Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Social Media Campaign Deposes Plastic Pop Music Marketing : Raging The Social Media Machine | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
"Some members of the British public were getting a little peeved off with the Christmas Number One being over-taken by this X Factor marketing machine, so much so that they coordinated a Facebook campaign to unseat X Factor’s Joe McElderry with the classic expletive-filled Rage Against The Machine song Killing In The Name. Not only was the campaign a challenge to the ruling pop patriarch, but it also sought to unify the voices a disgruntled music-loving community in the UK that traditionally had no means to get their message out."
Friday, December 11, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Music and Culture : Elina Garanca - A New Mezzo-Soprano Star on the Opera, Symphony and Classical Music Recording Scene
"Already a star, she clearly has a capacity for greatness."
We saw her sing Carmen here in Europe and she was spectacular. She will be singing Carmen again this year at the end of July and the beginning of August in Rome and in October she well be at Covent Garden in London. If you love opera, do not miss her performance in this role.
NEW RELEASE, Bel Canto
Originally scheduled to be released in January 2009 by Deutsche Grammophon ("Deutsche Grammophon is Classical Music") was Elina Garanca Bel Canto but it has only become available in the last several weeks:
Other recordings:
Elina Garanca - Mozart Opera & Concert Arias:
Elina Garanca - Arie Favorite:
Elina Garanca - Aria Cantilena:
2009 Upcoming Performance Calendar (as taken from Elina Garanca) includes the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), Covent Garden (London), Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Vienna, Rome, Munich, Frankfurt, Duessdeldorf, Basel, Lodz, Valencia, Bilbao, San Sebastion, Villadoid - as follows:
"January 9, 12 - Octavian in R. Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier", Staatsoper Vienna
January 16-27 European Concert Tour with Basel Chamber Orchestra:
January 16 - Basel
January 18 - Vienna
January 20 - Lodz
January 22 - Valencia
January 24 - Bilbao
January 25 - San Sebastian
January 27 - Valladolid
February 6 - Solo recital, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
March 2, 5, 7 - Romeo in Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi",
Covent Garden, London
March 13-25
Concert Tour in Germany:
[Added by LawPundit - 2009 concerts - tickets in Germany - to the following concerts:March 13 Hamburg - Laeiszhalle
March 16 Stuttgart - Liederhalle
March 18 Berlin - Philharmonie
March 20 Düsseldorf - Tonhalle
March 23 Munich - Philharmonie
March 25 Frankfurt - Alte Oper
Friday, March 13, 2009 8:00 p.m.
Laeiszhalle (Grosser Saal) in HAMBURG
Wedenesday, March 18, 2009 8:00 p.m.
Philharmonie (Grosser Saal) in BERLIN
Monday, March 23, 2009 8:00 p.m.
Gasteig (Philharmonie) in MÜNCHEN
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:00 p.m.
Alte Oper (Grosser Saal) in FRANKFURT AM MAIN]
March 30 - Romeo in Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi",
Covent Garden, London
April 2, 7, 11 - Romeo in Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi",
Covent Garden, London
May 1, 6, 9 - Angelina in Rossini's "La Cenerentola",
Metropolitan Opera, New York
May 20, 24, 27, 30 - Charlotte in Massenet´s "Werther",
Staatsoper Vienna
June 7, 10, 13 - Charlotte in Massenet´s "Werther",
Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
July 29, 31 - Carmen in Bizet's "Carmen",
Terme di Caracalla, Rome
August 2, 7, 9- Carmen in Bizet's "Carmen",
Terme di Caracalla, Rome
October 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 21, 24 - Carmen in Bizet's "Carmen"
Covent Garden, London
further approximate dates:
October 26 to Jan 2 (2010) - Muse, Nicklausse
in Offenbach's "Les contes d'Hoffmann",
Metropolitan Opera, New York"
This is NOT a paid advertisement but rather represents our interest at LawPundit in the voice of this rising young musical star who hails from Latvia.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Happy Mother's Day this Sunday : Maywood sings Mother How are You Today?
Give Me Back My Love by the group Maywood in the album Maywood was recorded way back in 1980 (see the lyrics at their site under Discography, World Wide, Germany, Maywood, Label CNR, Catalogue no. 0030.354.)
As we read in the biography at the official Maywood website, Maywood's Give Me Back My Love hit gold status in the Netherlands and Sweden but somehow escaped greater fame.
We definitely would put this song on our all-time Top Ten list of songs.
Absolutely fabulous.
Take a listen....
Here is another song, by both Maywoods. Spectacularly good.
Maybe even better, at least optically for sure, than the first....
Late at Night....
Listen, Maywood...is superb, superb!
Update: OK, I'm hooked on these ladies. How about this vibrant song Rio (1981):
and, what can you say about this heart-to-heart song ...
I'm in Love for the Very First Time
For us, it is an Alice May and Caren Wood revival. MayWood. Beautiful.
Kristy Kay Pop Music
Some of her songs are found at MySpace.
Other links are:
When You Find Love
Song "When You Find Love" (our favorite) . Hothead Dance Hits - available US only
Rhapsody Online leads the user to the following VERY IRRITATING popup here in Germany:
"U.S. Only We're sorry. We have detected that you are outside of the United States. This service is currently only available to residents within the United States." Now we now what it feels like to be in China and have half the stuff you want to see blocked by the government. We expect this to be corrected there in the good old USA.
I Will Wait
Who's That Loving You Now?
Song "Don't Break My Heart"
Video "Who's That Loving You Now"
See also
Official Kristy Kay site
Kristy Kay, Featured Artist
Song of the Month "Not So Perfect World"
Kristy Kay - Airbrush Artwork
Kristy Kay - Promo Only
What's it all about?
After all, as Dionne Warwick and Cher have sung, "What's it all about, Alfie?" (words by Hal David and music by Burt Bacharach)