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David Bromberg Band shine on new blues album

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 14:16 Last update: about 8 years ago

Among his many attributes, David Bromberg is a generous bandleader, and so the first guitar solo on his latest album is performed by sideman Mark Cosgrove. It's a doozy fittingly punctuated by a...

Charlie Rich tribute explores legend's Sun years

Monday, 24 October 2016, 14:13 Last update: about 8 years ago

Charlie Rich had hits and was called a "musician's musician," but his career never sustained the heights his superior songwriting, dexterous piano playing and honest singing deserved. "Feel Like...

Woody Allen's zany 'Gianni Schicchi' on DVD

Saturday, 15 October 2016, 16:26 Last update: about 9 years ago

Woody Allen brings his comedic touch and sense of movie history to Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi" in this video recorded last fall during live performances by the Los Angeles Opera at Dorothy Chandler...

Smooth grooves rule on Herb Alpert's 'Human Nature'

Thursday, 13 October 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 9 years ago

Why mess with success? Pop-jazz trumpeter Herb Alpert has sold records by the truckload since the 1960s, and if his easy-listening style has become a byword for elevator music, that doesn't make...

Rachael Yamagata takes her act a little higher

Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 16:24 Last update: about 9 years ago

When tightrope walker Philippe Petit was asked why he did what he did, he replied curtly: "Why - there is no why." Rachael Yamagata was floored by his answer, which led the critically-acclaimed...

Czech music in aid of research

Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 12:30 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Honorary Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Malta in association with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Rome is organizing a Czech Cultural Week held in Malta between 17thand 21st...

With new album 'Harder II Love,' Usher gets harder to love

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 9 years ago

If music stops panning out for him, Usher has bright prospects in fortune telling; by naming his eighth studio album "Hard II Love," he knew exactly what the future held. Or he recognized the slight...

Jake Shimabukuro takes roaming ukulele to Nashville

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 16:23 Last update: about 9 years ago

Jake Shimabukuro draws sounds both traditional and innovative from his ukulele on "Nashville Sessions," an adventurous, dazzling album. Using the instrument from his native Hawaii to explore a...

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