A month-long Black Country BOSTIN’ celebration kicks off Saturday. The Black Country Festival has returned to normal after the program was interrupted for the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The centerpiece of this year’s festival is the grand Black Country Weekender on Saturday July 16 and Sunday …

Country music star Mickey Guyton talks about his career and hosting PBS’ “A Capitol Fourth” at the United States Capitol this weekend July 4th. Listen to our full conversation on my “Beyond the Fame” podcast. WTOP’s Jason Fraley Previews Mickey Guyton at “A Capitol Fourth” (Part 1) “A Capitol Fourth” …

The fourth lineup of PBS’ A Capitol | Courtesy of Capital Concerts “AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG” QUEUEAND “DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK” FOR THE PATRIOTIC SPECIAL WASHINGTON DC – Celebrate the 4th of July live from the nation’s capital, platinum-certified artist jake owen will bring a double dose of country originals …

Lately have been difficult days for our country. If you can even bear to watch the news, there’s plenty to worry about every night. Gas prices and inflation are at the top of everyone’s mind. We have an ongoing war in Ukraine that will impact the world in ways yet …

High Country Dance Studio is gearing up for a trip to Washington, DC, where its dancers are invited to perform in the annual National Independence Day Parade on Monday, July 4. By Sherrie Norris In March, they were performing at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland, known …

NEW | FEATURES | PREVIEWS | EVENTS originally published: 06/28/2022 Yeah, he said it! Many scenarios come to mind as to the meaning behind the Monmouth County country music artist’s new video and single ‘Shutup Springsteen’ Gary Frostbut it’s not what you think… The title of the song could easily …

MANCHESTER, England – Last month, the six members of Black Country, New Road joked around in a cramped rehearsal room about to try something new: everyone was singing lead vocals. First, Tyler Hyde, the band’s bassist, sat up front and sang — his voice jumping between a soft pop squeal …

For nearly a decade, the Listening Room at the Dole Mansion in Crystal Lake served as a venue for music and entertainment. But in recent months, the mansion’s basement space has been redesigned as a speakeasy-style music lounge, which will be renamed Lou’s later this year, said Erin McElroy, relationship …

Finally, country music duo Florida Georgia Line have been confirmed to fill the final slot of the Minnesota State Fair’s 2022 Grandstand Concert Series on August 31. Tickets for the Wednesday night concert go on sale this Thursday at 10 a.m. for $75 to $106 through eTix.com or by calling …

A small North Texas town is gearing up for one of the biggest Independence Day fireworks and air shows in the country, Addison Kaboom Town! He arrives on July 3 in the small 4.4-square-mile city of Addison, which has a population of 16,000. Each year, Kaboom Town is named among …

In this series of fortnightly trips starting today, Juliet Coombe not only discovers spectacular views, but also an excellent guide on all fours Views) : How green is my valley: Baloo enjoys the view with a guest We arrive on a starry night and, seeing the ‘Amba’ sign, we know …

Ferdinand Ries by artist Carl Mayer, before 1830 (Public domain) Ferdinand Ries: Trio with piano and sextets (Hyperion) ★★★★★ 🎧 Presto In writing a book on Beethoven (to be published next year), I recoiled from many pupils, acolytes, secretaries, amanuenses, selfish musicians and all sorts of parasites who lived off …

Destiny Roque, 17, from Malone is one of two girls in the FEH BOCES Building Trades program. (Photo provided – Amy Feiereisel/North Country Public Radio) In high school, you can take foreign language, calculus, and band classes, but at some North Country schools, you can also learn how to fix …

For the leader of just about any artistic group, cobbling together the next season is a fiendishly tricky business. It doesn’t matter what type of group you lead, a museum, a theater or an opera company. Just putting all these moving parts together is like assembling a puzzle of 15,000 …

June 22, 2022 — Amy FeiereiselFor the future workforce of the North of the Country, vocational training begins in high school Students working inside the FEH BOCES modular house. Jared Sweet on the far right. May 2022. Photo: Amy Feiereisel In high school, you can take foreign language, calculus and …

It started with a lament. Four freshmen having dinner in the cafeteria at St. Olaf College in Northfield in 1995 shared a common disappointment that their days of singing with an all-male vocal group might be over. While auditioning for the famed St. Olaf Choir the following fall would be …

