Results for "Michael Ricci"

ASCAP Serenades Smokey

May 25, 2009

Crooner to be honored at annual kudos Smokey Robinson will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers at its 22nd annual kudos gala at the BevHilton on June 26. Robinson, who will be feted with the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award, received the org's Founders Award in 1988. ASCAP will also ...

Bobo Stenson Interview

May 25, 2009

Dianne Reeves Pitch Perfect in Opening Night at Bellevue Jazz Fest

May 25, 2009

Designed to be a large-scale, high impact, civic ritual befitting a burgeoning metropolis, the Bellevue Jazz Festival opened Friday night with a headline show that equaled its intentions when vocalist Dianne Reeves delivered what should turn out to be the most memorable performance of the festival. A widely celebrated singer with the celebrity heft and the ...

Protecting Cultural Norms: How We Project the Present onto the Future

May 25, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Let's be clear... In our discussions regarding the traditional album and its future, one might come to the conclusion that some of us think that there will no longer be albums or, at the very least, if you were actually reading, that it's not apparent to some of ...

Susan Boyle Secures a Spot on 'Britain's Got Talent' Finals

May 25, 2009

Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who took the Internet by storm with her performance of “I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables returned to Britain's Got Talent Sunday night with another Broadway show tune, this time “Memory" from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. At the end of the show, Boyle was named a finalist, winning ...

Fleetwood Mac at Anaheim's Honda Center

May 25, 2009

The band, still potent although a bit weather-worn and missing Christine McVie, revisits 'Rumours' and 'Tusk' during a sprawling show. Fleetwood Mac, the American-British powerhouse behind one of the bestselling albums of all time, is rock's greatest example of the good gained from ignoring every bit of sage advice known to humans about love and relationships. ...

Sly Stone Interviewed on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic

May 25, 2009

Sly Stone Interviewed on KCRW: Discusses Doris Day, Terry Melcher, Charles Manson and “Que Sera Sera." Sly Stone was interviewed by Chris Douridas on Morning Becomes Eclectic this morning, and though there were a few missed opportunities -- we want to know about his archives and unreleased stuff, and didn't think it necessary to dwell so ...

Jay Bennett Ex-Member of Wilco Dies

May 25, 2009

Jay Bennett, a singer and songwriter who was a former member of the alternative-country band Wilco, died early on Sunday in Urbana, Ill., where he lived. He was 45. The cause was undetermined. According to a statement posted on undertowmusic.com, the Web site of his management company, Mr. Bennett died in his sleep. Edward Burch, a ...

Lea Delaria to Perform in Belleville on Saturday, June 20

May 25, 2009

Singer, actress and comic Lea DeLaria, a native of Belleville, IL, will return to her hometown on Saturday, June 20 to perform for the Metro East Pride festival. DeLaria started her show business career as a stand-up comic, and has gone on to utilize her acting and singing talents in cabaret, Broadway, one-woman shows, ...

Live on the Levee Once Again Snubs Jazz and Blues

May 25, 2009

The lineup of free concerts for the 2009 Fair St. Louis and Live on the Levee series has been announced by presenting organization Celebrate St. Louis, and once again, our town's indigenous musical forms of jazz and blues have been snubbed. To be fair, the organizers did make some small progress this year in ...