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Ukuleles Have Gone Viral
Mike DaSilva of Berkeley ended his software career to make ukuleles. Now the waiting list for his instruments is more than a year long. YouTube videos, online how-tos and social networking fuel the musical instrument's renewed popularity. Thanks to the Internet, the humble ukulele is pushing its recent popularity well beyond anything that old-time performers Don ...
Herbie Hancock & Lang Lang at Hollywood Bowl
Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang Duo Debut at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic From vastly different musical worlds, two undisputed titans of the keyboard Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang will meet on the Hollywood Bowl stage for a night of explosive pianistic pyrotechnics not to be missed! Hollywood Bowl 2301 North ...
Steely Dan Cool Blast of the 70's, with LP's Spinning
One of Steely Dans three backup singers, Carolyn Leonhardt, symbolically lowered a phonograph needle onto an LP. After a couple of seconds to allow for the silent lead-in groove, this years version of the band started the song “Black Cow," from the album Aja: bass and drums behind the beat, 13th chords from the guitar.
Pirate Bay Deal Surrounded by Hollywood-Style Headaches
Global Gaming Factory says it has the money to buy the file-sharing website. But Grokster ex-President Wayne Rosso quit his consulting post abruptly, and legal issues keep developing. The company that's hoping to turn Pirate Bay into a legal distributor of movies, TV and music says it now has the cash to purchase the online file-sharing ...
Sotomayor Confirmed by Bronx Orchestra
The Senate may not have confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the newest Supreme Court justice, but Symphony Space and Arturo O'Farrill, the jazz musician, seem confident. The performance space has joined with the Bronx Museum of the Arts and R. D. Rice Construction Inc. to commission a piece by Mr. OFarrill to be performed by his ...
Ah! Life on Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade
The new model: Naked girls shill for Guitar Hero? File this one under “best minute of viral marketing ever." A video surfaced on YouTube today called Naked Girls Get Interrupted. It stars four attractive ladies -- and a funny but unfortunate “interruption" from actor-model “Music Steve" -- stripping off ...
The Swing Solution to Perform at a Day of Remembrance, a Tribute to WW II Veterans
The Swing Solution will perform at A Day of Remembrance, A Tribute to WW II Veterans and Members of The Greatest Generation. This is a celebration of the contributions of American Veterans to world peace, their role in the development of this country, and the lifestyle we Americans enjoy to this day. The plan is to ...
New CD Release from Luis Bonilla "I Talking Now"
The trombonist Luis Bonilla hears jazz as playful, rough, cathartic, chaotic, tender, swinging, funky and inherently, demonstrably Latin. At any point in I Talking Now! his quintet usually satisfies at least three of those descriptions at once. Mr. Bonilla, who wrote all the music here and plays in strong percussive blasts and fully articulated bebop phrases, ...
Jann Klose to Tour Ireland and England
Pop singer-songwriter Jann Klose will be performing in Ireland and the UK this August. He performs one show in Galway and two shows in Dublin on the 4th and 5th of August, and then heads over to London, Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Liverpool, and Cambridge. Along the way he'll be performing on local radio and making new ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: David Binney
All About Jazz is celebrating David Binney's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY David BinneyAcclaimed as a considerable and highly individual compositional talent, saxophonist Dave Binney is one of the most prolific young jazz musicians on the scene today. Winning praise from critics and colleagues alike... more
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