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A prodigious fiddle player and protege of Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe, Alison Krauss and her band Union Station are one of the hottest and most talented bluegrass music groups around.

... groups with their ham-radio noise peddles and blow dryers. Rhyming with a distinct voice is not easy. Everyone sounds the same these days, but Fundamental sounds like science. Fundamental's lyrics bring back the storytelling skills such as Slick Rick, CL Smooth, Guru, Scarface, and Tupac Shakur did in their day. Songs like Lyrics or Just Words, I See My Generation, Scribbling Freedom,...Source : RVABlogs (subscribe)Explore : Artists, Music, Rap and Hip-Hop, Slick Rick, Young MC

People who know me, know I'm a Persephone Book fan and I've been enjoying the Persephone Post's collection of images http://thepersephonepost.blogspot.com/ . It made me wonder if all of you out there have recommendations for a soundtrack? I can think of several: Jacqueline Du pre playing Elgar, Dusty Springfield and Joy Division's 'Love will tear us apart', just to get started ...Source : Chawton House Library Reading Group (subscribe)

Maxwell is in the house. An R&B crooner with highly emotive, silky-smooth pipes, Maxwell has been called the son that Marvin Gaye never had he's bright, and creative, and his love songs have a level of depth not found in the lyrics of today's other soul music lovin' men.

San Antonio hosted the 29th Annual Tejano Music Awards last Friday, July 17th , 2009. Unlike Premios Juventud and other Univision award shows, the program was not televised. But, you can hear podcasts of some of your favorite Tejano groups performing as well as see photos of winners and nominees at the Tejano Music Awards website. In the meantime, here is a list of this year?s winners. Song of the Year: Jimmy Gonzalez y Mazz - Retrato Quebrado Male Vocalist of the Year: Jay Perez Female Vocalist of the Year: Elida Reyna Entertainer of the Year: Ruben Ramos Album of the Year - Group: Jimmy Gonzalez y Grupo Mazz - The Legend Continues Album of the Year - Conjunto: Los Garcia Brothers - Hombre De Ti Crossover Song of the Year: Jimmy Gonzalez y Mazz - 'Aunque Se Burlan De Mi' Best New Artist - Male: Eddie Guerrero Best New Artist - Female: Monica Castro Best New Artist - Group: Grupo Sueno Vocal Duo of the Year: Joe Posada & Jay Perez - 'Yo Fui El Culpable' Lifetime Achievement

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, from Tulsa, Okla., presents itself as a jam band, and over the last 15 years it has earned an avid following. Led by the pianist Brian Haas, it tours widely and often, recording some shows for official purposes and leaving others for the bootleg market. And like, say, Phish whose bassist, Mike Gordon, has enlisted Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey as an opener in the fall the group seeks a mix of precision and looseness, gravity and drollness. (Jacob Fred was a high school nickname of Mr. Haass; Jazz Odyssey refers to a moment in the movie This Is Spinal Tap.)...

SFJAZZ records today announced the release of the SFJAZZ Collective’s sixth limited-edition set, Live 2009: 6th Annual concert Tour, of which 5,000 copies will be produced. available exclusively from SFJAZZ—presenter of this year’s 27th Annual San Francisco Jazz festival — the deluxe, numbered 2-CD set is the definitive recording of this all-star jazz ensemble’s sixth year of performances. Live 2009 features new arrangements of the classic works of McCoy Tyner, as well as all-new original compositions by Collective members. The SFJAZZ Collective was recently awarded 2009 “Small Ensemble Group of the Year” honors by the 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association...

Citing dc Talk as their inspiration, new vocal foursome Yellow Cavalier-Chad Graham, Caleb Grimm, Kyle Kupecky, and Alan Powel-tell us about the making of a band.

Jimmie Lunceford, storied bandleader and educator was awarded a note on the Beale Street Walk of Fame in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday, July 19. His note will join the likes of those who have had a tremendous impact on the City of Memphis as a musical center. Lunceford, who first came to Memphis in 1926 as a coach at Manassas High School, established the first music program in Memphis City Schools. Lunceford's groups went on to tour professionally and have great national acclaim, rivaling that of the Count Basie and Duke Ellington Orchestras, establishing the career of composer {{Gerald Wilson = 11438}}, who was as student of Lunceford and many others...

(LiveDaily.com) Reunited alt-rockers The Jesus Lizard [ tickets ] are back on the road, sporting their original lineup: David Yow [ tickets ], Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims and Mac McNeilly. Also apparently unchanged is the group's dynamic stage show--still wild as ever despite a decade apart.... continued