06 Dec 2005

QC Symphony Concert Delights the Child in Everyone

By Abbie Dombrock
Many youngsters were present at the Quad City Symphony concert on Saturday, December 3, but they weren’t the only ones encouraged to let the music lead their imaginations to faraway places. In a night of music written by artists who, as described by conductor Donald Schleicher, are “serious composers with imaginations,” the Quad City Symphony conjured an atmosphere that allowed words and music to stimulate our minds, and create worlds where elephants wear suits and angels are summoned.
06 Dec 2005

A Collection of Petty Reminiscences

By John James
• Fresh from his acceptance of the Century Award at this past week's Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Tom Petty's personal memoirs are collected in a new book by Paul Zallo, spun like stories best told around a card table or campfire - crazy funny, wickedly insightful, and often tearfully poignant.
29 Nov 2005

Jazz on Steroids

By Jeff Ignatius
It's ironic that a band that can't choose a name can develop a sophisticated, comprehensive system of musical cues that allows every member to change (or merely anticipate) what's happening on stage, from tempo to key.
29 Nov 2005

The Holidays Mean Great New Music Books

By John James
• 'Tis the season for publishing companies to offer up a tall stack of terrific music-oriented books - easy to wrap as gifts, and deeper than the E! True Hollywood Story. Backbeat Books has just issued Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock 1970-1982, now featuring a bonus 24-track CD of interviews with Stiv Bators, Gary Numan, XTC, Oingo Boingo, DEVO, The Cult, and many more with the author, George Gimarc.
22 Nov 2005

Wicked Good

By Mike Schulz
Among the special features on the Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls - Live at Circa '21 DVD - the release of which is being celebrated at Rookie's on Saturday, November 26 - is an early promotional video in which the band members describe their group's sound to an off-screen interviewer.
22 Nov 2005

Holiday Pops Evokes the Season's Multitude of Moods

By Administrator
After a rambunctious, sacred, fun-loving, somber Holiday Pops concert filled with elements that make the holidays special, the Christmas season has finally officially begun. The Quad Symphony Orchestra Association and the Quad City Arts Festival of Trees presented an enchanting kickoff at The Mark of the Quad Cities on Saturday night, complete with instrumentalists, vocalists of all ages, and vivacious figure skaters.
22 Nov 2005

Studio Effort Offers the Promise of the Live Band

By Jeff Ignatius
Like Michael Jordan's baseball career, the Grateful Dead's studio recordings were largely superfluous. The band gave the world legendary live performances, and that was more than enough. Those analogies might seem a little big for the Quad Cities' Strange Neighbors, which has been around since 1994 and is led by singer-songwriter-guitarist Dustin Cobb.
22 Nov 2005

The Greenhornes Get the Retrospective Treatment

By John James
• This coming Tuesday the V2 imprint looks back at the early days of the Greenhornes with a compilation of 19 rarities and an all-new bonus track, "Lost Woman." Collecting hometown seven-inch singles from Cincinnati, Ohio, and selections from LP releases on the Prince and Telstar labels, Sewed Soles boasts an alternative version of "Can't Stand It" (as heard in HBO's The Sopranos) and "There Is an End," a track with guest Holly Golightly that was featured in the film Broken Flowers.
15 Nov 2005

Surrounding Himself with Music

By Jeff Ignatius
There was no logical reason for Bruce Katz to give up the life of a working musician. By the the late 1980s, Katz had toured with the likes of Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and soul singer Barrence Whitfield. Equally adept in jazz and blues, and with the piano and the soulful Hammond B3 organ, Katz had built a solid career as a sideman.
15 Nov 2005

Band Offers Ladies on a Stick

By John James
• An odd pick for breaking new ground in the ever-shifting digital-delivery paradigm, The Barenaked Ladies have led with their James Bond chins and asked Q to reach outside the CD, DVD, MP3 phone, and Oakley's Thump eyewear.

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