links for 2005-02-16- February 16, 2005 Guitarists win Grammy (Honolulu Advertiser) Lengthy article about the instrumental, multi-artist album "Slack Key Guitar, Vol. 2", which won the first Hawaiian Grammy, surprising many who follow island music (including myself). The mellow music must have been more accessible than the other nominees (categories: grammys hawaii music) God Squad Sings! Pop-Group Spoof, Altar Boyz, Begins Off-Broadway Run (Playbill.com) Interesting bit: Sh-K-Boom, which should record the cast...http://www.mermaniac.com/archives/002364.html links for 2005-02-15- February 15, 2005 WICKED Cast Album Wins Grammy Award (Playbill.com) Defeats AVENUE Q, which cleaned up at the Tonys last summer (categories: grammys broadway music musicals) You Can Name the Tune, But Does It Fit the Plot (New York Times) The new trend in jukebox musicals, in which an existing body of songs (Abba, Beach Boys, Billy Joel) is used as the basis for an evening of theater (categories: broadway musicals)http://www.mermaniac.com/archives/002363.html links for 2005-02-13- February 13, 2005 A Grammy Hawaii Can Call Its Own (New York Times) (categories: grammys hawaii music)http://www.mermaniac.com/archives/002362.html links for 2005-02-07- February 7, 2005 ON THE RECORD: A New Recording of Sondheim's The Frogs (Playbill.com) Steven Suskin reviews the newest Sondheim Broadway score. (categories: broadway musicals ny theater PSClassics) Some Things Are Meant to Be: Little Women To Get a Cast Album on Ghostlight Records (Playbill.com) Ghostlight gets its first original Broadway cast recording. (categories: broadway musicals ny theater) For the Ousted Rodgers Award-Winning Songwriters of Little Women, the Show Goes On...http://www.mermaniac.com/archives/002361.html |