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The Nocturne Records Story

May 19, 2008

Bob Florence

May 19, 2008

Bob Florence was best known for his big band arranging, as his Grammy award, thirteen Grammy nominations and two Emmys attest. He died last Thursday at home in Thousand Oaks, California, five days short of his 76th birthday. Florence was also a superb pianist and favorite accompanist of singers. In recent years, in a pan-generational surprise, he ...

For Musicians Broadway is the Pits

May 18, 2008

Whatever Happened to the Overture? WHO could forget the great overture to A Chorus Line? First there's that infectious hop-step vamp from the song “One." Then come some of the show's most familiar melodies: “I Hope I Get It," “Nothing," “What I Did for Love." Finally the orchestra swings back for a rousing half-chorus of “One" ...

Rock's New Economy: How Bands Make Money

May 17, 2008

Making Money When CDs Don't Sell For Austin rockers Spoon, 2007 was a breakthrough year -- but not because they sold a lot of records. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, their album on the indie label Merge, garnered more radio play than any disc in their 15-year history and earned them an appearance on Saturday Night ...

Phil Lesh and Friends | 05.13 and 05.14 | SF

May 17, 2008

Words by: Ben Marks | Images by: Susan J. Weiand Phil Lesh & Friends :: 05.13.08 & 05.14.08 :: Warfield Theatre :: San Francisco, CA Phil Lesh :: 05.13 :: The Warfield Barely a month ago, the Grateful Dead donated its business records, correspondence, Deadhead fan mail and stage props to UC Santa Cruz. This week, ...

Shawn Mullins:honeydew

May 17, 2008

By: Bill Clifford There's a deep sense of character in the songs of modern day troubadour Shawn Mullins . When his music finally and deservingly reached a mainstream audience with the breakthrough candid storyteller ruminations of 1988's Soul's Core, but 2000's follow-up, Beneath The Velvet Sun, was marred by far to many loops, samples and other ...

Explorers Club/Lightspeed Tour

May 17, 2008

EFFERVESCENT SOUNDS ABOUND WITH WINNING SUMMER TOUR PAIRING The Explorers Club Though they hail from Charleston, SC, there's more than a hint of '60s Southern California and swinging Britain to The Explorers Club, whose deeply charming debut arrives May 20. The band will hit the road in May and June to celebrate the release, ...

Jazz Fest at Night | 4.30-5.04 | Nola

May 17, 2008

By: B Getz Jazz Fest At Night | 04.3008 - 05.04.08 | New Orleans, LA Adam Deitch :: Jazz Fest 2008 by Zach Denis There is nothing in the world like the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a veritable smorgasbord of music, culture, food, costume, people and energy, native to the Crescent City but ...

Return to Forever - The Anthology (Concord, 2008) **

May 17, 2008

I am currently listening to one of the tracks of this album which will soon be released. The track is called “The Duel Of The Jester & The Tyrant", originally from the “Romantic Warrior" album, and it will now be part of “The Anthology", a compilation album released at the occasion of Return To Forever's reunion ...

Khan Jamal and Dylan Taylor - Fire and Water

May 17, 2008