MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Aug 16, 2011

New streaming, cloud services changing the way we discover, listen to and ... Plain Dealer "It works out to roughly the cost of one album a month, for an amazing amount ofmusic," he said. "It's a no-brainer." Granted, you might not find everything you're looking for on Spotify. Songs by the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and other artists ... See all stories on this topic » Plain Dealer

Jay Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne – CD Album Review WhatCulture! However Kanye's obsession with auto tune doesn't seemed to have dulled since the atrocious '808s and Heart breaks' and this song would have benefitted from a more suitable bridge for the chorus instead of his dreadful auto tune singing. ... See all stories on this topic »

CCP to host first international jazz festival GMANews.TV They also performed “I Remember April" by Gene de Paul, a song introduced in 1942 in the Abbott and Costello's comedy “Ride 'em Cowboy" that featured Ella Fitzgerald. CCP Artistic Director and Vice President Chris Millado enthused: “Someone said jazz... See all stories on this topic » GMANews.TV

Dream with Jackie Evancho Philippine Star I have lately noticed that while he continues to be involved in recording a lot of artists, producing and arranging a song or two, Foster took total control of her album. That means not only producing all of the songs but also arranging and playing ... See all stories on this topic »

German cellist hits artists' obsession with perfection Inquirer.net Mezzo-soprano Clarissa Ocampo and flutist Christopher Oracion will join baritone Andrew Fernando and pianist Mary Anne Espina in the Balay Kalinaw concert on July 22. Ocampo has a unqiue debut album titled “Cradle Songs,” a collection of art songsand ... See all stories on this topic » Inquirer.net

CD reviews: June and Jean Millington, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Olga MassLive.com (blog) Rosanne Cash, Exene Cervenka, Emmylou Harris, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Sam Phillips, Pam Tillis, Lucinda Williams, Cassandra Wilson and Patti Scialfa are just a few of the “queens” who offer their talent to this very strong 14-song set. ... See all stories on this topic » MassLive.com (blog)

Freedom Festival to bring musicians to Belgrade Belgrade News ... Freedom Festival concert with Tim Ryan, singer, artist and songwriter who written top-sellingsongs for top artists like Phil Vassar, George Strait, Randy Travis, Don Edwards and Red Steagell. Ryan has a long-awaited new music CD titled “Desperados ... See all stories on this topic »

Some fun at the Heritage Music BluesFest Pittsburgh Post Gazette Candye Kane was next, with a rousing show full of blues-belting, sly humor and her tender-tough approach to life -- and her music. She worked her way through a set that inlcuded songs from her new CD, "Sister Vagabond" -- "Love to Love You" and "Sweet ... See all stories on this topic »

Touching Bass: Synkro & Indigo The Independent (blog) With Biome, It's nothing like his stuff where his music has been really aggressive, this is really downtempo and it's called 'Swan'. #10 is me and we've just compiled the CD compilation and that's 2 CDs with loads of brand new artists that have never ... See all stories on this topic »

The greatest time of their lives... Kent News It involves the youngsters taking part in a song-writing competition while at the same time falling in love. Thirty-three hit songs from artists such as Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran and Billy Fury make up the score. ... See all stories on this topic » Kent News

Björk: 15 Years Pitchfork Media You had A-side songs and B-side songs; I always loved the first song on side B. And there's nothing wrong with that. Prog albums of the 70s adapted to that format very much. But not all musicians want to create 45 minutes of music that has to be ... See all stories on this topic » Pitchfork Media

Apple iPod Review Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows When you turn on the iPod, the optionally backlit display presents a list of choices, which include Playlists, Artists, Songs, Settings, and About. To choose an option, you dial the disc with your thumb, clockwise or counterclockwise; a slight clicking ... See all stories on this topic »

CD REVIEW: The Conspirators Ripon Today The foot never goes on the pedal until it has to, the rhythm purrs as the band slink their way effortlessly through the song like a sleeks sports car, before such vehicles got big and obvious and ugly. Having established they're good enough to be Belle ... See all stories on this topic » Ripon Today

Heartsounds – Drifter [Album] Altsounds.com “Uncomfortably Numb” is a song title that's been used many times over, popping up on albums from artists like American singer Butch Walker to Swedish hard rock group Graveyard. Despite this broad use, Heartsounds' song of the same name signals ... See all stories on this topic » Altsounds.com

Vocalist, Dorothy Leigh, Continues the Quest of Pursuing her Dream with the ... PR Web (press release) "Dorothy is a special songbird, who voices her music with power and gusto…. capable of belting out a song with the best of them"… Edward Blanco, Miami-based jazz critic with Ejazznews and All About Jazz, Miami, Fl. "Dorothy Leigh is undiscovered gold ... See all stories on this topic »

Netlabels: Free Music, Totally Legal Jakarta Globe Noor Kamil, Universal Music Indonesia's domestic product supervisor, echoes David's sentiments. Noor says that today's Internet-based media where music fans are acquiring their information on artists naturally lead to illegal downloading tendencies. ... See all stories on this topic » Jakarta Globe

College-bound musician vies for singing title (with video, galleries and ... Livingston Daily In the Livingston Sensation finals, set to begin at 2 pm Sunday at the amphitheater outside the historical Livingston County Courthouse, each of the 12 finalists will sing a song of his or her choice to karaoke accompaniment. Judges will score singers ... See all stories on this topic »

Selena New 2012 Album Confirmed by Father LALATE Now Selena's dad confirms that a new CD will arrive next year. “I own 5 Selena tape masters from pre-EMI times. There's a total of 50 songs. We picked 10 of those songs and we're currently working on refreshing the music. We want to rejuvenate their ... See all stories on this topic »

Hands on with Apple Front Row Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows Like the other modules, Music offers a number of menu items, which have to scroll up from the bottom of the screen. The menu items in Music include Shuffle Songs, Playlists, Artists, Albums,Songs, Podcasts, Genres, Composers, and Audiobooks, ... See all stories on this topic »

Interview: Bourgeois & Maurice So So Gay It's like satire: 'How shit can we make a song?' Did Sadler's Wells embrace the fact you aren't dancers? G: Yeah, totally. Their whole thing, especially with that studio (Lilian Bayliss) with the lights and stuff, isn't really dance in a strict sense ... See all stories on this topic » So So Gay

Magnavite: Don't underestimate the power of mean SouthtownStar It can be hard for us to say something nice about someone. Why is it, though, so easy for us to say something mean about someone? Take these 14 songs. Mean-spirited? Undoubtedly — and some served by some artists and groups with a twist of irony. 1. ... See all stories on this topic »

Weekly News Roundup: Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) StocksandShares.TV The Delux CD will have four exclusive songs from the hip-hop superstars. Nate Jarpe, merchant director of music at Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), said, “It's been an exciting year so far for the musicindustry with some major releases, and we're particularly ... See all stories on this topic »

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