Cigarettes after sex (Photo courtesy of Cairo Jazz Club) The concert sold out five hours after tickets went on sale. Immediately after the Cairo Jazz Club announced the event, fans rushed to buy tickets. Cigarettes After Sex was formed in El Paso, Texas in 2008. They first gained fame through …
Read More »USA Asia Pacific Month Celebration
Chicago Sinfonietta Maestro Mei-Ann Chen (left) with Xiaowei Hargrove of William Blair, co-chair of ONE Alliance and moderator of the Asia-Pacific American Heritage Month event. Taiwanese-American conductor Mei-Ann Chen led a lively conversation with colleagues at William Blair during the company’s Asian/Pacific Heritage Month celebration about embracing cultural differences and …
Read More »Daily Discovery: Dark Smith finds freedom with “Feel Nothing”
Change is the only constant. This idea is true in the life, in the art, and especially in the music and career of Seattle-born band Dark Smith. The band, which is scheduled to perform at Seattle Pride at Volunteer on June 4, recorded new music just as the COVID-19 pandemic …
Read More »Joyce Manor announces North American tour starting in August
Today, SoCal pop-punk trio Joyce Manor announces North American tour dates beginning August 3 in Denver, Colorado and ending August 27 in Phoenix, Arizona. Joyce Manor also reveals details of a headlining concert at The Long Beach Arena on January 7, 2023 with PUP and Jeff Rosenstock as support. Tickets …
Read More »The Gainesville Community Playhouse Presents Green Day’s “American Idiot”
For the first time in several years, a local Gainesville theater will ditch its typical family shows for an exit commentary on a classic coming-of-age story. The Gainesville Community Playhouse will debut their rendition of Green Day’s “American Idiot” on May 20. Screenings will continue on select dates until June …
Read More »Gorillaz announce North American tour with stop at Miami’s FTX Arena
Who would have ever thought that a cartoon group would become one of the most influential music groups of the 21st century? In 2001, Gorillaz released the single “Clint Eastwood”, an experimental piece of trip-hop/rock/rap as confusing as it was thrilling. Behind the virtual project were Blur’s Damon Albarn and …
Read More »Bring Me the Horizon Announces Fall North American Tour
Multi-platinum BRIT and Grammy Award nominated quintet Bring Me The Horizon are one of the most electrifying and successful rock bands to emerge from the UK and today the band have announced today are the dates for the North American tour, produced by Live Nation, with shows kicking off from …
Read More »Asian American Festival, Marimba Madness at Levitt, Professor Phelyx and more
Denver Zoo launches Asian American festival Saturday Sunday. To celebrate Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, the Denver Zoo is hosting its first Asian American and Pacific Islander Festival. The event is driven by the zoo’s partnership with the Filipino-American community in Colorado, organizers said, and will feature multicultural dance, …
Read More »Conscious soul singer Curtis Harding plays Great American
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Gospel-influenced psychedelic soul singer/songwriter Curtis Harding brings his current tour to San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on Thursday night. Drawn to music by his gospel singer mother, Harding occasionally sang at his church performances as a teenager growing up in Atlanta, but eventually turned …
Read More »The meaning behind the name of the group: REM
For many, the group REM represents an idea of the counterculture. The band rose to fame in the 1990s through methods outside of mainstream channels. Word of mouth, college radios and pirated tapes were the basis of their success. Not the traditional methods like labels and large frames. Today, with …
Read More »Scorpions announce 2022 North American tour with Whitesnake
Scorpions will launch a series of North American concert dates this summer with special guests Whitesnake. the believer in rock The tour will begin on August 21 in Toronto and will last two months until its conclusion on October 21 in Las Vegas. You can see a full list of …
Read More »Yeah Yeah Yeahs Tease first new album in 9 years
The heads of Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans were rolling when the announcement came that the band had new music on the way. Slated for release this fall, their next album via Secretly Canadian will be their first album since Mosquito in 2013. The indie band has announced a pair of …
Read More »Broken Social Scene Announces North American Tour Dates
Today, beloved Toronto collective Broken Social Scene announced a series of North American shows for this fall. The tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band’s breakthrough album You Forgot It In People, a record that took indie rock well beyond its boisterous ’90s roots to a more sonically expansive …
Read More »Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Read, Watch, Listen 2022
Editor’s Note: This page was updated on May 3 to include “Native Hawaiian” in the title and in the story to reflect the White House statement adding these words to the name of this heritage month. Lists of favorite books, movies, podcasts, and bands can serve as avatars of identity …
Read More »The American group ‘The INV!S!BLES’ thrilled the folk of the city during this concert | Cinema News
The indoor stadium at St. Francis College for Women exploded with energy as the city’s youth rocked to the beat of American hip-hop group The INV!S!BLES on Saturday night. The concert, hosted by the U.S. Consulate General in Hyderabad to commemorate 75 years of U.S.-India relations, aimed to inspire the …
Read More »Will there ever be unity between musical creation and copyright ownership?
