Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go, Dies at 75

Published By On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Music News    
Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go, Dies at 75
The cause was multiple organ failure as a result of sepsis, Tom Goldfogle, his manager, said. Known as the godfather of go-go, and almost invariably dressed, onstage and off, in a slick black suit, fedora and shades, Mr. Brown was as much ... Read More

A star-studded season for Jersey Shore music

Published By On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Music News    
A star-studded season for Jersey Shore music
ATLANTIC CITY - This sizzling summer at the Jersey Shore is primed to be the most packed with big-name headliners in many years. That's particularly true in Atlantic City, partly because of the ... Read More

Music review: Andreas Delfs, Nelson Freire and the National Symphony Orchestra

Published By On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Music News    
Music review: Andreas Delfs, Nelson Freire and the National Symphony Orchestra
Delfs whipped up the opening of the Haydn into a romantic frenzy. The work’s classicism came through in how the piece kept dwindling down to combinations of one or two voices — something the conductor emphasized with dramatic pauses, or by keeping the music playing at a mere flicker, damped ... Read More

Godfather of Go-Go Music Dies

Published By On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Music News    
Godfather of Go-Go Music Dies
The so-called “Godfather of Go-Go” Chuck Brown died Wednesday (5/16) after suffering from pneumonia at a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.  He was 75.   Brown was a music legend among fans in the nation’s capital.    Singer and guitarist Chuck Brown, along with his band The Soul Searchers, pioneered Washington’s Go-Go movement ... Read More

Donna Summer — Music City Memorial

Published By On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Music News    
Donna Summer — Music City Memorial
Donna Summer's family has scheduled a public memorial for the Disco ... Read More

Message in the music: Here for NATO, new voices plan 3 concerts – Chicago Sun

Published By On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Music News    
Message in the music: Here for NATO, new voices plan 3 concerts – Chicago Sun
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The Utah Symphony plays music to match our mountains

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
The Utah Symphony plays music to match our mountains
In "An Alpine Symphony," composer Richard Strauss uses music as an artist uses pigment, illustrating the arduous ascent of a mountaintop with painterly skill. Listeners experience a hopeful sunrise full of birdsong, balmy meadows and babbling streams, a frightening glacial traverse and the thrill of mastering the summit. That’s the metaphor ... Read More

Music Review: Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Music Review: Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
There is perhaps no other rock band whose music has been more misunderstood in the last seven years than that of alternative rockers Silversun Pickups. I previously addressed this at length in my review of the band's fine second effort Swoon, but ... Read More

Music And Media Industry Entrepreneur Jay Boberg Named Chairman Of The Board …

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Music And Media Industry Entrepreneur Jay Boberg Named Chairman Of The Board …
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- It was announced today that music and media executive Jay Boberg has been named Chairman of the Board of Isolation Network, the parent company of INgrooves Fontana ... Read More

Classical Music and Opera Listings for May 18-24

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Classical Music and Opera Listings for May 18-24
Full reviews of recent classical performances: nytimes.com/classical. Opera ★ ‘Iolanthe’ (Saturday and Sunday) Sharp-witted and surpassingly beautiful, Gilbert and Sullivan’s seventh collaboration is not one of the duo’s more famous Savoyard shows, but this ... Read More

Chuck Brown dies: King of DC go-go music, influential sample source

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Chuck Brown dies: King of DC go-go music, influential sample source
In hip-hop, Eric B. Rakim's classic "Paid in Full" album adapted two Brown songs, and most prominently, Virginia producers the Neptunes used Brown's "We Need Some Money" on Nelly's smash "Hot in Herre."  Fans of Brown spoke volumes about his work in the live setting; I never saw him, so ... Read More

Donna Summer’s Music The Go-To For TV And Movies

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Donna Summer’s Music The Go-To For TV And Movies
The news of Donna Summer's untimely passing Thursday (May 17) weighed heavily on all those who knew and loved the undisputed Queen of Disco.Despite the fact that "disco fever" lived and basically died in the 1970s, Summer's music continues to live on. Her many unforgettable hits like "Last Dance," "Love ... Read More

Revived by Music

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Revived by Music
Maybe you’re among the millions who’ve watched and forwarded this video of an unresponsive 94-year-old with dementia, slumped in his wheelchair at a nursing home in Brooklyn. But when a staff member puts earphones in place and clicks on an iPod loaded with favorite hymns, he awakens, moving to the ... Read More

Kitsuné: French Fashion, Music Brand Arrives in America

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Kitsuné: French Fashion, Music Brand Arrives in America
French clothing line Maison Kitsuné recently celebrated the grand opening of its first U.S.  store in New York City. Located just north of Madison Square Park in Manhattan, the NoMad Hotel first approached the company two years ago about doing “something French, with a cache and chic,” Maison Kitsuné co-founder Gildas ... Read More

GOOD Music Deal Beings ‘A New Chapter’ For Teyana Taylor

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
GOOD Music Deal Beings ‘A New Chapter’ For Teyana Taylor
By Nadeska Alexis (@neweryork) Teyana Taylor has worked closely with Kanye West in the past few years, but this month Ye confirmed her addition to the G.O.O.D. Music roster. The Harlem native dropped a new mixtape The Misunderstanding of Teyana Taylor in March (and stays busy with acting roles) but says ... Read More

Trending: Donna Summer, music festivals and Baba Booey – The Star-Ledger

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Trending: Donna Summer, music festivals and Baba Booey – The Star-Ledger
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesDonna Summer's song titles filled Twitter upon news of her death today. "Queen of Disco" hit Twitter with the news today that Donna Summer had passed away. Some of Summer's songs trending in the U.S. or worldwide: "I Feel Love," "Last Dance" and "She Works Hard For The Money." ... Read More

Essence Music Festival in New Orleans adds 4th day of concerts to spotlight …

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Essence Music Festival in New Orleans adds 4th day of concerts to spotlight …
Simmons is the son of Run DMC star Joseph Simmons. His uncle is record producer Russell Simmons.The festival, which ends July 8, has been held every Independence Day weekend since its inception in 1995, when it marked the 25th anniversary of Essence magazine.Essence Communications President Michelle Ebanks told The Associated ... Read More

Taylor Swift Donates $4 Million For Music Education

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Taylor Swift Donates $4 Million For Music Education
Taylor Swift has a reputation for being a good girl with a big heart, and when you pair that with her sizable bank account, you get one very large charitable donation that will benefit music education for both children and senior citizens.The six-time Grammy winner has donated $4 million to ... Read More

Foxboro Music Association to Host Top Tenor Saxophonist in 31st Annual Jazz Fest

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Foxboro Music Association to Host Top Tenor Saxophonist in 31st Annual Jazz Fest
  (Submitted by the Foxboro Music Association) The Foxboro Music Association is excited to welcome tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin, to Foxboro’s 31st Annual Jazz Fest on Friday, May 18, at 7 pm in the Foxboro High School auditorium. The concert will showcase all of the jazz groups in the Foxboro music program, ... Read More

Music City goes prime-time with Nashville, a new series premiering this fall …

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Music City goes prime-time with Nashville, a new series premiering this fall …
Nashville is coming to ABC. That is, a dramatized, network television version of Nashville. Two fictional country ... Read More
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