| Joshua Tree Roots Music Fest to feature Alvin, raise Sawtooth Fire aid | | Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:06:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | The weekend of Oct. 21-22 will welcome music fans and internationally acclaimed musicians to the Joshua Tree Lake Campground in Joshua Tree as the roots rock world converges on the high desert town to make music and raise money for the victims of the Sawtooth Fire that swept through Pioneertown and Pipes Canyon, leaving many people without homes. An art auction and a special CD, with artists donating their work to a fundraising effort, will be part of the weekend that includes: Railroad Earth, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, The Ditty Bops, Trampled by Turtles, Green Sky Bluegrass, Ann McCue, Blue Turtle Seduction, Tim Easton, the Shadow Mountain Band, Tishamingo, Wally Ingram & Tom Freund with Friends and the Golden Hill Ramblers. For more information and tickets go to joshuatreemusicfestival.com or call (877) 327-6265 or visit Coyote Corner in Joshua Tree (Hwy.... | |
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| | | Jefferson State World Music Festival | | Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:20:32 AM by Blog57 Team | | Hawaiian reggae star Ma'acho headlines the third annual Jefferson State World Music Festival Sunday, Aug. 20, at Riverside Park in Grants Pass. Also performing will be local organizers The State of Jefferson band, along with Frankie Hernandez, Organik Time Machine, Dominic Hendrix and Eugene-based The T Club. Also featured will be Californian Michael Annotti and Djibril Camara, a master dancer from Guinea, West Africa. Food and merchandise booths will be available. It's a benefit for the Gold Beach-based Sea Earth Society, a nonprofit group working in Costa Rica. "The benefit is not about money," says Jefferson State's Ryan Redding. "It's to raise awareness of them (Sea Earth). It's the chance people are going to see them in the park and become contributors." The Society established the Donald Peter Hayes National Wildlife Refuge and Rainforest Preserve near Corcovado National Park in the Golfo Dulce region of Costa Rica, an area National Geographic called "the most biologically intense place on earth." "We started it around the fact that there's nothing like it around here," Redding says of the music festival.... | |
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| | | Thailand's MCOT Public To Partner With "Big Four" Music Firms | | Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 7:03:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | Thailand's media giant, MCOT Public Company Limited, will today launch a partnership with the world's four leading music corporations, becoming the exclusive broadcaster of their songs in Thailand. The strategic partnership will be signed by MCOT President Mingkwan Sangsuwan and executives of EMI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal and Warner Music Group. .... | |
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| | | UK presents: The Peace Jam | | Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:15:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | The 16th of July will see Cambridge hold its Summer Sunday - World Music Day. This is an annual event that showcases UK based World Music bands and a sprinkling of World famous stars. This year's stars are no exception. The bands on this year's billing are BarrioViejo, Nim Sofyan, Daphna Sadeh and The Voyagers, Zuba and The Afro-Cuban Allstars. The whole event is open-air and staged in the largest park in the heart of the city, “Parkers Piece" and will start at midday and runs through to 8 pm. At 3 pm there will be an hour-long musical dedication to cultural co-operation and peace: The Peace Jam. This is an improvised session involving an assortment of Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Turkish, Berber, Algerian, Israeli and Palestinian musicians.... | |
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| | | A Warped view of a rock-infused music festival | | Posted Sunday, July 09, 2006 11:02:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | When it comes to putting on the ultimate rock music festival, Vans Warped Tour usually comes up with the goods. That was definitely true about the 12th edition, held at Fairplex in Pomona. Even without a big headliner or top pro skateboarders, the sheer variety offered to alternative/punk rock fans (more than 100 acts on 10-plus stages) was astounding. A still-reasonable ticket price (compared with similar summertime events) and ending time around dusk equaled the best ticket in town for teenagers and young adults. Each band's half-hour stage allotment served as a taster; then you could dash off to the next stage and either check out your next favorite, see what all the fuss was about or make a new discovery. Over in the tent section, Ramones World, a cool mini Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame-type exhibit, had old T-shirts, jeans, photos and other memorabilia on display.... | |
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