Provides the latest RSS feeds for Music News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Beijing Bulletin.com http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/cat/a6742bf9098bff78/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 19:10:21 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:10:21 -0400 30 The Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), in association with the Odisha State Museum (OSM), organised the rock art exhibition in Bhubaneshwar on the occasion of the International Museum Day. The renowned museum showcased around 250 photographs of rock arts and six to eight replicas of the preserved art. Project director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, BL Malla said ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214614139/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:10:01 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214614139/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Pop singers Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber are reportedly planning to collaborate for something new. Cyrus, 20, was spotted leaving a Hollywood recording studio within minutes of 19-year-old Bieber Thursday. They are believed to be working on a collaboration, reports contactmusic.com. "There aren't that many recording booths at this studio, they must be doing something together. Justin and ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214607539/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:20:01 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214607539/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The map of Electric Daisy Carnival, the two-day electronic dance music festival that began on Friday at Citi Field, was also a map of genres and subgenres. In 11 hours of continuous music from five stages, there were pop tunes and blasts of noise, immediate thrills and inexorable buildups, cheap shots and rich experiments. New York ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619530/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:05:31 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619530/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The comparison of a soprano with a nightingale goes back at least to the time of Jenny Lind, the 19th-century opera diva known as ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619529/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:58:01 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619529/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Even after you bag a charismatic, young new boyfriend, ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619528/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:44:32 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619528/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Whenever a respected jazz musician ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619527/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:34:20 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619527/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 In 2011, The Billboard Music Awards returned to prime-time TV after a four-year hiatus and received a massive reception from both music fans and industry alike. The show's 2012 event was the highest-rated program of the evening, and over 900,000 Tweets about the show were shared, up from 220,000 in 2011. The 2013 BBMAs airs tonigt at 8 ET on ABC -- join the conversation ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619037/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:26:59 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619037/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 All eyes will be on the 2013 Billboard Music Awards' blue carpet when the stars arrive at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday (May 19) for the big event - and you ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619038/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:19:52 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619038/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 (Image Credit: Erika Goldring/GettyImages) Reggae group Toots & the Maytals are appealing to fans today to come forward with any video that shows the group’s lead singer being hit by a bottle during a weekend performance. Frederick ';Toots'; Hibbert is recovering today after he was struck on the forehead  by the glass bottle Saturday night at ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619039/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:09:14 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214619039/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 , Daft Punk, the visionary dance-floor duo with the serious visors, has achieved the obvious and the counterrevolutionary: Dance music that is danceable and humanistic. As a comment on the record's retro fetish, someone posted on YouTube an ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214618540/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:53:52 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214618540/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just a day ahead of the official grand opening, the doors of the Music City Center opened on Sunday to give the public their first chance to see inside. The grand opening has been many months in the making -- from the battle to get the multi-million dollar project approved, to the lengthy process of buying up the land, and finally months of construction. Commuters into ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214618541/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:37:25 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214618541/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 by Octomom , "Tan Mom" Patricia Krentcil has launched her own music career, releasing her first single earlier this month. In its lyrics, Krentcil takes on some of her fellow tabloid-fixtures, bragging, "I'm sexier than the Teen Mom / I am cool, I'm the cool one / I'm hotter than the Octomom." And ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214618542/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:31:51 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214618542/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 On Friday Night, Billboard hosted a special Billboard Music Awards welcome dinner presented by Samsung Galaxy S4 at the brand-new Hakkasan nightclub/restaurant at the MGM Grand Hotel. Several dozen VIPs in town for the big show gathered over food and drinks to check out Samsung's new phones, a display case of its tablets, and to exchange ideas and talk, of course, about Sunday night's ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214618113/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:39:41 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214618113/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 , an autobiographical collection of songs about divorce and his formative years.Time outsold new releases by Radio 1 favourites Vampire Weekend and Gabrielle Aplin to go straight to number one in the Official UK Album Chart.Celebrating his first chart-topper in 34 years, the revitalised Stewart said: "Well, knock me down with a feather. Just goes to show there's still plenty of ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214617571/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:04:12 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214617571/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Music City Center is a showpiece in and of itself.From its undulating roof, already an instant landmark in the skyline, to the grand ballroom, which will make conventioneers feel like Jonah in the beautiful belly of one whale of a guitar, the ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214617572/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:54:13 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214617572/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 While flipping through an industry trade magazine, representatives of the American Heart/American Stroke Association discovered ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214617573/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:54:12 