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12/05/2008

Rapper T.I. talks tough but parties with panache at the Dunk
PROVIDENCE — Atlanta-based rapper T.I. felt he had a lot to prove as he headlined the Hot 106 Holiday Hot Night last night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. His recent legal problems (culminating in a house arrest) left him with a chip on his shoulder, and he answered with some of the hardest-hitting and highest-charting songs of the Southern hip-hop movement of the last few years, settling whatever scores he felt he needed to and getting the party going at the same time.

12/04/2008

Steamroller’s strong second set rescues formulaic performance in Providence
PROVIDENCE — Lacking leader Chip Davis, but still packing their trademark electro-pomp, Mannheim Steamroller got the holiday-concert season going last night at Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium.

Odetta inspired a generation
Odetta’s monumental voice rang out in August 1963 when she sang “I’m on My Way” at the historic March on Washington, D.C., where Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.

Odetta remembered locally as gracious, kind to fans
George Wein, the impresario of the Newport folk and jazz festivals, remembered Odetta yesterday as “important in my life and the life of Newport — more than people realize.”

Touring Grease owes much to the movie version
The production of Grease that opened a one-week run at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Tuesday owes almost as much to the 1978 movie version as to the original 1972 Broadway musical. And while that makes for a better evening of songs, it changes the story in ways that may or may not help.

Pop music: Guitarist Adrian Legg is a songwriter first
It will come as a surprise to those dazzled by the acoustic-guitar virtuosity of British master Adrian Legg, but he doesn’t consider himself “particularly a guitarist as such. …

12/02/2008

Taylor Hicks greases the skids of his career
PROVIDENCE

Taylor Hicks greases the skids of his career
PROVIDENCE

12/01/2008

Idol champ David Cook tries for the real thing
NEW YORK — When he was on American Idol, David Cook — as cool as a cucumber for much of last season — fought back tears after performing for a studio audience that included his brother Adam, who’s fighting brain cancer.

11/30/2008

Byrne, Eno get their groove back after 27 years apart
When David Byrne, who’ll perform at New Bedford’s Zeiterion Theatre tonight and at Foxwoods on Friday, renewed his partnership with Brian Eno recently after more than two decades apart, nothing was taken for granted.

11/27/2008

Signature of ‘E. Rigby’ to be auctioned in London
Eleanor Rigby: fact or fiction?

Cobra Starship to touch down at Lupo’s
As far as I could tell, there was only one band at this summer’s Vans Warped Tour stop at the Comcast Center that had its own dance. While the modern-punk-heavy show was more musically diverse than in previous years, there still wasn’t anyone else like Cobra Starship. Their take on ’80s synth-rock — musically serious, attitudinally flip and over the top — stood out like a non-sore thumb. And the combination of icy synths, winning melodies and that stupid-yet-awesome dance made “Guilty Pleasure” not only a hit single but one of the most memorable rays of sunshine on that rain-filled day.

Special offer from Philharmonic
The classics come at a discount: 20 percent off. The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra is offering a sale on gift certificates for its 2008-2009 season.

Messiah in Fox Point
A lot of people think it just isn’t the holiday season without performances of Messiah, Handel’s magnificent recounting of the birth and life of Jesus. And the first of two local performances with a professional orchestra takes place this weekend. (The second chance to hear Messiah is Dec 20, when the Rhode Island Philharmonic joins forces with the Providence Singers.)

11/26/2008

Dido’s pop is pure emotion
LOS ANGELES Talking about her new album at a Hollywood rehearsal studio last month, Dido Armstrong used one word more than any other –– 14 times, in fact, over the course of an hour. The word was “emotion.” This was a bit surprising, since Dido is pretty much the living picture of musical reserve.

11/23/2008

As one of the Eagles, Joe Walsh goes along to get along
Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh is the anti-Eagle. Make that the anti-ego.

New hope for a venerable auditorium
Stephen Habl likes talking to the cabbies parked outside the Renaissance Providence Hotel, the new lodgings carved from the once-derelict Masonic Temple across the street from the State House. Habl is general manager of neighboring Veterans Memorial Auditorium and he likes touting the theater.

11/20/2008

Liza Minnelli still tops in old-school song and dance
WOONSOCKET — Singing like a grande dame and jumping around like someone half her age, Liza Minnelli began a four-night stand at the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Center last night with a preview of the show that’s coming to New York next month, and she proved that the fundamentals — her gutsy, brassy, strong voice and her irrepressible enthusiasm — were still in place.

Liza Minnelli still tops in old-school song and dance
WOONSOCKET — Liza Minnelli began a four-night stand at the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Center last night with a preview of the show that’s coming to New York next month, and she proved that the fundamentals — her gutsy, brassy, strong voice and her irrepressible enthusiasm — were still in place.

Early spirit of Christmas fills the airwaves
For listeners of 105 FM, lite rock has gone dark. At B-101 FM, oldies are a thing of the past. Instead, Christmas has come early.

The Bohemian Quartet embraces the soul of elusive Gypsy music
One listen to The Bohemian Quartet and you know that Gypsy, or Roma, music, isn’t easy to play — it’s beautiful, fast and furious, often all within one song. But after talking with violinist and quartet leader Stan Renard, it becomes clear that it isn’t an easy musical tradition to learn about, for a lot of reasons.

Concert at Brown celebrates French composer
Brown University organist Mark Steinbach celebrates the 100th birthday of pioneering French composer Olivier Messiaen this weekend with a free concert at Sayles Hall on the Brown campus.

11/19/2008

Liza’s at the Stadium, last stop before New York
I’m not sure Liza Minnelli can help sounding like everything she says is the last line before launching into a song from a musical.

The planet’s hottest band strives for balance on tour
Performing in Coldplay — performing in the world’s biggest band — could get comfy. Too comfy, even.

11/16/2008

Rick Massimo: Anthony Hamilton knows exactly what he wants
While it’s normal for neo-traditionalist singers in many forms to become more mainstream as they go on, the new record by R&B up-and-comer Anthony Hamilton seems to be going the other way.

Liza in Woonsocket? Here’s how and why
Let’s all be honest. When we all read about Liza Minnelli coming to the Stadium Theatre, in Woonsocket, for four shows this week, we all had the same reaction:

11/14/2008

Liza Minnelli’s having too much fun - The dynamic entertainer will perform Saturday at PPAC’s annual gala
You’d think that after nearly 50 years in show business that includes three Tony Awards, an Oscar, an Emmy and a special Grammy, as well as millions of records sold and audience members wowed, Liza Minnelli would be thinking about kicking back.

Concert Review - Liza owns the stage, and shows why she’s still a legend
Like the actress she is, Liza Minnelli inhabits her songs, and inhabits her show

Chesney tops CMA Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny Chesney won only one of the seven awards he was nominated for at the CMA Awards, but he sure made it count.