Jan
27

Spring preview — Pop music: Concerts are unusual but promising

Looking at this spring’s concert calendar is a bit like staring off into a live music Twilight Zone. Big names are cautiously playing small rooms (Lauryn Hill headlines the cozy Warner Theater on Feb. 29), while young rock bands are brazenly taking aim at the nosebleeds (The Black Keys will try to fill Verizon Center on March 9, and Foster the People headline Merriweather Post Pavilion on June ...

Jan
27

Spring preview — Pop music: Concerts are unusual but promising

Looking at this spring’s concert calendar is a bit like staring off into a live music Twilight Zone. Big names are cautiously playing small rooms (Lauryn Hill headlines the cozy Warner Theater on Feb. 29), while young rock bands are brazenly taking aim at the nosebleeds (The Black Keys will try to fill Verizon Center on March 9, and Foster the People headline Merriweather Post Pavilion on June ...

Jan
27

Heart for music drives local band

Native Son offers a unique blend of “Native Americana” music with tight harmonies, and a rock and soulful vibe. Pictured are (left to right) Kipp Hockin, Danny Jock, Kenny Jock, Mike Neel, Mark Pierce and Alan Jock. / RANDY MOOMAW/THE TIMES

Jan
27

Nashville Scene publishes 12th Annual Country Music Poll

Our sister paper in Nashville, The Nashville Scene , has released its 12th Annual County Music Poll . As the editors tallied the results, it became clear that 2011 was dominated by Miranda Lambert the solo artist vs. Miranda Lambert, member of the trio Pistol Annies.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Jan
27

Country music station spurs LI venues

Wednesday nights used to be a big problem for Mike McElwee. The owner of the Nutty Irishman said the Bay Shore pub used to bring in only about 25 to 30 people during the slow weeknight – paltry compared to the 500 patrons the pub’s Thursday ladies’ night consistently attracts. So, last March, bolstered by the emergence [...]

Jan
27

Music Review: The Greyhounds – Wurlitzer Seeburg Rock-ola

Music Review: The Greyhounds - Wurlitzer Seeburg Rock-ola Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:26 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Together for over a decade, the upstate New York quintet features vocalist Stuart Millman, accompanied by Mark Hollenbeck ...

Jan
27

Music Review: The Greyhounds – Wurlitzer Seeburg Rock-ola

Music Review: The Greyhounds - Wurlitzer Seeburg Rock-ola Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:26 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Together for over a decade, the upstate New York quintet features vocalist Stuart Millman, accompanied by Mark Hollenbeck ...

Jan
27

Kenny Chesney Leads Country Music Awards Nominees

The Academy of Country Music handed nominations in nine categories, including entertainer of the year and best song, to the country music singer with the ever-present cowboy hat.

Jan
27

Kenny Chesney leads Academy of Country Music nominees

NASHVILLE, Tenn - Kenny Chesney grabbed the lead with nine award nominations on Thursday from the Academy of Country Music, which hands out its prizes on April 1 in Las Vegas.

Jan
27

Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Great Unknowns, Arty Hill, Papa Juke

Music Review: Indie Round-Up - Great Unknowns, Arty Hill, Papa Juke Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 08:26 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012 After a wait of seven years the Great Unknowns have a follow-up to their superb debut CD, and while Becky Warren ...

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