| Justin Kroll: Five things to love about NYC | | Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 3:01:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | To a Central Texan like me, a place like New York City can seem daunting. If you’ve never been, I encourage you to go just to experience the hustle and bustle, and the overall appeal of the city. If you have been, then go again. I promise you’ll see things that you didn’t see before. I went to New York last summer with a group from Mart High School, and I loved it. When I got home, I was ready to go right back. There is so much to see and do. Here are just a few things that people have to see on their first trip to the Big Apple. 1Times Square — There is always something going on in Times Square. It is the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Broadway, and it is probably best known for its New Year’s Eve celebrations.... | |
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| | | Keith Urban Tickets Go On Sale for 1st Leg of Tour | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 1:04:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | NASHVILLE, TN Monday Jan.29.2007 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Keith Urban is at his greatest on the concert stage and his much anticipated return to the road has been announced. The first leg of his "Love, Pain & the whole crazy World Tour," takes to North American soil on Friday, June 8th when the tour hits Phoenix, Arizona's US Airways Center. The 33-city, 36-performance arena tour promises Urban's trademark electrifying concerts combined with world-class production for a show that will feature the hits from his recent multi-platinum release, "Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing," as well as many of the #1's which have defined his career.Tickets for "Love, Pain & the whole crazy World Tour" are set to begin to go on-sale to the public on Saturday, February 3rd. Members of Keith's online community, Monkeyville will have first access to advance tickets through keithurban.net beginning on Monday, January 29th.... | |
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| | | From Dragon Songs to Granados | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:04:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | At tonight's recital, Lang Lang will perform the music of two different traditions: the Western classical music he's built a worldwide reputation on as a performer and the Chinese piano music showcased on Dragon Songs. Here are some of his comments on the program. - Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13, B Flat Major, K. 333: "It's one of his that I love to use for opening." - Schumann: Fantasie for Piano in C Major, Op. 17: "It's his work I love the most, I think. It's his deepest and also most complicated piece to my taste." - Traditional: Six Chinese Works: "These are all from the Dragon Songs project and vary from quite short to some of the longer ones. - Granados: Goyescas, H. 64: "This is exciting for me as it is my first time playing Spanish music in concert.... | |
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| | | The ’N Sync of the ’60s and ’70s | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 1:07:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | We were the ‘N Sync of the '60s and '70s. The Lettermen are the original boy band." The Lettermen emerged as the most romantic singing group of the era for its timeless love songs and romantic ballads such as The Way You Look Tonight, The Seventh Dawn and Theme From A Summer Place. And in the next four and a half decades, The Lettermen stood the test of time and successfully met the challenge of a new generation of music and music fans with its songs of love and romance that ultimately evolved into good, quality and positive-harmony music that the whole family can enjoy. For seven memorable nights this January, it will be the turn of thousands of music lovers from Metro Manila and Central Luzon and four major cities in the South to watch The Lettermen perform live its classic songs when it returns for a series of shows to be highlighted by a major concert on Jan.... | |
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| | | No love lost between Daryl Fleming, love songs | | Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 1:07:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | During an interview, musician Daryl Fleming cites philosophers David Hume and Jean-Jaqcues Rousseau and debates the merits of agrarian-based societies. On his new album, he references Andrew Jackson, an obscure, self-styled Mormon prophet and Dagobert, the seventh-century French king. Academic? Yes, but "The Fable of the Bees" also remembers to adhere to one of the musical commandments: To seduce by sound. "Primarily, I just want to make good music," says Fleming, who releases the CD Friday at Club Cafe on the South Side. "I think that I framed these songs in a way I'm not preaching to anybody. ... If you couch these things I'm thinking about in a nice melody, it doesn't matter if people understand what you're singing about. And if they do, that's a nice bonus." What he's doing, Fleming says, is not so different than what Bob Dylan does.... | |
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| | | St Mirren's fans told 'not to respond to sectarian songs' | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:03:16 AM by Blog57 Team | | STEWART Gilmour, the St Mirren chairman, last night gave his full backing to the PA announcer at Love Street who condemned Celtic supporters for sectarian songs and chants during a controversial Remembrance Sunday fixture. Gilmour, who also defended his own club's decision not to hold a minute's silence before kick-off to mark the significance of the day, revealed that a half-time statement made by the man behind the Tannoy had not been instigated by St Mirren. .... | |
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| | | HEERTEN: Local political prisoners inspire activist thought | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:26:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | Angela Davis is a world-renowned human rights activist, a former Black Panther, the third woman on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list and the subject of songs by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and The Rolling Stones. And she spoke at the Preston Love Jazz Hall in Omaha on Saturday night. Why, you might ask, is she in Nebraska? Why would a woman, accustomed to addressing audiences of thousands, take the time to speak to a mere hundred, especially in our unassuming and quiet Nebraska? She was certainly not quiet about her purpose - raising support for Nebraska's own political prisoners. Davis was making another visit to Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa (formerly David Rice) at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, where they have been unjustly imprisoned for the past 35 years.... | |
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| | | GERALD LEVERT, RHYTHM AND BLUES SINGER, DIES AT 40 | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 3:29:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | Gerald Levert, fiery singer of passionate R&B love songs and the son of O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, died Friday. He was 40. His record label, Atlantic, confirmed that the Cleveland-born singer died of a heart attack at his home in Ohio. "All of us at Atlantic are shocked and deeply saddened by his untimely death," reads a statement released by Atlantic. "He was one of the greatest voices of our time, who sang with unmatched soulfulness and power, as well as a tremendously gifted composer and an accomplished producer." Levert garnered national acclaim as a member of the group Levert, which was composed of his brother Sean and friend Marc Gordon. Among others, they recorded the No. 1 R&B/No. 5 pop hit "Casanova" in 1987, followed by three more R&B chart-toppers, "Addicted to You," "Just Coolin'," which featured rapper Heavy D, and "Baby I'm Ready" in 1991.... | |
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| | | R&B Crooner Gerald Levert Dies at 40 | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:21:05 AM by Blog57 Team | | Gerald Levert, the fiery singer of passionate R&B love songs and the son of O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, died Friday. He was 40. His label, Atlantic Records, confirmed that Levert died at his home in Cleveland, Ohio. "All of us at Atlantic are shocked and deeply saddened by his untimely death. He was one of the greatest voices of our time, who sang with unmatched soulfulness and power, as well as a tremendously gifted composer and an accomplished producer," the label said in a statement. Dan Bomeli, public relations manager at University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center in suburban Cleveland, said Levert had been brought to the hospital. Bomeli said Levert had died but he had no further details. Levert's family released a statement asking for privacy. "As everybody knows, Gerald was a man who loved and breathed music.... | |
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| | | R+B STAR LEVERT DIES | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:24:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | R+B star GERALD LEVERT died yesterday (10NOV06) after suffering a suspected heart attack. He was 40. Levert was the son of O'JAYS singer EDDIE LEVERT and he passed away in Cleveland, Ohio. Over his two-decade music career, Levert sold millions of albums and had numerous R+B hits. He first gained fame as a member of R+B trio LeVert, which also included his brother, SEAN, and childhood friend MARC GORDON. They had hits including (POP, POP, POP) GOES MY MIND, CASANOVA, and BABY I'M READY. In 1991, he made his solo debut with the album PRIVATE LINE, which included a hit duet with his dad BABY HOLD ON TO ME. He also recorded the successful album FATHER + SON. Though Levert was successful as a solo singer, in 1997, he got into group mode again, joining with R+B singers JOHNNY GILL and KEITH SWEAT to form the group LSG.... | |
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