3 September 2010, 5:29 am
A classically-trained voice teacher gives her opinion of heavy metal singers and Ozzy fails the examination.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 5:26 am
Despite the influence and sales of the early 1970's work, it is David Bowie's late 70's work that may be among the most notable and crucial of his career and possibly the most influential music of the last four decades. For the first time, one book covers this period of Bowie history in its entirety... Read More »
3 September 2010, 4:14 am
Summer in Madison passes all too quickly, but the season closes on a high note over the next few days with Geek.Kon, Snake on the Lake Fest, the conclusion of the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, the Taste of Madison, Recreational Rhythms, and Venetian Night. The calendar also includes: productio... Read More »
2 September 2010, 6:34 pm
Not just another supergroup, Barb challenges the listener with plenty of genre hopping through the diverse, the creative and the plain farcical.... Read More »
2 September 2010, 6:29 pm
SYNTHPOP duo Hurts showcased their debut album Happiness on Wednesday & nailed it... Read More »
2 September 2010, 6:03 pm
This year's Melbourne Festival, Brett Sheehy's second, is a program that repays some attention. The more you look, the more exciting it gets: it may not seem especially spectacular at a cursory glance but, once you get down to brass tacks, there's nothing in the performing art program that I wouldn'... Read More »
2 September 2010, 3:43 pm
GET ready for another party courtesy of H-Artistry “The Global Art of Mixing”, with its third instalment and all set to enthral fans on Sept 18.... Read More »
2 September 2010, 2:55 pm
Filed under: The Hit List The current retro movement in the best songs of 2010 is a win-win: Oldsters who had declared music dead can now listen to new songs, making them look less uncool to their kids. Meanwhile, young folks can use new artists to discover songs from the past, which means they migh... Read More »
2 September 2010, 8:21 am
For more than two decades James Williamson worked at high-level jobs at places like Sony. Then his old boss Iggy Pop called again.... Read More »
2 September 2010, 6:07 am
Van Cagle hailed from Elvis Presley's hometown of Tupelo, Miss., and he came to worship the King, as well as such princes as David Bowie and Lou Reed. He championed the Champaign music scene before going on to a professorship at Tulane University, where his rock course made the pages of the Rolling ... Read More »