Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
In 1965 I graduated from high school, turned eighteen that summer and packed for college a month later. This song reached eighteen the same year I did. MP3 File
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
in post Wade in the water with me from AM, Then FM .
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Sometimes, teenagers surprise you. Other times, they do exactly what you think they’ll do. Yesterday, I mentioned to our 13-year-old that I would be washing the car this afternoon. Evan said he’d like to help. So when I got started this afternoon, there was no Evan. No surprise. By the time the windows were done inside and out, [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Here come the summer-ending music festivals It's that time of the year to feel ... festive. At least musically; because so many big musical events are coming to the Bay Area the next couple of weeks. It's almost as if the music gods are trying to throw as much music at you before school starts, so no one will complain later...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
The Cypress Creek Foundation for the Arts and Community Enrichment, led by Executive Director Nanci Decker, is preparing to embark on its 2008-09 season.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Around Town Music Three-time jazz man (“Hang on Sloopy,” 1973) returns to the limelight. DETAILS: 8:30 p.m.; Rams Head On Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis; $85. 410-268-4545. FilmEXAMINER.COM RELATED ARTICLES If you love good drama, flock to tonight’s screening of “Life is Beautiful,” a one-of-a-kind tale of a Jewish man who must use his sense of humor to protect his son in a Nazi death camp. DETAILS:...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
in post MixTape // Funk-Soul-Blues from Rollo & Grady .
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Advocacy organization AARP has teamed with LRSmedia for this falls Legends of Jazz tour, featuring pianist and TV personality Ramsey Lewis, saxophonist and clarinetist Paquito DRivera, singer Kurt Elling and smooth jazz quartet Fourplay...
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
I have vocal tunes but I don’t really feel ready yet to do them fully,” he says with typical modesty and diffidence. “I did one ’pon the album ‘Earth Rightful Ruler’ but I’m not really ready to go into vocal — I want to catch [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
in post Intrinsic Harmony (variation 1) from Motel de Moka .
Soulfull Vibes (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Add a musical composition to all the tributes at next year's 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Ramsey Lewis has been commissioned to compose a new work inspired by Lincoln's life.... Visit Soulfull Vibes for more information
The Eagle (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Ramsey Lewis to compose work on Lincoln Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) -- Add a musical composition to all the trib ...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Add a musical composition to all the tributes at next year's 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Add a musical composition to all the tributes at next year's 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
The path to success for every successful musician is paved with negotiation between audience expectations and artist aspirations. Though such dynamics are often written about, the best documents are live recordings. Hearing Sam Cooke seamlessly weave popular fare like "You Send Me" and "Twistin' the Night Away" with his socially restless covers of "If I Had a Hammer" and "Blowin' in the Wind" at the...
