MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Aug 30, 2011

'Ghost on the Canvas' review: Glen Campbell pushes past Alzheimer's disease to ... New York Daily News It renders even the most engaged mind remote. Yet from the evidence on Campbell's self-declared swan-song CD, "Ghost on the Canvas," the ravage hasn't had its way with him yet. Campbell's voice sounds gloriously clean on the CD. ... See all stories on this topic »

From music to markets to motorbikes The Province Free, 604-270-1234, www.aberdeencentre.com Seattle's annual music and arts festival features 2500 musicians and artists performing at 20 different stages and venues, plus food and vendor booths. . Seattle Centre, Seattle, WA. . Sept. ... See all stories on this topic »

Concert Bar Baltimore Sun Several Columbia-bred artists and musicians have signed up to help kick off the opening of the City Arts Gallery's "Soulform Caravan" exhibit this Friday, Sept. 2, 5-8 pm, at 440 E. Oliver St. in Baltimore City. Live music will be performed by the rock ... See all stories on this topic »

The music comedians walk on to Chortle It's a rocking song and no one will have heard it in the crowd. It used to easier to do that in Edinburgh but since more and more hipsters are into old heavy metal as a post ironic statement about the music industry, you can't shock anyone with Turbo ... See all stories on this topic » Chortle

Cuba's Rock-Country Band: Extraño Corazon Havana Times But it wasn't so much of a song created with that place in mind. Rather, it's a work dedicated to those who are always on top and never look down at the people below. HT: Since we're discussing some of the titles included on that CD, another of its ... See all stories on this topic »

John McClellan solos in Casper Casper Journal Though the name originally had nothing to do with any politician, a love-song he penned to US Senator Hilary Clinton earned national attention and a mention on Fox News during her 2008 presidential campaign. But to the band, Clinton was was a fictional ... See all stories on this topic »

Mendes recalls 'magical journey' JoongAng Daily What has been the biggest inspiration for your music? Brazil, my country. The rhythms I grew up with, the songs I grew up with, so you know it's my blood. Of course there are other musicians and great singers like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Tony ... See all stories on this topic » JoongAng Daily

Idyllwild could become a premier jazz fest The Desert Sun Her first Riverside County performance of songs from “Melodic” will be Oct. 2 when she and John open for Rolls Royce in Riverside. They will tour the UK in 2012 and release a joint CD in January. Watch for more on these two breakout artists this fall. See all stories on this topic »

Copyright ruling on tech clouds won't affect consumers LSU The Reveille EMI believed users of the service violated the rights of artists when they stored 300 terabytes — more than 70 million songs — of music online. EMI contested the amount of legally obtained data and wanted to see what songs those users had in their ... See all stories on this topic »

Steve Smith: Meat Loaf wants to die onstage Pasadena Star-News Earth, Wind & Fire will also play the North Sea fest before hitting more conventional domesticconcert locales, including a tour-ending date at the LA County Fair on Oct. 2. British rockers Queen will receive the BMI Icon Award at the music song ... See all stories on this topic »

Entertainment calendar for Sept. 1 Lincolnshire Review 5: The Linden String Quartet, currently the Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music. Nov. 19: Pianist Daria Rabotkina, winner of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. April 7, 2012: Musicians from Ravinia's ... See all stories on this topic »

Johnny Clarke – Count Down to Outlook ClashMusic.com A new album is supposedly on the horizon: “I did a song a couple of weeks ago and it'll be available here on 10” vinyl only in the next two weeks. It's called 'Going to a Ball'. Later on it'll come out on CD. At the moment I'm putting an album together ... See all stories on this topic » ClashMusic.com

Songwriters, Help Wake Up Nashville! Nashville.com Music Row's Savannah Music Group is looking for the next big hit. Submit your originalsongs for review by award winning artists and publishers. The top 10 songs selected will be included on a CD and played at the event. The winner will be invited to ... See all stories on this topic » Nashville.com

