All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Modern Drummer Publications is proud to announce an unprecedented lineup of world- class drum artists, along with a new location just north of New York City, for the eighteenth edition of Modern Drummer Festival Weekend--the most prestigious, longest- running, and largest live drumming event in the world...
Sitbonzo (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Billy Ward died on the 8th December 2007. These thoughts are from his mother Jenny following the Croydon Advertiser Knife crime conference on Tuesday. Knife crime. Billy Ward. from Sitbonzo on Vimeo.
Somewhere on A1A (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
1. Long Time Gone… Crosby Stills & Nash 2. Right Place Wrong Time… Dr. John 3. There’s a Moon Out Tonight… Capris 4. 96 Tears… ? and The MYSTERIANS ! 5. Don’t Take Your Guns to Town… [...]
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Last weekend, I met my parents in Atlantic City to see Dion. Not Celine Dion. But the singer of "A Teenager in Love," "Runaround Sue," "I Wonder Why," " Donna the Prima Donna " (which had my mother doing upper-body aerobics in her seat), and "The Wanderer" (during which my mother actually had the nerve to say, "Here, you can do this," as she simplified her dance moves thinking I wasn't following...
Army of Mom (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
This week's Stuff Portrait Friday from the lovely Kristine has to be one of the funnest assignments yet. I didn't have to take any new pictures and I really needed a diversion tonight. So, I just scanned pictures in my files and thought about what they reminded me of. So, here are my interpretations. Sixty Minute Man by Billy Ward and the Dominoes. *evil grin* Do I really need to say more? I fell in...
Little Hokum Rag (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
Snare Drum There's a new song on my website player: "20 Second Man", original song by Billy Ward and His Dominoes from the 1950's ("60 Minute Man"), adapted by the Hokum Scorchers. Lou Reimuller on the National Guitar w/kazoo, vocals and Amy Crehore (me) on the snare drum this time w/vocals. (Recorded in 1992 - from "Feed the Kitty" by Hokum Scorchers). Scroll down for music player on my website: The...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Two teenagers appear at the Old Bailey accused of murdering another a man during a bus row.
military.com (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
Nimitz CSG is deploying under the Navy's Fleet Response Plan, which provides the U.S. with the ability to respond on short notice to any global responsibility with flexible and sustainable forces.
Queerty (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
A truly great musician understands the art of creative evolution. Take Jackie Wilson, for example. The R&B singer first found fame under Billy Ward and his Dominoes. Wilson had greater ambitions, however, and broke off to form a solo career in 1957. One of his biggest hits - 1959’s “You Better Know It” - draws [...]
westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 12/31/2007
Some news about Bill Champlin's new album to be released in Spring by a new company, Dreamakers, co-produced by Bill himself and friend Mark Eddinger who's played on a lot of sessions and with a lot of bands over the...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007
A second man is charged with murdering a night bus passenger following a row.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007
A second man is charged with murdering a night bus passenger following a row in south London.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007
A man is due in court charged with murdering a night bus passenger.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/09/2007
Two men are questioned over a row on a night bus in which a passenger was stabbed to death.
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 11/23/2007
You might be new to the music of a diverse jazz group called Mr. Groove, but in addition to possessing an interesting name they've been performing at a consistently high level for two decades, often as the band behind stars like Boots Randolph and vocalist Bonnie Bramlett. They're also no strangers to the recording [...]
