It’s been more than six years since the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma graced an Akron-area stage with its world music and exotic instruments. This weekend, the ensemble will make its Blossom Music Center debut with a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Lock Bottom Jazz and Blues Club at Lock 4
Best Coast emerging as more than Internet darling
Rapper T.I. determined to get life back into place
ATLANTA: Everything seems to be falling back into place for T.I. since the rapper ended a 10-month term inside a federal prison and a halfway house earlier this year.
Van Halen album, tour expected
By Chris M. WalshBillboard.com Welcome news for Van Halen fans: The clearest signs that an album and tour are in the works for next year have emerged. While the blogosphere has bantered rumors and various reports about a possible album with original frontman David Lee Roth since last year, a recent release announcing a re-upped…
John Lennon’s killer up for parole again in New York
M.I.A. stays gritty on frenetic ‘MAYA’
Square Records 7th anniversary celebration tonight
Superfest’s men lure the ladies
By Malcolm X Abram Beacon Journal music writer For many R&B and hip-hop fans over the age of 35, the name ”Budweiser Superfest” may conjure up memories of one of their first concert experiences, or at least one of their favorites. Each year from 1979 to 1999, Anheuser-Busch gathered the hottest and up-and-coming R&B artists…
Stop, look and listen in Orrville
Classical music
CLASSICAL MUSIC Ohio Light Opera presents Kismet — 2 p.m. today, College of Wooster Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St. $45, $20 students, $10 ages 3-15. 330-263-2345 or http://www.ohiolightopera.org. Ohio Light Opera presents The Count of Luxembourg — 7:30 tonight, College of Wooster Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St. $45, $20 students, $10 ages 3-15.…
WAPS music director gets creative on own show
Course through the FM radio waves in Northeast Ohio, and it’s a typical mixture of classic rock staples, gooey pop hits and charting country fare. But at the right time – 9 p.m. on Saturdays to be specific – there is an hour of musical salvation. On WAPS (91.3-FM), the publicly funded Akron station, listeners…
Hotly anticipated album, ‘The Suburbs,’ shows Arcade Fire as bitter, affectionate
In “We Used to Wait,” a restlessly mutating song deep in the recesses of the Arcade Fire’s ambitious new album, “The Suburbs,” Win Butler sings about a time when handwritten letters were the norm, and we waited for correspondences to wend their way through the postal system.
Lady Gaga Tops VMA Nominees
From MTV: From pop to rock to hip-hop, today's hottest artists will vie for the coveted Moonman award at the "2010 MTV Video Music Awards." MTV today announced the nominees with Lady Gaga leading the way with an incredible thirteen nods including “Best Pop Video,” “Best Female Video” and “Best Dance Music Video” for her…
