The News Review:
- Get festival fever!
- How punk rock saved a Boston soul
- The adventure begins
- Jerry Lee Lewis: Way Way Cooler Than You
- Rock Is Dead Again
- Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas Texas | Arts & Entertainmen…
Get festival fever!
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal – Sep 27, 2006
And Raindance isn’t resting on its laurels. pening tonight (September 27) with the strange but affecting tale of punk rocking conjoined twins Brothers f The Head the event offers a slew of fascinating features. Set in the 1970s Brothers is a twisted mockumentary that follows twins Tom and Barry Howe as they begin their assault on the punk music scene. Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe (Lost In La Mancha) the film wowed the crowds at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August and took home the Michael Powell award for best new British feature film. Sticking with music Raindance will also be screening documentaries covering some of the biggest names in the industry. Receiving their London premieres Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man a biographical snapshot of one music’s great poets screens on Thursday September 28 while Neil Young: Heart f Gold – about Young’s triumphant return to live performance after life-saving brain surgery – plays on Friday September 29. Homegrown films also get a thorough airing.
How punk rock saved a Boston soul
San Francisco Chronicle – Sep 27, 2006
By his teens MacDonald had lost four of his siblings to premature death. “All Souls” concludes with their passing then jumps in epilogue to MacDonald as a 32-year-old activist working in Southie with families of victims of violence. “Easter Rising” tries to address the two questions left out of “All Souls”: “What happened in between youth and adulthood?” and “How did you get out?” MacDonald’s voice would like readers to believe punk rock happened in between the music and culture of which he grabbed as a teen let go of around college age yet credits with letting him see a world beyond South Boston. To hear him tell it punk sent MacDonald to the Lower East Side of New York in the early 1980s a seed bed for underground culture where both hip-hop and alternative rock blossomed motivated a trip to Ireland in search of family and set him on a long eventual road to manhood. n first read “Easter Rising” will not let down fans of its violently beautiful predecessor. MacDonald brings the same innate gifts for story and setting. The ld Colony housing projects “a maze of bricks and concrete.
The adventure begins
Malaysia Star – Sep 27, 2006
“f course you have to practise at home” smiled Congo. For a band that plays its own brand of ska music it’s no surprise that they all have differing music tastes. “Everyone in the band listens to different kinds of music” said Ajeep. “I was playing in a punk band before I joined KKA” said bassist Congo while drummer Lin grew up on 1980s rock. Keeta delves in further into classic Motown and Janis Joplin and Ajeep is into British funk and Jamiroquai among other things. As individuals and as a band each and every one of them pulled through in the same direction to make the album happen. “There was this song which Ajeep wrote and he programmed the drums for it.
Jerry Lee Lewis: Way Way Cooler Than You
Rolling Stone – Sep 27, 2006
These records were purchased by evil racist Redneck mass murderers who made their own records by imitating the poor oppressed Black people’s records down to the very last detail and then called the results “Rock And Roll”. This is considered to be a Good Thing on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and a Bad Thing on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. Yeah the people at Rolling Stone know everything. Like how Punk Rock was all about Socialism. There was hillbilly bluegrass western swing etc that had as much influence as black´s gospel blues soul.
Rock Is Dead Again
New York Press – Sep 27, 2006
Its edge replaced by cute boutiques and chains like Starbucks and McDonald’s. There is no doubt there has been some improvement but with this has come a loss of character. Similarly rock may never explode again the way it did with punk in ’70s New York. Now with the impending departure of CBGB’s one has to wonder about the state of rock music and artist culture in the city known for its counterculture musical heroes. Who will provide a venue where up-and-coming bands can take a risk and try out new material? What is the future of rock music in this day and age of increasingly popular soulless corporate entertainment where the focus is on profit margins instead of creativity originality or quality?With CBGB’s facing certain closure come Sept. 30th one has to wonder what the hell’s happening to New York City as it smoothly adapts to the rapid and steady process of gentrification bringing positive change progress and profit to some while forcing others to leave. Sure the neighborhoods are safer to walk in at night and you can take the subway at any hour but New York City is no longer what it was… Similarly rock may never explode again the way it did with punk in ’70s New York. Now with the impending departure of CBGB’s one has to wonder about the state of rock music and artist culture in the city known for its counterculture musical heroes. Who will provide a venue where up-and-coming bands can take a risk and try out new material? What is the future of rock music in this day and age of increasingly popular soulless corporate entertainment where the focus is on profit margins instead of creativity originality or quality?With CBGB’s facing certain closure come Sept. 30th one has to wonder what the hell’s happening to New York City as it smoothly adapts to the rapid and steady process of gentrification bringing positive change progress and profit to some while forcing others to leave. Sure the neighborhoods are safer to walk in at night and you can take the subway at any hour but New York City is no longer what it was. Despite being pushed farther out of the city deeper in to places like Brooklyn Queens The Bronx or even New Jersey artists and musicians continue to flock to the New York area hoping to capture a New York long past. There is an undeniable energy that keeps drawing people to a place where anyone can be—or at least try to be—what they really want to be.
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas Texas | Arts & Entertainmen…
Dallas Morning News – Sep 27, 2006
1 her triumphant mix of pop punk vallenato reggaeton and dramatic balladry produced by Rick Rubin. Fijación which spawned the million-selling English-language counterpart ral Fixation Vol. 2 is competing for album of the year while its huge Latin hit "La Tortura" is vying for record and song of the year. Shakira who gave a terrific concert Saturday night at American Airlines Center also is duking it out for three other Latin Grammy prizes: female pop vocal and engineered album (both for Fijación ral Vol. 1 ) and music video for "La Tortura… 2 is competing for album of the year while its huge Latin hit "La Tortura" is vying for record and song of the year. Shakira who gave a terrific concert Saturday night at American Airlines Center also is duking it out for three other Latin Grammy prizes: female pop vocal and engineered album (both for Fijación ral Vol. 1 ) and music video for "La Tortura. " Eager to steal her stash are fellow nominees Ricardo Arjona from Guatemala Argentinean rocker Gustavo Cerati and Mexico’s alt-pop-rock chica Julieta Venegas with four chances each at a Latin Grammy. Arjona whose intensely lyrical writing style has won acclaim but no Latin Grammys is a shoo-in for at least one honor. He’s the top contender for male pop vocal album for his strong Adentro In that category he fends off Puerto Rico’s Chayanne for Cautivo; Amor from classical-pop vocalist Andrea Bocelli; Luis Fonsi also from Puerto Rico for Paso a Paso; and Ricardo Montaner’s Todo y Nada.