The News Review:
- Coronating rhythm and blues royalty
- Levon Helm | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones | MTV
- Brain may benefit from its own music
- ‘Record Time’ in Music | Richmond.com / Richmond Virginia /…
- Local music will miss Doug Pullen
- Music Preview: Midnight Serenaders
- Fender Introduces New American Standard Series
Coronating rhythm and blues royalty
Jerusalem Post – Jan 9, 2008
“It’s great that people seem to like what I do but it’s early days yet” she notes sagely. “I’m only just setting out on my career. It is no surprise to learn that Malka began playing music at an early age although she says it took a while before she began to take the business seriously – despite getting a lot of sibling encouragement. “I played flute and recorder as a young kid” she recalls “but that was just at school and different after-school activities. Her musical endeavors were not exactly helped by her educational environment either. “I went to a religious school and you know they don’t exactly push the students to take up a career in music. MEANWHILE MALKA’S mother bought her a guitar and the then-teenager wrote a song at the behest of her older sister Miri now a 27-year-old professional singer herself… “I filled in for Ayala with Shabak Samech a few times. I enjoyed that very much and it gave me some valuable experience before I started performing under my own name. Besides the obvious polished entertainment value music also allows Malka to express some of the darker sides of her life. “I am an optimistic person but for some reason I find it easier to talk about sad things. It’s not that I get down about things but that’s just what comes out when I write. Some of that sadness comes from the trials and tribulations her parents experienced when they came to Israel from their native Ethiopia in 1981. “It’s not just my parents the whole Ethiopian community has gone through a lot of tough things here.
Levon Helm | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones | MTV
MTV.com – Jan 9, 2008
Walcott Rabbits Foot Minstrels he decided to switch to drums. As a youth Helm listened to the music of the area including radio broadcasts of the Grand le pry and the blues and R&B shows on WLAC a clear-channel station out of Nashville that became legendary in the development of rhythm & blues and early rock & roll. Accompanied by his sister Linda on washboard bass he played various fairs and civic club shows until forming his first group the Jungle Bush Beaters while in high school. Eventually he moved to Memphis where he began sitting in with Conway Twitty.
Brain may benefit from its own music
Houston Chronicle – Jan 9, 2008
write(“flashcontent1351330729″); In a few weeks Mai Tran will make a habit of slipping on her headphones before she goes to bed and again when she wakes. But she won’t be listening to her favorite blues or pop. Instead she’ll fall asleep and wake up to the music of her own brain. Tran who has long experienced depression is hoping a treatment called Brain Music Therapy will help her better control her emotions. The music which sounds like a simple piano melody is a complex interpretation of each patient’s brain waves intended to prompt the body to relax or become more alert. Listening to it several times a day advocates say can benefit patients with sleep disorders anxiety depression and other ailments.
‘Record Time’ in Music | Richmond.com / Richmond Virginia /…
Richmond.com – Jan 9, 2008
" Now Sia presents her Hear Music debut "Some People Have Real Problems" an upbeat and genre-defying collection that perfectly captures her powerful vocals and distinctive lyrics. Taking the best of rock 'n' roll punk soul blues folk music and sounds of the street Marah is making a music that includes the best of the American music traditions – the wisdom of generations – but in a way that is never nostalgic or quaint but always alive on the move and ready to meet the world. Kate Nash built a reputation through gigs and word of mouth. Emerging alongside Jamie T and Jack Penate Nash gave a unique girl's-eye view of the edgy new school of British singer-songwriters. The 20-year-old's straightforward tales and warm voice catapulted her debut album "Made of Bricks" to the No. 1 spot on Britain's album chart in its first week of release.
Local music will miss Doug Pullen
mlive.com – Jan 9, 2008
ssf –> Local music will miss Doug Pullenby Andrew Heller | The Flint JournalWednesday January 09 2008 11:22 AM Don McLean once sang about “the day the music died. It hasn’t quite died with the departure from The Journal Friday of my pal Doug Pullen but for now at least its amplifier has been turned down a notch or two. Doug chronicled the local music scene for 17 long good years and the impact that had on local musicians was evident in the turnout for his going-away party Sunday at Jester’s. The place was packed from 5 p. on as some of local music’s best and brightest played tribute to Dougie Fresh (my joshing and hopelessly Caucasian rap name for him). Singer-songwriter Dan Hall (www… com) made the long trek down from the north woods where he now makes his home and performed among others his popular ode to Angelo’s coneys and the late-night damage they can do. Rusty Wright and his blues band (that’s the one that includes the husband and kids of my colleague Brenda Brissette Mata — ah to be so young and so talented) rocked the house as did the Mott Steelhead band and the eminently cool Blue Hawaiians. Even Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad fame was there despite being pretty seriously under the weather. He played “I’m Your Captain” to the delight of all then stuck around to pose for photos with fans. That was pretty darned cool. Farner saluted Doug from the stage as did everyone else because he understands the role serious music journalists can play in a musician’s life.
Music Preview: Midnight Serenaders
oregonlive.com – Jan 9, 2008
Being dynamic music is best served fresh and freshly inspired. Doug Sammons a New York rocker turned bluegrass and old-time musician turned his latest musical epiphany into a swinging sextet that marries the best parts of old country — a la Jimmy Rodgers and lap steel guitars — to the swing era of the 1920s and ’30s. midnightserenaders.
Fender Introduces New American Standard Series
Sonic State – Jan 9, 2008
With detailed improvements to the Stratocaster® Telecaster® Precision Bass® and Jazz Bass® guitars this iteration of the American Standard series offers superior tone performance durability and style while retaining the quality and design that have made Fender instruments popular for more than half a century. Relying on a reverse-engineering approach Fender utilized precision tools and expert ears to isolate the elements that make their instruments so great: tone comfort playability and durability. Fender?s goal – to create instruments that inspire today?s players to ?make history? with their music from country to punk blues to funk and everything in between. Significant improvements to the electric guitars include a redesigned bridge new bent-steel saddles with elongated string slots a new neck and body finish and a Fender-exclusive high-tech molded case. Similarly the bass guitars feature a new neck and body finish a Fender-exclusive high-tech molded case lightweight tuners height-leveled pole pieces and the new HMV high-mass vintage bridge. And for the first time Fender will be offering the traditional Precision Bass® in a five-string passive version taking the classic platform to a new level. Leo Fender founded the company bearing his name in 1946 in Fullerton Calif.