Sheryl Crow, riding aboard a bus that uses biodiesel fuel, is on an 11-stop college tour to raise awareness about global warming.
Accompanying the Grammy-winning singer is Laurie David, who produced the film on climate change, “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won the Oscar for best documentary earlier this year.
Each stop on the tour will include remarks by David, a short performance by Crow, clips from “An Inconvenient Truth” and a dialogue with students, according to Crow’s Web site.
“The more I learn about global warming, the more I know that we all have to do something to be a part of the solution,” Crow, 45, said in a statement. “I am thrilled Laurie and I have the opportunity to go on the road and combine our efforts to educate the next generation on how they can make a difference.”
The “Stop Global Warming College Tour” opened Monday at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It ends April 22, which is Earth Day, at George Washington University in Washington.
Other stops: Texas A&M in College Station; Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; Loyola University in New Orleans; the University of Alabama at Birmingham; the University of Florida in Gainesville; Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro; Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.; the University of Virginia in Charlottesville; and the University of Maryland in College Park.
Sheryl Crow goes green for college tour
04/10/2007 11:31 AM, AP
Sheryl Crow, riding aboard a bus that uses biodiesel fuel, is on an 11-stop college tour to raise awareness about global warming.
Accompanying the Grammy-winning singer is Laurie David, who produced the film on climate change, “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won the Oscar for best documentary earlier this year.
Each stop on the tour will include remarks by David, a short performance by Crow, clips from “An Inconvenient Truth” and a dialogue with students, according to Crow’s Web site.
“The more I learn about global warming, the more I know that we all have to do something to be a part of the solution,” Crow, 45, said in a statement. “I am thrilled Laurie and I have the opportunity to go on the road and combine our efforts to educate the next generation on how they can make a difference.”
The “Stop Global Warming College Tour” opened Monday at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It ends April 22, which is Earth Day, at George Washington University in Washington.
Other stops: Texas A&M in College Station; Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; Loyola University in New Orleans; the University of Alabama at Birmingham; the University of Florida in Gainesville; Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro; Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.; the University of Virginia in Charlottesville; and the University of Maryland in College Park.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Beach Boys, Doors celebrate 40-year milestones
The light and the darkness in Los Angeles’ historic rock bands are much on display this week in two 40th anniversary celebrations.
On Wednesday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Brian Wilson was scheduled to deliver what likely will be the last live L.A. performance of the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds.” That sublime 1966 album was rereleased in late August by Capitol Records in a CD/DVD set comprising mono, stereo and 5.1 mixes, as well as new and archival video.
Next week, the Doors kick off their own four-decade festivities with events at the Whisky a Go Go and other Sunset Strip locations. That shindig Wednesday at the Whisky will trumpet a forthcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exhibit; “The Doors by the Doors,” a new coffee-table book; and “Perception,” a six-CD/six-DVD Rhino Records box, due November 21, which includes new 5.1 mixes of the band’s studio albums, as well as outtakes and video.
Even after a lengthy digital history, the Beach Boys and Doors catalogs have had long commercial legs. First released on CD in 1990, “Pet Sounds” has seen five reissues in the past nine years: a “Sessions” box, two slightly different stereo/mono packages, a DVD Audio version and the current edition. “Perception” will be the third boxed incarnation of the Doors’ oeuvre. Just last week, “Best of the Doors” sold more than 9,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Former Beach Boys leader and “Pet Sounds” auteur Wilson views the album’s protracted life as a product of its intensely executed craft. “A lot of work went into it, and it was a very big musical accomplishment,” he says. “Using a lot of different musicians on it, the production and the arrangements all added up to one big album.”
But, after a half-dozen more shows, Wilson will put “Pet Sounds” to bed as a concert vehicle. “We’re going to move on to something new,” he says.
While the Doors couldn’t have been more unlike the Beach Boys, keyboardist
Ray Manzarek claims with a laugh that the Doors were “beach boys,” in a way: “(Drummer) John (Densmore) and (guitarist) Robbie Krieger were surfers. I tried a couple of times, but I couldn’t catch a f—ing wave.”
