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Classically Trained Musicians -- The Art of Historically Informed Performances
From your point-of-view in the audience you're wondering if perhaps something's not quite right: there's no thumping backbeat, no flashy pyrotechnics, no screeching lead guitar. Instead, a wave of musical instruments washes over you. Some sounds are familiar yet there are others you've never heard before. And what's more the instruments are just as they were 200 years ago or perhaps even longer. Welcome to an HIP -- a "Historically Informed Performance" -- classical music's attempt to keep early music in the public eye. As inventive and original approach to the genre that uses historically appropriate instruments and performance styles and genres of specific eras.
Happy 60th Fender! - Musicians
Sixty years ago Leo Fender started the electric revolution in the music industry with his first amplifier. Soon after came the single coil guitar that would transform the music beyond its acoustic realm. With this invention Mr. Fender started a nightmare of sound for parents everywhere that still lasts today.
Sacramento Jazz Jubilee - Musicians
Music of jazz has many interpretations within in its diverse community and the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee spotlights a few of them every Memorial Day Weekend. Form Swing to Dixieland, Cajun, Zydeco, and Latin Jazz, this jubilee has a little something for every music lover who travels to the capital city.
Regional Music from the mountain tops of Nepal
Hidden in the remote villages and high mountains of Nepal is a musical legacy even more varied and richer than its acclaimed natural beauty. Even today, Nepal's musical heritage remains under-appreciated, by both national and international audiences. The instruments, rhythms and melodies found in the “lok geet” or folk music of the Nepal Hills reflect a thousand years of cross-polinization between distinct, yet ultimately complimentary, musical heritages.
