12 Apr 2005

Putting the "All" Into All Ages

By Administrator
It's no surprise that Quad Cities' favorite ultra-lounge band has yet another treat in store for us. The Metrolites have pulled together an impressive group of bands to play a truly all ages show that's worth getting off your rear end and paying the $3 for.
12 Apr 2005

"Northern Soul" Gets Recognition in New Record

By Administrator
• Without a doubt, the hottest record auctions on eBay fall into two categories: homegrown psychedelic LPs and Northern Soul 45s. If you're not familiar with the passion of Northern Soul and the collecting of these seven-inch singles at jaw-dropping prices, don't feel left out; not many of us Yanks passed through this legendary dance scene in the north of England in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
05 Apr 2005

Christian with Crossover Potential

By Jeff Ignatius
The first word Kim Wiseman sings on her debut CD, He's Not That Far, is "Jesus." The Quad Cities-based singer understands the effect such up-front religion might have on some people. "I don't really care for all Christian music," she said.
05 Apr 2005

Concert Celebrates the "Mother of the Symphony"

By Administrator
Horacio Gutierrez demonstrated his talent on the piano, creating beautiful music with each touch of his hands to the instrument. But he wasn’t the only pianist lauded by the audience at the Quad City Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday.
05 Apr 2005

Excellent Rockumentary Hits Store Shelves

By John James
• With twice as much hubris and psychedelia as the common VH1: Behind the Music tragedy, next week every American living room can bear witness to DIG!, last year's award-winning wild ride rockumentary by Ondi Timoner, culled from seven years of filming the friendship and eventual train wreck of The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
29 Mar 2005

La Traviata a Pleasure, but It Misses the Heart

By Abbie Dombrock
Sacrifice, passion, love, and death took center stage during Opera Verdi Europa’s performance of La Traviata at the Adler Theatre on March 22. Strong vocal performances, a solid pit orchestra, and a grand set contributed to an enjoyable, although somewhat unemotional, evening of music and drama hosted by the City Opera Company of the Quad Cities.
29 Mar 2005

Patton Gets Cartoony with Fantômas

By Administrator
• Fantômas, the enigmatic band helmed by Mike Patton of Faith No More, is taking a new direction this Tuesday with the release of Suspended Animation on Ipecac Records. While the collective has previously noodled in science-fiction fancies, the new CD is described as a lavishly designed project that dallies in all the sound effects and manic energy of cartoon music.
22 Mar 2005

Feminist Music from the '70s Gets Its Due

By Administrator
• Rounder Records has just re-issued a lost gem from 1972, Mountain Moving Day, by the Chicago & New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Bands. Now re-mastered under the title Papa Don't Lay That **** on Me, the CD features six previously unreleased tracks and two bonus songs by modern rockers Le Tigre.
15 Mar 2005

Latin Jazz Legend Plays St. Ambrose

By Jeff Ignatius
Even though he has played the piano professionally for five decades - and is a Latin jazz and salsa legend because of it - Eddie Palmieri concedes that his first love was the drums. "I wanted to be my brother's drummer," Palmieri said, referring to the also-legendary pianist Charlie Palmieri (who died in 1988).
15 Mar 2005

The Rock-and-Roll Star of Fiddle Music

By Jeff Ignatius
Natalie MacMaster grew up listening to her brothers' records - everything from AC/DC to Michael Jackson to Loverboy. "I'm an '80s chick, all the way," she said in an interview with the River Cities' Reader.

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