29 Mar 2005

La Traviata a Pleasure, but It Misses the Heart

By Abbie Dombrock
Sacrifice, passion, love, and death took center stage during Opera Verdi Europa’s performance of La Traviata at the Adler Theatre on March 22. Strong vocal performances, a solid pit orchestra, and a grand set contributed to an enjoyable, although somewhat unemotional, evening of music and drama hosted by the City Opera Company of the Quad Cities.
29 Mar 2005

Patton Gets Cartoony with Fantômas

By Administrator
• Fantômas, the enigmatic band helmed by Mike Patton of Faith No More, is taking a new direction this Tuesday with the release of Suspended Animation on Ipecac Records. While the collective has previously noodled in science-fiction fancies, the new CD is described as a lavishly designed project that dallies in all the sound effects and manic energy of cartoon music.
22 Mar 2005

Feminist Music from the '70s Gets Its Due

By Administrator
• Rounder Records has just re-issued a lost gem from 1972, Mountain Moving Day, by the Chicago & New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Bands. Now re-mastered under the title Papa Don't Lay That **** on Me, the CD features six previously unreleased tracks and two bonus songs by modern rockers Le Tigre.
15 Mar 2005

Latin Jazz Legend Plays St. Ambrose

By Jeff Ignatius
Even though he has played the piano professionally for five decades - and is a Latin jazz and salsa legend because of it - Eddie Palmieri concedes that his first love was the drums. "I wanted to be my brother's drummer," Palmieri said, referring to the also-legendary pianist Charlie Palmieri (who died in 1988).
15 Mar 2005

The Rock-and-Roll Star of Fiddle Music

By Jeff Ignatius
Natalie MacMaster grew up listening to her brothers' records - everything from AC/DC to Michael Jackson to Loverboy. "I'm an '80s chick, all the way," she said in an interview with the River Cities' Reader.
15 Mar 2005

"Masters of Darkness" Unveil Box Sets

By Administrator
• Two "masters of darkness" have picked this coming Tuesday to go head-to-head with new CD box sets. The Ozzman cometh with Ozzy Osbourne's long-awaited four-CD box set, Prince of Darkness, packed with rarities and newly recorded cover selections.
07 Mar 2005

Symphony Provides a Magical Musical Tour

By Abbie Dombrock
There is a place where elephants flit through the trees, where dignified violists play toy trumpets, and where a visit to the catacombs follows a trip to the park. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra led us on a journey through our imaginations on March 6, and the destinations were of the most unique sort.
07 Mar 2005

GWAR Gores the Quad Cities

By Louis Goral
Comic book characters have finally come to life. GWAR, or God What an Awful Racket, combined elements of heavy metal, comic books, and horror movies to provide a brutally entertaining experience at Davenport’s QC Live on Saturday, February 26.
07 Mar 2005

Family-Friendly Festival Deserves Attention

By Robert Jackson Jr.
• With music fans packing up the van for SXSW in Austin, Texas, this month, or dreaming of the big tie die in the sky in June's return of the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee, one more outstanding music fest deserves a big red road-trip circle on your calendar: the second annual Wakarusa Festival near Lawrence, Kansas.
01 Mar 2005

Five Bands Get the Tribute Treatment

By John James
• Tribute madness heats up as five upcoming new CDs bow down in salute with intriguing possibilities. Magna Carta Records is set for the March 15 release of Subdivisions: A Tribute to Rush, with performances by Sebastian Bach of Skid Row, Jani Lane of Warrant, Alex Skolnick of Testament, Kip Winger of Winger, Robert Berry of Ambrosia, Andreas Kisser of Sepultura, and master bassist Stu Hamm.

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