Regional News Musical Country Jukebox may we all Will tour and release a concept album The new musical plays its final performance in Nashville, Tennessee on June 26. Bligh Voth and Heidi Blickenstaff Caitlin McNaney May We All: a new country musical will continue with a tour and a concept …

The Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble will return to Linder Auditorium to commemorate 25 years of great musical creation on July 17th only. Buskaid founder Rosemary Nalden said she first took the stage at Linder Auditorium 25 years ago, at Buskaid’s first concert with 15 school-aged children from Diepkloof, Soweto . …

The Bidwell Country Fair Monterey — After a 2 year hiatus, the Bidwell House Museum is delighted to bring back the Bidwell Country Fair! Everyone is invited to this fun and free community event on Saturday June 25 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Bidwell House Museum. In 2022, …

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Lively McCabe Entertainment and CuzBro Productions have announced plans for a tour and concept album for May We All: A New Country Musical, which will play its final performance on Sunday, June 26. The musical began its world premiere at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, TN on June …

Cho-Liang Lin performed music by Mozart and Sarasate with the Apollo Orchestra on Sunday at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. Photo: Bruce V. Boyajian Violin superstar Cho-Liang Lin performed a concert with the Apollo Orchestra at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon. Even after more than four decades of performing, …

Ambition has trumped caution and there are great performances to be enjoyed at UK’s summer opera festivals. Two other large-scale and highly romantic opera houses opened over the weekend. Now halfway through the season, the Garsington Opera offers its first staging of Dvořák , a production which will be the …

The Calrisle Orchestra’s summer concert on Saturday June 25 will be a bittersweet event for local musicians, as Music Director Leon Reimer conducts his last performance with the orchestra after seven years. Leon, who is moving to Copenhagen to be closer to his family and pursue his career in Denmark, …

Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko demanded that the EBU reconsider its decision to hold Eurovision 2023 outside Ukraine. In a statement signed by the Eurovision winners Ruslana and Oleh Psiuk (leader of the Kalush Orchestra) and Mykola Chernotytsky, the director of the public television channel Suspilne, the minister …

Nearly 15 years ago, a child from Kersey came face to face with the inspiration that sparked a fire in his belly and a passion in his heart. Alongside hundreds of other country music fans, a young Johnny Day stood in the Greeley Stampede Arena as a then-up-and-coming Brad Paisley …

All the buzz (via Getty Images) Eurovision bosses in talks with the BBC over hosting the 2023 event in the UK. The Eurovision Song Contest organizer said it was in talks with the BBC to “possibly host” the 2023 event, after concluding that next year’s contest cannot be held in …

If you decide to finance a vehicle or a new house and have a good credit history, you may simply browse for the ideal financing. This is not as simple when it comes to purchasing a musical instrument. Without further security, a banker is unlikely to grant such a loan …

Lots of fun to have around Eagle Country to celebrate Independence Day! Unsplashed photo. Below are Independence Day celebrations in the region. For events not listed, please email full details to be added. THURSDAY JUNE 30, 2022 Batesville, Ind. – The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will perform the Starry Symphony with …

McDonald’s Fun Football coaching sessions are back for their second wave, bringing over 800 sessions to England this summer. The new program will see McDonald’s become the largest grassroots involvement program in the UK, providing one million children with over 10.5 million hours of coaching in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland …

The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble has appointed a pair of new artistic directors: Jesse Popeski and Sarah Sommer. The ensemble is also no stranger to the ensemble, which has been singing, playing and dancing to Jewish and Israeli music for crowds across the city and around the world since …

Incoming members of the COC Ensemble Studio, Queen Hezumuryango, Ariane Cossette, Alex Hetherington and Brian Cho (Photos courtesy of the artists) The COC Ensemble Studio is adding four new artists to the company for its 2022/2023 season. New soprano members Ariane Cosettemezzo-sopranos Queen Hezumuryango and Alex Hetheringtonand pianist Brian Cho …

Last Saturday I went to the opera for only the second time in my life. It was at the invitation of David Ross, my former boss of the New Schools Network, who organizes an arts festival every summer called Nevill Holt Opera at his home in Leicestershire. Launched in 2013, …

Corvus Louise Thomson Photo: Sara Porter A new addition to the Church Stretton Arts Festival program this year is to pair Eisteddfod-winning harpist Louise Thomson with the innovative and versatile new vocal ensemble the Corvus Consort. And they will present what is described as a rich and varied program in …

