So if you’re new to Little Feat, you’ve gotten a taste of the classic LF with Lowell George, then a few tunes since 1989 with Craig Fuller, and now you’ll get to catch up on some of their latest. Shaun Murphy–the incomparable songstress of soul–broke the rock ‘n roll ceiling, going from backup with LF […]
The Austin Symphony Orchestra Web site has a link to a very user-friendly glossary of musical terms. Pared down to the most used words or terms, this is a handy on-line reference for every good musician. Just the resource to accompany your on-line musical searches.
Don’t forget to purchase your tickets for the gala conclusion to […]
After Lowell George’s death, the musicians of Little Feat went on to create more music, singly, and with top headliners, such as Bonnie Raitt. Then in 1989 the group reformed, adding Craig Fuller form Pure Prairie League and Fred Tackett, who had written for and played with the Feat from the beginning, as well […]
There is life after addiction. Sunlight of the Spirit Music proves that there are good tunes in recovery as well. With features such as the Sober Cafe Podcast and Sobriety Soundcheck blog, these folks are fast becoming a source of powerful music for both musicians and fans in recovery. The Sober Cafe garnered the Entertainment […]
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Art magazine does music. MagWerk’s Play Music Magazine is awash in flash animation, which makes for slow loading, but once you get there, it’s a visual feast. They do cover music, or at least the musicians, in loving graphic techniques.
Page 29 is all about the Beats. There’s a […]
Tibet has been much in the news lately, which got me thinking about the remarkable music found there. Relatively unchanged for millenia, the raw, vibrant power of the alpen-horn like dung-chen echoes through the Himalayas. One can learn a lot about a culture by studying their music. If all invading armies stopped at the […]
My daughter never had a chance. Her mom was a musician before she was born. By the time I was six months pregnant, I found I couldn’t get a deep enough breath to execute a Bach sonata line. And if you’re crazy enough to attempt a Bach melodic line, you prepare by ramping up […]
Clay Collins, clever chronicler at Copyblogger, came up with “Six Ways that Bloggers are like Rappers.” The similarities are plausible, until you think about it, then…well, you decide.
Austin is under a tornado watch tonight, which reminds me of music depicting great storms, or emotional upheaval. Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) describes a cultural […]
Bad joke. Hang around music departments long enough, and you’ll hear all of them. What’s the difference between a violin and a viola? A viola burns longer. Is that not just cruel? It’s an egalitarian type of dark humor, though. The original voice part of the “mi-mi-mi” joke was a tenor, so see? […]
The first annual Celebrating Women Composers concert at Texas State University delighted the audience with seldom-heard chamber pieces, and the premiere of new works by a trio of up-and-coming Texas women composers. The brainchild of Stephanie Britten Phillips, and supported by the Composition Division of the School of Music, the program honored Diversity Month […]
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Written by Claudia Snowden [email] for b5media.
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