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New Oslo Opera House is Really a Stealth Skate Park
Tricked Out The new Oslo Opera House is much more than a temple to the vocal arts. It's a palace of thrash, with as many gnarly facets as the best skate parks. For years, architects have gone to great lengths to protect their buildings from marauding skaters. But as aesthetic trends move toward folded ...
Oakland's Fox Theater
Oakland To Open New Fox Theater Fox Theater - Oakland, CA After closing its doors forty-three years ago, the Fox Theater is scheduled to reopen in February, 2009 with a run of performances from entertainment's top acts. The $75mm multi-use renovation project will feature a state-of-the-art theater with flexible capacity from 1,500 to 2,800. The theater's ...
Bill Nershi: Salmon and Cheese, Unplugged
The String Cheese Incident did as much as any band out there to break fiddle and mandolin into the jam band scene, but as their following grew, the desire to break new musical ground led them toward an increasingly electrified sound. When the band dissolved last year, guitarist-singer Bill Nershi initiated the breakup, citing concerns about ...
Viva the Band at the Paradise Room, the Mecca for Jazz Entertainment on the Gold Coast QLD
The Gold Coast is Australia’s premier tourist destination with miles of white sandy surf beaches, lush green hinterland rainforests, world-class golfing greens and famous theme parks. With a diverse range of accommodation from exclusive 5-star hotels to sunny beachside apartments and backpacker hostels. The Gold Coast has a Council that is pro active in the development ...
Music Industry in Five Years
What will the music industry look like in five years? In a new study by Forrester Research, U.S. Music Forecast 2008 to 2013, industry analysts attempt to cook up some numbers. No huge surprises here: The U.S. music market is expected to shrink over the next five years from $10.2 billion to $9.8 billion. ...
Suspect in Hollywood Road Rage Death Devastated
David Jassy, Swedish hip-hop artist accused of murdering a jazz pianist in an episode of road rage is devastated by these events," his attorney said today. The lawyer for David Jassy, 34, said the fact that the deceased, 55-year-old John Osnes, was a fellow musician makes it all the sadder." Jassy appeared briefly in Superior Court ...
Rvajazz 2008 Year in Review
Today marks RVAjazz's first birthday! It's been a great year full of amazing music, and it's been an honor to try and cover everything that's been going on in our city. The year in review is a collection of RVAjazz articles from the past year; some are favorites of mine, and some just mark important events ...
The Al Cohn Collection
The Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania in the northeast United States are home to musicians who like peace and quiet but must be near New York City and Philadelphia, where the work is. The Delaware Water Gap area of the Poconos has become famous in jazz circles for residents including Phil Woods, Bob Dorough, David Liebman, John ...
Live Nation to Sell Tickets at Remaining Blockbuster Locations
Live Nation and Blockbuster announced a three-year contract that will put the promoter's large-scale ticketing system exclusively in 500 or so brick-and-mortar Blockbuster locations. As part of the deal, blocks of tickets to shows ticketed by Live Nation will be available only at Blockbuster locations for the first four hours that they're on sale. The plan ...
Happy Birthday Jaco Pastorius!
INSTRUMENTAL HEAVYWEIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN 57 TODAY Once in a spell music finds new languages, fresh dialects drawn from the same Rosetta Stone that everyone thought well studied, known terrain. Jaco Pastorius was one of these rare individuals, opening up forever the possibilities of the electric bass guitar and eroding the calcification that occurs when ...


