Tinnitus: When the music stops

In the summer of 2007 the music stopped for Nick Coleman. For 30-odd years he had steeped himself in music – singing in a choir, playing trombone, soaking up medieval and modern-classical influences from his father, drenching himself in 1960s rock'n'roll and 1970s "prog rock" – until it became his greatest love and his career. For 25 years he wrote about music for the NME, Time Out and serious ...

Live Review: Tool in Toronto

Since their last appearance Toronto show back in 2009 at Molson Amphitheatre, Tool have talked about and are reportedly working on a new studio album.

Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa performs unique fusion

Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa is best known for his prowess at applying the principles of Indian classical music to contemporary jazz. But don’t pigeonhole him as the academic type. Reared in Colorado during the ’70s, Mahanthappa, now based in New York, is the child of another tradition entirely. His skill with ragas is acquired. His love of funk and progressive rock is seemingly innate. Read ...

In concert: Rudresh Mahanthappa at Blues Alley

Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa is best known for his prowess at applying the principles of Indian classical music to contemporary jazz. But don’t pigeonhole him as the academic type. Reared in Colorado during the ’70s, Mahanthappa, now based in New York, is the child of another tradition entirely. His skill with ragas is acquired. His love of funk and progressive rock is seemingly innate. Read ...

ease your mind (again, but just wait)

Exciting news for Proggers everywhere! The tune is NOT from the album described below, but it's my current Gazpacho favorite. I'll be back with the new release when it comes out in February. From ytsejam.com: "Having released an album every 1-2 years, Gazpacho are one of the most active bands in progressive rock, but still they have remained one of the genre's best kept secrets - that is until ...

This week's new film events

David Lynch, London & Edinburgh Has Lynch really retired? Maybe not, but you get the feeling he has done all he can and he's created a body of work that only gets stronger with age. Even "failures" like Dune are worth revisiting, while triumphs such as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man or Mulholland Drive can be watched over and over – with the help of this retrospective. Lynch's ...

Willamette Weekend

Friday, Jan. 27 Into the Woods' 2nd Anniversary: Nightmoves, Grandparents, 1939 Ensemble [MUSIC] It didn’t take long for Into the Woods to expand beyond its arboreal namesake into the grassroots media micro-empire it is today. With 10 ongoing, devastatingly stylish video series, plus intermittent show sponsorships, Into the Woods has made good use of its scant two years of existence. This ...

3 bands create warm groove on frigid night

Multi-act bills at Nietzsche’s have become akin to minifestivals over the years. With the benefit of two stages — the main boards in the back of the club and a smaller satellite stage up front by the bar — bands rotate their sets, and the music never stops.

Cleveland-bound Akron/Family not a family nor from Akron. Discuss.

Editor’s note: Amber Patrick writes the music blog [a terror musical], which is part of The News-Herald’s Community Media Lab. Patrick, who’s also the editor for Vinyl District-Cleveland, is giving away two tickets to the Akron/Family show this week in Cleveland. Tweet at her — @aterrormusical — for a chance to win. The winner will be selected at random and notified the day before the show.

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Pete Robbins Transatlantic Quartet - Live in Basel (2012)

Both Pete Robbins' band and music represents reaching across from one space to another. The aptly named Transatlantic Quartet consists of musicians on either side of the "pond," starting with the Massachusetts saxophonist Robbins joined by his Irish bassist Simon Jermyn living in NYC, Canadian drummer Kevin Brow living in Copenhagen and guitarist Mikkel Ploug who splits his time between his ...

Clare Fischer dies at 83; versatile pianist, composer, arranger

The Grammy-winning musician's interests included jazz, Latin and pop music, and he released more than 50 albums under his name. Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning pianist, composer and arranger who crossed freely from jazz to Latin and pop music, working with such names as Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing and Natalie Cole as well as Paul McCartney, Prince and Michael Jackson, has died. He was 83.

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Festival

The JAS June Festival, a two week event, will including four nights of headline concerts from world-class musicians at the Benedict Music Tent (June 22-24 and July 7), weekly paid and free performances from JAS Academy Bands and a closing weekend of small venue shows. The June Festival, once set underneath a spectacular canopy tent in downtown Aspen at the Rio Grande Park, moved to the more ...

Jazz Quartet EYOT Crowned the Winner of Cannes 2012 MIDEM OFF Competition

EYOT is the Nirvana of European jazz; their sound fusion can best be described as a marriage of Kurt Cobain and Keith Jarrett. They have recently won the 2012 MIDEM OFF Competition, and are open for interviews about their war-singed lives and electrifying music.New York, NY (PRWEB) January 25, 2012 EYOT is the winner of the 2012 Cannes, France MIDEM Festival OFF Competition. Click here to see ...