Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Stone’s musical journey began in her youth when she formed a gospel quartet. She later rose to prominence as a member of The Sequence, one of the first all-female hip-hop groups, best known for their 1979 hit “Funk You Up.” Transitioning to R&B, ...
Naturally, other outlets started knocking as soon as Tequila proved to be charismatic enough to hold up her end of a reality TV show camera. But her first try at the genre wasn't "A Shot at Love"; it was "Surviving Nugent," a VH-1 game show featuring controversial rock star Ted Nuge...
in what a monstrous moment of pride and passion he had prayed that theportrait should bear the burden of his days, and he keep the unsullied splendorof eternal youth! All his failure bad been due to that. Better for him thateach sin of his life had brought its sure swift penalty along...
based around the slow erosion of the holy trinity of venue, record shop and label – the standard formation of many key youth movements, from grunge in Seattle to dubstep in London. As this has shifted and mutated, it is also clear that the sets of cultural signifiers a local scene often...
what happened to when we were wonderful what happened to when we were cherished when we were new and our whole lives were still before us before the world despised us can the bliss of our youth be recaptured yet retain the wisdom of age ...
"Peter Pan" becomes the first Broadway musical adapted to air on color TV, with the entire cast and crew, including Mary Martin in the title role. The broadcast drew more than 65 million viewers, then the largest audience in TV history. ...
Ampeater Music is a website devoted to bridging the gap between unsigned (or just plain underexposed) artists and music lovers everywhere. Every day we feature a different artist on what we call The Ampeater Review. Each fea
Goenarto spends most of his time working in the wild. He knows where and when to find different kinds of birds. Sometimes he has to go deep into the forest to find the shy birds. 2 He might get lost. He has to look out for snakes and some big animals. Once, Goenarto went to ...
We heard an authentic suite in Bernstein’sThree Dance Episodes from On the Town, extracted from the musical by the composer a year after the 1944 premiere for concert performance. By this stage, I suppose, most of us were hardened to the prevailing saxophone climate and, in any case, we...
It happened to be a time of strong nationalism in Austria-Hungary, so his compositions came at just the right time. He became very successful there. Particularly, when Bartók's ballet The Wooden Prince opened, there was great excitement for music that included musical elements from local folk...