Music Gigs and Venues
Etta James Jazz Singer 1938 – 2012
Etta James has died after fighting leukemia and the ravages of the awful disease related complications.
James will be remembered for her powerful love song. At Last
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDigK8LwyE [Read more…]
Love Music, Love Food – The Rock Star Cookbook
There are two things that could make the world a better place – food and music – and this exclusive project combines them with a unique collection of portraits of musicians with their favourite food or drink. The original, dramatic portraits command attention and the complex creativity of each is absorbing. [Read more…]
Frootful Art Ensemble
This December The Frootful Art Ensemble is going on a whistle stop tour, bringing their unique brand of 60s inspired soul jazz to London, Cornwall, Bath and Liverpool. Expect sharp suits, a knockout vocalist, and a swinging soul / jazz / R&B / Latin / ska set aimed squarely at the dance floor. [Read more…]
Ambrose Harcourt - Mr Lurve
He is the Barry White of Sussex and there aren’t many people in the area who can say we haven’t heard his deep romantic tones on the radio.
Ambrose Harcourt, “Mr Lurve” is celebrating 25 years of spreading the Lurve to Sussex, London and the Southeast of England where he has been broadcasting all this time.
He joined Southern Sound Radio in 1986 to present a Soul and R & B show on Saturdays, called SOUL DIRECTION. The show finished at 11pm and then there was a sponsored show which ran from 11pm till Midnight when the station closed down for the night. [Read more…]
Rihanna on the Jubilee line
Adrienne Amado was travelling on the Jubilee Line and had the unexpected pleasure of bumping into pop star Rihanna in the same carriage as her.
The American singer had taken the tube to North Greenwich station where she was whisked away in her limo to her own gig at the London O2 Arena [Read more…]
Music Eucation Program
ATLANTA – More than half of U.S. children and adults have never received music education, though a majority (68 percent) thinks it’s important, says a new IBOPE Zogby poll* commissioned by Primrose Schools, The Leader in Educational Child Care ®. Over 70 percent of adults recognize that music education enhances children’s music appreciation, cognitive development and creativity. However, over the past 15 years, many school music programs have been cut to reduce budgets and to spend more time on math and reading instruction. [Read more…]
Amy Winehouse
Back To Black returned to the top of the charts a week after the death of Amy Whinehouse, going on to sell more than 3,259,100 copies to become the best-selling album of the century in the UK. [Read more…]
Celtic Colours 2011
The line-up for 2011 Celtic Colours International Festival has been announced and organizers are excited about what’s in store for their 15th Anniversary.
Celtic Colours will be exploring our Cajun and Appalachian connections in 2011 with this year’s Artists in Residence: songwriter Ron Bourgeois from Cheticamp and Old Time Appalachian fiddler and singer Bruce Molsky from the US. [Read more…]
Dublin Bay Taste & Music Festival 2011
Dublin Bay chefs prepared to ‘Eat to the Beat’ at the launch of the inaugural Dublin Bay Taste & Music Fest . This culinary and entertainment extravaganza is set to take place from Thursday 25th August to Sunday 28th August 2011 in the beautiful setting of The Peoples Park, Dun Laoghaire(12noon – 10pm daily) . [Read more…]
Arts Alive International 2011
Pretoria – The 2011 Joburg Arts Alive International Festival promises to be nothing short of spectacular as dazzling world class live shows come to the city.
The City of Joburg has been giving Joburg’s residents the gift of South Africa’s biggest urban arts festival for 19 years. [Read more…]
