[Dixielandjazz] Where is The Music Going?

[Steve barbone]

Just when you think you've seen/heard it all. See below articles, both
snipped for brevity. (write me off list for full articles)

Hey Tamas, what is this Gypsy Punk Rock stuff we're hearing in NYC? Sounds
like the Stroh violin would be a natural. :-) VBG. Beautiful picture of a
bearded Gypsy Punk Rocker playing accordeen printed with this article.

And now, the NY Pops is lip synching? Be sure to watch  NBC TV Monday night.
See America's largest fireworks display as well as Skitch & the boys
pretending to play.

Musical Lesson? "There's No Business Like Show Business."

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


THE RISE OF GYPSY PUNK ROCKERS ???

Mr. Hutz's crew is not the only band exploring the punk side of Eastern
European music. In the last several years a high-kicking, accordion-wailing,
drum-pounding scene has developed in New York, with groups like Slavic Soul
Party!, Romashka, the Hungry March Band and Guignol playing in small clubs
and restaurants and, more and more, alongside one another on big multiple
bills at places like the Knitting Factory. . . .



SKITCH & NY POPS FAKING THE JULY 4TH "AMERICA'S MUSIC" !!!!!

It was supposed to be a breakout moment in the history of the New York Pops
and its music director, Skitch Henderson. On Monday night, on seven barges
along the East River, Macy's will present what it is calling the largest
Fourth of July fireworks display in America. It will be precisely
coordinated to a soundtrack performed by the New York Pops, a 30-minute
medley of American music. And the whole show will be televised nationwide on
NBC.

This is just the kind of exposure the New York Pops, which Mr. Henderson
founded in 1983, has longed for. Over the years, with outdoor concerts from
the Charles River Esplanade, the hugely successful Boston Pops has been
America's orchestra of note for Fourth of July festivities. (CBS will carry
its concert live at 10 p.m. on Monday.)

But officials at the New York Pops may now be thinking, "Be careful what you
wish for." Viewers who look closely at the NBC broadcast on Monday night at
9 may notice something strange. If the musicians of the New York Pops look a
little sheepish and seem less than fully engaged, it's because they will be
shown doing the instrumental equivalent of lip-synching. Officials from the
orchestra call it "synchronizing."