Live from Bonnaroo 2002

Jackson, Roland. Bonnaroo Music Festival [videorecording]     New York, N.Y. Sanctuary Records, BMG Distribution p2002 DVD: M1630.18 .B655 2002 This 2-DVD set presents the 2002 Bonnaroo Festival held in Manchester, Tennessee. Includes performances by Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio, Phil Lesh and Friends, String Cheese Incident, Ben Harper, Ween, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson, Galactic, Gov’t mule, Jurassic 5, … Continued

Performance Practice: A Dictionary Guide for Musicians.

Jackson, Roland. Performance Practice: A Dictionary Guide for Musicians.     New York: Routledge, 2005. Ref. ML100 .J29 2005 This dictionary guide is designed to assist the performer in finding a quick reference to performance practice throughout the history of music. Entries are assigned dates (i.e. 17th-20th c.), and cross references are given whenever appropriate. Articles on topics … Continued

Amazing Grace

The Library of Congress Amazing Grace. 2007.      http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/grace/grace-home.html The Library of Congress has launched a new Web site devoted to the history of the hymn “Amazing Grace,” and the Library’s Chasanoff/Elozua Amazing Grace Collection, which is comprised of 3,049 published recordings of the hymn by different individual musicians or musical ensembles. This site is a … Continued

Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival

On Saturday, June 9, 2007 from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. at Cove Lake State Park in Caryville, Tennessee, the Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival will celebrate of the life of Howard Armstrong. Admission is free and there will be music, crafts and storytelling. Visit their website for more information. http://www.campbellculturecoalition.org/2home.html

Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music.

McNeil, W.K, ed. Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music.     New York: Routledge, 2005. Ref. ML102.G6 E63 2005 Focusing on important aspects of American Gospel History this one volume encyclopedia includes information on biographies, important events, broadcasting outlets, publications, and some thematic entries. Birth and death dates are provided when possible for most persons included in this encyclopedia.

Musipedia

Typke, Rainer. Musipedia: The Open Music Encyclopedia. 2007.      http://www.musipedia.org/ Got a song stuck in your head? Can you play it on a keyboard, hum, sing or whistle it? Then try musipedia! Input part of the tune on the virtual keyboard, then search their database. Results turn up similar melodies that you can see and listen … Continued

Bob Dylan Forever Tribute Concert

Celebrate Bob Dylan’s Birthday at the 3rd Annual Forever Young Tribute Concert Join some of Knoxville’s finest musicians on May 24 at the East Tennessee History Center May 24th is Bob Dylan’s 66th birthday, and Knox County Public Library is celebrating with an all-Dylan concert featuring some of Knoxville’s finest musicians performing some of the … Continued

Rossini Festival

Knoxville Opera’s annual Rossini Festival will take place on Gay Street downtown this Saturday May 5 from noon to 9:00. Performances of “Carmen” will be held on Friday and Sunday. http://www.knoxvilleopera.com/rossini/index.html

Upcoming Recitals

May 2007 Bassoon Studio Recital Sunday, May 6 at 7:30 pm Keith McClelland’s bassoon studio; Music Hall. Faculty Recital Saturday, May 19 at 8:00 pm Various UT Faculty members in conjucntion with the School of Music Honors Festival; James R. Cox Auditorium. Keyboard Concert Sunday, May 20 at 1:45 pm School of Music Honors Festival … Continued

Appalachia Film Series

Upcoming film on Wednesday, April 25: Selections from Louie Bluie, Sprout Wings and Fly, and Nimrod Workman: to fit my own category with discussion led by Sean McCullough, professor of music. All showings are free and open to the public and will be held in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of Hodges Library beginning at 7 … Continued