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26th Annual Jewish Music Fest with Yemen Blues
Fervent Blues, Haunting Songs: The 26th Annual Jewish Music Festival Transforms Traditions from Yemen to Cuba as Premier Platform for New Jewish Music, March 5㬉, 2011 It started with a knock on Festival Director Eleanor Shapiro's door. There stood Avner Yonai, an Israeli businessman who had searched record bins and archives from Buenos Aires, Warsaw, and ...
Newport Goes Nonprofit, Not for Nothing
Last summer, founding producer George Wein said he wanted to find a way to keep his two legacy music festivals going well into perpetuity. This week, Wein, 85, in his sixth decade as a festival producer, made good on it. The Newport Jazz Festival, which began in 1954, and the Newport Folk Festival, which started five ...
Piano Lessons for Baby Boomers Now Online
Educator and accredited piano instructor Edward Weiss has recently updated his unique online piano course. It's designed to take anyone from zero to piano composer in less than 30 days—especially those 50 years of age or older. And even better, it's all done over the internet in the privacy and ease of one's home. Almost everyone ...
Newport Jazz & Folk Festivals Go Non-Profit Under Newport Festivals Foundation
Famed Newport Jazz & Folk Festivals Go Non-Profit NEWPORT, RI, January 25, 2011—The famed Newport Jazz Festival® and Newport Folk Festival ®, held in Newport, RI, since 1954 and 1959 respectively, have returned to their original roots as non-profit events. The Festivals will now be produced under the umbrella of Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., a newly-formed ...
The 3rd Annual "We Are One Jazz Project" in Concert
Project partners Howard Rees, (founder of Howard Rees' Jazz Workshops, Canada's oldest independent Jazz school), and Marilyn Field (founder of the DAREarts Foundation, well-known for its work in empowering children), proudly present a creative and timely solution to the issue of disappearing arts programs in schools. After four months of weekly rehearsals in Scarborough Junior Public ...
They Still Call It Jazzfest
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival yesterday announced the lineup for the 2011 edition. The festival will run the weekends of April 29-May 1 and May 5-8. In New Orleans, they still refer to the event as JazzFest. Here is a partial list of the hundreds of major attractions.Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Kid ...
Wilco's Solid Sound Fest 2011
JUNE 24-26, MASS MOCA, NORTH ADAMS, MA; TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 AT 11 AM EST Wilco's Solid Sound Festival, an intimate three day celebration of music, comedy, art and community, returns to MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA June 24㬖. Envisioned by Wilco and presented in collaboration with MASS MoCA, America's largest center ...
New Orleans Jazzfest: Arcade Fire, Boni Jovi, Buffet, Wilco
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival today announced the music lineup for the 2011 Festival scheduled for April 29—May 1 and May 5. With twelve stages of virtually every style of roots music, Jazz Fest presents one of the entertainment world's most diverse music lineups, including its unparalleled showcase of Louisiana's unique culture. Hundreds of ...
Headliners Announced for 2011 10th Edition of Xrijf
Producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona today announced five headliners for the 10th Edition of theXerox Rochester International Jazz Festival to be held June 10-18, 2011. Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole will perform on opening night, Friday June 10. The Fab Faux (a Beatles tribute band) plays Saturday June 11. Bela Fleck & The Original Fleckstones performs ...
Coachella 2011: Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Kanye West
The 12th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is set for Friday, April 15, Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17 at the beautiful Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA and the 2011 line-up includes headlining performances from Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon. While music serves as the centerpiece for Coachella, this year's ...
