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SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2010
Vienna makes first woman concertmaster permanent
The Vienna Philharmonic has permanently appointed its first woman concertmaster.

'Butterfly' back, and so is New York City Opera
Having disappeared from Lincoln Center for a season, New York City Opera is taking tiny steps toward recovery.

FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010
Lady Gaga fires back in NY court at music producer
Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million.

Ian McEwan plans opera version of 'Atonement'
It was a book, then an award-winning film. Now Ian McEwan's "Atonement" is to become an opera.

Geneva's 'Parsifal' ends in embrace
Geneva's new "Parsifal" production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the Grand Theatre, with a richly colored staging accompanying music that was at times so sensuous the allegory of Christian salvation seemed destined to end in embrace.

No charges for son over conductor's Swiss suicide
British prosecutors said Friday that they will not charge the son of conductor Edward Downes and his wife with assisting the couple's suicides at a Swiss clinic last year.

The Friday Morning Listen: Mary Chapin Carpenter - time*sex*love
Linda Ronstadt turned 38 in 1984 and was far removed from her folk/rock goddess days. During November she issued Lush Life, which was the second in her trilogy of albums featuring pop and light jazz standards. It would quickly sell over one million copies and earn her a fourteenth platinum record award ...

THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010
Influential Big Star member Alex Chilton dies
Alex Chilton, the singer and guitarist who had a No. 1 hit as a gravel-voiced teen with "The Letter" and went on to influence a generation of musicians through his work with Big Star, died Wednesday in New Orleans. He was 59.

World music champion Charlie Gillett dies at 68
Charlie Gillett, a DJ and music historian who helped bring music from around the world to wider attention, has died at the age of 68, his employer, the British Broadcasting Corp., said Thursday.

Singing Cornish fishermen sign major-label deal
After singing soldiers and harmonious priests, a group of English fishermen is the latest unorthodox band to sign a major-label recording contract.

Country music impresario Johnnie High dead at 80
Johnnie High, a north Texas country music showman who gave such performers as LeAnn Rimes and Boxcar Willie their early exposure, has died at the age of 80.

Music Review: Annuals - Sweet Sister EP
Bop was fast-paced, often frenetic, and possessed of truckloads of improvisation — qualities that made it a popular style for cutting-edge musicians in the Forties. I wasn't eligible to pass judgment on bop during its early years because at that time I was more interested in getting my diaper ...

Music Review: The Waves - Shock Horror
Shock Horror is the first album by the group that would become Katrina and The Waves — who'd go on to produce some excellent, if somewhat under-appreciated, music.

Concert Review: David Aladashvili – A Georgian Evening at Carnegie Hall
On February 8, 2010, I had the pleasure to be invited by the very personable 19-year-old Georgian pianist David Aladashvili to his debut performance at Carnegie Hall’s renowned Weill Recital Hall. Hailed by the Georgian Association in the United States as a “rising star of Georgian culture ...

Five Bands Worth Checking Out Live
At the age of 23, I already feel like an old man. I never really go out and I’m bitter at the new generation because my generation was obviously the best one in the history of mankind ever.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts Reggae Superstar Jimmy Cliff
In addition to writing and singing on The Harder They Come album, Cliff also showcased his acting skills, as he starred in the movie of the same name. The Harder They Come story line focused on Cliff, a young singer growing up Jamaica who got caught up in the rouge life of drug and crimes. The movie ...

Veil Veil Vanish Release New Record
Rising from the darkness of the San Francisco indie rock scene, dark synth-pop/shoe-gaze/alternative band Veil Veil Vanish released their brand new record Change in the Neon Light, on February 23rd. The five-piece band (Keven Tecon, Robert Marzio, Amy Rosenoff, Justin Anastasi, Cameron Ray) has been ...

I Hear Sparks: Droids Attack - Must Destroy
It’s hard to imagine a better script for Droids Attack. Vocalist/guitarist Brad Van gave up playing music after a pile of fated projects and decided to go the route we all dream of going when life simply craps us out: he opened up a video arcade featuring classic games from the '70s and '80s ...

Concert Review: Alkaline Trio in Providence, RI (3/14/10)
If you’ve worn a black shirt, and raised your fist in agony in the past 10 years, chances are you have at least heard of Alkaline Trio. Alkaline Trio fans are die-hard, like an emo army of punk-rock warriors, much in the same way the hippies have Dave Matthews Band, or just about anybody ...

Music Review: Big Crazy Energy New York Band - Inspirations
What’s in a name? For Jens Wendelboe’s Big Crazy Energy New York Band, a hell of a lot lies in that moniker and the “genre-busting musical polymath” does more than live up to the billing with his latest release. Inspirations is a big sweeping epic of a record and Wendelboe’s ...

