Results for "Michael Ricci"

Vieux Farka Toure Announces April U.S. Tour & World Cup Performance!

March 27, 2010

VIEUX FARKA TOURE TO PERFORM AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICK-OFF CELEBRATION CONCERT IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA ON JUNE 10, 2010 VIEUX ALSO RETURNS TO THE US FOR APRIL TOUR On Thursday, June 10, Vieux Farka Toure, the Malian guitarist/singer/songwriter and appointed “African guitar hero," will perform at the first-ever FIFA World Cup Celebration Concert in ...

Broadway's 'Come Fly with Me' Gives Voice to Frank Sinatra

March 27, 2010

It's hard to imagine a Broadway show delivering a more dazzling combination of talent than Come Fly With Me (* * * out of four), the Frank Sinatra tribute that opened Thursday at the Marquis Theatre. Conceived, choreographed and directed with characteristic dynamism by Twyla Tharp, this homage features the spine-tingling arrangements of Sinatra's best-loved recordings, ...

AllAboutJazz-New York April 2010 Issue Now Available!

March 27, 2010

Whoever decides such things, it's nice that Jazz Appreciation Month happens in April. After a long winter of hibernation, that the emerging masses are encouraged to spend part of their spring listening to jazz can only be a good thing (now let's get more clubs out of the basements). And as the warmer weather approaches, that ...

Playing Banjo Eased Oscar Stress for Steve Martin

March 27, 2010

Steve Martin says playing the banjo helped prepare him for his Oscar-hosting gig. The 64-year-old actor-writer-musician says performing live with the Steep Canyon Rangers made him feel comfortable on the Kodak Theatre stage at the Oscars. Martin says he wasn't sure why he wasn't nervous before co-hosting the March 7 Oscars with Alec Baldwin, but a ...

Fab Faux Set 4/11 Benefit for West Babylon Elementary School

March 27, 2010

The Fab Faux Set NY Benefit Concert for Elementary School Destroyed by Fire 4/11 Event for West Babylon's South Bay Elementary School on Long Island to Also Feature The Hogshead Horns and Creme Tangerine Strings Fab Faux Drummer Pagano Gives Back to His Hometown The Fab Faux have confirmed an April 11th Benefit Concert for West ...

Dorothy Thompson, Force Behind Noted Hula Festival in Hawaii, Dies

March 27, 2010

Dorothy “Auntie Dottie" Thompson, who helped found and direct the Merrie Monarch Festival, Hawaii's most prestigious showcase for hula, died March 19 in Hilo after a long illness. She was 88. Thompson and George Na'ope cofounded the festival in 1964 with the intention of boosting tourism and cultural pride. Na'ope died in October at 81. The ...

Cuneiform Bands on Tour: April 2010

March 27, 2010

AHLEUCHATISTAS March 27-28 - Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN March 31 - Sinister Noise - Rome, Italy April 1 - Jarmusch Clube - Caserta, Italy April 2 - Black House Blues - Avellino, Italy April 3 - Palmetta - Terni, Italy April 4 - TBA - Italy April 5 - Clandestino - Faenza, Italy April ...

Rob Mazurek - Special

March 27, 2010

Under Your Skin Interviews: Goran Bregovic, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira & Jaqee

March 27, 2010

Goran Bregovic interview. Airto Moreira & Flora Purim interview Jaqee interview These interviews are part of the book project “Under your ...

New iTunes Rules Complicate iPad Magazine Opportunities

March 27, 2010

Apple this week revised the terms of service for its iTunes software, adding a new feature to send apps as gifts. However, the new feature comes with restrictions that may limit the flexibility of magazine publishers to market their wares as they see fit. Apple prohibits the gifting of “in-app purchases, in-app subscriptions, [and] upgrades" which ...