When Savion Glover was just 12 years old, he stunned moviehouse audiences with his fast-tapping dance style in the 1985 movie "The Tap Dance Kid." Under the auspices of tap king Gregory Hines, Glover learned the tricks of the tap dancing trade, and went on to become the best-known dancer on Broadway today.
'Funk' makes noise at Fisher
Few bands pour their hearts out the way the Smoking Popes do. Maybe that's what sets them apart from a lot of the bands out there. Sure, they've got a super-catchy sound and a totally radio-friendly accessibility, but there's something so natural and uncontrived about them that they're totally unique.
Smoking Popes light up at MSU
So you've heard 58 Greene, Amazin' Blue, the Friars and the Harmonettes. Are you getting tired of the standard a cappella fare at the University? Are you looking for something new, something different, something from a country whose exact location you might not know, perhaps? Estonian choir travels in harmony
The "next big thing": The Holy Grail, the object of a relentless quest by music critics, industry weasels and hardcore fans trying to identify not where the action is but where it's going to be; trying to be the first one to the scene so that once it becomes popular they can exploit it and then abandon it in search of another "next big thing.Old 97's bring alt-country sound to A2
'Sweet,' pop-punk, MTX land in Detroit
Dr. Frank, lead singer/songwriter/guitarist for the Mr. T Experience, holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley. Rather than slaving away in an institution for years, praying for tenure, Frank has opted to make a bare minimum of cash by leading the life of a punk-rock superstar.
Idealizing cultures according to one's preconceived notions stems from one major source of information: the press. Anthropologist Geoffrey O'Connor reveals the mass misunderstanding and consequent conflict between South American Indian tribes and government in his latest documentary, "Amazon Journal.
'Journal' charts conflict, struggles of South American Indian tribes
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