Retro Redux: Charlie Ventura - Bop For The People
Bop was fast-paced, often frenetic, and possessed of truckloads of improvisation — qualities that made it a popular style for cutting-edge musicians in the Forties. I wasn't eligible to pass judgment on bop during its early years because at that time I was more interested in getting my diaper ...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010
Marie Osmond cancels Las Vegas shows for the week
Donny and Marie Osmond are canceling their shows this week at the Flamingo Las Vegas hotel while she copes with the death of her son.

Drunken thief takes singer Justin Moore's guitar
Country singer Justin Moore knows his fans can get rowdy - maybe sometimes to a fault.

Melancholy Hamlet returns to Met after 113 years
Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet" was last performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1897, and it's easy to see why more than a century passed before its revival.

Norteno star denies knowledge of playing for gang
Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala said the lights went out, people started running and he and his band hit the floor when the Mexican military raided a drug cartel's holiday party in December.

Rapper DMX ordered to 6 months in Phoenix jail
A judge has ordered rapper DMX to spend six months in a Phoenix jail for violating probation and to undergo a mental health evaluation.

Judge OKs settlement in deadly Lear jet crash
A judge approved a multimillion-dollar legal settlement Tuesday involving the wife and young son of former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker's assistant, who was killed in a 2008 plane crash in South Carolina.

Sony bets MJ fans won't stop 'til they get enough
The man who spearheaded the record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years said Tuesday that Sony Music Entertainment bought a treasure trove of new Jackson music, some of it recorded "quite recently," some in collaboration with other artists.

Jazz Tasting Menu, Plate #3: Intimate Flavor Profiles
During their short career, Free was one of those groups whose influence was much greater than their commercial viability.

Music Review: Kilborn Alley Blues Band - Better Off Now
Shorthand has its uses but sometimes we lose things in translation. Take a name like Kilborn Alley Blues Band. It's a bit of a mouthful. I often clip the name to Kilborn Alley or KABB when writing about them or discussing them with friends and strangers. There's nothing ...

Music Review: The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights
From: MartinGillby@wbr.com To: greatwhitenorthernteam@wbr.com Subject: Re: Status of Jack White's Proposed Liner Notes As you all know, we're still about two months away from our production deadline with regard to the packaging of this latest White Stripes album. My communications with Jack ...

Concert Review: You Say Party! We Say Die! at Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA, March, 12, 2010
Usually at 11:45PM on a Friday night, young people are heading to a post-movie-make-out session, well on their way to waking up somewhere strange--or both. In the Portrero Hill district, Canada's You Say Party! We Say Die! were breathing life into the patrons of Bottom of the Hill. I arrived late ...

Music Review: X:THC - X: The Human Condition
Music listeners are increasingly sophisticated and savvy to the tricks of the musical trade. There is a sense that everything has been done before and music fans are waiting for the one album that will surprise them, the one that will make its mark. It is certainly not an easy market ...

Music Review: Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune
Jimi Hendrix released his third and what would turn out to be his final studio album, Electric Ladyland, nearly two full years before his untimely death on September 18, 1970. It's worth noting, though, that his remaining time on the mortal plane wasn't downtime by any means.While maintaining ...

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010
Warrant issued for Lil Wayne in Arizona case
An Arizona judge issued a bench warrant Tuesday for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne after he failed to appear for a hearing on drug and weapons charges because he is serving jail time in New York.

Dixie Chicks to tour with Keith Urban, the Eagles
All three members of the Dixie Chicks, including lead singer Natalie Maines, are heading out in June on a one-month stadium tour with The Eagles and Keith Urban.

Luke Bryan, Gloriana among ACM top new artists
Reverse psychology may have done the trick for country singer Luke Bryan.

Music Review: Linda Ronstadt - What's New
Linda Ronstadt’s career had already taken one significant turn when she left her pop/folk roots behind and embraced rock ‘n’ roll, especially by including an album of new wave rock. Very few people were prepared, however, for the next period of her career when she made another ...

New Album Releases Week of March 16, 2010: Nick Moss, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, White Stripes...
I have been looking forward to today for months and months and months. I've prepared you for this moment and it finally arrives: it's BlueBella Records Day here at Blogcritics! When I write my Best Music of 2010 column at year's end, I can promise you we'll all look ...

MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010
Music Reviews: The Contribution, Keel, All Day Sucker, and Fight the Quiet
It's a relatively mellow music week. Well, except for a kicker of an album from a band that should have been bigger in their prime. The Contribution: Which Way WorldThis is a supergroup of sorts, well at least according to the PR for the band. It's made up of guys from bands I honestly never ...

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