Copyright law allows for the free creation of music while implementing a system of checks and balances to protect artists from other artists. The question remains, who protects artists from record labels? In the music industry, owning the intellectual property rights to your music is as valuable, if not more …
Read More »Oscilloscope Gets North American Rights To Wild Rock Doc On Beirut Girl Thrash Metal Band
EXCLUSIVE: Sirensa rock documentary about Beirut’s all-female thrash metal band Slave to Sirens, will hit theaters after Oscilloscope laboratories bought the North American rights. The company, which was founded by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, will give the film which premiered at Sundance in January an exclusive theatrical run …
Read More »Finalists ready for Odessa’s Got Talent
One by one, contestants from across the community will show off their talents and dazzle audience members and judges in an evening of fun-filled entertainment in this year’s edition of Odessa’s Got Talent. The event, which serves as a fundraiser for the Permian Basin Mission Center, will take place at …
Read More »Hear the ‘American Idol’ contestant transform Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
It’s not often that rock is played in singing competition series, but we’ve seen several renditions of Radiohead’s intense ’90s “Creep” taken by aspiring singers over the years. But american idol Contestant Christian Guardino just delivered a jaw-dropping performance of the song that left the panel of Lionel Richie, Katy …
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Everywhere off Hatteras Island the sounds of Chicamacomico are invented, like a drunken incantation of wine or maybe a tongue twister – try saying it ten times faster. But as a former lifeboat station built in 1874 on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the name is perhaps the perfect metaphor and …
Read More »Singer-songwriter Kate Clover announces North American tour, drops new single and music video
Today, Los Angeles-based rocker Kate Clover shares “Daisy Cutter,” the final track from her upcoming debut album, Bleed Your Heart Out (due April 22, 2022 via SongVest Records/SVR). The track is a real exuberant punk-rock number, showing Kate’s affinity for fuzzy riffs and toe tapping melodies. The single is accompanied …
Read More »See the best photos of Toto and Journey at the American Airlines Center
In a sea of Journey shirts, the Wednesday night crowd at the American Airlines Center watched Toto as they eagerly awaited the headliner. But the opening band just ripped. Toto wasted no time with banter during their set and just hammered in song after song, including 80s hits “Africa” and …
Read More »‘The American Band’ Grand Funk Railroad heads to the Erie County Fair
Grand Funk Railroad photo courtesy of the Erie County Agricultural Society/Erie County Fair. Tue April 12, 2022 4:50 p.m. Grand Funk Railroad is on tour in 2022, marking a 53-year milestone. The band are set to perform a free show in Hamburg at the Buffalo News Grandstand on Friday, August …
Read More »The Crystal Method will release a new single on American Song Contest
The Crystal Method will debut their new single “Watch Me Now” at the American Song Contest this Monday Legendary Electronic Music Outfit The crystal method are about to release their seventh studio album. “The trip” will be released next Friday, April 15 via Ultra Records but before that, one of …
Read More »Foo Fighters now have more Grammys than any other American band in history
The Foo Fighters won the 2022 Grammy Awards, but they couldn’t take the stage and thank their friends, family and fans. Their drummer, Taylor Hawkins, died a few days ago, on March 25, just before the band was supposed to play a gig in Colombia. Following the tragedy, the Foo …
Read More »The music world remembers Taylor Hawkins
The music world was shocked Friday night (March 25) with news of the passing of the Foo Fighters and NHC drummer Taylor Hawkins. He was 50 years old. The Foo Fighters shared the news on social media. “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of …
Read More »American Song Contest: US Eurovision is a chaotic imitator | American television
Acrossing the United States on Monday evening, many Americans asked themselves a simple question: what is the American Song Contest? The NBC Live Music Competition, which aired its two-hour premiere last night, is trying to bring Eurovision to the United States. This is not necessarily an easy task; despite its …
Read More »“American Song Contest”: Oregon will be represented by the courtship. in the state versus state competition
