entertainment - "music"

For their self-titled, debut release, Tallahassee, Fla. band The Woods decided to package all the CDs in the pages of old books. With an initial 'pressing' of just 40 discs, the group glued together the pages of used thrift-store books, cut a hole for the CDs and stamped the band's name on the cover with a typesetting machine. It's the same kind of inspired care they took with the music itself. The Woods is an enchanting collection of songs rooted in acoustic folk music, with pleasantly unpredictable turns toward more experimental soundscapes.

TransGlobal Underground, winners of the Club Global Category in this year's BBC Radio 3 Awards for World music will not be playing at the Winners' Concert due to take place on July 30th as part of Radio 3's Proms season of concerts broadcast from London's Royal Albert Hall. The announcement has disappointed fans as well as members of the Awards Jury and is in contrast with last year's concert in which the Club Global Category winners, Gotan Project, played a full 40 minute set.TransGlobal Underground are regarded as pioneers of global dancefloor music, starting in the early days as a club night wi...

'Really Useful Holdings Limited - the parent organisation for Lloyd Webber's companies including the Really Useful Group, which operates his theatres and owns the copyrights to his musicals - has reported a total operating profit of £21.9 million, thanks in part to strong production income from copyright and rights exploitation as well as strong trading results from the theatres.'...

In the Heights, an exuberant new hit musical conceived and scored by a college student from new york and with a book by a young Philadelphia playwright, received 13 nominations Tuesday for Broadway's biggest prize, the Tony Award.

The rap, hip-hop and salsa flavored musical received 13 Tony nominations, which were announced Tuesday.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Bands and solo artists no longer need to feel intimated by the competitive music industry now that Hitt music Group and Media Riot Productions have joined forces. The two met at this year's music and media conference South by Southwest and since then have collaborated to meet the growing needs of music professionals in a creative and innovative fashion.

AUSTRALIAN music has been given another boost with BigPond's Monday Night Live signing on for a second series.

It isn't always easy to locate Scarlett Johansson's voice on the actress' nervy first foray into music-making. Listen to her debut CD, 'Anywhere I Lay My Head' and you'll hear a blurry murmur of a thing, buried in a mountain of echo and distortion.

Music critics sometimes slam symphony conductors for their overly robotic approach. When the Detroit Symphony performs today with soloist Yo-Yo Ma, that criticism won't be.a criticism. The DSO will be led by Honda's ASIMO robot.

'In The Heights' garners 13 nominations for Broadway's annual honours