| Child's play: Musical hits and misses for youngsters | | Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:06:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | The children's-music market is booming these days, with 'tweens going crazy over the "High School Musical" soundtrack and younger kids singing along to some of the major hits of the day on the relentlessly popular "Kidz Bop" series. But those aren't the only musical choices available for youngsters. Here are some recent CDs that kids of various ages will enjoy -- or, in a few cases, not. Daniel Durchholz is a freelance writer living in St. Louis. Soft and comfy .... | |
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| | | 2. Save to notes (255 character max): | | Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:06:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | ROOTS, ROCK, REGGAE FESTIVAL 2006 -- Today at 2 p.m. A number of groups from across genres, including Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Bunny Wailer, Ozomatli and Jon Nicholson, come together in a fusion of styles to celebrate the music of Bob Marley. Wolf Trap, Filene Center, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. $25-$42. 877-965-3872 or 703-255-1868. ALOHA -- Today at 9 p.m. Catchy but experimental indie-pop that leans on rich textures created with a mix of electric rock and traditional acoustic percussive instruments. With Rahim. Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW. $8. 202-667-7960. THE ADVANTAGE -- Monday at 8:30 p.m. Drummer Spencer Seim, who also performs with the California noise-rock group Hella, heads this band that focuses its attention on the 8-bit video game era. Named after a Nintendo controller, the foursome adapts the old three-voice soundtracks of classic games, turning them into high energy, staccato rock numbers.... | |
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| | | A stirring mix of music turns a dreary day festive | | Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:10:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | MANSFIELD -- An afternoon freighted with charcoal clouds and drizzling rain did nothing to dampen the party-hearty spirits that accompanied the Wailers when they hit the Download Festival's second stage and lit, suitably, into ``Positive Vibration." Ditto for the booming thunder, lightning, and downpour that followed the Dropkick Murphys' ferocious set some six hours later. Call it a bonus light show. The Wailers' infectious grooves and the exuberant, earthy soul of reggae classics such as ``Stir It Up," ``Lively Up Yourself," and ``Jamming " made it clear: One couldn't have picked a better outfit than Bob Marley's legendary backing band to cast a sunny spell and chase away worries about whether everything would be all right. But why the Wailers -- reggae royalty and principal architects of a sound whose echoes could be heard from main stage headliners 311, G.... | |
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| | | Matisyahu: An Orthodox Bob Marley | | Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:16:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | Some call him a phenomenon; others, a curiosity. Rolling Stone magazine described him as the strangest thing to climb the Billboard charts this year. One thing is certain, however: Chassidic reggae superstar Matisyahu has arrived, and in a big way. Despite his black suit, velvet kippah and tzitzit flying in every direction as he bopped around the stage at Torontos Molson Amphitheatre last month, the audience was dancing right along with him, mouthing lyrics such as treif wine clouds the heart. Those singing along, however, were not Lubavitch they were in their teens and early 20s, and were not necessarily Jewish. Matisyahus unique blend of Chassidic adages and reggae pop has created such a buzz that his first studio album, Youth, released this year, debuted at No.... | |
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| | | Bob Marley nabbed in Fever exculsive | | Posted Friday, July 14, 2006 7:04:33 AM by Blog57 Team | | FREEMOBILE.COM IS claiming to be the only mobile content site currently allowed to offer Bob Marley music and images in the North American market. Worse still for Marley fans, the site is only currently available to Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile subscribers. Aiming at becoming the leading US based content provider, Kargo has followed the typical American model of selling content to mobile phone users through a monthly subscription rather than by Premium Rate SMS (text). Kargo has even filed a patent on its system of rolling over unused credits. The new service follows on from its existing Fever storefront which has been one of the most popular Cingular Wireless destinations since it launched back in 2004. Along with the usual stuff of games and MP3 ringtones, Kargo is offering video ringtones plus what it calls 'celebrity voicetones'.... | |
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