Musicians News
 Texas musicians play to help island venue (Galveston County Daily News) GALVESTON — Texas musicians and songwriters will gather Saturday in Houston to raise funds for the recovery of Galveston’s Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe.
Musicians: ‘Join the band’ (Chatham Courier) THE CHATHAMS - The Chatham Community Band is seeking players for all instrument sections of its band. Musicians of all abilities are wanted.
Musicians to join authors at Borders (Daily Chronicle) Borders will host both live musicians and a book signing at its DeKalb store, 2520 SycaÂmore Road, on Friday, according to a news release.
In tune with musicians (Temple Daily Telegram) It was one heckuva’ hoedown for a simple, country boy who grew up dirt-poor in Coryell County. Legendary Texas musicians Jimmie Vaughn, David Grissom, Joe Ely and others tore it up for five hours at Antone’s world-famous blues club in downtown Austin last month. Cause for celebration - the owner of 40-year-old Heart of Texas Music in Temple, Ray Hennig - turned 80 on Dec. 16.
Wilmington fine-tunes law for street musicians (The Wilmington Star-News) Wilmington street musicians may have to pay to play in the city's downtown business hub under changes to its laws being considered by council members Tuesday night.The changes would restrict where in downtown people can panhandle, unless they are performers who buy a $50 permit to play near the Riverwalk.
Arab-Israeli orchestra stops shows in Qatar, Egypt (AP via Yahoo! News) Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and his orchestra of Arab and Israeli musicians have canceled performances in the Middle East this weekend because of fighting between Israel and Hamas, he said Tuesday.
Béseme in Lewes to host musicians' night Jan. 5 (Cape Gazette) Five musicians, all of whom have been active in the local music scene dating back more than 25 years, will gather at Béseme in Lewes from 7 to 9 p.m., Monday, Jan. 5, to perform acoustic renditions of songs that feature vivid characters and wild plots.
Travis McCoy, Wyclef Jean & Mike Shinoda Give Secrets to Indie Success to Musicians on WeMix.com (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) WeMix.com Debuts a Video Content Series Featuring Gym Class Heroes Front Man Travis McCoy, Mike Shinoda and Many Top Artists Giving Tips and Advice to Build Careers as Successful Independent Musicians
Where Undercurrents of Electricity Crackle Beneath a Serene Surface (New York Times) Yefim Bronfman?s chamber music concert with musicians from the New York Philharmonic seemed to owe something to Carnegie Hall?s Perspectives program.
Arab-Israeli orchestra stops shows in Qatar, Egypt (International Herald Tribune) Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and his orchestra of Arab and Israeli musicians say they are canceling performances in the Middle East this weekend because of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
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