Results for "Michael Ricci"

Detroit Blues Society Establishes Memorial Award for Youth Blues Musicians

April 15, 2009

Detroit Blues Society Establishes Memorial Award for Youth Blues Musicians. DETAILS The award is called THE JAMES S. HENRY YOUTH EXCELLENCE AWARD. It is named in honor of Detroit Blues Society Member and friend, Jim Henry who passed away at the age of 49 in March of 2009. Jim was dedicated to ...

American Apparel Slams Woody Allen's Sex Life

April 15, 2009

A clothing company known for its racy ads is fighting a $10 million lawsuit brought by Woody Allen, arguing that it can't have damaged his reputation by using his image because the film director has already ruined it himself. The 73-year-old Allen started the fight against American Apparel Inc. when he sued the company last year ...

Alessandro Bottura's “Morning Grooves” Featuring the Hit Instrumental Song “Mayday Mayhem"

April 15, 2009

The multi-talented Italian Bass Player Alessandro Bottura has released his brand new CD entitled Morning Grooves, which features his RadioIndy chart-topping single “MayDay Mayhem.” The album contains nine smooth fusion songs of rock, jazz, and pop instrumentals, including another radio favorite “Stern Memories” that has listeners mesmerized when they hear the hard hitting bass playing reminiscent ...

Memories Fading on Vegas icon Liberace

April 15, 2009

A town that lives in the present has little use for its past. We blow up the buildings, rename the theaters and replace the marquees. Of course, at any given time, Las Vegas had performers who in different ways came to symbolize the Las Vegas of a certain period, Old Vegas is best captured by Frank ...

Los Angeles Jazz Collective Spring Collection Festival Friday 4/17 and Saturday 4/18 @ Pasadena Jazz Institute

April 15, 2009

THE LAJC SPRING COLLECTION FESTIVAL The Los Angeles Jazz Collective will be celebrating their first year as an organization with a two day festival featuring performances by its members and guests. Friday, April 17, 2009 8pm Pasadena Jazz Institute at Paseo Colorado 260 East Colorado Blvd. Suite 206 Pasadena CA ...

The Music Melds Mexican and South American Traits with Ongoing European Trends

April 15, 2009

Reporting from Los Angeles and Mexico City -- Growing up in a middle-class home in Mexico City's genteel Coyoacn neighborhood, Camilo Lara watched MTV and listened to the Happy Mondays and the Charlatans, “in my room, very loud." But whenever he drifted into his family's communal living spaces or the kitchen, he'd get a shot of ...

Kyle Eastwood Now

April 15, 2009

Kyle Eastwood, France's #1 Jazz artist release of NOW, offers a cool twist of genre jumping selections that swirl a post-modern jazz sensibility with a hip Euro electronica lounge vibe. Eastwood's Now is an interesting hybrid of style. The title track is the most successful with its addictive chugging rhythms of Manu Katche on drums and ...

Jazzfest Regina 2009

April 15, 2009

Obama Builds Tech Bridge to Cuba

April 15, 2009

What better way to ease relations with Cuba than iPhones, Twitter, and satellite TV? President Obama on Monday unveiled a plan that will allow U.S. residents to send cell phones, computers, satellite receivers, and more to friends and family in Cuba, and also allow U.S. telecom companies to do business in the country. Obama has “directed ...

Genesis: 1970-75 Vinyl Box Set

April 15, 2009

GENESIS, IN THE BEGINNING: GENESIS 1970 - 1975 (6 LP VINYL BOX SET ) In the beginning - there was vinyl. After upgrading the Genesis catalog of studio albums with a trio of comprehensive boxed sets, Rhino brings the band's early years back to their LP origins with GENESIS 1970-1975, a vinyl boxed set that contains ...