BOSTON — An investigation into the musician’s uncannily powerful work concluded on Tuesday as Boston Philharmonic Orchestra conductor William Ness reportedly received an eight-concert suspension for using a clogged baton. “We have a zero-tolerance policy against cheating, and Mr. Ness knew it, which is why we believe that a long …

Outstanding achievements were celebrated on many levels at the Central Okanagan School Board meeting on Wednesday, June 8. Sports, arts, music and academia were all in the spotlight for administrators to pass on their congratulations to the various winners. Mike Sodaro Mike Sodaro The KLO Middle School teacher received school …

Sweet Tea Trio is made up of Kate Falcon, Victoria Camp and Charity Bowden. Photo submitted The second Seymour CityJam show of 2022 begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the JCBank Pavilion at Crossroads Community Park, 101 E. Tipton St., Seymour. Sweet Tea Trio, an all-girl country music trio, will …

NASHVILLE — We know the theme: “Be your authentic self. Many pioneers of different genres embody it. They stand up and publicly declare themselves unique, real and visible. They awaken audiences to the fact that human diversity is the norm and embracing it is not just a badge for them, …

Denver, it’s time to move on to music. Welcome to the Dazzling Age of Denver music scene. Dazzle presents an explosion of Grand Ensemble performances, most Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m., starting July 11. Music engages the senses, stimulates creativity and imagination, and stimulates meaningful interactions between us. Community music-making …

https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/steve-reich-reich-richter-ensemble-intercontemporain-george-jackson-out-now-2022-06-10 ‘Reich/Richter’ by Steve Reich, recorded by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by George Jackson, now available on Nonesuch Records; Vinyl expected on August 5 Nonesuch Records Releases Steve Reich’s First Recording Reich/Richterperformed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson, on CD and digital today, with vinyl due August 5th. …

https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/steve-reich-reich-richter-ensemble-intercontemporain-george-jackson-out-now-2022-06-10 “Reich/Richter” by Steve Reich, recorded by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by George Jackson, now available on Nonesuch Records; Vinyl expected on August 5 Nonesuch Records Releases Steve Reich’s First Recording Reich/Richterperformed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson, on CD and digital today, with vinyl due August 5th. …

The New Australian Opera Antarcticwhich premiered this week at the Holland Festival to standing ovations, is as ambitious as a flying cellist, as expansive as Berlioz’s account of the Trojan Wars and cruel as Wagner’s twilight of the gods: it depicts the crash of the Enlightenment mindset against this vast …

The Interscholastic University League held its annual state solo and ensemble competition in Austin over Memorial Day weekend. This event includes lectures 1A through 6A, encompasses the band, twirling, chorus, orchestra, and music theory divisions, and spans two and a half days across six campuses at Austin ISD and the …

THE Wharfedale Chamber Ensemble Family Concert will take place on Sunday July 10 at 4.30pm in the Methodist Church of Burley-in-Wharfedale. The Wharfedale Chamber Ensemble, who have built a reputation for giving fun and interesting short family concerts in Burley over the past six years, perform their annual longer family …

CANYON, Texas — The area’s top high school string players are being sought for an exclusive performance band at West Texas A&M University. Ensemble Next recently completed its second year and is looking for up to three new student musicians. Audition videos featuring a performance of a solo piece or …

Renowned specialists in historical performance will perform at GEMS NY on June 26. Twelfth Night, directed by Rachell Ellen Wong and David Belkovski, presents a program of rivalries and feuds in the baroque. From the smallest to the most earth-shattering, rivalries persist throughout the history of music, devouring even the …

The Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America’s Free Live Performance Season this summer will continue with Carnegie Hall Citywide Series, five nights of music spanning all genres every Friday in July. The series begins with jazz collective Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble (July 1); The vocal and drum …

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This summer, it’s time for the 70s. Country themes are back, and what better place to show your wild (fashionable) side than a country concert or, better yet, a 70s rock ‘n’ roll concert? For shopping, I headed to Spoken Boutique, which had me covered from head to toe. First …

The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra performs at the Wesleyan Celebration Center in Moncton, New Brunswick on February 8, 2020. (Image: Corkum Photographics) Ken Macleod reacted with a mixture of excitement and surprise when he learned that the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO) had won a one-way ticket to New York’s …

