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New Releases / News Ben Folds deepens musical layers via a capella
Posted By Anita Overcash on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Ben Folds is set to release a new greatest-hits album, titled Ben Folds Presents: University A Capella on April 28. It was recorded with college a capella groups. Read more in the Paste Magazine article below.
A new kind of greatest-hits record
Ben Folds returns with an entourage—they intonate their voices at breathtaking levels, overlapping in a seamless harmony throughout the album. The singer/songwriter takes the back seat and lets the college kids channel their inner Folds, and they successfully do so—often stealing the spotlight away from Folds.
The groups incorporate their own sound and reinvent the tracks. The Ohio University’s Leading Tones added some Blues and R&B on “Brick,” and the University of Georgia’s With Someone Else’s Money brought some much needed angst to “You Don’t Know Me.” The University of Colorado’s Buffoons lose some of their identity in “Landed,” sounding eerily like Folds himself at times.
The instrument-free, re-vamped “Effington,” a single from his 2008 album Way to Normal, is Folds’ best moment. One of the two tracks he recorded for this album, the song sounds more like a party than the tormented track it’s supposed to be.
Ben Folds Presents: University A Capella! shows once again Folds’ need to live outside his own artistic margins and celebrate talent, as well as others’ appreciation for his songwriting.
Concert Announcement / News Concert announcement
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Gov't Mule will perform at the new Charlotte Fillmore on July 24. This is the first show that has been announced for the new venue.
Pre-sale tickets go on sale at noon on April 14 through mule.net. Tickets go on sale to the public on April 18 through livenation.com.
Tweet of the Day / News Tweet of the day
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Today's Tweet of the Day comes from Chris Cornell:
There is no race or nation that is. incapable of making an amazing cup of coffee or creating a nearly lethal starch based home made alcohol
News New Milestone site
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Check out the new Milestone Web site. It looks like it's a little easier to get through than the last one. Nicely done!
News Live review: The Dead
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM
The Dead
Greensboro Coliseum
April 12, 2009
The Deal: The Dead — Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart — team up with Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti to kick off its first tour in five years.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Music Menu / News Music Menu (4/11/09)
Posted By Contributing Intern on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Earl Scruggs Sometimes you make the music, sometimes the music makes you. The 85-year-old Earl Scruggs, like former bandmate Bill Monroe, is one of those guys who has made music in his very own image, creating a genre from the ground up. Having basically invented three-finger bluegrass banjo (now called simply "Scruggs style" if it's called anything at all), Scruggs melded jazz and blues into what was too often a hopelessly white (if white-hot) art form, and laid the groundwork for all the "newgrass" bands to come later. His picking has slowed a little bit over the years, but Scruggs has always taken good care of himself, so the drop-off is negligible. Besides, did anyone really complain that Babe Ruth didn't hit the ball 500 feet toward the end of his career? No. They just came to see the legend hit one over the wall. Presented by The Neighborhood Theatre, Ovens Auditorium (Timothy C. Davis)
Eyes of the Elders CD Release The show may be listed as Eyes of the Elders, but it's all Stump Dickens these days. After the departure of Josh Panda last year, the guys known as Uncle Fox and Bearcat joined forces with a live band. The guitar of Austin Hill is well known from his solo work and that with Humans, and he brings the same fire to Stump. Christina Swinger's violin is also heavily showcased on the album and brings a classical, eerie and sometimes jazzy element to the groove. The band's celebrating its new seven-song EP. Snug Harbor (Jeff Hahne)
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Friday, April 10, 2009
Book Review / News Book review: I Hate New Music
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:57 PM
I Hate New Music: The Classic Rock Manifesto
Backbeat Books
Nov. 2008
The Deal: Dave Thompson comes across as a grumpy, old man in his new book about the music industry and why all of the bands these days lack originality.
Live Reviews / News Live review: Death Cab for Cutie, Cold War Kids and Ra Ra Riot
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Death Cab for Cutie, Cold War Kids and Ra Ra Riot
Belk Arena at Davidson College
April 9, 2009
Photos coming soon!
The Deal: Washington-based indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie drew a sold-out crowd to Davidson College’s Belk Area for its performance. Opening acts included indie bands, the New York-based Ra Ra Riot and California-based group Cold War Kids.
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Frank Ocean tops Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll
Annual critics list creates requisite buzz
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Mixtape review: Pac Div's Don't Mention It
West Coast trio drops new mixtape after Church League Champions was one of 2009's best.
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Beloved Charlotte School of Rock Instructor Dies
