02 Nov 2004

Label Stakes Out Radical Turf for the Quad Cities

By Jeff Ignatius
In this day and age, making music is easy. What's hard is getting somebody to pay attention. "Anybody with a computer can make music," said Jeff Konrad, the founder of the Rock Island-based Radical Turf record label.
02 Nov 2004

Trumpet Star Eddie Henderson Performs with NIU Ensemble

By Jimmie Jones
Eddie Henderson, one of today's top and most original jazz trumpet players, joins one of today's best jazz bands when he performs on Friday with the Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble at North Scott High School in Eldridge.
02 Nov 2004

SpongeBob Leaps to the Big Time with Star-Studded Soundtrack

By John James
• The "ignorance is bliss" mentality of SpongeBob SquarePants turned the freckle-cheeked barnacle into the prince of the Nickelodeon television network, but in two weeks he graduates to the big time with his own feature-length motion picture.
26 Oct 2004

Election-Day CDs Focus on Politics

By John James
Political enlightenment is the buzz for this coming Tuesday, as three new CDs hope you swing by your favorite record store after voting your conscience. Virgin Records is releasing a eMOTIVe, a collection of politically minded covers by A Perfect Circle, featuring a bonus DVD and a limited edition with a bonus T-shirt.
19 Oct 2004

Zeppelin Fans Get a Treat from Theatre Chain

By John James
• Led Zeppelin fanatics get a big screen treat this coming Monday evening at 35 Regal Cinemas across the country, as the theatre chain will dim the lights for a special showing of No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded one day before its DVD release.
12 Oct 2004

TV Soundtrack Revives 1970s FM Radio

By John James
• The youthful audience of the WB network's hit show Everwood is getting a music-history lesson with this Tuesday's release of its original television soundtrack. The Nettwerk Records' CD features current artists covering old-school FM-radio fare - from Kristen Hersh's take on Cat Stevens' "Trouble" to the Stereophonics' spin on Roberta Flack's soulful "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
05 Oct 2004

A Genre-Hopping Joy

By Jeff Ignatius
In 1989, the avant-garde composer and sax player John Zorn released Naked City, which I’ve always described as “death jazz.” The album featured an all-star band tackling music that ranged from short blasts of violent noise (with tracks as short as eight seconds) to beautifully atmospheric interpretations of classic film music, including a kick-ass version of the theme from the James Bond movies.
05 Oct 2004

World Premiere Transforms Contradictions Into Art

By Abbie Dombrock
The October 2 opening concert of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s 90th season consisted of just two pieces: the world premiere of Stephen Andrew Taylor’s Transfiguration and the traditional Symphony No.
05 Oct 2004

Kids of All Ages Targeted by New CDs

By John James
• Smiles and tenderness abound with a hug-full of new CDs in which big stars sing to the child in all of us. Last week Epic Records released Mary Had a Little Amp, a delightful benefit CD funding the People for the American Way's preschool organization, Project Kid Smart.
28 Sep 2004

Driver of the Year Delivers Some Statik

By Jeff Ignatius
Driver of the Year’s Jason Parris promised a few months ago that the band’s new full-length release, Statik, was going to be as “bare bones” as possible. That phrase is vague when it comes to music.

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