The News Review:
- Adding Some Magic to GarageBand Songwriting
- Pop and Rock Listings
- Music honors America’s pastime
- staugustine.com: the oldest city’s home on the Net
Adding Some Magic to GarageBand Songwriting
PC World – Apr 25, 2008
For my guitar part I used my 1985 Fender Squire Strat. For me the Strat is the sound of electric blues–I get that Eric Clapton vibe going and could play for hours. There is just nothing like sitting back in my chair with a piece of blues music playing while ripping off a solo. We’ll cover some more topics in future posts on this project.
Pop and Rock Listings
New York Times – Apr 25, 2008
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB (Saturday and Sunday) Mark Eitzel’s husky weary voice holds the complete anatomy of melancholy and his band American Music Club ranges through genres to flesh out his every bleak mood from bristling cynicism to wistful ballad to folky introspection. Music Hall of Williamsburg 66 North Sixth Street Brooklyn (718) 486-5400. com; $15 in advance $17 at the door… (Sisario)THE KILLS (Thursday) Following in a long tradition of arch blues-punks this American-British male-female duo surrounds sexy corrosive riffs with no shortage of sneers and pouts romanticizing the eternal pursuit of trashy chic: “I’m bored of cheap and cheerful” sings Alison Mosshart a k a V V “I want expensive sadness. ” With Child Ballads and Telepathe. Webster Hall 125 East 11th Street East Village (212) 533-2111 bowerypresents.
Music honors America’s pastime
MLB.com – Apr 25, 2008
These musicians were rockin’ long before Elvis was although nobody referred to their genre back then as rock. A good body of their musical work was recordings of songs that referenced baseball and its stars. In the late 1940s blues artists and big bands used music to pay homage to the social changes baseball wrought. A number of artists released songs about Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby. Jazz legend Count Basie recorded “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball” in ’49:Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball?Did he hit it? Yeah and that ain’t all. Yes yes Jackie’s real gone.
staugustine.com: the oldest city’s home on the Net
St. Augustine Record – Apr 25, 2008
While the Taste will wrap up at 9 p. the music will continue until 10 p.