Music

11/08/2009

IN CONCERT
Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO, narrates in the concert that includes footage from the movies

11/05/2009

Balladeer LaMontagne has an eye for detail
When Ray LaMontagne does a solo show, one of the side effects of not having a band onstage with him is, “I can’t shut up.”

Music Scene: Steve Miller strikes back
He began a new album at George Lucas’ ranch last year, and plans to sell recordings on the Net

Live/Whirled acoustic music series at Perishable
The Live/Whirled acoustic music series reboots for its fourth season at Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire St., Providence, Sunday at 5 p.m. with Will Ayton and Robert N. Martel playing new music in New England traditions on a variety of instruments. It’s $10, $8 for students and senior citizens. Call (401) 331-2695.

10/31/2009

Method Man, Redman have sequels on their minds at Lupo’s in Providence
PROVIDENCE –– Method Man and Redman, two of the most prolific artists from the Wu-Tang Clan hip-hop collective, came to Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel Friday night on the heels of last spring’s “Blackout! 2,” the sequel to their first duo collaboration, “Blackout!,” from 1999. And if 10 years was a long time to wait, they made it seem like the time flew by in their set opening for Snoop Doog (who was in fine form early in his set when I had to leave).

11/01/2009

Toby Keith turning out the hits
His loves to poke fun at cable news and entertainment

Soundheim sounds off on the state of the theater
Now, the legendary composer is on stage himself, dishing with former critic Frank Rich

Toby Keith turning out the hits
His loves to poke fun at cable news and entertainment

Lyle Lovett, Texas troubadour, salutes his roots
It is record-release day for Lyle Lovett, a Tuesday when his 14th album, “Natural Forces,” is being unleashed on the world.

10/29/2009

Vamping to ‘Nosferatu’: The Devil Music Ensemble will play its original soundtrack Friday at RISD
The 1922 horror film “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” has become a Halloween staple, and while it might be a bit dated, it’s still a creep-out classic — and even more so in the hands of The Devil Music Ensemble, which will play its original soundtrack to the film at its showing Friday night at the RISD Auditorium.

10/28/2009

The many meanings of Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’
Jackson was serious about “This Is It” as his final curtain call.

10/26/2009

Rapper Jay-Z comes to life with a live band at The Dunk
PROVIDENCE — Working with a live band, as Jay-Z has done since his current tour began this summer, has been a tonic for his music, and, seemingly, for his own rapping. And Saturday night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, this continued to hold true, as one of the original hip-hop moguls tore through new and classic material.

10/25/2009

Google expected to unveil music search
LOS ANGELES — Google Inc. will launch music search pages next week and include ways for consumers to buy songs for download, according to people familiar with the matter.

Terry Giviens will sing in the Cavalcade
Cranston singer Terri Giviens was a regular on the nightclub circuit until 1988, when she was hit by a drunk driver in Warwick. She was blinded for seven days and underwent 13 operations. “I was like what you’d see in a horror movie,” she told The Journal’s Mark Patinkin in 1996.

10/22/2009

Susan Cowsill is still on track
Newport native Susan Cowsill made her biggest splash on the pop charts before her 10th birthday. Cowsill, of course, sang with her family band, The Cowsills, on hits including “Indian Lake,” “Hair” and “The Rain, The Park and Other Things” in the late ’60s. She was the youngest person to be on a top-10 record with “Indian Lake” in 1968, at age 9.

10/19/2009

Silvery Shostakovich; pulsing ‘Loco’; sweet Stradivarius at Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Conductor Larry Rachleff has made something of a specialty out of the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich, having performed seven of them during his years here. Saturday night he revisited the composer’s most popular symphony, his joyous and at times brooding fifth.

10/20/2009

Album Review: Jay-Z remains sharp but is missing edge
After 11 studio albums, 13 years, dozens of hits and untold millions of records sold, there’s not much left to debate about Jay-Z, who will be playing at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Saturday. He has either outlasted, outsold or outsmarted all the competition. You either like his music or you don’t. So the only comparisons that can be made are to himself.