For decades, international audiences have watched the “Eurovision Song Contest” a songwriting contest that became a favorite not only for the tunes, but also for the sometimes flamboyant performers. The event even inspired a campy Netflix movie, “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of the Fire Saga” which starred Will Ferrell …
Read More »Nikki Sixx ‘didn’t hesitate’ when she was invited to ‘American Idol’
Nikki Sixx will be appearing on american idol in an episode broadcast this Sunday, March 20. The reality show, now in its 20th season, hits the Sunset Strip in the latest round of auditions, with Sixx serving as an ambassador for the famed music scene. “Listen, if anyone wants to …
Read More »Mayhem Launches 2022 North American Tour: Recap + Photos
Staging: Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem have been around for over 35 years, which is pretty epic considering their tumultuous history that includes murders and suicides (as depicted in the 2018 film Chaos Lords). The extreme metal band’s “The Sanguine Sodomy of North America” tour kicked off March 7 in …
Read More »New book chronicles story of Irish-American band with strong Limerick ties
“OH, my name is McNamara, I’m the leader of the band”, the first line of a famous song depicting the jovial antics of an Irish American band in early 20th century New York. Now a new book written by Dr Derek Mulcahy and published by the Limerick Writers’ Center titled …
Read More »American band Eagles of Death Metal will perform in Croatia
Eagles Of Death Metal (Press) ZAGREB, September 27, 2021 – The legendary savages of American rock’n’roll, Eagles of Death Metal, return to Zagreb for a club concert at the Culture Factory on Friday, March 25, 2022. EODM had previously sold Boogaloo in Zagreb and the Culture Factory. This time they …
Read More »American group Mastodon will perform in Zagreb
by croatiaweek September 20, 2021 in Entertainment Mastodon ZAGREB, September 20, 2021 – Famous American heavy metal band Mastodon will perform in Zagreb in June 2022, it was confirmed today. The group, formed in 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia, and made up of bassist Troy Sanders, guitarists Brent Hinds and Bill …
Read More »Lake County History Center Hosts Mid-American Band Organ Rally – News-Herald
Interesting music filled the air for a four-hour afternoon from September 18 to Lake County History Center in Painesville Township. An organ gathering was held on the organization’s grounds, located at 415 Riverside Drive in Painesville Township. The Mid-America Chapter of International Music Box Society led the event. Chapter president …
Read More »Flint Native American band Mark Farner returns to the Capitol Theater
Flint Native Mark Farner returns to the Capitol Theater on January 28, 2022. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets range from $ 27.50 to $ 47.50. Tickets go on sale September 17 at noon. Genesee County Residents Save 30% for the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment …
Read More »The Franco-American group Le Douze brings Trippy Reggae to ‘Fruits Of My Life’ –
Drummer-singer David Boutherre, keyboardist Frédéric Scamps and guitarist / producer Maxime Lebidous of Le Douze. Photo: Courtesy of Junkfood PR The Franco-American reggae-inspired group Le Douze visited a cultural center called Les Franciscaines in the seaside resort of Deauville to shoot a live performance of their new song “Fruits Of …
Read More »American band “ZZ Top” bassist Dusty Hill has died at 72
ZZ bassist naming Dusty Hill who died aged 72, the death was announced by Frank Beard and Billy Gibbson who are the band members on their official Facebook page, He died in his sleep he went because of a hip injury recently and this is the reason that prompted him …
Read More »Things to Do: Watch Chilean’s Mark Farner’s American Band With Love
Click to enlarge Mark Farner on stage in Chile, 2019. Screenshot “From Chile with love” As a former Grand Funk Railroad singer / guitarist, Mark Farner’s vocals and playing have been rock classics on stereo systems and radio for over 50 years. Songs he has written or covered include “Some …
Read More »K-Pop group, AB6IX remixes multi-talented American group Why Don’t We
Announced now on social media – AB6IX, a full K-Pop boyband quartet are joining a special remix for a multi-platinum American group, Why Don’t We, released Jan. 7 at 4:00 a.m. EST. Over the past year, the two groups have had ties, where AB6IX’s Jeon Woong posted a cover of …
Read More »The Flaming Lips: we are an American band
The Flaming Lips face the nation’s uncertain future with a dose of revisionist history on their most moving release since The sweet newsletter. Wayne Coyne is alone in the Flaming Lips’ Oklahoma City warehouse, surrounded by the band’s long list of decommissioned stage props. Dazzled unicorns and deflated robots lie …