He adds, referring to his fateful first oceanside encounter with the band’s late vocalist Jim Morrison, and to the somber cast of the band’s work: “The Doors happened because of Venice Beach. I don’t think the Doors could have happened unless we were at the end of Western civilization.”
It seems odd that two bands with such apposite approaches reached their apotheosis at almost exactly the same time in Los Angeles and are commemorating their moment simultaneously. Even as the Beach Boys were dropping the melodic yearnings of the highly orchestrated “Pet Sounds,” the Doors were preparing to unleash the lean severity of a debut album seething with sexuality and violence.
Today, these groups epitomize the strange bipolarity of Los Angeles. On the one hand, there’s a blissful, sun-spackled sweetness in even the darkest corners of the Beach Boys’ brooding romantic canvas; on the other, the menace of the Doors’ “city of night” is seductively inviting.
Manzarek — who recently published a novel, “Snake Moon,” and issued a new solo album — attributes the ongoing appeal of the bands’ music to the freewheeling spirit of their era: “Anything you want to put into your rock music goes. The question is, does it work? If it does, it’s good. For us, and a lot of bands in the ’60s, that’s what it was about.”
(Chris Morris hosts “Watusi Rodeo” on Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. every Sunday. http://www.indie1031.fm/shows/watusi.php)
Reuters
On Wednesday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Brian Wilson was scheduled to deliver what likely will be the last live L.A. performance of the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds.” That sublime 1966 album was rereleased in late August by Capitol Records in a CD/DVD set comprising mono, stereo and 5.1 mixes, as well as new and archival video.
Next week, the Doors kick off their own four-decade festivities with events at the Whisky a Go Go and other Sunset Strip locations. That shindig Wednesday at the Whisky will trumpet a forthcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exhibit; “The Doors by the Doors,” a new coffee-table book; and “Perception,” a six-CD/six-DVD Rhino Records box, due November 21, which includes new 5.1 mixes of the band’s studio albums, as well as outtakes and video.
Even after a lengthy digital history, the Beach Boys and Doors catalogs have had long commercial legs. First released on CD in 1990, “Pet Sounds” has seen five reissues in the past nine years: a “Sessions” box, two slightly different stereo/mono packages, a DVD Audio version and the current edition. “Perception” will be the third boxed incarnation of the Doors’ oeuvre. Just last week, “Best of the Doors” sold more than 9,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Former Beach Boys leader and “Pet Sounds” auteur Wilson views the album’s protracted life as a product of its intensely executed craft. “A lot of work went into it, and it was a very big musical accomplishment,” he says. “Using a lot of different musicians on it, the production and the arrangements all added up to one big album.”
But, after a half-dozen more shows, Wilson will put “Pet Sounds” to bed as a concert vehicle. “We’re going to move on to something new,” he says.
While the Doors couldn’t have been more unlike the Beach Boys, keyboardist
Ray Manzarek claims with a laugh that the Doors were “beach boys,” in a way: “(Drummer) John (Densmore) and (guitarist) Robbie Krieger were surfers. I tried a couple of times, but I couldn’t catch a f—ing wave.”
He adds, referring to his fateful first oceanside encounter with the band’s late vocalist Jim Morrison, and to the somber cast of the band’s work: “The Doors happened because of Venice Beach. I don’t think the Doors could have happened unless we were at the end of Western civilization.”
It seems odd that two bands with such apposite approaches reached their apotheosis at almost exactly the same time in Los Angeles and are commemorating their moment simultaneously. Even as the Beach Boys were dropping the melodic yearnings of the highly orchestrated “Pet Sounds,” the Doors were preparing to unleash the lean severity of a debut album seething with sexuality and violence.
Today, these groups epitomize the strange bipolarity of Los Angeles. On the one hand, there’s a blissful, sun-spackled sweetness in even the darkest corners of the Beach Boys’ brooding romantic canvas; on the other, the menace of the Doors’ “city of night” is seductively inviting.
Manzarek — who recently published a novel, “Snake Moon,” and issued a new solo album — attributes the ongoing appeal of the bands’ music to the freewheeling spirit of their era: “Anything you want to put into your rock music goes. The question is, does it work? If it does, it’s good. For us, and a lot of bands in the ’60s, that’s what it was about.”
