Booker T & the MGs: 'It was just a lucky marriage of us four' – a classic ...
Booker T & the MGs: 'It was just a lucky marriage of us four' – a classic ...The GuardianIf ever there was a piece of music that deserved the epithet "timeless", it's Booker T & the MGs' Green Onions. The most basic of blues instrumentals, set to a walking 2/4 beat, the track doesn't amount to a whole hill of beans.and more »
Dallas Summer Musicals' first annual High School Musical Theatre Awards was ...
Dallas Summer Musicals' first annual High School Musical Theatre Awards was ...Dallas Morning News (subscription) (blog)Happily, I got to do both at the first annual DSM High School Musical Theatre Awards at the Music Hall at Fair Park Saturday night. You can read my story here (along with a great slide show of Rex C. Curry's pictures arranged by Britton Peele).and more »
Get ready for another visit by 'Queen'
Get ready for another visit by 'Queen'This is SomersetTODAY Keiran Goss Live and Solo will be the cabaret event in the Cafe Bar at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil at 7.30pm, Long hailed as one of Ireland's leading songwriters and performers, Kieran Goss's music has won him fans across the globe.
The Rock's Backpages Rewind: The Backroom Funk of Booker T. and the MGs
The Rock's Backpages Rewind: The Backroom Funk of Booker T. and the MGsYahoo! Canada Music (blog)If ever there was a piece of music that deserved the epithet "timeless", it's Booker T. & the MGs' 'Green Onions'. The most basic of blues instrumentals, set to a walking 2/4 beat, it doesn't amount to a whole hill of beans.and more »
Sacha Cohen and Arab Minstrelsy
Sacha Cohen and Arab MinstrelsyDissident VoiceThe dirgeful ballad describes the toil and strife of the black slave working the gambling ferry boats: In the score this refrain is marked optional; replaced with “[a] musical part” depending on the whim of the director, in deference to audiences ...