LISTENING TO ROOTS musician [William Elliott Whitmore] holler a string of blues numbers and murder ballads on his newest album, Ashes to Dust, reminds me of hearing The Black Keys for the first time. Like Dan Auerbach, the Keys' singer and guitarist, Whitmore is relatively young, especially for a bluesman: He's 27. You'd never guess that from hearing his voice alone -- his lyrics are delivered in a gruff, gravelly tone that makes him sound at least three decades older, and possibly wiser, and more battered and weather-beaten by hard times.
Winter Jam 2012 NewSong, Skillet, Sanctus Real WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday WHERE: Charleston Civic Center TICKETS: $10 at the door INFO: Visit www.jamtour.com INSIDE: Full list of performers 5D Contemporary Christian music isnt particularly controversial these days, at least, not like it was back in the 1970s and 80s. Billy Goodwin, singer and guitarist for NewSong, remembers what it was like when his band started in the genre. When we started, back in 1981, it was not easy to sing music [that] style-wise churches werent used to doing, he said. We had an uphill battle, and for years, there were churches against anything that had a beat to it. NewSong hosts and performs Friday night at the Civic Center during Winter Jam 2012, a contemporary Christian music show that features half a dozen musical...
Teaneck-born playwright Joe DiPietro has come a long way from his early success with 1994's "Over the River and Through the Woods," being revived at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum. But this fledgling comedy about lovably cantankerous old folks may be worth a backward glance - especially during the holidays, when audiences are preparing their own trips to grandmother's house. TELL ME MORE: DiPietro, who grew up in Oradell, had his breakout hit in 1996 with "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" and has gone on to write for shows like the hit "Memphis" (book and lyrics), "All Shook Up" (book) and "The Toxic Avenger" (book and lyrics). He clearly knew how to give his audience a good time from the very beginning, judging from this lark about a young New Yorker (Michael Bernardi...
A further comparison between the two shows makes Bath House look to be the stronger. In Menopause all the music rewrites lyrics of golden oldies, from when the target audience was young, like a sorority skit with words you couldn't say in school. [Tim Evanicki] and [Esther Daack]'s score is mostly original, if done in the style of established (often gay) composers. The first act's "Bathhouse ABC's" is a patter song worthy of Noel Coward, and the complex harmonies of "Seduction" beg for comparison with Stephen Sondheim. More outrageous is the suggestion of Sesame Street in "Penises Are Like Snowflakes." The broader parodies evoke country-western, Les Miserables, the twist and tent-revival gospel. Only in the potpourri finales do you hear direct quotations from Rodgers and Hammerstein, su...
... in Bath House don't push the envelope especially hard, and then not until later in the second act A...
How does an artist deal with this kind of conflict? "I don't necessarily support sexual connotations or vulgar language but I do think that there is a time and place for songs like that," admitted [Rhea Dummett], who, like [Sonia Collymore], did not compose or sing the questionable lyrics that accompany a handful of tracks. "People want to hear real stories in songs so if the song needs those things to make a point, then why not?" she continued. Rhea cautiously admits, "My only concern is for young people and the messages that they are given. I think that vulgar lyrics can be left out because there is a lot of ways to say something without using a curse word. Sexual connotations have been used in music since the beginning of time and especially in love songs. It's all about how you say ...
...'s observations are still relevant and especially applicable to the Hip Hop generation. . This essay..., one must devote the majority of his/her lyrics to discussing "empowerment through politics and kn...
Who: Dan Greene, right, singer/guitarist for the New Haven-based bands The Butterflies of Love, The Mountain Movers and The Tradesmen. Anyone who reads Weekend somewhat frequently knows that we are big, big fans of Dan's work with all three bands, especially the 12-song 2006 record "We Walked in Hell And There Is Life After Death" from The Mountain Movers. We like to compare the Movers' sound with "Yoko" era Beulah. With horns and organ driving the music, Greene's imagery-heavy lyrics and dark and surprising pop songs sound just about perfect. Where you can see him: Dan (who is a teacher by day and Divinity School graduate) and the rest of the Mountain Moversbassist Rick Omonte, pianist/organist Rob Katz, trumpet player John Panos, sax player Eric Elligers and drummer Jay Batesperform a...
SLG: I don't think so. And I've talked to other children of famous people who have had horrible experiences. Really horrible experiences, where their families haven't embraced them and haven't supported them. And I think that I'm pretty lucky to have a family that has supported me and allowed me to be on the stage with them and have taught me. If it wasn't for my dad and his lack of ego, his ability to let go of himself and allow me to learn and make mistakes and not worry about his image - and I'm sort of comparing myself to those other folks that you mentioned, because, listening to their stories, I don't know that I would feel any different than they do. There's a lot of bitterness. SLG: The amount. That's the first thing. I mean, we're just scratching the surface here. That's the mo...
... with him at certain points in my life, especially early on. I have a vivid 3-year-old memory of this... archives and focusing on "lost" songs, or lyrics that didn't have music. What surprised you the mos...
TTJ: Well, Jack Barber was real funny because he would call me up and say, "Hey man, I double booked myself and I need a bass player." I'd say, "But Jack, you're way up here," and he'd say, "Ah, don't worry about it, you already know the songs! Just go up there and they'll know that if I said you know what you're doing...well...just show up." [Laughs] TTJ: Well, I'm helping out my dad with the musicians that come in, especially with helping them feel comfortable when they come in to record. In some cases, they'll need a bass player, or maybe even a bajo player, so that's where my dad and I get to switch off. He'll either record me with the band or I'll record him with them. A lot of times the musicians like doing that because he has such a big heart and likes to help them out. Like if t...
...Like if the lyrics aren't correct, he'll question them and help corre...
When the choice is between what's "good" and what's "good for you," "good" wins every time, at least in the theater. We would all rather be astounded, lifted out of ourselves or at last amused than be lectured to. Part of the ongoing success of the Gifford Family Theatre, which holds court at Le Moyne College's Coyne Center for the Performing Arts, is that it allows a young audience the same rights adults would prefer for themselves. Not only should they expect a good time from Alexander Who's Not, Not, Not, Not, Not, Not Going to Move but one they can't get anywhere else. Just the opposite of running away, he devises ways of staying in the same neighborhood. He might move in with the Baldwins, only they have a big dog named Swoozie, who pulls [Alexander]'s pants down. Or the Rooneys, o...
..., he finds them most unfriendly, especially the one called "Mr. Friendly.". When none of these... by Shelly Markham with Judith Viorst's lyrics. When the six Rooney girls sing they don't want to...
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