2008 Music Obituaries, August
World Music Central’s list of musicians, scholars and music industry professionals who left us in 2008.
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Erik Darling, 74, songwriter and musician. Mr. Darling was a musician and songwriter in the folk music scene during the 1950s and 1960s. He formed the group The Tunetellers, which later became The Tarriers, who climbed to #4 on the Billboard chart with their version of “Banana
Boat Song.” He would later join The Weavers and then formed The Rooftop Singers, known for their hit “Walk Right In.” His credits include the solo recording True Religion and the song “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” written with Paul Bennett.
Roger Dean, 65, musician. Mr. Dean was a guitarist with John Mayall’s band, the Bluesbreakers,[...]
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The Wayward Son's Local Albums of 2008 'n Stuff
In no particular order ...
The Architects, Vice (Anodyne)
New boots! New boots and truncheons! (Should be tellin' you something.)
Yeah it is -- that it's time to fuckin' lock and load.
Seriously, though, a solid rock album, start to finish, with hooks to spare. (review)
The Republic Tigers, Keep Color (Chop Shop)
Destiny fulfilled. (review)
MP3: "Contortionists"
Devil Blare, The Journeyman (Murder In the Living Room Records)
More than a concept album -- a psychedelic parade. Blare's follow-up, Here Comes the Winter, is fresh off the presses and Kinksy as all get out. (story)
Have maraca, will ...
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8 Albums “About” Atheism You’ve Never Heard Of
I’ve never heard of most of these albums and I haven’t heard the songs on them, but it seemed like an interesting theme for a list
Steve Owen: …Like An Atheist in Nashville
The title implies Owen is an “outsider.”
Hundreds of actual atheists in Nashville would like to disagree.
…
Believa: Aint No Atheist in [...]
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NME Cool List 2008
Another year, another NME Cool List, which is my personal end of the year list and NME stands for Nicole's Music End of the year list. I love reading back previous Cool Lists and I hope I will enjoy reading back this one at some point next year.
Last year my motto for 2008 was "It is all too techno for me!" and it has indeed been a bit too techno for me. Haha! Let's just say that I have been to more gigs than clubs this year, which you can see in the list below. The less clubbing did give me the time to enjoy other to do and see stuff in London. Ever since the Cans Festival I have found a new ...
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Great jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard dies at 70
In this Jan. 13, 2006 file photo, Jazz musician Freddie Hubbard receives a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award at the NEA Jazz Masters Awards Concert in New York. Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose style influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008,at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles according to Hubbard's manager, David Weiss. He had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack last month. He was 70.
Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz m...
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Photo of the Day: 1956 Chevy Nomad Emblem
Today’s photo comes from Adam Vogel.
Be sure to look at all of Adam Vogel’s photos and
our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your f
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Migration From Album To Singles Continues to Kill Music Revenues
Nielsen's 2008 SoundScan figures were released yesterday and they show greater physical losses, slowing digital gains and a net decline in revenue. I
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Top 10 albums of 2008
As a part-time musician and full-time music lover, I’ve written precious little about music. And sometimes, when I notice that I’ve spent the enti
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Favorite Albums of 2008
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We thought it would be fun to share with you all, our recently compiled lists of favorite albums from 2008. We’d also love to know what album
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2008: My Soundtrack
My Top Ten (in descending order)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!
'Cause people often talk about being scared of change/But for me I
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Dan Radcliffe's next on-stage project a musical?
The Daily Telegraph (http://www.telegrap
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