(Chris Morris hosts “Watusi Rodeo” on Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. every Sunday. http://www.indie1031.fm/shows/watusi.php)
Reuters
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Damon Albarn's 'Gorillaz' musical journeys west
Damon Albarn's circus opera is set to make its U.S. debut on May 22.
Monkey: Journey To The West premiered in Manchester, England, last year, and is now making its way Stateside, debuting at the 2008 Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.
The opera, for which Blur frontman Albarn composed the music, will be performed at the festival 18 times between May 23 and June 8. The show will open in London two months later at the Royal Opera House.
The show was designed by Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, and is a mixture of stunning live-action circus acts and animations.
An adaptation of an ancient Chinese legend, the opera follows the story of the Monkey King, a hyperactive ape who gains immortality after leading a revolt against heaven.
The Spoleto Festival USA is an annual arts festival that takes place in Charleston for 17 days each spring. For additional information, visit Spoletousa.org.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Music China - International Trade Fair for Musical Instruments
Music China will return to the Shanghai New International Expo Centre this October for its biggest showing yet. The 2007 fair will feature over 1, 000 exhibitors from 22 countries & regions, and will cover 60, 000sqm in five halls. Amongst the confirmed exhibitors are some of the most recognisable brands in the music business today, including AXL, Bösendorfer, C. Bechstein, Bluethner, Fazioli, Gibson, Kawai, KHS, M-Audio, Pearl River Piano, Roland, Steinway, Warwick, and Yamaha. Pavilions from Austria, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, and the UK are all confirmed.
Music China is undoubtedly the biggest annual gathering of the music products industry in Asia. For thousands of musicians, retailers, dealers, distributors and agents from across China and all over the world, it has become the number one sourcing event of the year.
The fair boasts the entire range of musical instruments and accessories: from traditional Chinese instruments, to western orchestral and classical items, both acoustic and electronic. MIDI technology is represented, as are amplification and production equipment, plus parts and components for instruments. And reflecting the importance of musical education in China, new for 2007 is a special area focusing exclusively on sheet music.
A number of live shows, specialist seminars and workshops will be featured at Music China 2007 to entertain, educate and inspire attendees. NAMM University sessions for professional development, including ‘big issue’ panels and ‘how to’ sessions; International drum festival, this year with a special focus on folk music, featuring world-renowned drummers.
Educational seminars by market leaders from China and all over the world; Product demos and stunning live performances on two stages; Pioneer Pro DJ Digital Battle Asia Grand Final, where young DJs from across China will show off their mixing skills and compete to win thousands of dollars worth of Pioneer DJ equipment; Sennheiser, the microphone manufacturer, will celebrate “50 years of wireless microphone technology” with special events and performances taking place on 20 October in the outdoor Sennheiser tent.
Music China is undoubtedly the biggest annual gathering of the music products industry in Asia. For thousands of musicians, retailers, dealers, distributors and agents from across China and all over the world, it has become the number one sourcing event of the year.
The fair boasts the entire range of musical instruments and accessories: from traditional Chinese instruments, to western orchestral and classical items, both acoustic and electronic. MIDI technology is represented, as are amplification and production equipment, plus parts and components for instruments. And reflecting the importance of musical education in China, new for 2007 is a special area focusing exclusively on sheet music.
A number of live shows, specialist seminars and workshops will be featured at Music China 2007 to entertain, educate and inspire attendees. NAMM University sessions for professional development, including ‘big issue’ panels and ‘how to’ sessions; International drum festival, this year with a special focus on folk music, featuring world-renowned drummers.
Educational seminars by market leaders from China and all over the world; Product demos and stunning live performances on two stages; Pioneer Pro DJ Digital Battle Asia Grand Final, where young DJs from across China will show off their mixing skills and compete to win thousands of dollars worth of Pioneer DJ equipment; Sennheiser, the microphone manufacturer, will celebrate “50 years of wireless microphone technology” with special events and performances taking place on 20 October in the outdoor Sennheiser tent.
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