Merced Sun-Star.com -- Local (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
DOS PALOS -- Four search warrants were served by Dos Palos Police in connection with an ongoing investigation into possible misappropriation of public funds at Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District, Police Chief Barry Mann said Thursday.
Music News (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
James Taylor will release an album of covers, mysteriously titled Covers, on September 30th via Hear Music. Taylor will perform renditions of songs that span several decades, including a pair of Leiber-Stoller tunes (”Hound Dog” and “On Broadway”), Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” and even the Dixie Chicks’ version of “Some Days You Gotta Dance.” “An album [...]
Popdose (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. He’s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or played by David Foster. A deal with the devil? He keeps wondering. Are you bored? What can I say? My David Foster experience is a breeze. [...]
Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills) (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
" Kat's Korner: Linda Ronstadt, the very best " resulted in a huge number of e-mails. If you were a community member you got ":D" as a reply and nothing else. There just wasn't time. But as everyone seems to point out, despite what I thought, I name Bill in the piece. I must have done that when I was typing it up. No, I didn't intend to. He was the worst relationship of my entire life and I despise...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Shelby Lynne is a tiny little thing, but she contains multitudes. Of musical styles, that is. In a 20-year career, the Alabama native has...
Copy, Right? (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Trembling Blue Stars "Coming Up for Air" (The Go-Betweens cover) The Dirtbombs "King's Lead Hat" (Brian Eno cover) Girls Aloud "With Every Heartbeat" (Robyn cover) Guess who's going to the Robyn show in May? ME! Guess who's glad it isn't a Girls Aloud show instead? Me again! I'm also the one who wishes she could coax any of her singer-type guy friends to videotape themselves covering Robyn songs and...
PlayBill (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
RELATED ARTICLES: 20 Mar 2008 -- 12 Mar 2008 -- 22 Feb 2008 -- 20 Mar 2008 -- 12 Mar 2008 -- 22 Feb 2008 -- Mask, Mann & Weil's Musical of Special Mom and Unique Son, Opens March 21Greg Evigan and Michelle Duffyphoto by Ed KriegerThe real-life story of a disfigured boy, his tough mom and the biker community that embraces them, is told with songs in the new musical Mask, opening March 21 at Pasadena...
PlayBill (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
RELATED ARTICLES: 12 Mar 2008 -- 22 Feb 2008 -- 12 Mar 2008 -- 22 Feb 2008 -- PHOTO CALL: Movie-Turned-Musical Mask Hits Pasadena StageThe Pasadena Playhouse stages the new musical Mask, which is inspired by the 1985 film.Richard Maltby Jr. directs the show penned by the picture's screenwriter Anna Hamilton Phelan (book), Barry Mann (music) and Cynthia Weil (lyrics). "Mask is a musical based on the...
PlayBill (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 8-14: Hitting the HeightsIn the Heights stars Mandy Gonzalez and Christopher Jacksonphoto by Joan MarcusAnother week, another unorthodox musical embraced by Broadway critics.A couple weeks ago, it was Stew's coming-of-age rock concert Passing Strange. This week it's In the Heights, the musical tale of life on the northern tip of Manhattan by Broadway newcomers...
PlayBill (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
RELATED ARTICLES: 22 Feb 2008 -- 22 Feb 2008 -- Mask, Musical Tale of Mother, Son and Belonging, Begins World Premiere in CAAllen E. Read of MaskThe real-life story of a disfigured boy, his tough mom and the biker community that embraces them, is told with songs starting March 12, when Mask — the new musical inspired by the 1985 film — begins performances in California. Allen E. Read, a graduate of...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
NEW YORK, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Irwin Z. Robinson, Chairman of Paramount Pictures Music Publishing Group and Chairman of the Board of the National Music Publishers Association and the Harry Fox Agency, will receive the first NYU Steinhardt Music Business Program Visionary Award. This award honors a business figure of note for their lasting and positive impact on the music industry through innovative,...
PlayBill (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
Cast Announced for Musical Mask; Duffy and Read Are Mother and SonAllen E. Read, a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, will play Rocky in the Pasadena Playhouse production of the new musical Mask, based on the movie about the real-life teen whose physical disfigurement did not get in the way of his humanity. Casting for the world premiere, to be directed by Tony Award winner Richard Maltby Jr. (Ain't...
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Your birthday today: Both the strongest and the weakest physically are born in this month. All have great possibilities, which in some, attain high spiritual order. Study yourself and find your inclinations; then practice and apply yourself to them faithfully. You are loyal to your friends and constant in your love. The book lists no names for this date, so look for other great possibilities for celebration,...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 02/01/2008
Shelby Lynne Just A Little Lovin' Lost Highway If nitro glycerin could sing, we might not need Shelby Lynne. Lynne has been something of a critical darling ever since she left Nashville ...
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
The Crystals “Twist Uptown” Philly Records. Produced by Phil Spector. (1962) In early 1962, the Crystals recorded a Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil song called “Uptown.” Barbara Alston's strong-yet-sensuous vocals enunciated lyrics that were as steeped in topical subject matter, especially about the frustrations of life in the ghetto, as they were in romance. [...]
