| 05/09/08 | And Now Please Enjoy (Slog) |  |
Published 05/09/08 19:11:49
"Amazing Body Art from the 2008 World Bodypainting Festival in Daegu, South Korea." (Thank you Scott!) |
| 05/09/08 | Wisdom of the Orient (Slog) | |
Published 05/09/08 00:32:09
Well, um, thank you, fortune cookie... But I don't know if I'm ready for that level of commitment. I was just trying to have lunch. |
| 04/09/08 | Cornish College names new music chairman (Seattle Times) | |
Published 04/09/08 17:46:02
Kent Devereaux is the new chair of the music department at Cornish College of the Arts. |
| 03/09/08 | Steinberg Releases Cubase 4.5 (Music Industry Newswire) | |
Published 03/09/08 18:37:27
Hamburg, Germany ? Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is pleased to announce the availability of a new update to its Cubase 4 and Cubase Studio 4 Music Production Systems. New update now available with Advanced Integration with MR816 CSX/X and CC121, 1.6 GB Content, Sequel 2 compatibility and more. The 4.5 update offers many new integrative [...] |
| 26/08/08 | Comment on ?African Art Music for Flute? (AfriClassical) | |
Published 26/08/08 23:23:00
On Monday, May 26, 2008 AfriClassical posted ?African Art Music for Flute: Wendy Hymes, flutes, and Darryl Hollister, piano." A comment has been received from wlcn: ?This new CD beautifully and colorfully performed by flautist Wendy Hymes and pianist Darryl Hollister is a must buy! A refreshing addition to the CDs for Flute & Piano, this recording features compositions by composers of African descent and brings to attention the wonderful repertoire out there that should become part of the musical canon. The CD is captivating from beginning to end. It makes for a fabulous recital CD and I certainly hope musicians will seek this music out to perform. As the statement in the liner note informs "the works presented here offer us a glimpse of the spirit and traditional musics of Africa. The composers' diverse training backgrounds have led each to connect with different African and Western musics, but each has succeeded in finding their own unique voice and how to connect with diverse audiences on multiple continents." The first tracks are Nigerian composer Fred Onovwerosuoke's " Three Pieces for Flute & Piano". The opening track "Just Before Dawn also includes Narrator Richard Moore; then followed by "Iroro" and "Ayevwiomo". Hymes and Hollister produce a wonderful atmospheric, dancing and trancelike reading of this set. Bongani Ndodana's "Visions Part I & II" for solo flute performed here with such grace, color and sensitivity by Dr. Hymes, are evocative of the music of South Africa. The seven movements of "Republic Suite" by JH Kwabena Nketia are performed by the duo. They give a kaleidoscopic performance of music influenced by Ghanaian musical idioms. The Three pieces by Nigerian composer Joshua Uzoigwe's "Oja Flute Suite" are also phenomenally performed by Wendy Hymes. The first piece is for solo flute and the rest accompanied with piano. Hymes and Hollister are so totally attuned to one another and delightfully musically and rhythmically tight. This fantastic CD ends with Ugandan composer Justinian Tamusuza's "Okwanjula Kw'Endere." Oce again brilliantly and colorfully performed, this work takes advantage of all the different sounds one can draw out of the flute. The more one listens to the CD, the more one appreciates the sheer genius of the composers and the masterfully performances. I am thrilled Hymes and Hollister put this together and hope they will put out many more recordings. |
| 25/08/08 | Ikonand (then) again (Cerysmatic Factory) | |
Published 25/08/08 20:30:00
Cerysmatic readers unfortunate enough to miss out on the Summer edition of free London art and music magazine Art&Music , previously mentioned here and featuring Jamie Holman's superb piece detailing Ikon's contribution to the recent Joy Division documentary , fear not! Jamie has generously agreed to his article being preserved for posterity on Cerysmatic itself. From the End to the Beginning: The Joy Division Films features interviews with both Malcolm Whitehead and Jon Savage and is illustrated with previously unpublished stills from the actual vintage Ikon footage used in the documentary. Many thanks to all concerned. |
| 21/08/08 | Songs of Margaret A. Bonds & William Grant Still at UC Berkeley Sept. 24, 12:15-1p.m. (AfriClassical) | |
