Jackopierce returns to Ann Arbor
Eight years is a long time in the music world. Eight years ago, Paula Abdul had a No. 1 album, and Def Leppard was making a comeback.When a band manages to keep a consistent sound through all of the trends, and avoid the lurking "creative differences," they must be on to something.
Youth, 'realness' make Ireland's Ash appealing
It's hard enough for most college-age kids to get into nightclubs to see a band,
much less to play in one. Since Ash's inception, this problem has dogged the
young Northern Irish band. On previous American tours, the fact that the band had
difficulty getting into the clubs it was supposed to play got as much press as
their powerful performances.
Outstanding 'Elixir' flies with '50s air
With taffeta dresses, hula hoops, and Marilyn Monroe look-a-likes, the 1996-97
Power Series kicked off Thursday night with University Production's 1950's
setting of Gaetano Donizetti's light hearted, romantic opera "L'Elisir
d'Amore."
Rasputina brings unique style to Pontiac
You might think the idea of a ladies' cello society is about as modern as a
whalebone corset. The women of Rasputina, one such musical society, would beg to
differ.
New Yorker art critic to read at Borders
Noted historian and New Yorker art critic Simon Schama visits Ann Arbor tonight, with a 7:30 reading at Borders Books and Music.
Grandfather of rap music, Gil Scott Heron, hits
Ferndale's Magic Bag
Gil Scott Heron, the grandfather of rap music, has been performing politically motivated urban poems longer than most University students have been alive. He will be appearing in two shows at the Magic Bag in Ferndale tomorrow at 7 p.m.
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