Read More »Apple Releases Documentary “The Velvet Underground” About Original Sixties American Band
Apple has secured the rights to “The velvet metro“, for Apple TV +, a new documentary by Oscar-nominated director Todd Haynes. The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York in 1964 by singer / guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus …
Read More »Grand Funk’s “We’re an American Band” backstory
It was a time of change for the power trio from Flint, Michigan, of Mark Farner (guitar), Don Brewer (drums) and Mel Schacher (bass). After the newly formed group played the 1969 Atlanta International Pop Festival, earning an enthusiastic response from the crowd and a subsequent deal with Capitol Records, …
Read More »Metal Supergroup BPMD Cover ‘We’re An American Band’
Metal supergroup BPMD shared their cover of the Grand Funk Railroad classic “We’re An American Band”. The track is from their upcoming feature debut. The band includes Bobby Blitz (Overkill) on vocals, drummer Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Sons of Apollo), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and guitarist Phil Demmel …
Read More »BPMD drop cover of “We’re An American Band” by Grand Funk Railroad
Share the post “BPMD drop cover of” We’re An American Band “by Grand Funk Railroad” BPMD – the band with heavy metal icons Bobby Blitz (Overkill) on vocals, drummer Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Sons of Apollo), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and guitarist Phil Demmel (Vio-lence, ex-Machine Head) – …
Read More »BPMD Releases Metallic Cover of “We’re An American Band”
The wait is coming to an end! BPMD – featuring heavy metal icons Bobby Blitz (Overpowered) on vocals, drummer Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Son of Apollo), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal allegiance) and guitarist Phil Demmel (Violence, ex-Machine head) – are preparing to release their first full 70s rock cover …
Read More »BPMD releases metal cover of “We’re An American Band”
The wait is coming to an end! BPMD – featuring heavy metal icons Bobby Blitz (Exaggerated) on vocals, drummer Mike Portnoy (The dogs of the cellar, sons of Apollo), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and guitarist Phil Demmel (Violenceex-machine head) – are preparing to release their first full album of …
Read More »Sister Hazel, hardworking American band
Founded by singer / guitarist Ken Block in Florida in 1993, Sister Hazel is something of an anomaly: a successful band that has kept the same original members for 27 years. After nearly three decades together, Block, guitarist / vocalist Andrew Copeland, bassist / vocalist Jett Beres, guitarist / vocalist …
Read More »Behind the song: “We’re an American Band”, by Grand Funk Railroad
Songwriter-drummer Don Brewer on the origins of a rock anthem It’s one of the most iconic songs in rock & roll history. Written and sung by Don Brewer, drummer for Grand Funk Railroad, it was released in 1973 on the album of the same name. Produced by Todd Rundgren, it …
Read More »US group Power Trip hits Manila with mega-watt performance
Texas crossover thrash metal band Power Trip MANILA – One of America’s most acclaimed bands of the past decade hit Manila last Sunday. Texas thrash metal crossover band Power Trip put on a mega watt performance in a production by promoter Sleeping Boy Collective on February 9 at 123 Block. …
Read More »Earth, Wind & Fire becomes first African-American group to receive Kennedy Center Honors
Earth, Air and Fire (EWF) made history earlier this week by becoming the first African-American group to be inducted into the Kennedy Center Honors during the 42nd edition of the annual awards and performance ceremony, on Sunday 8 December. Three of the original band members, Philippe Bailey, Ralph johnson, and …
Read More »US group Deftones confirmed for INmusic Zagreb festival
by croatiaweek December 9, 2019 in Entertainment Deftones (Photo: Press / INmusic) ZAGREB, December 9, 2019 – The first issue of next year’s INmusic festival in Zagreb was announced by the organizers on Monday. The American group Deftones, formed in 1988, will perform at INmusic # 15. The group is …
Read More »US band Halocene Reckon ‘The Masked Singer Australia’ nicked their ‘Bad Guy’ cover
The Phoenix-based Halocene Group claims that The Masked Singer Australia ripped off their version of Billie Eilish’s hit “Bad Guy.” The band, which regularly performs alternate arrangements of popular songs on their YouTube channel, released their heavy rock version of the song in April. Kate Ceberano (as ‘The Lion’) covered …
Read More »Great US Funk Rock with a catchy anthem
