The News Review:
- Mohegans eyeing Tropicana casinos
- Music Review: Blind Boys of Alabama
- Shelby Lynne | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones |…
- Festivals to Lead Carnegie’s Season
- IN BRIEF
- Music Review: Dailey & Vincent
Mohegans eyeing Tropicana casinos
phillyBurbs.com – Jan 30, 2008
A deal was nearly reached last summer to sell all three to a group led by former casino executive Dennis Gomes but it fell through. thers have also expressed varying degrees of interest in the Trump casinos. Mohegan Sun is undergoing a $925 million expansion that is to include a 38-story 1000-room hotel with a spa a House of Blues music hall and more slot machines stores and restaurants. Last year the Mohegan Sun opened slot machines at Pocono Downs in Pennsylvania and is working on projects in several other states. January 30 2008 5:49 PM Story ptions:.
Music Review: Blind Boys of Alabama
San Francisco Chronicle – Jan 30, 2008
tmpl –>(01-30) 08:33 PST (AP) — The Blind Boys of Alabama “Down in New rleans” (Time Life)The longest-running gospel vocal group around establishes their mission with their version of the gospel standard “Free at Last” which opens their new album “Down in New rleans. ” ld-school quartet-style harmonies as solid as an ancient church pew testify over a funky rhythm that struts like a street carnival. “Down in New rleans” brings together two of American music’s richest traditions: The roof-raising vocal harmonies of gospel music with the loose-jointed rhythms of New rleans rhythm-and-blues. It’s Sunday morning music for a rowdy Saturday night as righteous as a baptism and as carnal as a bump-and-grind dance. The venerable Blind Boys of Alabama formed in 1939 are down to one original member 75-year-old tenor Jimmy Carter. The once-robust tenor’s voice is a whisper of its old self as is evident during his parts of the country church standard “Across the Bridge. But the group keeps rotating in new members and Billy Bowers who takes the majority of lead vocals growls and shouts with an earthshaking command.
Shelby Lynne | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones |…
MTV.com – Jan 30, 2008
getRhapRssFeed(506250 “artist” getRhapTracksRSS); Full BiographyBy the time Shelby Lynne won her Best New Artist Grammy she’d already completed six albums and had over a decade of recording experience under her belt. Yet in a way the award was appropriate since I Am Shelby Lynne was the album that finally found her taking control of her music following years of casting about in search of an identity. Lynne’s work ranged through country blues Southern soul roots rock Western swing jazz and adult contemporary pop; naturally that eclecticism made her difficult to market and it also resulted in pressure to record more commercial radio-friendly material that didn’t really suit her. Lynne was born Shelby Lynne Moorer in Quantico VA in 1968 and grew up mostly in Jackson AL. Her father was a local bandleader and her mother a harmony-singing teacher and as children she and her younger sister Allison — later a country recording artist in her own right — sometimes joined their parents on-stage to sing along. However Lynne’s father was a violent alcoholic who at one point had her thrown in jail; when Lynne was 17 he shot his wife dead in the family’s driveway then turned the gun on himself while his daughters looked on.
Festivals to Lead Carnegie’s Season
New York Times – Jan 30, 2008
She promised that the name of every African-American “who has ever walked across the stages of this hall” will be heard. ne of those names is her own: she has performed at the hall 41 times she said “and counting. ”The festival will begin with a jaunt through blues jazz rhythm and blues soul and more. Norman will take part in a tribute to.
IN BRIEF
Washington Post – Jan 30, 2008
A musical history of the lives and music of African Americans including songs of Africa songs of freedom work songs the blues and the influence this music had on other cultures. Gaithersburg Library 18330 Montgomery Village Ave. ¿ “Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories From the Underground Railroad.
Music Review: Dailey & Vincent
San Francisco Chronicle – Jan 30, 2008
With Dailey’s nimble tenor and Vincent’s reedy harmonies the duo immediately join the ranks of Flatt & Scruggs the sborne Brothers Jim & Jesse and other great bluegrass duos. With new acts like these the future of bluegrass is as sturdy as its past. CHECK THIS UT: “Poor Boy Workin’ Blues” shows off the band’s stunning harmony work and breakneck ensemble playing all to an original song by Dailey that speaks of prideful blue-collar workers who realize their sweat makes their bosses rich.