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- The Gauntlet: Megadeth Metal News
- Music Review | Winter Jazzfest
- Music Review | Young People’s Concert
- The Gauntlet: Korn Metal News
- Taking music to the troops
- The next big thing for another big music year
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The Gauntlet: Megadeth Metal News
The Gauntlet – Jan 14, 2008
The third installment of Gigantour – the acclaimed traveling heavy music festival launched in 2005 by Mustaine–will kick off April 12 in Denver C with headliner Megadeth Scandinavian death metal band IN FLAMES Finland’s CHILDREN F BDM Arizona’s modern extreme JB FR A CWBY and akland CA heavy power trio HIGH N FIRE all confirmed. The 29-date trek will criss-cross North America and wraps May 22 in Phoenix AZ. Mustaine sums up the philosophy behind v hailed by Revolver magazine as “the mother of all shred-fests” : “If the bands and the fans are treated well then the entertained and the entertainers go home happy – it’s a win-win situation. ” Since its inception in 2005 Gigantour has galvanized bands that emphasize true musicianship and virtuosity offering them a new opportunity to showcase their talents… The third installment of Gigantour – the acclaimed traveling heavy music festival launched in 2005 by Mustaine–will kick off April 12 in Denver C with headliner Megadeth Scandinavian death metal band IN FLAMES Finland’s CHILDREN F BDM Arizona’s modern extreme JB FR A CWBY and akland CA heavy power trio HIGH N FIRE all confirmed. The 29-date trek will criss-cross North America and wraps May 22 in Phoenix AZ. Mustaine sums up the philosophy behind v hailed by Revolver magazine as “the mother of all shred-fests” : “If the bands and the fans are treated well then the entertained and the entertainers go home happy – it’s a win-win situation. ” Since its inception in 2005 Gigantour has galvanized bands that emphasize true musicianship and virtuosity offering them a new opportunity to showcase their talents. “I think that in a small way we are cleaning up the environment of crappy bands” he says laughing.
Music Review | Winter Jazzfest
New York Times – Jan 14, 2008
With nine hours of music and 24 bands from all over the place gathered into one building it’s pure cosmopolitan overload. It’s open to the public yet half the concertgoers seem to be there on the job. Its reason for being is the annual conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters the people who book concert halls around the country and give jazz musicians a living. Performing-arts presenters like to stay up late and hear music endlessly. They probably did this for fun before they did it for work… Elsewhere in the evening the young Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir ElSaffar who has studied both jazz and traditional Arabic maqam patterns and combines them in modal pieces for improvisers demonstrated with his sextet (including an oud and a santoor the Persian hammered dulcimer) how hungry jazz still is for sources older than itself. Meanwhile old American folk forms — gospel New rleans country — stole into set after set. Doug Wamble played rhythm and blues on a metal guitar with Southern bounce in his rhythm section. A new trio of the clarinetist Don Byron the classical pianist Lisa Moore and the Czech violinist and singer Iva Bittova played multilingual drawing-room music that could sound like old hymns and airs. And the trumpeter Dave Douglas’s new trio Magic Circle with the violinist Mark Feldman and the bassist Scott Colley played a poignant version of “Show Me the Way to Go Home” an English drinking song from the 20s. That song and a few others from the set as well were all part of the songbook of Jimmy Giuffre’s late-1950s trios — drummerless groups with which Mr. Douglas’s new band has a lot in common.
Music Review | Young People’s Concert
New York Times – Jan 14, 2008
Streets” evoked New York City with stately fanfares and a steady walking pace. Abraham Pagan’s tempestuous “Storm” included sounds from a massive metal thunder sheet suspended from the ceiling. The program ended with.
The Gauntlet: Korn Metal News
The Gauntlet – Jan 14, 2008
We released two kick-ass albums from very different bands DRID and MNSTER IN THE MACHINE. “Both albums are special for me. “I started ESR because I felt like there was a void in the music industry. I aimed to fill that by promoting more great music. I wanted to give these artists a channel to be heard. These records are completely untouched by industry politics and trends. They come from the respective musicians’ hearts.
Taking music to the troops
Colorado Springs Gazette – Jan 14, 2008
Members will fire off rounds of Zeppelin and Skynyrd in the Middle East. Blue Steel a rock ensemble of the… This twomonth tour will be similar said Bristow a guitarist who was with Wild Blue Country at the time but later switched to the rock genre. He said he can’t give Blue Steel’s exact itinerary for security reasons. The 68-member Air Force Academy Band one of two premier Air Force bands has 10 performing groups doing everything from waltzes to heavy metal. Everybody plays in the main marching band. Players audition to get into the band which then requires a military commitment. The musicians must be proficient with instruments of war as well. They go through weapons training and wear military uniforms during the workweek at Peterson Air Force Base where their studio is based after moving there from the academy.
The next big thing for another big music year
Arkansas Traveler – Arkansas Traveler (subscription) – Jan 14, 2008
substring(0 thispageresult. “Although you cannot directly pick the next band to infest local radio stations and shoot up the charts there are a few I am willing to wage will have their shot at making it happen. Rock band Say Anything will take its step into the music limelight this year. Though they have achieved much underground success and acclaim not much has been mentioned in the mainstream. Lead singer Max Bemis and company will take their unique blend of rock music and unique poetic and often weird lyrics from their 2007 released double album “In Defense of the Genre” to national success in the next year… Everybody should brace themselves. The pop rock dance-beat music scene will probably not die in 2008. Though some might wish for this year to be the year of the indie music scene or pray for the long shot gamble that screaming and maybe even hardcore and metal might actually break through into mainstream America unfortunately it probably will not happen. But then again no one expected a part indie part hip-hop part god-knows-what else band like Gym Class Heroes would grab the nation with a chokehold in 2007. More music will be sure to sky rocket to success and acclaim this year but those are just a few to latch on to and place in your back pocket to be able to brag to your friends later this year about listening to them before they became “cool. ” After all that is what the music industry has turned into branding your favorite bands to have an argument with your friends later over which bands you loved before they were “cool.
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Now Toronto – Jan 14, 2008
And yeah Sam and “the Don” are both NXNE alumnialong with a who’s who of cool musicians and filmmakers spanning the past 13 years. Every June NXNE gives great indie artists the chance to showcase in front of 70000 fans and key industry pros at the talent-fest of the year. The Music Festival: Rock reggae DJ punk folk hip-hop dance metal bluegrass electronic R&B alternative and more 500 local national and international artists rock the crowds and show their stuff to agents talent buyers promoters labels and international media at over 50 downtown venues. “Thousands of artists showcased by NXNE directly to key music and film executives. This is where you bring your entertainment vehicle if you want serious industry attention. ” – Rob Halford Judas Priest The Film Festival: Great music-related features and shorts from around the world from concert classics to indie docs with incredible historical cultural and musical range. If the film’s got a beat we want it! NXNE scoops world premieres and brings cool film folks to townwithout any celebrity suck-up or fashion gossip.