They had defied the American rock media for years, with their albums sold at a million dollars and their frequent hits on the singles charts. But as of September 29, 1973, no one could deny that Big Funk were really the group of the people. It was all there in …
Read More »US group Green Day to return to Singapore Indoor Stadium in 2020, Entertainment News & Top Stories
SINGAPORE – The American pillars of pop-punk Green Day will return to Singapore to perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on March 8, 2020. The trio, best known for hits such as Basket Case (1994), Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (2004) and 21 Guns (2009), last performed to a full house …
Read More »McDonald’s All-American Alumni Reunite for Super Size St. Louis Reunion | The music
In 1967, McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc established the McDonald’s All-American High School Band to recognize some of the nation’s most accomplished young instrumentalists. Each year until 1992, 105 high school students—including two from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as one from Puerto Rico …
Read More »Mark Farner Brings American Band to Southwestern Ontario
As one of the founding members, singer, lead guitarist and author of most of Grand Funk Railroad’s music catalog, Mark Farner has always been known as the energetic driving force behind the scene. In a sense, it’s known as the engine that propelled the original Grand Funk Railroad to the …
Read More »White Reaper of Louisville is the “Best American Band in the World”
A restless, restless, shoulder-to-shoulder crowd were silenced at the first sound of Richard Strauss’s “Also sprach Zarathustra”. The Headliners Music Hall crowd cheered and applauded as the beats of the classic opus matched like a banner, adorned with a “WR” logo, slowly rose to the back of the stage. The …
Read More »White grim reaper | “The World’s Best American Band” shares remarkable journey around a bottle of wine Josh | WGN 720 radio
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date. Please look at the history’s timestamp to see when it was last updated. (Recorded before White Reaper’s performance in November 2017 at Metro Chicago) Tony Esposito of White Reaper (singer and guitar) and Nick …
Read More »The Eagles aren’t just America’s best-selling group, they’re simply the best.
Eagles Royal Quarter, Copenhagen On tour in the UK until July 4th Evaluation: After the Eagles split in 1980, there was a question people would ask Don Henley, the drummer and lead singer. When are you going to get back together? “When hell freezes over,” he replied happily. In 1994, …
Read More »‘Slanted’ tells the story of Portland’s Asian American group struggle to keep its name
Simon Tam was told it would be simple. With “a hundred dollars” and “a few months,” his lawyer said as they gathered in an office above Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, a brand could counter the misuse of Tam’s group name. Earlier in the meeting, Tam had noted that a …
Read More »How Asian-American group The Slants fought for their name
Simon Tam decided to name his Asian-American rock dance group The hills, as a “badass reference to our own point of view, or our outlook on life, as well as our journey to unbox these false stereotypes as people of color.” Then, when another band of the same name started …
Read More »“We are an American band” from Grand Funk
In The Number Ones, I review every # 1 single in the history of Billboard Hot 100, starting at the beginning of the graph in 1958 and working your way up to the present.
Read More »Navio teams up with American group Tracksuit Wedding on ‘Coming Home’
Multi-award winning Ugandan rapper Navio Kigozi teams up with acclaimed American band Tracksuit Wedding on ‘Go home‘. Listen to it here first; Conceived in 2013, Tracksuit Wedding is a famous American rock ‘n’ roll group composed of Libby Anschutz, Ali Frankfurt, Josh Skelton, Stu Miller, Roqui and Trevor Mariotti. The …
Read More »Filipino-American band Wander breathes new life into post-rock – Kerrang!
There’s something about sunny, slow, uplifting post-rock that gets your heart racing. mars, the new piece of Wander, the post-rock band from San Francisco (for whom we present the video below) is a shining example of this, proving that there are still bands that make theirs one of the most …
Read More »The Recorder – Sounds Local: Rice – an American band that will debut at The Stone Church
The members of Rice – an American band have spent the winter locked in their basement studio honing their tunes and – coincidentally, like Punxsutawney Phil – they will rise above ground on Saturday. I don’t expect this eight-piece band from Warwick to make predictions about how long the winter …
Read More »Filipino-American band Wander breathe new life into post-rock – Kerrang!
