http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/music music news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2010 2010-09-09T15:49:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_tucson_bday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_tucson_bday/#When: 23:24:41Z Emily Jones Ever celebrated the birthday of a whole city before? Throughout August, Tucson celebrates its 235th birthday with a month-long series of events. news, history, local, arts_culture, theatre, entertainment, music, todo, food, bars_drinks, restaurants, breaking 2010-08-03T23:24:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080210_smashingpumpkins/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080210_smashingpumpkins/#When: 18:51:24Z Dylan Smith Smashing Pumpkins will play Tucson’s Rialto Theatre on Sept. 1, the venue announced Monday. entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-08-02T18:51:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072110_eltonjohn/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072110_eltonjohn/#When: 03:45:09Z Dylan Smith Updated: Elton John’s concert at the Tucson Arena has been postponed one night to Thursday. flags, entertainment, celebs, music, todo Jul 23, 2010, 3:45 am http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071610_calexico_live/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071610_calexico_live/#When: 23:02:43Z Dylan Smith Listen to Calexico perform favorites like “Roka” and “Crystal Frontier” in this free download/stream of a 2009 live show. flags, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-16T23:02:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_secondsaturdays/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_secondsaturdays/#When: 19:12:39Z Emily Jones Photo gallery: The Second Saturdays Downtown festival offered a range of entertainment from street performers like living statues, breakdancing b-boys, stilt walkers and live music of many genres. flags, news, business, downtown, arts_culture, dance, theatre, entertainment, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-07-12T19:12:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070210_europe_jazz/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070210_europe_jazz/#When: 18:30:19Z Victora Gladstone “Europe fell in love with jazz after World War II, when American jazz musicians suffering from segregation at home, escaped here and found a welcome. For us, jazz music came to symbolize freedom.” flags, arts_culture, entertainment, music, breaking, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-07-02T18:30:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070110_rain/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070110_rain/#When: 02:44:00Z Dylan Smith Rain? We don’t mind. And neither did the Beatles. If you want to see a repeat of the brisk rainfall we saw Thursday, you might have to do a rain dance. What’s your favorite song about the rain? flags, news, sci_tech, local, arizona, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-02T02:44:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/102910_ethiopia_jazz/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/102910_ethiopia_jazz/#When: 15:48:29Z Tristan McConnell The music the 68-year-old “father of Ethio-jazz” writes sounds like nothing else. His distinctive blending of musical styles seizes Western jazz and thrusts it deep into the soil of Ethiopia creating a groovy music that is by turns ethereal and hip-swinging but always enigmatic. flags, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-29T15:48:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062510_1070_letter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062510_1070_letter/#When: 19:11:59Z Charlie Levy Guest Opinion: An open letter to artists boycotting Arizona: By not performing in Arizona, artists are harming the very people and places that foster free speech and the open exchange of ideas that serve to counter the closed-mindedness recently displayed by the new law. flags, news, politics, border, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, entertainment, celebs, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-25T19:11:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062410_vuvuzelza/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062410_vuvuzelza/#When: 19:56:25Z Erin Conway-Smith Love those long plastic trumpets or loathe them, vuvuzelas have become the symbol of South Africa’s World Cup. To some, their unmistakable drone is the world’s most irritating sound, others hear it as joyful self-expression. flags, sports, soccer, pro, arts_culture, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-24T19:56:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060810_bristol/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060810_bristol/#When: 18:43:08Z Selina Cuff You probably think of London as Britain’s musical capital: It is where musicians get discovered, where music moguls sit in skyscrapers and decide on the next big thing, and where artists land the elusive record deal. But a smaller city has knocked off London’s crown. flags, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-08T18:43:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060710_halloates/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060710_halloates/#When: 19:08:34Z Dylan Smith Hall & Oates, the rock and soul duo popular in the ‘80s, will not perform in Phoenix because of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. flags, news, border, local, arizona, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-07T19:08:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052810_soundbite_boycott/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052810_soundbite_boycott/#When: 16:48:41Z Michael Truelsen Several musical acts have formed a coalition – The Sound Strike – to organize boycotts of Arizona in wake of the state’s new immigration law. nationworld, news, politics, border, downtown, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-28T16:48:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051910_myanmar_hiphop/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051910_myanmar_hiphop/#When: 18:08:24Z Alex Ellgee Donning black masks and using pseudonyms, hip-hop artists 9KT and MK aim to keep their political tunes under the radar of a dictatorship as oppressive as Myanmar. nationworld, news, politics, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-05-19T18:08:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051310_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051310_weekend/#When: 03:51:42Z Maggie Golston There is a definite air of civic engagement in the programming offerings of clubs and arts organizations this week, as well as a commitment to the unique cultural hybrid that is Tucson. If the 24-hour news cycle portrayal of your community has made you despair of late, the perfect remedy is a visit to some of these choice weekend events. Boycott your television and embrace some local culture. flags, arts_culture, books, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-05-14T03:51:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_dunn/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_dunn/#When: 