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Newsboys 'Restart' Music Review
After five RIAA certified Gold Records, countless #1's and album sales of over 8 million, Newsboys decided to shake things up and be different. Less rock, more danceable pop and tons of passion equals a restart! If you're looking for... -
Newsong and the Swallow the Ocean Tour
Newsong, will be spending the next month on the road with singer/songwriter Aaron Shust, pop/rockers Royal Tailor and the new Word Records' artist, Love & The Outcome for the "Swallow the Ocean" tour... -
Cruising With Sandi Patty
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Matthew West Makes History
When Matthew West released his sophomore project on Sparrow Records in 2005, he named it History. Little did he, eight years later, he would make history with one of his songs. His hit single, "Hello, My Name Is" has now officially... -
Billy Graham's Hope for America
Even though he retired in 1992, the legacy that Billy Graham built is still going strong in 2013. It is said that he personally preached to as many as 215 million people in live audiences in 185 countries. Countless more millions have... -
Mandisa's Offcial Music Video Shares Some Real Overcomers
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Benjamin Britten Festivals in Chicago Celebrate the Composer’s 100th Anniversary
Three Chicago musical organizations are offering Britten mini-festivals and concert series in celebration of the British composer's 100th anniversary--ranging from song recitals to trumpet fanfares to film screenings. Here is a sample of... -
Five Quickies: Jackie Evancho Carnegie Christmas, Deborah Voigt Out for 'Tristan,' Seiji Ozawa In for Jazz, World's Favorite Orchestra, Online Dating Instruments
News gets made fresh everyday. News gets made fresh everyday. And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in August. -
Yoav Talmi is the Old/New Music Director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra
A third shot at a job, and it's about time to get it right. Not that Israeli conductor Yoav Talmi got it wrong the last two times, but the band he's just taken on again as now three-time music director, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, has... -
TRANSLATION: Arnold Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire,' Op. 21 - "Decapitation"
Teil II: 13. "Decapitation" Lost in the fire of last year's Pierrot centennial was translation. After all, it was Otto Erich Hartleben's German--translated from the original French of Albert Giraud--that Arnold Schoenberg had set. -
REVIEW: 'Essential Tremors' by J. Roddy Walston and the Business
The fact that J. Roddy Walston and the Business haven't yet hit a wider audience is almost baffling. The Baltimore-based group has largely grown by word of mouth - people seeing their live shows and spreading the news - which has gained them enough exposure to play small sets at large festivals such as Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. However, your average-Joe music lover has still probably never heard of them. So, if any album were to get them over that hump, "Essential Tremors" would be it.
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