Music

Band to reunite for benefit show
J-W Staff Reports
August 25, 2008
A former 1980s Hutchinson-based rock band is reuniting next month to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County.
Top fiddlers, pickers named
J-W Staff Reports
August 25, 2008
The following winners were announced in the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships held Sunday in South Park.
Lawrence Civic Choir to begin fall auditions
J-W Staff Reports
August 23, 2008
The Lawrence Civic Choir, a community-based singing organization, is gearing up for its fall rehearsal season.
Fiddling and Picking Championships set for this weekend in South Park
By George Diepenbrock
August 21, 2008
They are two siblings who have bonded through a guitar and fiddle. The O’Shea Sisters — it’s the band name and last name for Erika and Shannon. They took home an honor for ensemble folk singings at last year’s Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in Lawrence and will be featured this year.
A circus world: Peter Ostroushko sees, plays it all during decades of performing
By Terry Rombeck
August 19, 2008
For a man who’s played with rock, country and bluegrass legends and fronted symphony orchestras, Peter Ostroushko’s latest endeavor is a bit of a sideshow. “At the moment, I’m neck-deep in the circus world,” he says. That’s right — a man who has recorded with Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins, Norman Blake and many others is writing and performing circus music for Circus Juventas, a youth circus training and performing organization in St. Paul, Minn., next door to Ostroushko’s hometown of Minneapolis.
Lyric Culture pays songwriters for words
By Sandy Cohen - AP Entertainment Writer
August 17, 2008
Online music thieves can’t interfere with the hundreds of songwriters Hanna Rochelle Schmieder has on her payroll. Her company, Lyric Culture, prints famous song lyrics on high-end jeans and T-shirts — and pays artists for the privilege.
‘Idol’ follies: Lawrence singers test their voices at TV auditions
By Jon Niccum
August 15, 2008
When David Cook won this year’s “American Idol,” much national attention was brought to his hometown: Kansas City. Consequently, the “Idol” juggernaut decided to select KC for the first time as one of its eight audition sites. Last Friday, thousands of wannabe stars filed into venerable Kemper Arena (not the new Sprint Center, since “Idol” is sponsored by AT&T) seeking their instant ticket to stardom.
Guitar whiz has reason to play blues
By Carrie Antlfinger - Associated Press Writer
August 13, 2008
When Tallan “T-Man” Latz was 5, he saw Joe Satriani playing guitar on TV. “I turned around to my dad and said, ‘That’s exactly what I want to do.’”
Wakarusa Fest may not play on
Organizer compares music festival with Manhattan event, claims discrimination
By Chad Lawhorn
August 10, 2008
Lawrence may have partied at its last Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival. Festival promoter Brett Mosiman has accused the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks of bigotry and said he won’t return the festival to Clinton State Park unless the department changes how it treats the event and its largely “hippie” crowd. “The situation reeks of discrimination,” Mosiman said.
Music habit saps hearing
Experts: Loud MP3 players causing more damage to ears
By George Diepenbrock
August 10, 2008
Music can be a double-edged sword. Some people love to listen to it with large headphones as they exercise or take a stroll down Massachusetts Street. And they like it loud. But one of their favorite, seemingly harmless, everyday hobbies can pose a danger: it can contribute to hearing loss.
Benefit concert aimed at helping injured teen
August 10, 2008
Friends are seeking donations to help the family of a Lawrence teen who was seriously injured in a car accident last week.
Man to serve prison time in 2005 Wakarusa Festival drug case
By Janet Reid
August 4, 2008
A St. Louis man will spend four and a half years in federal prison for trying to sell drugs at the 2005 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival.
Deadline Monday for J-W ‘Idol’ contenders
August 2, 2008
Think you could be the next David Cook, Carrie Underwood or — gasp — Sanjaya Malakar? The Journal-World is hoping to find that person in the Lawrence area. “American Idol” auditions take place on Friday, Aug. 8 at Kansas City’s Kemper Arena.
Little Green Festival set for this weekend
J-W Staff Reports
July 31, 2008
The second Little Green Festival will take place this weekend in South Park to showcase and celebrate the green in people’s lives while sharing information on how to be more environmentally friendly. The two-day event is free.
Drum and bugle corps to skip trip to Lawrence
By Lindsey Slater
July 22, 2008
Chalk up another change of plans to fuel prices.

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