Electronic Music NewsReKindled: Amazon’s Second-Generation Electronic Reader
The News Review:
- ReKindled: Amazon’s Second-Generation Electronic Reader
- Blowout in Hamtramck set to electrify music fans
- Music in Review
- San Francisco Symphony’s 2009-10 season
- Young guns draw from classic country roots
ReKindled: Amazon’s Second-Generation Electronic Reader
FXNews
Most best-sellers go for $9. 99 on Kindle often half or less than their hardcover price and you can pack a mountain of vacation reading into your purse or knapsack without hurting yourself or your wallet. The Kindle is not the only electronic reader on the market. Then again Apple’s iPod was never the only digital-music player. But like the iPod the Kindle is the only one that’s made a market.
Blowout in Hamtramck set to electrify music fans
Detroit Free Press
See instructions for fixing the problem. Blowout in Hamtramck set to electrify music fansLocal bands give their recommendations for music festivalBY ERIN PDLSKY • FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER• March 3 2009.
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Music in Review
New York Times
Passages from texts by Goethe Kafka and Poe recited by Mr. Brandauer before and between the works underscored themes of bellicosity and futility. STEVE SMITHLUKAS LIGETILe Poisson Rouge Classical composers often use electronic instruments in their works. But the marimba lumina — a MIDI percussion instrument invented by the synthesizer pioneer Donald Buchla — is a rare breed. The composer and percussionist Lukas Ligeti wryly described it as “a traditional instrument of Silicon Valley” during his solo show on Friday at the Greenwich Village club Le Poisson Rouge part of the Wordless Music Series. The high-tech marimba was hooked up to a laptop. Some of the sampled sounds heard in Mr.
San Francisco Symphony’s 2009-10 season
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –>The San Francisco Symphony’s 2009-10 season will include six commissioned world premieres and inaugurate Project San Francisco a new initiative featuring two-week residencies by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and composer George Benjamin. The new season the 15th under Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas will begin Sept. 9 with a gala concert starring pianist Lang Lang before shifting into a three-week Mahler festival with appearances by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and baritone Thomas Hampson. The season concludes June 23-26 with performances of Berlioz’s “dramatic symphony” “Rom?et Juliette. “We all know this is a very challenging moment in the world” Thomas said in an interview “and I’m very gratified and proud that the Symphony is maintaining its adventurous offerings. This is a strong indication of the kind of artistic statement that we’re trying to make.
Young guns draw from classic country roots
The Tennessean
It can be three chords and a good hook. I think people are really identifying with that right now because the market’s oversaturated with all kinds of stuff. I’ve noticed several comments on our MySpace page recently where people are saying ‘With all this electronic music these days it’s great to hear something like this.