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214617573/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Brooklyn's Great GoogaMooga festival cancelled its final day Sunday as the weather in New York City took a turn for the worse. "NYC Parks Dept, Prospect Park Alliance & #Googamooga have canceled today's event in the interest of safety & prevention of damage to park," the festival tweeted shortly after noon ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214617574/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:47:14 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214617574/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 RICHMOND, Va. -; A festival organizer says a member of Toots and the Maytals was injured during a concert in Richmond when someone in the crowd threw an object that hit ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214615968/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:35:22 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214615968/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) One hundred violinists will play toniht a unique recital in the opening of the 17th Commercial Fair Cubadisco 2013, which will have Ecuador as guest of honor. The sui gneris violin concert completes an awards-ceremony directed by Cuban composer Manolito Simonet, who will close a day dedicated almost entirely to the versatile string instrument. In fact, the opening ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214615396/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:43:10 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214615396/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Although he didn't seem too thrilled to be participating in Saturday Night Live this weekend, Kanye West gave a pair of memorable performance during the show's season ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214614562/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:52:31 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214614562/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 It's the first big party weekend of the Cannes Film Festival, and the thump-thump-thump of dance music fills the air as armies of smartly dressed revellers clamour to squeeze into the marquee clubs that line the French port's mile-long, crescent-shaped ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214613501/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:33:34 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214613501/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won Eurovision on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, clinching the coveted crown of euro-pop with a folksy ballad backed by a wall of fire, flutes and drums.The barefoot 20-year-old blonde stole the show as predicted by bookmakers with "Only Teardrops" in a final that saw 26 countries battle it out in the southern Swedish ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214613521/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:25:57 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214613521/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) From a pure music channel to a youth-oriented general entertainment channel -- the transition of Channel V, which now boasts of a mix of drama content and reality shows, was an important business decision, says its spokesperson. "We wanted to move out of music as we realised that as a business, it was not making sense at all. The way people are consuming music has ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214613522/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:17:43 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214613522/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The Dum Tak Alternative Music Festival is coming to Amman! Dum Tak Alternative Arab Music Festival will host some of the biggest independent musicians from all over the Arab world - including several from Egypt - between 28 May and 1 June in the Jordanian capital city Amman.Egypt is represented by a collection of some of the biggest bands ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214612826/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:40:08 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214612826/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Reggae singer Frederick "Toots" Hibbert was taken to a hospital bleeding after he was struck on the head by a bottle thrown by someone in the crowd during a Dominion Riverrock concert late ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214612080/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:11:39 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214612080/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Updated 48 minutes ago Surprise formed a major element of Tim McGraw's Saturday night concert at the First Niagara Pavilion, starting with the country star's unexpected entry onto the stage from the audience instead of backstage. Many lucky fans in the sea of thousands gasped and screamed when they found McGraw walking right past them, giving the audience high fives on his way ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214610709/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:18:18 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214610709/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 A Dominion Riverrock concert featuring the reggae group Toots and the Maytals was abruptly halted late Saturday and a guitarist told the audience that leader Frederick "Toots" Hibbert was "going to the hospital with a busted ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214610195/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:49:18 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214610195/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 By SUSAN CORICASTAFF WRITER BRISTOL - The Northeast Middle School’s Clarinet Choir serenaded school officials as part of a program honoring music students and teachers."It’s been our focus on a monthly basis to encourage students to come and treat us to performance-based programs," said Superintendent Ellen Solek, introducing the clarinet group, under the direction of ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214609669/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:40:13 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214609669/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 I never set out to be a role model but it's great to be one ; IN THE HOTSEATBetter known by his stage name Wretch 32, Jermaine Sinclair is a 28-year-old rapper from London. In 2011 his debut album Black and White sold over a million copies and scored three top five singles. His latest single Blackout was released this ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608742/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:04:21 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608742/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The grave of F Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, is located in Rockville, Maryland, a commuter town 20 miles northwest of Washington DC. Simon Carswell F Scott Fitzgerald's grave in Rockville, ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608743/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:56:03 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608743/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 From Napster to Pandora, from the iPod to the iPhone, technology innovation has made music easier to find and cheaper to buy than ever before. At the same time, it has destabilized the music business and left artists -- at least those not named Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift -- fearing for their ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608744/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:48:35 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608744/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sue McLean in her Minneapolis office in 2010. On the wall behind her are guitars signed by Jack Johnson, left and Joe Bonamassa. (Pioneer Press file photo: Scott Takushi) Sue McLean, the pre-eminent Twin Cities music promoter who brought talent to the Basilica Block Party, the Minnesota Zoo and the Live at the Guthrie Series, died of cancer Friday, May 17, at her home in Minneapolis. She was 63. ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608745/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:42:04 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608745/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Wayzata Community Church in Wayzata, was a nice opportunity to hear artistic partner Thomas Zehetmair both conduct and play violin, along with the viola of his wife, Ruth Killius. The highlight was their rendition of Mozart's Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major (essentially a concerto for two solo instruments), a masterpiece among masterpieces. In the orchestral opening, a cascade of ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608247/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:15:34 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608247/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 England Veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has received standing ovations at his first performance since it was reported that he had been questioned by police over alleged sexual offences.Harris made no direct reference to the allegations he is facing, but alluded to his situation several times during the show in Bristol in south-west England."You've got no idea what this ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608248/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:05:11 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608248/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 THEIR relationship may not have worked out but local television host and radio deejay Cheryl Lee and singer and songwriter Wu Jiahui, have finally found something in common --music. The KL-born Lee loves writing (she has written and published a semi-autobiographical pictorial book titled Serves You Right) and has written some of the lyrics for the songs in the Mandarin album, The Impressoul ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608249/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:00:25 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214608249/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Matt Berry playing songs from my album, trying to get it done right and making sure things go well. So no, not consciously, I don't have to become a character, and it's not a comedy gig, that is a misconception about my music. "There are no sly winks or nods, and it's all done for love."Matt, who is currently touring his fourth album Kill The Wolf, said he doesn't ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214607658/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:15:38 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214607658/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Linda Martin , Terry our sound engineer, Martina Byrne the make up artist, my manager Conor Mulhall, choreographer Ciaran Keating, Tina Verbeke our vocal coach, Wez Devine who co-wrote the song with me, Head of Delegation Michael Kealy and the RT team - Marty, Grainne and Rayna."I hope I haven't forgotten anyone! Thanks to my parents, family, friends and neighbours for all the well ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214607656/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:15:38 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214607656/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The Beatles ' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to become the UK's second biggest selling album of all time, according to the Official Charts ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214607657/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:15:37 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214607657/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The 61-year-old singer, who represented the UK with the country tune Believe In Me, finished 19th out of 26 acts, with 23 points.Ireland's entry, the dance track Only Love Survives by Ryan Dolan, came in last place with just five points.The winner was Denmark's Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest, which was predicted to win with odds of 4/6.It topped the table with 281 points, followed ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606993/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:45 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606993/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Very few who arrive in Europe on a private jet in the company of a global superstar end up as asylum seekers, but this weekend that appears to be the fate of Justin Bieber's pet ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606952/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:39 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606952/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 She fared better than Engelbert Humperdinck's miserable 12 points last year, but even the super Welsh lungs of Bonnie Tyler couldn't blow away the Eurovision curse that has bedevilled the United Kingdom's chances for 16 ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606994/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:32 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606994/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Walking a tightrope between glitter-encrusted market-stall tat, pantomime dame and the three wise men from a school nativity play, the fashion choices of the musical maelstrom that is Eurovision are as consistently inconsistent as the voting decisions. Indeed, the loudest thing about Eurovision is generally the frocks. But luckily, they're seldom as flat as the ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606995/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:31 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606995/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Emeli Sande wants to be a music therapist. The 'Next To Me' singer originally studied neuroscience before her music career took off and although she is thrilled with how things have turned out, she hasn't ruled out combining the two fields in the future.She told USA Today: 'One day, I can see myself doing music therapy. That would be a nice medium.' Sir Elton John has ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606482/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:17:10 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214606482/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Engelbert Humperdinck , who represented the UK last year, finished in second to last place with just 12 points for his ballad Love Will Set You Free.The current favourite to win is Denmark's entry Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest, with odds of 4/6. Bookies say it could lead to the biggest payout ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214605952/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:31:30 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214605952/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Mick Jagger, left, and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the kick-off of the band's "50 and Counting" tour at the Staples Center on Friday, May 3, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214605362/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:40:56 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214605362/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Amy Schumer can tell a story. Knowing how to craft a short narrative and make it pay off with a laugh has, after all, helped make her one of the hottest comedians on TV and the concert circuit these days.So, let the star of Comedy Central’s "Inside Amy Schumer" explain how it came to be that she finished her work for a bachelor’s degree in theater at Towson University in ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214605363/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:16:15 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214605363/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The queue of paying Great Escape ticket-holders waiting to get into The Warren - a church hall tucked away behind Brighton's hellish Booze Britain battleground West Street - could fill the venue five times ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604797/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:07 