23:54:03Z Maggie Golston The MOCA Sounds/ Defining Music season will end Thursday with a lecture and performance by composer and sound artist David Dunn. flags, arts_culture, classical, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking 2010-05-12T23:54:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_songwriter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_songwriter/#When: 20:38:59Z Maggie Golston Thursday night brings two double bills to downtown. Los Angeles-based chanteuse Jessica Fichot will play with Gabriel Sullivan at Solar Culture, and Band of Annuals members support songwriter David Williams, who will be joined by Amy Rude at the Red Room. flags, entertainment, music, breaking, lead_ok 2010-05-12T20:38:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_glee/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_glee/#When: 19:11:05Z Maggie Golston While the young stars of “Glee Live! In Concert” prepare to open their tour with a two-night stand in Phoenix, show creator Ryan Murphy published an open letter today calling for a boycott of Newsweek magazine. flags, news, media, local, entertainment, celebs, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-12T19:11:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051110_frazetta/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051110_frazetta/#When: 19:14:02Z Maggie Golston llustrator and comic book artist Frank Frazella, best known as the illustrator of the covers for Robert E. Howard’s series of Conan the Barbarian adventure novels, died Monday. flags, arts_culture, books, visualarts, entertainment, celebs, film, music, breaking, lead_ok 2010-05-11T19:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051010_cypresshill/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051010_cypresshill/#When: 20:16:11Z Maggie Golston Latino hip-hop group Cypress Hill has canceled their May 21 concert at Tucson’s Rialto Theatre. flags, news, politics, border, downtown, local, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-10T20:16:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050710_brokensocialscene/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050710_brokensocialscene/#When: 21:55:11Z Charlie Bertsch A week with Broken Social Scene’s “Forgiveness Rock Record” suggests that it will eventually sound like its predecessor on anti-depressants. The lows are filled in with putty, but the highs get sanded off in the process. flags, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, review 2010-05-07T21:55:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050710_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050710_weekend/#When: 17:44:41Z Maggie Golston Perhaps you are the sort for whom a hike in this heat sounds like a fate worse than death. If so, here are three options for each weekend day to keep you cool. flags, arts_culture, classical, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, style, todo, food, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-07T17:44:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050610_2ndsaturdays/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050610_2ndsaturdays/#When: 23:12:45Z Dylan Smith The launch of 2nd Saturdays Downtown is Saturday from 5-10 p.m., and features live music at several venues, an outdoor stage, and out on the thoroughfare. Does this new event have the formula for resurrecting a downtown tradition? flags, news, business, downtown, arts_culture, classical, visualarts, entertainment, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-05-06T23:12:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050610_under_sullivan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050610_under_sullivan/#When: 19:38:42Z Maggie Golston Gabriel Sullivan is one of the hardest-working musicians in Tucson. If you have seen local live music in the last year or so, chances are good you have seen Sullivan onstage. Now, he prepares to debut his composition for string quartet at Chamberlab I. flags, arts_culture, classical, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-06T19:38:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042910_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042910_weekend/#When: 14:30:55Z Maggie Golston Here at the Sentinel, we would like to commemorate National Poetry Month’s end by invoking Baudelaire’s poetic imperative to “Get Drunk.” Not that this necessitates the imbibing of potent potables; Baudelaire goes on to direct readers to intoxicate themselves “On wine, virtue, poetry, whatever!” flags, local, arts_culture, books, dance, visualarts, entertainment, music, style, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-04-29T14:30:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042810_folkfest/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042810_folkfest/#When: 19:22:57Z Maggie Golston This weekend, to celebrate its 25th year, the Tucson Folk Festival will feature approximately 115 acts on four stages, workshops, a New Artists’ Stage at the Tucson Museum of Art, featuring short, impromptu sets by festival players and others, and food and craft vendors, in addition to the headliners. flags, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-28T19:22:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042710_shondes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042710_shondes/#When: 18:39:06Z Maggie Golston In Yiddish, a “shonde” is a harm, a shame, a disgrace. In indie rock, The Shondes are a queer folk/punk quartet from Brooklyn, and their second full-length effort, “My Dear One,” is nothing to be ashamed of. flags, entertainment, music, breaking, lead_ok 2010-04-27T18:39:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042710_pepi/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042710_pepi/#When: 17:15:59Z Maggie Golston Singer/songwriter Pepi Ginsberg has found her sound on her new full-length “East Is East,” as the audience at Hotel Congress can discover Wednesday night, when she brings her quartet to the patio for an early show. flags, entertainment, music, breaking, lead_ok 2010-04-27T17:15:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042410_mariachi/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042410_mariachi/#When: 19:22:25Z Daniel Buckley Despite technically superb performances, Friday night’s Mariachi Espectacular concert seemed subdued compared to past years; the chemistry between performer and audience never quite reached synergistic heat. flags, arts_culture, dance, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, review 2010-04-24T19:22:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042010_mariachi_preview/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042010_mariachi_preview/#When: 16:03:08Z Daniel Buckley For 50 years, Nati Cano has been at the helm of one of America’s foremost mariachis, the Grammy-winning Los Camperos de Nati Cano. And as the Tucson International Mariachi Conference celebrates its 28th year, it pays special tribute to Cano. flags, news, history, arts_culture, dance, theatre, entertainment, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-04-21T16:03:08+00:00