Music

Rwanda: Hip Hop Dominating Music Industry (AllAfrica.com)

12 May 2008

Hip hop music has been popular among local youth in Rwanda since the early 1980s due to widespread American influence.

CONCERT REVIEW Commissioned piece evokes music from America s past (The Tuscaloosa News)

12 May 2008

Martin Kennedy s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra may be new, but its buoyant sound harkens back to the bold, sophisticated popular classical American music of the 1940s and 1950s. Kennedy s piece, which debuted Sunday afternoon by the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, has the audacity to be likeable, tuneful and utterly accessible.

Alabaster Parks and Recreation Department to host Music in the Park series, Friday Night Flicks (Birmingham News)

12 May 2008

The Alabaster Parks and Recreation Department has started a Music in the Park concert series that will begin Friday with the old-time string band Flying Jenny.