nashville never knew saving money could look so good.
Village Voice MusicPlease Stop Belittling Toby Keith Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400
He may be the greatest artist of the '00s. Don't tell the Dixie Chicks. (By Chuck Eddy)
Foxy Brown Wimps Out on Brooklyn's Don Diva Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Inga Marchand blows a chance for real insight into both the world's insanity and hers (By Raquel Cepeda)
Flight of the Concords: Total Stud Muffins, Apparently Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Chicks evidently love clueless, deadpan, schlubby guys. Which is good news for us all. (By Rob Harvilla)
Rolling Stone: FeaturesPeaceful, Uneasy Feeling Tue, 13 May 2008 09:20:17 -0700
How the Eagles, the kings of Seventies California rock, stopped feuding, recorded their first album in 30 years and landed at the top of the charts
• Photos: The Eagles Onstage from the Seventies and Beyond
• Eagles: The Essential Album-By-Album Guide
Two hours before showtime at the 02, London's state-of-the-art big venue for music, Don Henley is answering e-mail in his dressing room on a laptop and watching political talk shows from America on his other computer, which is hooked up to a large HD television screen. Sweating off an attack of bronchitis, he is wearing a fat woolen hat pulled down to his eyebrows, a long...
Eagles: The Essential Album-By-Album Guide Mon, 12 May 2008 12:07:08 -0700
From the early days to "Eden" with breaks and make-ups in between, four decades of classic California rock
EAGLES (1972)
Key Tracks: "Take it Easy," "Witchy Woman," "Peaceful Easy Feeling"
Quick Take: Bringing together several strains of lily-white Sixties Southern California pop — the Beach Boys' harmonies, the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield's folk-rock, Poco and the Flying Burrito Brothers' mix of rural country and back-to-nature hippie music — the Eagles fashioned a sound on their debut that was so doggone easy to listen to, there was absolutely no reason not to like it. Breezy...
2008's Most Anticipated Shows and Festivals Thu, 15 May 2008 12:55:17 -0700
Jimmy Buffett
Through October 25thTickets $30-$226
Photo:Getty
"I have no problem playing 'Margaritaville' for the 700,000th time,"
says Buffett, who's hewing to tradition by breaking out his "Big Eight"
hits. "There...
Ultimate-Guitar.Com [News]Suidakra Was 'Absolutely, Positively Surprised' At Reaction From U.S. Fans Tue, 20 May 2008 13:28:11 -0000
Big thanks to everybody who attended Chicago Powerfest and one of the six Paganfest USA West Coast dates to witness our first live appearance.
Blur's 'Parklife' Album Art Venue To Close Tue, 20 May 2008 12:46:59 -0000
Walthamstow Stadium, the greyhound racing venue in London where much of the artwork for Blur's 'Parklife' album was shot, is set to close in August.
Thy Majestie: Tracklist Revealed And New Song Online Tue, 20 May 2008 12:41:27 -0000
Doesn't good come with bad? At least in case of Thy Majestie, it does
Bad news is that the release date of our new album is postponed until the 1st of September 2008.
Y! Music Unlimited Top Songs#1: Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis Sun, 18 May 2008 23:08:19 -0000
(C) 2007 Syco Music.
#2: Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis Sun, 18 May 2008 23:08:19 -0000
(C) 2008 J Records.
#3: No Air - Jordin Sparks Sun, 18 May 2008 23:08:19 -0000
(C) 2007 19/Jive/Zomba.
#4: 4 Minutes - Madonna Sun, 18 May 2008 23:08:19 -0000
(C) 2008 Warner Bros..
#5: Love Song - Sara Bareilles Sun, 18 May 2008 23:08:19 -0000
(C) 2007 Epic.
#6: Low - T-Pain Sun, 18 May 2008 23:08:19 -0000
(C) 2007 Poe Boy/Atlantic.
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