Simply put, My Chemical Romance was so good it was scary as the New Jersey rock quintet unveiled its epic new album “The Black Parade” Tuesday, a day before it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Attribute none of that scariness to the fact that it was Halloween or that the band’s predominantly […]
New York City intends to showcase its diverse Latin community as it plays host for the first time to the Latin Grammy awards.
“We are the true Latin capital,” said Maureen J. Reidy, the president of NYC Big Events, the city organization that brought the event to Madison Square Garden. “We have the most diverse Latin […]
SUNY Oswego will host the sixth annual Jazz Guitar and More Festival, headlined by the Mike Stern Quartet, on Nov. 11, in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre.
Coordinated by the SUNY Oswego music department, adjunct guitar professor Rick Balestra and the Artswego Performing Arts Series, the festival offers hands-on opportunities to learn about and hear jazz, blues […]
The new Guns N’ Roses album will be released next month, it has been claimed.
Chinese Democracy has been mooted for around a decade by
Axl Rose, the only surviving member of the band since their days of rock ‘n’ roll world domination.
However with the group recently completing a relatively successful and trouble-free European tour and scheduling […]
Many music lovers, whether naturally inclined to classical music or not, would agree with Sharon Isbin’s assessment of Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.
“It’s a work tinged with cosmic greatness,” said Isbin, a world-renowned classical guitarist.
That observation is particularly true of the concerto’s slow, haunting second movement, as the guitar dominates with its […]
Hundreds of guitarists from around the world are in Columbus this week. The 25th annual Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition is being held at the RiverCenter.
The rhythmic strumming of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet seemed to mesmerize the hundreds of guitar enthusiasts who packed into the RiverCenter.
“I’ve traveled all over to see them […]
Jose Gonzalez — 9 p . m . Saturday in the Wexner Center for the Arts performance space , 1871 N . High St . ( 614-292-3535 )
Gonzalez, born in Argentina and raised in Sweden, has made waves with his velvety voice and lilting acoustic guitar. The combination yields a pastoral folk sound.
His debut […]
Charlie Hunter is a phenomenal guitarist with the distinctive ability to play fluid bass lines with his thumbs while picking complex leads and rhythms on a custom seven-string guitar.
When his new trio took the stage at Alley Katz Thursday, Oct. 5, at 9:30 p.m., it was 90 minutes after the advertised start. But all memory […]
The Grammy-winning string ensemble Nickel Creek, which just over a month ago announced that it would be breaking up for an indefinite amount of time after this tour, performed to a sold-out crowd on Friday in Sauder Concert Hall.
The Performing Arts Series Committee seems to have snagged the group just in time. This is […]
San Diego-based band Nickel Creek will bring its bluegrass and country tunes to Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium tonight.
“There will be a lot of songs from the new record and some covers. I’m not gonna ruin the surprise, though,” guitarist Sean Watkins said.
Watkins and his violinist sister Sara joined with mandolinist Chris Thile in 1989. […]
Maintaining its reputation as the wildest music awards party in Canada, the MuchMusic Video Awards entertained fans and guests alike Sunday with duelling romantic rivals, fashion foibles and bare rock star bums.
Screaming fans and scandalous celebrities overtook downtown Toronto for the freewheeling awards show, in which big winner Kardinal Offishall was overshadowed by a celebrity […]
Barbra Streisand announced Thursday that she will embark on a national concert tour this fall, her first in over a decade.
Streisand will play 20 concerts in U.S. cities during October and November, her manager, Martin Erlichman, said in a statement. Her last U.S. tour was in 1994.
The 64-year-old singer-actress plans to give “designated proceeds” from […]
Although he’s looking forward to “a nice long break” after his summer tour with Jewel,
Rob Thomas has no shortage of projects on his plate — including his own label, production work and, of course, a new album from his band matchbox twenty.
Thomas was circumspect about the label, telling Billboard.com only that “we’re right in the […]
Initial ticket sales for the Dixie Chicks’ upcoming tour are far below expectations and several dates will likely be canceled or postoned.
Ticket counts for the 20-plus arena shows that went on sale last weekend were averaging 5,000-6,000 per show in major markets and less in secondaries, according to sources contacted by Billboard. Venue capacities on […]
