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Girl Talk molds different genres together to create distinctive dance music (The Daily Texan)
Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk) is the music equivalent of a baseball fantasy manager. He gets to sample songs from a wide array of genres (including '90s pop, classic rock, rap and crunk) and put them together to create the perfect dance music pastiche. Feed the Animals is the follow-up to the 2006 hit Night Ripper, whose excessive sampling managed to poke fun at the whole copyright-infringment ...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:51:04 GMT

Concerts in aid of Puttinu Cares Foundation (di-ve)
A series of three concerts with music pertaining to different genres will be held in summer in aid of the Puttinu Cares Foundation – the children’s cancer support group.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:36:04 GMT

A Jones for Bones Tones (All About Jazz)
Easily one of the most technically brilliant jazz trombonists in the history of the music, Conrad Herwig continues to establish a superb catalog of releases that document him in a variety of settings and musical genres.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:13:30 GMT

Sounds on Wednesdays (All About Jazz)
Constructing Nature and The Edge of the World - musical performances playing off Broadway, roots, jazz and minimalist genres - were presented in the late 80’s and early 90’s at The Western Front (Vancouver), Globe Theatre (Regina), A Space (Toronto) and The Slade (London, England).

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:13:06 GMT

Pioneer of percussion (The Star)
Hossam Ramzy continues his experimentation with various genres.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:34:56 GMT