Glenn Gamboa
DROPS
What's next for Inter-Media Arts Center's founders?
June 27, 2009
The closing of the Inter-Media Arts Centre (IMAC) Theater in Huntington is sad for Long Island music lovers and artists. But don't worry about the theater's founders, Michael Rothbard and Kathy Bodily. They're going to be just fine.
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THE LONG ISLAND SOUND
June 25, 2009
The closing of the Inter-Media Arts Centre (IMAC) Theater in Huntington is sad for Long Island music lovers and artists. But don't worry about the theater's founders, Michael Rothbard and Kathy Bodily. They're going to be just fine.
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Nickodemus' 'Sun People' has an international glow
June 20, 2009
Nickodemus, the DJ mastermind behind the long-running Turntables on the Hudson parties, tapped into the inspirational vibe of those shows for his new album, "Sun People" (ESL), which was released online Tuesday and hits stores in August.
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70th b-day bash for Gary U.S. Bonds at B.B. King's
June 13, 2009
Gary U.S. Bonds is gearing up for one big party Wednesday night at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, but it's fans who will be getting the presents.
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An album was no contest for Freeport's Abby Dobson
June 7, 2009
Abby Dobson is ready to start making some things happen.
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Deer Park's Petrel sisters play Adventureland
May 18, 2009
The Petrel sisters like to travel.
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The Petrellos are a Deer Park sister act
May 15, 2009
The Petrello sisters like to travel.
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Push Play makes push to next level
May 7, 2009
Push Play is ready to start shaking things up.
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Eddie Money's new show - "Two Tickets to Paradise"
May 2, 2009
Eddie Money is settling into life as a Long Islander again.
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'Rock of Ages' rocks to LI music
April 16, 2009
0--Though the new Broadway musical "Rock of Ages" is set on L.A.'s Sunset Strip, it certainly has quite the Long Island accent. Considering it's a musical set in 1987, based on the hair metal and rock of the time, how could it not?
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'Rock of Ages' rocks to LI music
April 14, 2009
Though the new Broadway musical "Rock of Ages" is set on L.A.'s Sunset Strip, it certainly has quite the Long Island accent. Considering it's a musical set in 1987, based on the hair metal and rock of the time, how could it not?
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The Color Fred's Fred Mascherino has 'Intervention'
April 13, 2009
Sometimes a good album is just not enough.
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Taking Back Sunday starts a 'New' tour
March 29, 2009
Taking Back Sunday has wrapped up production on its fourth studio album, "New Again," which will hit stores June 2.
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Review: Keri Hilson's 'In a Perfect World'
March 24, 2009
It's no secret singer-songwriter Keri Hilson's debut has been kicking around for nearly a year now, finally landing a release date thanks to the success of her collaboration with Lil Wayne, "Turnin' Me On."
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Review: The Script's debut CD
March 17, 2009
The Script sounds like a nice enough band, led by singer Danny O'Donoghue's pretty, malleable vocals, which are best displayed on its debut single, "The Man Who Can't Be Moved."
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Telling on Trixie owes its success to its fans
March 8, 2009
For years, bands have always talked about how they couldn't have succeeded without their fans. In the case of Telling on Trixie, it's not awards-show speak. It is literally true.
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Review: U2's 'No Line on the Horizon'
March 3, 2009
U2 "No Line on the Horizon"
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Review: Morrissey's 'Years of Refusal'
February 17, 2009
In the all-too-familiar Morrissey cycle of Good, Great and What Were You Thinking?, we've come around to Good again with "Years of Refusal" (Attack/Lost Highway).
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Review: The Frays' sophomore CD, more of the same
February 3, 2009
The Fray became leftfield successes in 2006 on the strength of their piano- driven, TV-approved sad-sack sing-alongs "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and "How to Save a Life."
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Rich Davis' 'Morning Mash-Up' is XM's A.M. anchor
February 1, 2009
Rich Davis is in the middle of one of those once-in-a-lifetime career flukes.
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Crazy Donkey hosts 'Drum Fight VII' Jan. 25
January 11, 2009
Jared Feldman sums it up easily enough: "Drums are fun."
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CD Review: 'Glasvegas'
January 6, 2009
For Glasvegas, less really is more.
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Roslyn's Donnie Klang joins Danity Kane on MTV
May 29, 2008
Ten years ago, Donnie Klang was a seventh-grader at Island Trees Memorial Middle School in Levittown; he sang and rapped The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy's "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems" for the annual talent show.
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Review: Usher's CD 'Here I Stand'
May 27, 2008
It's a thin line between smooth and super-safe, and Usher flops back and forth over it throughout his new album, "Here I Stand" (LaFace).
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Push Play gets a boost
May 22, 2008
Backstage at Zootopia's preshow show on Saturday afternoon, the wildest crowd didn't belong to Sara Bareilles, who is enjoying her first Top 10 smash with "Love Song," or platinum-selling piano guy Gavin DeGraw.
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DROPS: A departure by that other McCartney guy
May 20, 2008
Risk and pop music hardly ever go together. Why take a chance when there's money to be made?
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The Shake, a local blend
May 15, 2008
The Shake is one of those bands that probably shouldn't fit together, but somehow does.
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Matt Fazzi ushers in Taking Back Sunday's new era
May 8, 2008
After being holed up in a Williamsburg rehearsal space for the past two months, Taking Back Sunday is eager to try out some new material tomorrow night in that intimate little setting also known as Madison Square Garden.
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Review: Madonna's new 'Hard Candy' CD
April 29, 2008
Fear not, Madonna fans. The Material Girl still controls her material on her new album, "Hard Candy" (Warner Bros.)
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On 'E=MC2,' Mariah Carey has no equal
April 15, 2008
'Uncle." (Should it be "Aunt"?)
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Jumping on different band wagons
March 11, 2007
In 1984, there was no musical middle ground. You had to pick sides, and you had to do it with a with-us-or-against-us intensity that really hasn't been seen since.
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A prime-time hit parade
October 8, 2006
It seems like Mat Kearney's music is everywhere these days - everywhere except, well, you know, the radio.
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The Killers don't quite go to town in their latest
October 3, 2006
The Killers wanted "Sam's Town" (Island) to be great.
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A dream duo come true: Ray Charles, Count Basie
October 1, 2006
It started with an old box of tapes that Concord Records had received from its purchase of Fantasy Records.
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Fergie's debut makes for an uneven ride
September 19, 2006
How come every time they come around, singers like Fergie always seem to let us down?
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Justin sets sale
September 12, 2006
Justin Timberlake is always selling. It's probably what he does best.
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Good, but not quite a 'Day' to remember
September 5, 2006
When you look like Beyoncé, when you dance like Beyoncé and, most importantly, when you sing like Beyoncé, good isn't always good enough.
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The Cure finds one in its comeback CD
June 29, 2004
The long-awaited return of The Cure starts tentatively, with singer Robert Smith repeating "I can't find myself," softly and slowly in "Lost" over a lone acoustic guitar.
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A Moment to Party Amid the Grief
October 21, 2001
FOR A BRIEF moment, the ongoing nightmare of the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath was replaced by a shiny rock and roll dream of unity, as Paul McCartney and his megastar friends told us all that there will be an answer. For Let It Be, McCartney, dressed in a blue FDNY T-shirt, played the piano, with Eric Clapton on guitar, Billy Joel on keyboards and everyone from James Taylor, The Whos Roger Daltrey, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge on backing vocals.
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Nightcrawler
September 27, 2001
THEIR FEELINGS were the same: Something had to be done.
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