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.
22 Feb 2005

R.E.M.'s Latter-Day Albums Get the Deluxe Treatment

By Administrator
• This Tuesday R.E.M.'s catalogue gets the sweet reissue treatment as eight albums - Out of Time, Green, Automatic for the People, Monster, Up, Reveal, Around the Sun, and New Adventures in Hi-Fi - are upgraded and expanded with bonus tracks.
15 Feb 2005

Semenya McCord Performs "A Love Supreme" Concert in Galesburg

By Administrator
With the disappointing news that the River Music Experience will not be bringing any nationally known musical acts to the Quad Cities as previously advertised, jazz fans will seldom have a chance to catch creative jazz musicians and bands from out of this area.
15 Feb 2005

Residents Return with Sounds of Animal Love

By John James
• Birds do it. Bees do it. And like humans, they often make strange "music" in the process. Next month The Residents are back with a new album on Mute Records that makes new music from the chippings and rhythmic mating sounds of coitus (non-interruptus).
07 Feb 2005

New RME Director Brings a Wealth of Experience

By Jeff Ignatius
Lon Bozarth, the River Music Experience's new director, has worked in just about every aspect of the music business - outside of a museum. In the 1970s and '80s, he was vice president of operations for Sound Warehouse, overseeing 150 large record stores.

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