What's Happening in the World of Music
A Master Iranian Musician Plays Cultural Ambassador (New York Times)
Kayhan Kalhor, a virtuoso of the kamancheh an upright four-stringed Persian fiddle has recorded an album with the young string quartet Brooklyn Rider.
Lifelong musician remembered as a ?tremendous woman? (Rockford Register Star)
Even after her vision failed and all she could see were shapes, Ruth E. Boyd-Gustafson continued to entertain audiences with her piano playing. A lifelong musician, she performed for the last time on Friday before falling at home and dying the next day. She was 90.
Critical acclaim comes to Detroit musician 38 years after album release (Detroit News)
Four decades ago, Rodriguez recorded 12 sweet, yet dark, psychedelic-tinged folk-rock songs for the album, "Cold Fact," in a Detroit basement. It foundered commercially.
Ainu musician Oki brings the world to Hokkaido (The Japan Times)
With a Japanese mother and Ainu father, the appearance of Oki on "The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan" with his Oki Dub Ainu Band presents a rare glimpse of the multiracial underbelly that Japan seems reluctant to own up to. Despite being indigenous to Hokkaido, or Ezo as it is known to them, the Ainu suffered centuries of oppression and forced assimilation into Japan. Until June this year, ...
Five questions: Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz in Denver (CNN.com)
Musician Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy performed at a concert sponsored by Rock the Vote on the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Before Monday night's show in Denver, Colorado, Wentz answered five questions for CNN.com.
WAYMAN TISDALE HAS LOWER LEG AMPUTATED: NBA star-turned-jazz musician had cancerous cyst below right knee. (Eurweb)
*Former NBA player Wayman Tisdale revealed on his Web site that he had part of his right leg amputated Monday due to bone cancer, reports the Associated Press.
Miami jury acquits man accused of shooting musician Estefano (Miami Herald)
A Latin pop star's tale of bloodshed, millions secretly siphoned from the bank and a murder plot hatched by a Miami Santería church -- this trial felt telenovela-esque.
Musician uses Internet as instrument (WIVB Buffalo)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A local musician is using the Internet as her instrument. Lindsay Schwarzwaelder introduces us to a local musician who's gaining fans over the web.
Kayhan Kalhor Master Iranian Musician Plays Cultural Ambassador (All About Jazz)
In Silent City, a hypnotic work commemorating Halabjah, a Kurdish village annihilated by Saddam Hussein, the kamancheh, an upright four-stringed Persian fiddle, breaks out in a lamenting wail based on a traditional Turkish melody.
JAZZTOWN | Conga drummer keeps up the beat (The Kansas City Star)
For the first 20 years of his life, Pablo Sanhueza, the powerful conga drummer and driven bandleader, absorbed the sounds and sights of Chile. But it wasn’t until he came to Kansas City, about 10 years ago, that he got serious about becoming a professional musician.
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