entertainment - "music"

Chicago (Illinois), USA - The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Millennium Park presents the third year of the popular international music series, music Without Borders, featuring traditional folk and pop artists from around the globe. The series, which consists of six free concerts at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, features music from Spain, the Dominican Republic, Senegal, Sudan, Buenos Aires and beyond. music Without Borders is part of the City of Chicago’s ongoing celebration of world music. “This series was created to introduce Chicago to artists they might have never heard before,” said Michael Orlove, Senior Program Director at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. “In many cases, these artists are stars in their own countries, and now ...

AP - Despite its amiable demeanor, 'Saved' does not offer born-again, musical-theater salvation.

As more listeners turn to music downloads and the compact disc seems headed for history's scrap heap, a growing number of artists ...

Te Vaka won two of the top awards at the 2008 Pacific music Awards on Saturday night - “Best Pacific Album” for their 5th Album Olatia. This is the most coveted award as it is the only “Tui” in the Pacific music Awards. The group will be honored again in October when the New Zealand music Awards are held. They also won “Best Pacific Group”. Although Te Vaka has previously won a “Tui” for their fourth Album “Tutuki” to win two awards this year is a well deserved ackn...

If you ever have the occasion to tune in to a Japanese radio station, chances are you'll find a mix of mostly unbearable pop songs, all of which can leave you thinking the West holds sole bragging rights to all things interesting in music. But Japan also has its own underground and alternative scenes (for lack of a better word) where some of the more inspired bands are at work. One of those is the group, Water Fai.

In a 28-minute program from WGBH, saxophonist Archie Shepp paints a vivid picture of what it was like to be making jazz music in the avant-garde/free-jazz era of the 1960s. He also gives insight into teaching jazz on the college level.

Teitur is a musician from a tiny island near Sweden. His sound? Folky pop is delivered with a twist of melancholy. music journalist Christian Bordal has a review of Teitur's new album, The Singer.

While Teitur's music hasn't reached many fans in the U.S., he's the Faroe Islands' most famous singer-songwriter. music journalist Christian Bordal spoke with the singer about his music, his storytelling, and life growing up in the remote Scandinavian islands.

The blues icon died Monday at 79, but his signature sound marches on. The 'Bo Diddley beat' powers acts from the Rolling Stones to the White Stripes. Musicologist Ned Sublette celebrates Diddley's infectious, clave-inflected stomp.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 3 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The nation's leading CD / DVD duplicator, replicator and printer has joined forces with Hitt music Group, one of the industry's most buzz-worthy licensing and submission firms. The idea is to offer high quality replication services, at a discounted rate, to all HMG clients.