EIN News: Balkans Music News

Edwina in the park

8 Sep 2008 00:29 GMT

... TALENTED Driffield singer Edwina Hayes will be performing at a Scarborough music festival this year. Held annually at Scarboroughs ... BBC Radio 2. They draw together Celtic, Balkan, Gypsy, Spanish, Cornish and other world music ...

Metallica - They're Back from never never land

8 Sep 2008 00:27 GMT

... guarded outbuilding of Cotroceni Stadium in Bucharest, Romania, several hundred feet beyond the stands. A ... stands. A low-ceilinged room serves as a pre-concert practice space, with a green drum-kit, racks ... is what most fans probably wanted anyway: music recorded between 1983 (Kill 'Em All, the ...

It was viva la diva night in Berkeley

8 Sep 2008 00:27 GMT

... expecting just a quiet night of lovely music at soprano Angela Gheorghiu's Bay Area recital ... course of a brief 85-minute program, the Romanian born diva (and believe me, if the ... numbers, four famous operatic arias and seven songs. Oh, but each was a jewel polished ...

Croatian Singer Dino Dvornik dies

7 Sep 2008 17:59 GMT

... Famous Croatian singer and actor Dino Dvornik, aged 44, died ... left a deep mark on the Croatian music scene. He was the son of the ...

Bold times, bold art

7 Sep 2008 15:38 GMT

... host of performers dealing with presidential issues: Bosnian refugees, illegal Mexican immigrants, genetic engineering. Of ... Heads, composer for opera and ballet, world musician, global citizen -- opens his tour Sept. ... settings of three , site of previous concerts by opera stars Denyce Graves and . ...

Audacious Auster novel dips into sci-fi this time

7 Sep 2008 14:31 GMT

... Sonia, once a successful New York art singer, has recently died. He lives with his ... adventure in Iraq, imagines a contemporary America Balkanized into regions, with the federal government waging ... always deliver — sometimes, as in "The Music of Chance," ideas overwhelm story and character ...

Hawaii Hotels Roll Out The Deals

7 Sep 2008 14:07 GMT

... only thing missing is our fabulous workers, musicians and especially you," a post at the ... are known for big band music, lounge singers and discos. But how about a Pink ... In the first incident, police arrested two Romanian shepherds for an attack on a Dutch ...

Special events ">Upcoming events - Sept. 7

7 Sep 2008 13:34 GMT

... to take a brief helicopter flight and music by Hazel Miller. A family event will ... Catherine, 303-917-2983. Boulder Chamber Orchestra presents the concert featuring music by Sibelius Suite Caracteristique, Op. ... Metro Chabacano, Kernis musica celectis, and Bartok Romanian Folk dances at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. ...

Popular Serbian Romani Band Kal Will Perform in Berkeley

7 Sep 2008 13:06 GMT

... 07 2008 @ 09:22 AM EDT Popular Serbian Romani Band Kal Will Perform in Berkeley ... on September 23. Kal, playing music from Bosnia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia, are the young ...

The power of reaching out

7 Sep 2008 12:56 GMT

... and compassion while offering summer camps in Romania. A mission team from the church made ... from prayer and Bible study to crafts, music and games. About 20 interpreters helped bridge ... language and cultural barriers. Fundraisers, such as concerts, yard and dinner sales, funded the trip, ...

Today in History - Sept. 7

7 Sep 2008 11:31 GMT

... and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos. In 1978, Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov, living in London, was ... Cup for an unprecedented third straight time. Singer-songwriter Warren Zevon died in Los Angeles at ... Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, is 84. Jazz musician Sonny Rollins is 78. Singer Alfa Anderson ...

Series in 2008 and 2009 have literary themes that span the times

7 Sep 2008 09:19 GMT

... through the new season's offerings of classical music. For one, there's a literary theme, a ... Holy Trinity Cathedral. Two weeks later the Croatian musicologist Katarina Livljanic performs a dramatic work ... the Bard's deep well. In its opening concert, Sept. 26-28, the Symphony offers David Diamond's ...

On Sept. 7, 1907, the British liner RMS Lusitania set out on its maiden voyage

7 Sep 2008 09:10 GMT

Madonna gives Swiss the biggest concert ever

7 Sep 2008 07:51 GMT

... Madonna gives Swiss the biggest concert ever Kathy Petite , Contributor , Zurich, ... was presented. A unique blend of Spanish, Romanian and far eastern influences emerged with lively ... such as Hung Up , Sorry , Music , Like A Prayer (who managed to ...

Art critic's picks 2008: Fall art exhibits in Kansas City

7 Sep 2008 07:43 GMT

... decade.In Magical World (2005), Billing films a Croatian childrens choir singing a song in English. This is how we walk ... sailing class. The exhibit includes the artists music-video style documentary You Dont Love Me Yet, ...