| Spiral Trance, 9:30 pm Friday at Hiawatha
The all original, hard rock band Spiral Trance from Milwaukee will perform live with Carry Nation from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday, April 20, at Hiawatha Bar & Grill, 9809 Durand Ave., Sturtevant. The cover charge is $5. Spiral Trance are recent 2006 Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award winners for their song Hellacious. This year they have been nominated for Best Rock Group/Artist of the Year and Paul Karcz for Best Male Vocalist. Spiral Trance are a current regional favorite and fall nothing short of some greater known national acts. They recently signed to a distribution deal by Rockit Records & Recording and are featured on two E-books Castle Mount and There Will Be Blood available on Amazon.com. Spiral Trance united as a musical venture in the spring of 1995 and began writing original, hard rock songs immediately.
Off the Beat
Who'd ever think that the folksy charm spun by Garrison Keillor on his long-running “A Prairie Home Companion" radio show and the brash, YouTube world of “American Idol" would collide? But they have, and a 2008 Oberlin Conservatory of Music jazz studies major could be the beneficiary. Stefan Amidon, a drummer with the honky-tonk band Sweetback Sisters, will make his national radio debut 6 p.m. today during “Prairie Home Companion" on National Public Radio stations WCPN-FM 90.3 and WKSU-FM 89.7. According to Oberlin Conservatory of Music officials, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Sweetback Sisters is one of six musical acts featured on the NPR show's first-ever “People in (their) Twenties Talent Show" in which listeners are asked to cast online votes for their favorite group. Amidon, a 22-year-old who calls Brattleboro, Vt., home, already is a winner of sorts.
91st Annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music
NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The 91st annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, were announced today by Columbia University. The winners in each category, along with the names of the finalists in the competition, follow: For a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which, as well as reporting, may include editorials, cartoons, photographs, graphics and online material, a gold medal. Awarded to The Wall Street Journal for its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.
SanDisk Teams Up with Yahoo's Music Division
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - April 10, 2007 - Flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. said Monday it will pair its new wireless music player with music services from Yahoo Inc. but analysts doubt the new gadget will be able to steal much share from Apple Inc.'s dominant iPod. .
Separating the man from the boy
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE is throwing up in the toilet. He's kicking seven bells out of his best buddy. He's smacking an old guy round the head and spewing racist slurs. He's pointing a loaded pistol at his best girl. Now he's sweating as he owns up to crippling anxiety attacks. Now he's about to puke again. Now he's sobbing. It isn't in just his chart-topping, arena-filling music career that Timberlake is showing his range. The 26-year-old has a clutch of small film roles under his belt - he's a tattooed gang member in this month's indie film Alpha Dog, and voices King Arthur in the upcoming Shrek The Third. Most impressively, in next month's Black Snake Moan, the over-achieving boy-man plays Ronnie, a National Guardsman from the Deep South about to ship out to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Melisa Prestianni's Christian Music Touches 17 Countries Worldwide
Goldsboro, NC. (Top40 Charts/ ICM Records Group) - Melisa Prestianni, a northeastern songbird from NJ, new CD is touching more than 17 countries around the world. Her CD, 'Overwhelmed With Love', is getting much attention in places like Australia, London, France, Spain, Germany and the U.S. just to name a few. Her promotions agency, The ICM Records Group, reports that this is very encouraging for an independent Christian artist so early in the stages of her release; and with good reason. Her music touches the soul in ways that are divine. Prestianni got her start performing in Christian coffee house around the New Jersey/New York/PA area. Many have commented positively about her music, saying, " We feel an extreme amount of peace when she performs. Her music is truly inspirational." Prestianni works as a service coordinator for the elderly.
Laughter amid the tears
In Washington today, politicians too often just stand their ground. Liberal strategist Bob Beckel and conservative columnist Cal Thomas provide a better model. Read columns Voices of Immigration Readers discuss their personal experiences. Read letters Voices of Katrina Readers share the impact Hurricane Katrina has had on their lives. Read letters Opinionline What people are saying about the news of the week. Read columns Al Neuharth Read columns DeWayne Wickham Read columns .
Elite offers two new motorcycle tours through the US
Elite Special Event Tours has just announced the establishment of two new motorcycle tours, Music & Bourbon and the California Dreaming itineraries, through the United States of America. Departing from the 9th of September, 2007, the 14-day Music & Bourbon begins in Nashville, Tennessee. Hitched on a Harley-Davidson, the tour will take travellers through Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama, from the legendary southern hospitality to the north districts of Chattanooga. Priced at AUD7,499 per person, twin share. The tour also includes economy airfares ex-Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, as well as air transfers between LA and Nashville, accommodation, bike hire and insurance. Tour prices are based on one rider and one pillion passenger travelling together.
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