You specifically call yourself a “Pinoy post-rock band”. How important is your common heritage in the music you create together? Christian: We are all second generation Asian Americans. I think it’s a blessing that our people are represented in pop culture; from 88 Rising in hip-hop to Jay Som & …
Read More »Fox Developing “Partridge Family” Musical “An American Band” – The Hollywood Reporter
Fox is looking to find the next one Partridge family. The network issued a script command (with penalty) to An American group, a one-camera comedy about the harmonic and jarring adventures of the Wyldes, a diverse and dysfunctional family from Northern California who can’t do anything with each other except …
Read More »Mark Farner’s US band Blue Oyster Cult kicks off Potter Center season
SUMMIT TWP., MI – A Michigan native who became a star with Grand Funk Railroad is part of the lineup kicking off the 2018-19 entertainment season at the Potter Center at Jackson College. American band Mark Farner and Blue Oyster Cult perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 22 at …
Read More »US group Movements ends world tour with intimate concert in Manila
American group Movements performs at 123 Block. Author’s photo MANILA – Movements, one of the hottest American bands in the world right now, put on an intimate show last Sunday at 123 Block in Mandaluyong City. The four-man group from Rancho San Margarita, an hour and a half outside Los …
Read More »An American man with an American band
Former Grand Funk Railroad member performing Saturday at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center; concert connected to Buckmasters Expo 2018 The American group of Mark Farner Mark Farner’s American group performs at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center on Saturday. Montgomery Advertiser Mark Farner has three words for you, Montgomery: âAre you …
Read More »Crushed: We are an American band | Music | Phoenix | Phoenix New Times
Unrealized dreams / Unqualified graduate / It beats cotton picking / Waiting to be forgotten – Replacements, “Bastards of young people” The crushed chords are long, sustained and heavy. The sounds of concrete skies destroy the landscapes. The song oscillates low, deep, almost ironic. The singer is skinny, like a …
Read More »One Republic Special Arrangements: What’s on US Band One Republic’s Wish List? | Cinema news in English
In the recent past, many international rock artists and groups including Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Demi Lovato and Coldplay have toured India. Now, US group One Republic will join the roster, which will perform in Mumbai on April 21. The band are known for hits like ‘Apologize’, ‘Counting Stars’, ‘Let’s …
Read More »US group One Republic arrives in India in April
The One Republic success story was quite unconventional. The group first drew attention to the social networking site Myspace. They signed their first contract with Columbia Records in 2003, but the two quickly went their separate ways. Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Through HT correspondent POSTED ON MARCH 08, 2018 …
Read More »Big Star, the big forgotten American band, is bigger than ever
If the fandom of Big Star, one of the great American groups of the 20th century, the most underrated, was once a cult, it has in recent years become something closer to a religion apart. whole. Interest in the Memphis band’s work has been steadily growing since the relatively calm …
Read More »Maroon 5 is the popular American band of the 21st century – Quartz
The 60s and 70s saw the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The 2000s and 2010s have Maroon 5. On November 3, Maroon 5 released their sixth album, Red pill blues. As critics shrug, music review site Pitchfork called it out soft rock “numbing”– the masses once again ate it. The …
Read More »Rock Hill SC high school student chosen for Army All-American
ROCK HILL Matthew Binford’s band manager says it’s often difficult to get him out of the band room. Now that dedication has paid off. Binford, a trumpeter at South Pointe High School, was named a 2018 U.S. Army All-American. The U.S. Army All-American Marching Band performs annually at halftime during …
Read More »Pulse: American band proves it’s still worth its salt
KANE YOUNG: It’s certainly been a roller coaster ride for American band Veruca Salt, but they’re back together and ready to bring their musical magic to Tasmania. BACK in 1993, Nina Gordon and Louise Post were on top of the world. New single from their Chicago alternative rock band Veruca …
Read More »Grand Funk Railroad’s defining statement
Versatile, virtuoso and endowed with a formidable work ethic, renowned arena-rockers Grand Funk Railway quickly gained importance. Formed in Flint, Michigan, by guitarist / vocalist Mark Farner and drummer / co-vocalist Don Brewer, the band’s initial formation was supplemented by ex-? & Mysterians bassist Mel Schacher, and an acclaimed debut …
Read More »White Reaper is the biggest American band in the world, that’s what they say
When you grow up playing in the same bands with the same team for almost a decade, it’s easy to land on a sound and stay put. For the Louisville punk quartet White grim reaper, it wasn’t until they started to find inspiration beyond music that their sound started to …
Read More »Mexican-American group gives new musical twist to border relations
Breadcrumb Links Music Local arts Festivals “We are Mexican or Latino, but we also love American music. It is unfortunate that the leaders are among those who spread hatred.” – Pepe Carlos, La Santa Cecilia Author of the article: Roger levesque Release date : Aug 11, 2017 ⢠Aug 11, …
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