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604797/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 They may present an image of faceless androids, but Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are always about the interface between technology and emotion - and RAM is their most emotional record yet. Because though the vocodered vocals frequently put android futurism front and centre, it was recorded using more actual flesh-and-blood human beings than any previous Daft Punk ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604796/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:07 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604796/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The National's quiet, steady ascent presents the Cincinnati band with aproblem on their sixth album: how to crown their rise without losing the ATP/Pitchfork crowd which nurtured ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604802/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:06 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604802/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 There's a cabaret approach to storytelling, in rollicking sea shanties and waltzes, while her clear pale voice switches between clipped precision, fluttering whispers and full-throated chanteuse. The instrumentation is inventive, too, featuring wheezing accordions, warbling woodwind, tinkling music boxes and rolling bells. A cabinet of curiosities ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604798/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:06 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604798/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 It's an attempt to pay respects to the R&B canon with as many stops pulled out as poss, especially the diapason marked "drama". Thus, Etta, Billie and Ike & Tina get the big-welly treatment, as do Melody Gardot and Lucinda Williams. To do so, the duo often leave any sense of taste with their gumboots outside on the doorstep. Nick ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604800/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:05 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604800/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Eisteddfod-reared singer-harpist Georgia Ruth Williams was raised bilingually in Aberystwyth, as far into Wales as you can get without falling off the ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604801/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:05 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604801/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Vinyl specialists Gearbox have done poet Michael Horovitz proud with this beautiful two-LP box-set of an epic live recording from 1962. English beats Horovitz and Pete Brown declaim verse to the often inspired - and very off the cuff - music of a band including Stan Tracey, Bobby Wellins and Jeff Clyne. A new LP and single of Horovitz with Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon and Paul Weller have already ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604803/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:04 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604803/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 In short, if Land of CanAan werea Stevie Wonder album, it would be Hotter than July rather than Innervisions. But Toliver is still in his twenties and there are times here when his natural talent is genuinely ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604799/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:04 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604799/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 This French singer-songwriter's second album embraces chanson, doo-wop and early rock'n'roll, so, appropriately enough, it was recorded using vintage mics straight to two-inch ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604804/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:03 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604804/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The roots of English bands who followed US funk and soul can't help but show through. Old tracks by Soul II Soul/Caron Wheeler now sound as "London" as Madness, and the solid yeoman-grooves of funk-plumbers the Heavies seem quaint and paisley-foppish on this first studio album for six ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604805/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:03 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604805/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 R2Bees Vodafone has promised Ghanaians that this year's Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) would be a memorable one for patrons and music lovers across the country. This year's awards ceremony, according to the organizers, Charter House, would take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) tonight in Accra, Saturday, May 18. In line with the theme, 'The Next ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604806/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:36:17 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604806/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 (CBS News) It's been 10 years since six-time Grammy winner Amy Grant released a full-length studio album. The singer-songwriter has sold over 30 million records during her three-decade-long career and is touted as the one of the most successful crossover artists of all time. "I can't even believe I still get to do this. I just never dreamed it would last this long," said ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604807/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:03 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604807/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Guy Sebastian has the most number 1 hits for an Aussie male artist. He recently has kicked off his get along tour, playing more than 40 shows around the ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604251/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:37:21 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214604251/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Skylight Music Theatre 's "Porgy & Bess." Directed by Bill Theisen - his last production as Skylight's artistic director - this "Porgy" relies on a chamber-ensemble cast and orchestra to tell a tale usually told with a huge chorus and full orchestra. The Gershwin brothers' opera is set on the southeastern American coast, in the impoverished, ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214603624/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:42:39 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214603624/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Moss Freed and his band will be performing at the London Literature Festival on Friday 24th May and Joe Dunthorne, Naomi Alderman and Lawrence Norfolk will l be reading their ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214603625/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:41:32 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214603625/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 A review of Seattle Symphony’s "Russian Spectacular" concert, on May 17, 2013, featuring Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, performed by Julian ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214602973/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:37:31 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214602973/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 The singer once pursued a degree in neuroscience Famous family, sort of: British singer Emeli Sande got her first taste of fame when she and her parents moved from her mother's native England to the rural town of Aberdeenshire in northern Scotland. Her father, who is Zambian, was the first African to move there. "We were the first mixed family in the town," she says. "It was ... http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214602974/scat/a6742bf9098bff78 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:31:38 -0400 http://www.beijingbulletin.com/index.php/sid/214602974/scat/a6742bf9098bff78