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The Beatles Paul McCartney Woes yet a New Generation
Paul McCartney's fab night at Coachella Much ado was made the minute Coachella Music & Arts Festival chief Paul Tollett announced that Paul McCartney would be one of the 2009 headliners. Hes too old, some griped. Coachellas for Gen X and Y, not the dreaded Boomers, others sniped. Hes too populist...hell dull Coachellas hip factor. The ...
Playboy Jazz Festival 2009 Ramps Up
Jazz bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding and soul/funk outfit Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are among the seven acts making their debut appearance at the 2009 Playboy Jazz Festival. Now in its 31st year, the annual festival will be held June 13-14 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Back for his 28th year as master of ceremonies ...
Litchfield Jazz Festival in Connecticut!
The Litchfield Jazz Festival, in the beautiful Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, has been presenting legends and introducing new talent since 1996. Over the years the festival has presented legends like Dave Brubeck, Tito Puente, Ray Charles and Sonny Rollins as well as introduced new talent and fostered the careers of Diana Krall, Brad Mehldau, Jane Monheit, ...
Newport Festivals Lose a Big Sponsor
The Newport folk and jazz festivals lost their corporate sponsorship when JVC, the electronics company, pulled out after running into financial troubles, but organizers have lined up a stellar roster of performers this year anyway. Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, who played the first Newport festival in 1959, are scheduled to perform. Judy Collins and Arlo ...
Jazzfest Regina 2009 Features Mose Allison Trio, Hugh Fraser and Veji
SASKATCHEWAN CANADA - At a press conference today at the Regina Inn, the Regina Jazz Society announced that JazzFest Regina 2009 will feature two legendary artists and their groups as the first two headliner acts for its inaugural festival. Jazz and blues pianist and singer, Mose Allison, who has played and recorded with jazz greats Stan ...
31st Cape May Jazz Fest
31st Cape May Jazz Fest roster includes bluesman James Cotton, Philly legend Odean Pope By Jeff Schwachter “The role of all of us in the group is to motivate each other to grow spiritually and as a group. Spirituality plays a great role in terms of giving each other a spiritual support. This is the thing ...
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Play 50th Anniversary Newport Folk Festival
For its 50th anniversary, the Newport Folk Festival has recruited two artists who took the stage at the inaugural 1959 event: Joan Baez and Pete Seeger. Newer acts like Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, the Decemberists, Neko Case and Breaking artists the Low Anthem will also take part in George Weins Folk Festival 50, scheduled for ...
Rocked by Recession, Music Festivals Are Rolling Over
The shaky economy is rattling the summer music festival. Hard times are forcing some events to cancel or go on hiatus. Coachella seems to be humming right along. In the months leading up to the Southland's premier concert event, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival -- which kicks off its 10th edition in Indio today ...
Jacqui Dankworth Brings a Touch of Class to Southport International Jazz Festival
Jacqui Dankworth has been named as one of the headlining artists to play at the 2009 Southport International Jazz Festival. The festival that kicks of on Friday 29 and runs until Sunday 31 May, grows in statue and reputation each year and this year is no exception. Given her musical pedigree, its no surprise that Jacqui ...
Jazz This Week: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, Sean Jones, John Jorgenson, Medeski Martin and Wood, Flow, Dixie Daredevils, Stan Hale, and More
It's the busiest week so far this year for jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis, with a number of touring artists in town and a schedule of shows representing a wide variety of styles, from traditional jazz and big band to straight-ahead modern jazz to free improv, intermedia and more.Let's go the ...
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