[Rob In Stereo] Wired for Success
Apr 09, 08 | 6:34 pm by Rob Hamilton
April 9, 2008
Over the past 10 years, the entertainment quality of television has risen to nearly surpass that of cinema. TV shows such as “The Sopranos” and “The Office” offer better drama and comedy than you will see in any movie playing at your local multiplex today. Movie studios are now adapting television series to the big screen, a reversal in the general spin-off hierarchy. Only a couple years ago, “My Big Fat Greek Life” was trying to capitalize on the success of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” Adapted-from-TV-movies in the works include “Arrested Development” and “Jericho.” I’ll pause and let the one person reading this who’s actually seen “Jericho” give his confused buddy a high five.
[Herman's Picks] Vol. 6, No. 29
Apr 07, 08 | 8:09 pm by Herman Snell
April 2, 2008
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will host their Bravo V: Appalachian Spring concert at Thalia Mara Hall this Saturday, 7:30 p.m. $25-$40. The Americana tribute will feature choirs from Tougaloo College and dramatic vocal presentation by Jackson State University Concert Chorale. The MSO will have the more intimate Chamber IV: Treasures and Gems, the following Saturday, April 12. Go to http://www.msorchestra.com for tickets.
If you missed Concerto Copenhagen for their Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music concert six weeks ago, you can catch their leader John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden and Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord/cello/violin) for an encore performance at St. Philip’s Church on Old Canton Road Monday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. $15, $5 students, 601-852-4848.
We’ll have two national acts downtown, on Wednesday, April 9. International super-group Nappy Roots will join Kamikaze at Hal & Mal’s for the biggest hip-hop show to hit Jackson in quite a while. $10, $15 if 18-21. One block south, Club Fire will rock the house with Drowning Pool, Egypt Central and Blood Simple. $15, $20 if you’re 18-20.
Another great show next weekend is the CD release show for up and indie stormers Roosevelt Noise, with ¡Los Buddies! at Martin’s on Friday, April 11. Take Roosevelt Noise with whiskey and even doses of X, Elvis Costello and Spoon.
It’s not too late to get tickets for the return of Blue Man Group at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, April 10-11, 888-566-7469 or http://www.beaurivage.com. It’s a fun and family-friendly show.
Roaring and Tumbling With the ‘Punk Blues’
Apr 02, 08 | 8:16 pm by Larry Morrisey
April 2, 2008
Let’s make room for the older lions of the music scene. The younger ones often get the most notice, but many times it’s the elders who have the fiercest roar. Silver Lion’s 20/20 is a duo that has been together less than a year, but the group includes two veterans of Deep South blues and punk. Guitarist and vocalist Chet Weise and drummer Craig “Sweet Dog” Pickering offer their own take on the “punk blues.”
Who Are The Nappy Roots?
Apr 02, 08 | 8:02 pm by Tom Speed
April 2, 2008
Back in 2002, Kentucky’s Nappy Roots set themselves apart from the rest of the hip-hop world by proudly embracing their rural southern heritage with the ubiquitous hit single “Aw, Naw” from their breakout major label debut album “Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz.”
We Call it Irresistible
Apr 02, 08 | 6:24 pm by Lindsey Maddox
April 2, 2008
If you’re the type who lives for Saturday night dancing at Schimmel’s, you don’t want to miss Wiley and the Checkmates during the Crossroads Film Festival. The Oxford soul band is sure to put a shake in your step with their funk-infused take on classic soul.
Defining Amanda Ray
Apr 02, 08 | 6:16 pm by Jeri Lynn Ostrander
April 2, 2008
Combining sensual, airy vocals with trip-hop rhythm, Atlanta musician Amanda Ray blends musical genres with ease and creates provocative, mysteriously dark music.
Dead Ahead
Mar 26, 08 | 7:45 pm by James Hughes
March 26, 2008
Small-town Alabama girl, not long out of high school, journeys to the West Coast at the close of the ’60s. The Grateful Dead hired her and her newfound love. A decade later after her lover’s death, she raises their son, helps revive the band they started together, remarries, births another boy, winds up making music with the whole family—band mate husband and kids plus assorted gifted friends—and eventually makes her way home again.
Teaching Some Old Songs New Tricks
Mar 12, 08 | 8:23 pm by Lindsey Maddox
March 12, 2008
It’s uncommon for an album of cover songs to garner much attention, and for Cat Power—born Chan Marshall—it is the second time around. But Marshall has a special talent for refashioning classics. Her 2001 album “The Covers Record” boasted innovative reinventions of songs like the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction,” Velvet Underground’s “I Found a Reason” and that “Sea of Love” cover you’ve had swirling around your head since you saw “Juno” in the theater.
Irish Roots
Mar 12, 08 | 6:50 pm by Ian Williams
March 12, 2008
Traditional Irish music has a long, diverse history that predates the existence of the nation of Ireland. The music is a mix of baroque-style classical music, dance music—like reels and jigs—and folk songs, which originated in rural areas of the country. Travelers from Scotland, England and mainland Europe influenced much of traditional Irish music.
Love in the Name of Pride
Feb 13, 08 | 4:40 pm by James Hughes
February 13, 2008
“Do you ever muse on moving back to Sledge, Miss.?” I asked Charley Pride. It was a second-string question I only meant to use if I ran out of other prompts. I figured he’d heard it enough in the years since the release of his song, “Wonder Could I Live There Anymore.”
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