Metalico Inc. MEA is one of the greatest heavy metal bands of our time. No, wait -- it's a steel company that recycles scrap metal and is reaping the benefits of rising demand.
Cara Dillon Thur The Derry singer tours the UK through October with her band, which includes her husband, Sam Lakeman. She has a pure country- folk voice that could stop the wind. Pyramid & Parr Hall, Warrington Terrafolk Thur & Fri ...
A musical collaboration of 30 years standing came to an emotion- packed ending Thursday night in Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall as conductor Kent Nagano brought his final program as music director of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra before an appreciative, even effusive audience. And what a surprise that program...
A musical collaboration of 30 years standing came to an emotion- packed ending Thursday night in Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall as conductor Kent Nagano brought his final program as music director of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra before an appreciative, even effusive audience. And what a surprise that program...
TONY WILLIAMS 1972 Tony is in top form in this rare clip-with saxophonist Stan Getz, bassist Stanley Clarke, and keyboardist Chick Corea-finessing, caressing, and pounding the drums into submission over a trademark Corea montuno. Williams' solo incorporates unison sticking, super-sensitive snare passages, and freakish flams. This video captures what Tony...
Icons of rock; an encyclopedia of the legends who changed music forever; 2v. Schinder, Scott and Andy Schwartz. Greenwood Press 2008 639 pages $175.00 Hardcover Greenwood icons ML3534 This two-volume reference offers...
Everyone knows that engineering is a good career option for students who excel at math and science. But this incomplete picture could be hurting a profession that requires a broad range of skills and has great social impact. To attract new students, the engineering field needs a makeover. Potential students...
The resurgence of progressive rock has opened the door for younger drummers to rediscover the more technically challenging aspects of this classic art rock culture. The Woodstock, New York-based prog-pop group 3 is on the rise, and has tapped into the old-school vibe of such iconic progsters as King Crimson,...
Boston Conference to Incorporate 17th Annual Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Conference NEW YORK -- Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. has assembled an impressive list of 90 companies for its 8th Annual Consumer Growth Conference. The event, considered one of the leading investor conferences for consumer growth...
Arts Spotlight One is an all-electric rock prodigy, the other picks the meanest acoustic you ever saw. Luiza Sauma meets two guitar goddesses playing the men off the stage Who are the greatest guitarists of all time? It's an...
Forty years into an iconic career that hasproduced dozens of wonderful songs and a host of admiring musical peers,Little Feat has united the two with a new release, "JOIN THE BAND," thatfeatures some of their classic tunes -- "Fat Man in the Bathtub," "DixieChicken," "Sailing Shoes," "Oh, Atlanta" -- re-recorded...
MOE. STICKS AND STONES *** There's nary an extended jam on Buffalo-born moe.'s new studio album, Sticks And Stones. Fine, because what remains are ten lean and concise almost-country rockers that owe more to Sticky Fingers than a '72 "Dark Star." Drummer VINNIE AMICO and percussionist JOHN LOUGHLIN play it...
THE JACK & JIM SHOW PRESENTS HEARING IS BELIEVING **** JOHN LARSEN STRANGE NEWS FROM MARS **** Original Mothers Of Invention drummer JIMMY CARL BLACK does double duty on these two disparately different releases. Joining fellow left-of-centrists Eugene Chadbourne and Pat Thomas, Black brings his lanky drumming and quizzical vocals-equal...
TOM GROSE, STEVE JENKINS, ALEX MACHACEK/JEFF SIPE/MATTHEW GARRISON On Music For Television multi-instrumentalist Tom Grose composes and performs an eclectic instrumental collection of imaginary TV themes complete with descriptive liner notes, all of which would make Frank Zappa proud both musically and verbally. Drummer SEAN O'ROURKE impressively tackles the daunting...
Gonzales The Canadian-born piano tickler Gonzales has been compared to Frank Zappa and George Clinton, and has just made a new electronica- funk album, Soft Power, where his lilting piano laments have become sweetly, curiously optimistic. If you saw him at Meltdown last year you'll know you're...
Gonzales The Canada-born piano tickler comes to the ICA. Gonzales has worked with Feist, Jamie Lidell and Peaches, been compared to Frank Zappa and George Clinton, and just made a new electronica-funk album, Soft Power, where his lilting piano laments have become sweetly, curiously optimistic. ...
Gonzales The Canada-born piano tickler comes to the ICA. Gonzales has worked with Feist, Jamie Lidell and Peaches Geldof, been compared to Frank Zappa and George Clinton, and just made a new electronica- funk album, Soft Power, where his lilting piano laments have become sweetly, curiously optimistic....
From developing sustainable energy sources to restoring urban infrastructure, engineers have the capacity and the skills to improve the quality of life for people throughout the world. To this end, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering NAE has identified 14 key areas where science and technology can benefit humanity, dubbed...
New media Marathon musical baseball warmup Lou Brutus, who oversees punk rock, heavy metal and hard rock programming for XM Satellite Radio, a subscription service, put together something different for a 48-hour marathon that started at 12:01 a.m. ET today. Versions of Take Me...
Topless Mum When a soldier returns home from Afghanistan he tempts a newspaper editor with photos that seem to expose acts of brutality. But when their authenticity is questioned, how can the story be spun to stop the truth leaking out? Conor Murphy directs Ron Hutchinson's topical...
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