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Chuck D Still Bringing the Noise
(March
15, 2010)
*Rap group
Public Enemy
and its leader
Chuck D
appear to be even busier now than during their heyday in the
1990s, according to Billboard.com. The collective is gearing up
for what will be its 69th, 70th and 71st tours this year.
Through its SLAMjamz digital label (SLAMjamz.com),
PE recently released the benefit album “Kombit pou Haiti,” with
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.gif) Dessa:
Woman Of Many Talents
(March 13, 2010)
A self-described "china doll in a bullpen," teacher by day,
hip-hopper by night, Minneapolis's
Dessa
makes her Toronto debut at Sneaky Dees on Sunday. She is
opening for rapper P.O.S, a fellow member of Doomtree, the
underground collective of like-minded artists and producers that
also operates as a record label. |
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Andantephone
Brings Church Organ Into 21st Century
(March 11, 2010) Playing the pipe organ — it’s now as
easy as walking. On Saturday night, some of Toronto’s most
adventurous creators converge at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church,
at Jarvis and Carlton Sts., to apply a cutting-edge sheen on an
instrument that’s anything but modern. Dubbed “Organic
Evolution 3”
by St. Andrew’s resident organist, David Smits, the concert is a
veritable Mission: Impossible team effort that includes the
city’s resident “cyborg” and music-instrument inventor, |
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Over the
top Alicia Keys at Air Canada Centre
(March 12, 2010)
Alicia Keys
is definitely treading in Beyoncé territory on her current North
America tour that stopped at the Air Canada Centre Wednesday
night. Centred around the New Yorker's fifth album The
Element of Freedom, it's her most elaborate and
choreographed production yet. |
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An All
Too Brief Encounter With A One-Of-A-Kind Pop Heroine
(Mar. 15, 2010) Pop music fans have many ways of proving their
devotion.
Joanna Newsom’s
audience showed her the best tribute of all on Saturday, as a
noisy crowded rock club became as quiet as a church within
seconds of her arrival on the stage of the Phoenix Concert
Theatre. The hush prevailed even when she promptly disappeared
behind a grand piano, its nose end pointing out, blocking the
view for those nearest the stage who wanted most badly to see.
Already it felt like we were maybe not in the right venue for
this much-anticipated show. |
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www.globeandmail.com - Robert Everett-Green |
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A Most
Enjoyable Recurring Nightmare
(March 15, 2010) Okay, we've got exactly two days to process the
blur that was
Canadian Music Week
before the South by Southwest festival lures the entire music
industry south to Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. A few black holes
in the Canadian MusicFest portion of the CMW schedule this year,
but in general there was enough decent music to be found around
town from Wednesday through Sunday to keep the diligent
festival-goer occupied about 90 per cent of the time. |
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The
Maestro’s Musical Adventure
(Mar.
14, 2010) Near
the end of a new 90-minute PBS documentary, conductor
Valery Gergiev
is performing Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with the London
Symphony Orchestra. The piece is almost done, in fact there’s
just one more dissonant chord, and in the heavy silence before
that last sound, we see Gergiev head-on in medium close-up. His
eyes bulge, his fingers are frozen; and then a spasm passes over
his face, almost as if that chord has to rip through him bodily
before we can hear it, and although the piece is nearly 100
years old, the intensity and emotion that explode through its
final sound make it seem brand new. |
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Rock Royalty Comes To Town
(Mar.
15, 2010)
Jack
White
thrives on perfecting the small details. His instruments are
placed just far enough apart onstage to generate more tension.
The restrictive red, white and black colour scheme of his group
the
White Stripes
only accentuates his and band mate Meg White's eclecticism. He
even had his roadies dress in well-tailored suits when the band
toured every Canadian province and territory in the summer of
2007. |
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Rock
Hall Inductees An Eclectic Mix
(Mar.
16, 2010) New York - —
An English band steeped in harmony, a reggae pioneer,
progressive rockers who thrived despite a defection, four Swedes
who combined their nation's traditions with their rock heroes
and a man who prowled a ballroom floor singing I Wanna Be
Your Dog wouldn't seem to have much in common. For a night
they did, as The Hollies, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, ABBA and Iggy
Pop's Stooges accepted induction into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
on Monday — a ceremony almost as notable for who wasn't there as
who was. |
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Experiencing SXSW Online: Free Downloads, Live Streams
(Mar 16 2010) The days of reading reviews from afar and pining
for Austin are over. These days, you don’t have to go to the
South By Southwest
festival in Texas to enjoy it. Here is a collection of sites
that can help you imagine you’re there. Follow Star
music Ben Rayner’s daily coverage from Austin, including news
and reviews, here at
thestar.com. |
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Playing
With Convention, And Having Lots Of Fun Along The Way
(March 15, 2010) Composer, conductor and pianist
Thomas Adès,
erstwhile enfant terrible of the British new-music scene,
achieved almost instant success with his Chamber Symphony,
composed at the age of 19. He's close to 40 now, but the
adjectives used to describe him then – audacious, virtuosic, and
provocative – still hold. Adès gives the impression that all of
music is his playroom; one of his best-known pieces is even
called Living Toys. |
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60
Unreleased Michael Jackson Songs Available For New Albums
(March 17, 2010) LOS ANGELES—The man who spearheaded the
record-breaking deal in which
Michael Jackson's
estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years said
Sony Music Entertainment bought a treasure trove of new Jackson
music, some of it recorded "quite recently," some in
collaboration with other artists. |
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Rock
Never Forgets, But It Can Forgive
(March 17, 2010) Rock 'n' roll may never die, but it sure can
hold grudges. It felt that way sometimes for rocker
Joan Jett
over the past 31 years, as she struggled to come to grips with
the legacy of the Runaways, the all-girl Los Angeles rock band
she helped create in 1975. The teen group lasted just four
years, long enough for a legacy that has influenced everyone
from the Bangles to Bikini Kill. But the hard feelings over its
explosive and untimely demise took decades to soften. |
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