Cover story: Listen to the locals (and give the gift of music)
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- Cover story: Listen to the locals (and give the gift of music)
- Evans doesn’t care if the music isn’t pretty
- Rockin’ around the Christmas tree
- Soweto Gospel Choir’s World Music Earns It a Third Grammy Nomination
- Pop and Rock Listings
Cover story: Listen to the locals (and give the gift of music)
Dover Community News NH
Gerhard will perform soulful arrangements of well-loved carols as well as his own concert favorites. Fans of guitar music and Christmas alike will want to be a part of this memorable show. His critically acclaimed holiday recordings “Christmas” and “On A Cold Winter’s Night” continue to garner raves. Gerhard was awarded a GRAMMY® for his inclusion on the CD “Pink Guitar” a collection of Henry Mancini compositions. Gerhard arranged and performed “Moon River. “In this season of giving bring a non-perishable food item to benefit the Seacoast Family Food Pantry in Portsmouth and receive a $1-off coupon for any CD at the CD tables.
Evans doesn’t care if the music isn’t pretty
Chicago Tribune United States
It’s not doctored so that the heart is taken out of it. “It’s a connection the Elgin native has been pursuing since he first heard the Beatles’ “Across the Universe” while hanging out at a friend’s house years ago. That same year he pushed his parents to buy him his first guitar—a cheap Yamaha acoustic model—and set about teaching himself to play. But unlike many of his peers Evans was never content to bash out Nirvana or Green Day covers. “It was just in me immediately that I wanted to learn to play the [guitar] to play my own songs” continues Evans. “I always wanted that feeling of creating something and [songwriting] is the way I express myself best.
Rockin’ around the Christmas tree
GoErie.com PA
Outta the way Donkey Kong. The newest video game star is you. It’s time to rockBy JEFF SCHNAUFERCTW FeaturesPublished: December 12.
Soweto Gospel Choir’s World Music Earns It a Third Grammy Nomination
Washington Post United States
Now and then for instance you might hear a little Memphis soul guitar lick peeking through the imaginatively woven arrangements and when the focus shifts to the Johannesburg house music known as kwaito the influence of rap and hip-hop couldn’t be more obvious. "In our country we have 11 official languages and we sing in six of them" Williams explains. "Our music is also very much versatile — as a musician it’s your interpretation — what you feel from the song and the dance. "Among the choir’s biggest boosters are several pop artists who have collaborated with the group including.
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Pop and Rock Listings
New York Times United States
(He’s working on a documentary about the transition. ) It feels like an apt parallel to Mr. Young’s music which fuses classic rock and country styling with something (attitude maybe?) that never stops feeling contemporary. With Wilco an alt-country band from Chicago that has absorbed many of Mr. Young’s lessons musical and otherwise.
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