Last weekend’s gun violence in Philadelphia appears to have affected Philadelphia Orchestra music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who somberly broached the subject with the orchestra’s Sunday matinee audience. . In the comments before conducting orchestra, choir and soloists in Beethoven Symphony No. 9the driver noted the death toll of those killed …

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — This weekend marks the end of a historic era of music in the Twin Cities. Osmo Vänskä will step down as Music Director and Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra. The world-renowned musician will be featured in The New York Times this weekend as he bids farewell to …

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Venue Dillsboro Arts, Dillsboro, 47018 Dillsboro Arts friendship gallery 12926 Bank Street PO Box 381 Dillsboro, IN 47018 dillsboroarts@townofdillsboro.com For immediate release The 2022 Dillsboro Jazz Festival will feature Mandy Gaines and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra Dillsboro Arts is proud to present the 2022 Dillsboro Jazz Festival, featuring internationally …

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble (RIPYWE) is currently adding more of the top student musicians in grades 7-12 for its upcoming 2022-23 performing season. RIPYWE is part of the RI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. Led by Dr. David Neves, nationally acclaimed music educator and bandleader, and coordinator …

Multi-platinum global recording artist Chris Young today released the extended version of his “most personal album to date” (Forbes), Famous Friends (Deluxe Edition). In addition to multi-week award-winning “Famous Friends” with Kane Brown and “At The End of a Bar,” its top 15 and soaring single and “soaring duet” (Tennessean) …

Dillsboro Jazz Festival Dillsboro Arts Friendship Gallery 12926 Bank Street PO Box 381 Dillsboro, IN 47018 dillsboroarts@townofdillsboro.com For immediate release Dillsboro Jazz Festival 2022 will feature Mandy Gaines and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra Dillsboro Arts is proud to present the Dillsboro Jazz Festival 2022, featuring featuring internationally-known jazz vocalist …

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After the amiable twang of their 1995 debut A M and the more ambitious and conceptual rock’n’roll of the 1996s Be there, Wilco went straight pop on 1998s summer teethswapping the pedalboard for an orchestra and healing beach boys like their new Gram Parsons. Country, even alt.country, was far too …

After the hubbub that erupted in 2019 when the Sarasota Orchestra proposed to build a new music hall on seven acres in Payne Parkit was surprising to hear of an idea floated recently to make Payne Park Auditorium, located in that same bucolic green space, the new home of community …

Now that the final performance lineup and event schedule are confirmed, organizers of the premiere Up Country Jazz Festival have released the full lineup of activities for the five-day festival that will take place June 8-12, 2022. Uniting in an unprecedented partnership, the Appalachian Theater of the High Country (ATHC), …

The rest is mine is due July 22 90s country hitmaker Billy Dean today announced his first country album in a decade. On July 22, Dean, often dubbed “the James Taylor of country music,” will release The rest is mine via BFD/Audium Nashville, a 10-track collection that reflects a place …

Here comes the summer. Spring was slow to arrive, but one morning the oak leaves fluttered, the lawns turned green, the azaleas turned red. Daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, rhodia – all pointed to duty. Most of the time we plant hostas – lots of them – because anyone can keep them …

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LUBBOCK, Texas—Shen Yun Performing Arts delighted audiences at Buddy Holly Hall on May 31 with classical Chinese dance and folk dance and music. One audience member impressed with the New York-based performing arts company was musician Clinton Barrick. Mr. Barrick admired “the artistry of the dancers, the beauty of the …

June 1, 2022, 11:38 Members of the Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir. Photo: Aliyah With music by Gustav Holst and lyrics by Cecil Spring Rice, the British patriotic anthem has been sung at memorial services and large-scale events, including weddings and funerals. Written in 1918, “I Vow to Thee, My Country” …

June 1 – Members of the Little Delaware Youth Ensemble have been practicing since March for this Sunday’s concert at the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center in Oneonta. LYDE’s music director Uli Speth said he was “very” looking forward to this week’s performance. “This is the first time we’ve …

Members of the Little Delaware Youth Ensemble have been practicing since March for this Sunday’s concert at the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center in Oneonta. LYDE’s music director Uli Speth said he was “very” looking forward to this week’s performance. “This is the first time we’ve played Oneonta again …