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New Orleans Jazz Haunts
There are many wonderful things about New Orleans, and her native music, jazz, is one of the best. Here we celebrate life and death with jazz. Whether it's a jazz brunch on Sunday, a jazz band in a street parade, or a jazz funeral on Friday, there's always jazz to be heard in New Orleans. No ...
Variety to Start Charging for Online Access
Less than three years after opening up its website for free, Hollywood trade paper Variety is closing it back down to admit subscribers only. Starting early next year, most content on Variety.com will be available only to those who subscribe to the Daily Variety newspaper or weekly Variety magazine, or those who pay for a digital ...
FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowskis unsurprising affirmation of support for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of open, unfettered internet access. Too bad it means the days of all-you-can-eat, flat-rate internet access are probably over. Net neutrality sounds like a good idea. After all, its the internets openness to any and all users, applications ...
Leonard Cohen Collapses Onstage
The singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing onstage in Spain. Mr. Cohen fainted during a performance of his song Bird on the Wire in Valencia on Friday night, The Times of London reported. The concert was stopped, and Mr. Cohen, who turns 75 on Monday, was taken to a hospital. He was released early on ...
Emmys: The Envelope Please
2009 Emmy scorecard This year's honorees from the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Nominees in major categories for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards: MUSIC COMPOSITITION FOR A SERIES (DRAMATIC SCORE) Robert Duncan, “Castle" Mark Snow, “Ghost Whisperer" Joe LoDuca, “Legend of the Seeker" (Winner) ...
Arthur Ferrante Half of the Popular Piano Duo Ferrante and Teicher Dies
Their lush orchestral recordings of 1960s movie themes propelled them to popular and commercial success. The classically trained pair met at the Juilliard School in New York. Over the course of their 40-year partnership, Arthur Ferrante and Lou Teicher recorded 150 albums, racking up 22 gold and platinum records and selling 90 million records worldwide, and ...
Leon Kirchner Pulitzer-Winning Composer Dies
In his String Quartet No. 3, Leon Kirchner “set out to produce a meaningful confrontation between the 'new' electronic sounds and those of the traditional string quartet." It marked the first time the Pulitzer Prize went to a piece using electronics. Leon Kirchner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of expressive, rigorous, atonal yet romantic music, died Thursday ...
Internet 'Net Neutrality' Endorsed by FCC Chief
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission today called for more aggressive action to keep online traffic moving freely, proposing two new government policies to prevent telecommunications companies from restricting websites and other services on the Internet. The two new FCC rules would govern how Internet service providers such as AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable ...
Pianist Monika Herzig Discovers Peace on Earth is More Than Just a Dream
World traveler and pianist Monika Herzig releases worldwide distribution of Peace on Earth November 3, 2009 under the Owl Studios label. The journey to musical success wasn’t easy for Monika Herzig. Armed with just a suitcase, guitar and a cup full of dreams, Monika and her guitarist Peter Kienle, immigrated to the US from Germany ...
Beantown Sings the Blues
By Timothy J. O'Keefe The Blues may have been spawned within the African-American communities of the Deep South in the late 19th century, but its influence still permeates our society today. While this music often acknowledges sadness, embraces loss, and speaks of impending dread, buried deep within its core you can sometimes find hope and resolve. ...
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