| calendarlive.com: Muse
On its three previous releases, this English rock outfit seemed like a casserole stuffed with the leftover vocal stylings of Radiohead and the thundering drums and shredding guitar of Tool. An interesting mix of flavors, but the notes felt so familiar that the result was ultimately unsatisfying.
The trio has apparently let new sounds simmer after a yearlong hiatus, and while "Black Holes and Revelations" (in stores Tuesday) is yet another sonic melange, its elements are fresher. The album opens with tickles of synth, and the first four tracks carry a decidedly more poppy, electronic feel. The first single, "Supermassive Black Hole," is a jaw-dropping departure, boasting a baffling, Justin Timberlake-like falsetto, a bizarrely danceable beat and infectious, cheeky riffs.
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This is an arrangement of Stanley Turrentine's classic song. The jazz duo consists of Kevin Pike on alto sax and John Kregor on guitar.
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Macca's first guitar up for auction
The first guitar Paul McCartney ever played is up for sale. Schoolboy McCartney learned his first chords on the Rex acoustic guitar belonging to his best friend Ian James. Now the instrument is expected to fetch over 100,000 at auction later this month. It comes with a letter from the former Beatles which states: "The above guitar belonging to my old school pal Ian James was the first guitar I ever held. "It was also the guitar on which I learnt my first chords in his house at 43 Elswich Street, Liverpool 8." Ian's guitar lessons helped shape the course of music history. On July 6, 1957, 15-year-old McCartney attended a summer fete at St Peter's Church Hall in Woolton, Liverpool. A young John Lennon was playing there with his band, The Quarrymen.
Will Hodgkinson: Macca's first guitar - yours for 100,000
100,000 is a lot to pay for any guitar. But it seems that when the Beatles come into the picture, you can name your price for any old piece of junk. In terms of craftsmanship, "the Rex" acoustic steel-string model is not exactly up there with a Martin or a Stradivarius. This eastern European production-line guitar from the mid-50s has steel strings like cheese-cutting wire, a tree trunk for a neck and an original price tag of around 12 guineas. It is what guitarists not so affectionately term, "a pig". .
Bay Chamber Concerts Summer Music Festival Update, Events July 19 ...
ROCKPORT (July 10): Summer is turning up the heat, and so is Bay Chamber Concerts. The Vermeer Quartet performs two nights of music with Andrew Wolf Award Winner Max Levinson on July 12 and 13. Also featured on the bill on July 12 is Bay Chamber Concerts Artistic Director Thomas Wolf in his one appearance of the summer. This summer, concerts are held every Wednesday night at the Strand Theatre in Rockland and Thursday nights at the historic Rockport Opera House. Twenty-Two Strings
Year after year, Bay Chamber Concerts receives requests for concerts featuring the guitar. The spring featured the all-woman guitar concert "La Guitara" on stage at the Strand Theatre, resulting in a sold out performance. This summer offers the classical guitar of David Leisner, who has made a career out of finding and performing unusual guitar chamber music.
Hyde Park Calling: The weekend in pictures
One very (very) hot weekend in early July saw classic British rock names The Who and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters rub shoulders with the best of the British guitar rock scene for Hyde Park Calling - and Sound Generator was there to catch all the action.
On Saturday, over 30,000 joined in the fun to see main stage slots from Texas and Starsailor, as well as an appearance by guitar hero Robert Cray, before night time operatics from Roger Waters and his quadraphonic 'Dark Side of The Moon' sound system.
Not to be outdone, The Who performed a rock n' roll tour-de-force of their legendary hits the following night, leading on from show-stopping slots from Razorlight and Primal Scream.
Take a tour through classic rock's biggest weekend in the UK, with hundreds of great pictures from all corners of Hyde Park, July 1-2.
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