Monday, March 18, 2013
Los Angeles — Michael Buble has sold millions of albums, but as he readies the release of his newest project, he’s less concerned with his future sales, thanks to his wife’s pregnancy. “I’m nervous and excited, and truly I think it’s given me great perspective,” the singer said …
Saturday, March 16, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas — “I am the musician,” Dave Grohl said during this keynote speech at the South by Southwest music festival and conference, “and I come first.” In just under an hour Thursday, the former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters leader preached artist independence — a philosophy, …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Even if you’re not familiar with Rusted Root, the roots rock group from Pittsburgh that plays a sold-out show tomorrow night at Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction, it’s possible you’ll recognize the jubilant opening chords of …
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Los Angeles — The Grammy Museum will put up its third salute to a Beatle with the June 12 opening of “Ringo: Peace and Love,” billed as “the first major exhibition to explore the life of Ringo Starr.” Museum officials have gathered previously unpublished photos, correspondence and film …
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Peterborough, Ontario — Canadian country-folk singer Stompin’ Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada’s biggest cultural icons, has died, his promoter said Wednesday night. He was 77. Connors passed away …
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Los Angeles — The winter hibernation is nearing its end. Bleary-eyed musicians are crawling out of their windowless studios after months — and in some cases, years — of isolated dream-capturing. The bottomless espresso cup awaits, and a …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
In the world of James McMurtry, a woman talks about quitting drinking but even as the words slip from her mouth she knows she won’t, and probably never will. A father looks at his son’s youthful fire with …
Monday, March 4, 2013
Los Angeles — Last month Josh Groban’s All That Echoes knocked Justin Bieber’s new album out of the top spot on the Billboard 200, and that’s not the crooner’s only incursion into territory normally reserved for pop stars. …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Los Angeles — The musical numbers on last Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast by most accounts were hit and miss, but in some respects the most impressive song wasn’t one of the big production numbers from Les Miserables or Skyfall. It was the one host Seth MacFarlane and singer …
Saturday, March 2, 2013
(The writer is president of the Bradford Historical Society and author of two volumes on regional history titled “In Times Past, Essays From the Upper Valley.”) “After the supper came the dance. There was no music save the …
Maggie Cassidy
By Don's Early Light