Visual and Performing Arts at ULM Monroe News Star ... Emmanuel Chabrier, Steven Winteregg, CD Lorenz, and Dr. Boldin's own arrangement of Ralph Vaughan-Williams' Six Studies in English Folk Song. On Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 7:30 pm, the Division of Music is pleased to present two guest artists, Shawn Roy, ... See all stories on this topic »

Malta reveals plans for Baku Eurovision.tv The final 16 songs will be performed in the national final on 28th January, where the winner will be selected by a mix of jury and televoting. The composers, authors andsingers of the winning song will receive prize money totalling 7500 Euros, ... See all stories on this topic » Eurovision.tv

Casey James Talks New Music, Writing With Sugarland's Kristian Bush and Having ... Taste of Country You go, “What's the absolute greatest song that I've got right now? What could I not live without?” And you put that one on there and then you do it again. And you do it again. And you do it again. And at some point you start to build this CD, ... See all stories on this topic »

Mohsen Namjoo: A Controversial Musician's Life in Exile TakePart - Inspiration to Action Often dubbed the country's "Bob Dylan," the singer-songwriter is wildly popular among Iranian youth. Mohsen infuses a traditional Persian style of music with rock and blues. While his songs about growing up in Iran have been embraced by the younger ... See all stories on this topic » TakePart - Inspiration to Action

Album Review: David Guetta – Nothing But The Beat Consequence of Sound Guetta—with a little help from his guest artists—has had almost three decades of experience creating perfect pop songs. Take his remix of Snoop Dogg's “Sweat”, for example: Guetta keeps Dogg's echoing deadpan delivery but replaces an almost dub ... See all stories on this topic »

Mumbai: 82-year-old Harryboy Launches Album of Konkani Hits Daijiworld.com The music album of 12 songs is dedicated to Helen D'Souza. The Song "Sasnacho Vishev Magtam" is dedicated to every Konkani artist, singers, writers who have left their mark on the field of musicduring their lifetime. Ivan Sequeira, Reena D'Souza, ... See all stories on this topic »

Great Scott: The Multifaceted Genius of Bobby Scott JazzTimes Magazine The song, which earned Scott a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Theme, was again featured in the 1961 film version starring Rita Tushingham, and Scott constructed an entire concept album, also entitled A Taste of Honey, around the storyline. ... See all stories on this topic » JazzTimes Magazine

RuPaul's Drag U – Meet the Faculty: Morgan McMichaels Socialite Life I would prefer to shoot the video to accompany the song, if I got a second to do it, LOL! Follow Morgan on Twitter (@morganmcmichael) and see clips of her unforgettable performances on her Facebook page – and don't miss the season finale of RuPaul's ... See all stories on this topic »

Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants to make a movie with you Los Angeles Times Throughout humanity, for thousands of years, communication and storytelling andmusic was a communal thing. Gather around the fire and sing songs and tell a story they heard last week or sing, but this time add a new line to a song everyone knows.... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Main Line Banter "Goodnight Irene" Main Line Although this folk song that made #1 on the charts in 1950 carried the line “I'll see you in my dreams,” many in Hurricane Irene's wake are still recovering from the nightmare of this category 1-churner. She has been blown out a few days now, ... See all stories on this topic »

Laura Moe blends songcraft and stagecraft Twin Cities Planet Moe's vocal brings depth, body to song, rendering Nicks' eerie melody all the more touching. Laura Moe is wonderful with The Travelin' Moburys. So, when word came she was appearing within a comparative stone's throw, in Minneapolis at the Fine Line, ... See all stories on this topic » Twin Cities Planet

N-Dubzs Fazer on their tour DVD, style and Sister Sledge FemaleFirst.co.uk It's all the electronic stuff, so I'm steering away from that and bringing back real musicwith authentic instruments, strings, piano, guitars and I'm making monumental songs. "That's what needs to happen right now, because there are no great songs out ... See all stories on this topic » FemaleFirst.co.uk

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman “When I song-write I'm processing my own thoughts and my dreams. I don't ever confine myself to a genre.” She also doesn't exactly confine herself to her professional pursuits. Music, for now at least, is a part-time gig. She does other work to get by. ... See all stories on this topic »

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