The News Review:
- THE RICK JAMES LEGACY LIVES N: With a new CD and his memoirs…
- Singers find careers open to interpretation
- 2 local bands 2 great new albums.
- PLICE PRESENCE
- Bandanarama: A classic cloth gets reinvented by today’s young…
- Washington Post Staff Writers
THE RICK JAMES LEGACY LIVES N: With a new CD and his memoirs…
Free with registration – Buffalo News – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 20, 2007
“Just when you thought the dance floors were safe comes a tidal wave of funk from the super freak himself” says the press release announcing the publication of the CD “Deeper Still” recorded in 2003- 04 and his autobiography “The Confessions of Rick James: Memoirs of a Super Freak” which he wrote in prison between 1993 and 1995. Buffalo has always had a fascination with its native son who was born here in 1948 raised in the Perry Projects and lived or visited here throughout his life. But will the larger world of music and words be interested in his musings and late-career creative productions? Absolutely says Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls. “Rick was at the crest of a musical movement and amplified his sounds with a public and private personality that was always larger than life” he says. “His contribution to entertainment will always be a large part of the artistic legacy of our city. ” Jake Brown who owns and operates Versailles Records and has written biographies of Suge Knight Jay Z 50 Cent Biggie Smalls R. Kelly and Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx agrees.
Singers find careers open to interpretation
USA Today – May 20, 2007
A diverse group of veterans also is putting out cover albums this spring and summer. Patti Austin pays homage to one of the greatest American songbook composers on the acclaimed Avant Gershwin; Mavericks founder Raul Malo lends his creamy bari-tenor to country classics on After Hours due July 17. Punk poet Patti Smith recently unveiled Twelve songs originally recorded by Jimi Hendrix the Rolling Stones and Nirvana among others. n We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song due June 5 Buble joins Diana Krall Queen Latifah and others to cover standards associated with Fitzgerald. The recent A Tribute to Joni Mitchell features her songs revived by artists such as Prince James Taylor Emmylou Harris and Bjork. Given the rising profiles of neo-traditional pop and jazz singers such as Buble and Krall and the multiplatinum success of cover CDs by the likes of Rod Stewart and Barry Manilow it’s perhaps not surprising that artists of all stripes would feel more comfortable revisiting older songs… It’s about feeling. " Adds Monheit who released Surrender a collection of ballads and bossa novas in April: "It’s all about being truthful and sincere. If you choose music that allows you to do that you’re telling people as much about yourself as you would if you were performing a song you had written. " In jazz and country music where songwriting and interpretive musicianship are more often seen as separate and complementary skills singers who draw primarily on outside writers or older material face less prejudice. "n a jazz label there’s not as much pressure to write" says DeSare whose Last First Kiss showcases originals alongside classics by everyone from Irving Berlin to Prince. "In fact they can get nervous when you write your own material. " Alison Krauss’ new compilation A Hundred Miles or More veers from traditional songs to tunes by Elvis Costello and Sting.
2 local bands 2 great new albums.
Free with registration – Blade – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 20, 2007
And the band’s style telegraphs perfectly its sound: energetic fun and sexy. Now check out the packaging that comes with Fast Piece of Furniture’s new disc “Adventures in Contentment. ” Mixed in with pictures of the band making music in a quintessential ld rchard home are photos that depict the rugged urban beauty of Toledo. There’s a Jeep Wagoneer the Hi Level Cafe the Maumee River and an old warehouse. The band members are photographed.
PLICE PRESENCE
New York Post – May 20, 2007
In a band comprising three musicians famously obsessed with their craft – including Sting on bass and vocals and Andy Summers on guitar – drummer Copeland is actually referring to group's effort to return to the virtuoso form it attained before breaking up in 1985. "Basically the band's agenda is delivering energy and excitement in the service of really great songs" Copeland says. "It's all new music we'll be playing but not new songs. We're not ready for new songs we don't even deserve new songs yet. Like Sting Copeland and Summers are just another neighborhood bar band. They deserve respect for refusing to take their classic status for granted… After all this time [apart] we had a lot of melding to do. We can see and hear where our weaknesses are and what we need to work on. " That dedication helped make the band one of the most distinctive voices to emerge from England's punk rock scene of the late '70s. While early incarnations of the Sex Pistols and the Clash championed amateurism the Police harnessed profound musicianship to the energy of the times in singles like "Fall ut" and "So Lonely. " They even played ballads although "Roxanne" did tweak the genre by being an aching love letter to a prostitute. In its sinewy melding of island rhythms with jazz-inflected guitar and Brechtian drama "Roxanne" came to reflect everything that was revolutionary about the Police. In a succinct moment of self-assessment Copeland says "ur biggest innovation was the introduction of reggae into white mainstream pop.
Bandanarama: A classic cloth gets reinvented by today’s young…
highbeam.com – May 20, 2007
(Hide copyright information) Byline: Blake Hannon May 20–The bandana is small piece of cloth that was used as a handkerchief and for protection against the elements back in the day. But now the bandana has managed to leave its long-standing home around the head as today’s youth wears it in some very unique ways. Drew Ellis the doorman at The Scallywag all-ages music venue regularly wears one of his many bandanas either draping out of his back pocket or around his neck at hardcore punk shows. When the music gets particularly intense he pulls the cloth up around his face to where only his eyes are visible giving him a somewhat menacing appearance. “That’s kind of a hardcore thing” Mr… (Hide copyright information) Byline: Blake Hannon May 20–The bandana is small piece of cloth that was used as a handkerchief and for protection against the elements back in the day. But now the bandana has managed to leave its long-standing home around the head as today’s youth wears it in some very unique ways. Drew Ellis the doorman at The Scallywag all-ages music venue regularly wears one of his many bandanas either draping out of his back pocket or around his neck at hardcore punk shows. When the music gets particularly intense he pulls the cloth up around his face to where only his eyes are visible giving him a somewhat menacing appearance. “That’s kind of a hardcore thing” Mr.
Washington Post Staff Writers
Washington Post – May 20, 2007
MASTDN– Wednesday doors at 6 p. The Atlanta quartet always has been hard to put a finger on: Its music exists somewhere between prog-metal and hardcore with elements of punk death metal and grindcore thrown in just for fun. Not that the labels matter as fans of unrelentingly heavy guitar-rock continue to come out in droves. With Against Me! Cursive and These Arms Are Snakes.