Published 21/08/08 23:42:00
[ Margaret Allison Bonds ; William Grant Still (Photo is the sole property of William Grant Still Music, and is used with permission.)] Art Song: 56th Annual Noon Concert Series Performing Arts - Music: Noon concert September 24 12:15-1 p.m. Hertz Concert Hall Department of Music University of California, Berkeley Angela Arnold, soprano; Jeffrey Sykes, piano Songs by Wolf, Chausson, Debussy, Richard Strauss and American composers William Grant Still, Margaret Bonds and Kirke Mechem. Tickets not required. Event Contact: 510-642-4864 [African American Composers Margaret Allison Bonds (1913-1972) and William Grant Still (1895-1978) are profiled at AfriClassical.com ] UC Berkeley Noon Concert Wednesday Sept. 24 William Grant Still Margaret A. Bonds African American Composers Art Song |
| 21/08/08 | My Heart Still Beats in 4/4: Virgin Festival Dance Tent & Blank Artists Review (Aural States) | |
Published 21/08/08 22:37:52
Electronic Dance Music was not the first music I fell in love with. My first aural affair began at an early age with the music I was playing on the piano and cello?classical (my favorite composer was Bach). As I grew older my taste diversified, though I still maintained a love of art [...] |
| 21/08/08 | The world of Carla Bley (The Guardian Music blog) | |
Published 21/08/08 15:00:00
Her talent puts this 'wildflower' of jazz in the same league as Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus. Yet Bley claims she owes her inspiration to the humble chicken |
| 19/08/08 | Lenny Pickett and Borneo Horns in Ekenas, Finland (All About Jazz) | |
Published 19/08/08 08:05:25
Lenny Pickett and The Borneo Horns RasiPori Jazz Knipan, Ekenas, Finland July 27, 2008 Readers familiar with the New York experimental or art music scene will be familiar with Lenny Pickett from his residence there for the last 25 years, from his involvement with fellow musicians such as Kenny Werner, and with artists like Jorge Louis Borges. West coast veterans may remember his shimmying and jiving (and sax soloing) with the 1970s funk Tower of Power consortium alongside Emilio Castillo and Stephen Doc Kupka. And surely everyone remembers those ear bending solo inserts from his long stay with the Saturday Night Live band... |
| 18/08/08 | Tom Djll: Driving While Stochastic (listen) (Bagatellen) | |
Published 18/08/08 12:12:23
Driving While Stochastic (Tom Djll, 2007) An investigation and shout-out of technology on the ground. Using my indispensable Zoom H2, with recording mode set at the lowest possible resolution, I captured sounds from a Xenakis orchestral piece (and random radio) as played over my car?s stereo while driving on Interstate 880 through the dismal suburban stretch [...] |
| 16/08/08 | Sucky Sexson (Slog) | |
Published 16/08/08 02:29:57
The Yankees can find no use for him either. |
| 16/08/08 | Friday Afternoon Time Suck (Slog) | |
Published 16/08/08 01:22:03
You be the sun! You control planets with your massive gravitational field! It is FUN! |
| 12/08/08 | MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (Slog) | |
Published 12/08/08 08:50:09
(Confidential to ECB: I think I'm coming down with a bad case of Madden Flu food poisoning. I won't be in tomorrow.) |
| 09/08/08 | Lincoln Center Presents: Minimalist Tunes, Popular Tones (PlaybillArts.com) | |
Published 09/08/08 23:15:00
On Aug. 15 Lincoln Center Out of Doors will present 800 Years of Minimalism? The Spiritual Transcendent , a one-night-only program combining modern electronic masses with 13th century vocal composition. |
| 09/08/08 | Best of Manchester Awards 2008 (Dexigner Design Portal) | |
Published 09/08/08 03:30:01
The winners of the 2008 Best of Manchester Awards were announced yesterday and an exclusive awards ceremony held at Urbis The annual awards which are now in their second year celebrate innovation in three categories Art Music and Fashion Wi |
| 07/08/08 | Beijing - Travel Lounge Art Music 2CD (2006) (Chill Lounge Music) | |
Published 07/08/08 11:30:00
Label: High Note Records Release Date: 2006 Genre: Lounge | Downtempo Quality: MP3 VBR V2 kbps 44khz Stereo Playtime: 161:57 min Tracks: 26 Size: 199 Mb This collection... It's All About Relaxation With Strange Beautiful Music |
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