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American Popular Song and World War II: Part 2

May 25, 2008

American Popular Song and World War II: Part 1

May 25, 2008

In honor of Memorial Day weekend, we're posting both parts of last year's “American Popular Song and World War II" Afterglow program, featuring special guest Michael McGerr, author, cultural historian, and Indiana University professor. We'll hear some of the martial-spirited songs from the early months of America's entry into the war ("Remember Pearl Harbor" and “Praise ...

Finger Lakes Grassroots Lineup

May 24, 2008

Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival Announces 2008 Lineup Donna the Buffalo The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival, to be held July 17-20, 2008 in Trumansburg, NY (10 miles North of Ithaca), has announced their full lineup. Lucinda Williams, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Meditations, Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey, Hackensaw Boys, Nation Beat and John Brown's ...

Trey Gets Reduced Sentence

May 24, 2008

Trey Anastasio Gets Reduced Sentence for NY Drug Charges Trey Anastasio As we've been following the trials and tribulations of Trey Anastasio we have a new chapter to share. As Forbes.com is reporting, Big Red received a reduced sentence of three years' probation following his successful completion of a treatment and counseling program. Anastasio entered a ...

Mark Knopfler:kill to Get Crimson

May 24, 2008

By: David Higdon Preparing to embark on a summer tour promoting his 2007 fall release, Kill to Get Crimson (Warner), Mark Knopfler has chosen a different approach to sharing his music with his fans. While not the pioneering free album giveaway concept revolutionized by such electronically visionary bands as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, Knopfler is ...

Ombak Explores Antonyms on Wednesdays

May 24, 2008

When I think “every other Wednesday," I immediately think Fight the Big Bull at Cous Cous. This summer, however, the spot is being given to Bryan Hooten's Ombak due to The Great White Jenkins' national tour that's stealing a couple Big Bull members. Here are three reasons why you should check out the band every two ...

Return to Forever: Flight of the Reborn

May 23, 2008

By: Dennis Cook Return To Forever Return To Forever is back. For those in the know, a happy shiver runs up your spine, and for the uninitiated there's a world of treats in store during their upcoming summer tour that kicks off May 29 at the Paramount Theater in ...

Grand Theft Auto with a Classic Jazz Beat

May 23, 2008

The new Grand Theft Auto IV game has been rocking the country (not to mention the television airwaves--I've seen the ad countless times in the past couple of weeks), racking up millions of sales and even more millions of dollars. The commercial features a standard, pulsing rock-hiphop soundtrack sample, but Downbeat notes that the new edition ...

Billy Taylor and Charles Mingus at Storyville

May 23, 2008

Upper East Side Big Band Plays Abbey Road

May 23, 2008

The Beatles will get the “re-arranged for big band" treatment this Friday at the National on the top of an eclectic bill stacked with local Richmond bands. “Abbey Road" in its entirety is the album being conquered; Samson Trinh's Upper East Side Big Band is the ensemble up for the challenge. “It's been a dream for ...