Music

Strings sing at gazebo in South Park
July 2, 2008
Some young musicians take the stage today at the South Park gazebo.
Cultural soundtrack: Watkins Museum welcomes Smithsonian’s exhibit on American music
By Jon Niccum
June 27, 2008
Nineteen concert road cases are rolled into the third floor of the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass. The hefty amount of touring gear gives the impression a legendary rock band like The Who is getting ready to set up and perform. But the “who” in this instance is really a “what” — albeit a musical one.
South Park scene: Band concerts draw crowds to idyllic Lawrence site
By Jennifer Oldridge
June 26, 2008
It is another Lawrence City Band night at South Park, where musicians gather for a series of 8 p.m. Wednesday performances for an attentive, relaxed audience. City Band night is nostalgia wrapped up in a little apple pie, a scene you might witness on an old-time movie set or in smaller towns of yesteryear.
Lied Center promotes upcoming performers by offering free iTunes
By Mark Fagan
June 25, 2008
Area residents don’t need to wait for prominent artists such as Laurie Anderson and Philip Glass to show up in Lawrence to hear their distinctive styles. Just grab a free iTunes card, download the songs and start the music — an innovative introduction to the Lied Center’s upcoming season, courtesy of the center, Apple and the artists themselves.
Following his own path: Jamaican pianist, pilot named KU choir director
By Terry Rombeck
June 23, 2008
There were times, when Paul Tucker was at the control of jets thousands of feet above the earth, that his mind would wander to music. “I’d be at 23,000 feet in cruise in a (Cessna) Citation or a Lear, thinking about music,” Tucker says. “I was planning musical things.” Sometimes, life’s journey takes you on some detours. And sometimes those journeys are thousands of feet above ground.
Topeka activist decries gangsta rap message
By Alexander Parker
June 19, 2008
Gangsta rap, the hard-core form of hip-hop noted for its often misogynist lyrics, came under fire Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence, as Topeka-based activist Sonny Scroggins told a group of about 30 young people to tune out rap’s negative messages.
City band presents Chautauqua concert
June 18, 2008
The Lawrence City Band will present a concert that ties into the 1930s Kansas-Nebraska Chautauqua event that kicks off today.
Summer concerts continue in city
June 18, 2008
Summer concerts are under way in Lawrence. The Lawrence City Band will play a concert, as part of its summer concert series, at 8 p.m. today at South Park’s William Kelly Bandstand.
KU announces IIYM summer academy
J-W Staff Reports
June 15, 2008
Kansas University’s School of Fine Arts welcomes the International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) Summer Music Academy to Lawrence for another year of student music study and competition.
KU Jazz Ensemble to play in Switzerland
J-W Staff Reports
June 15, 2008
Kansas University’s Jazz Ensemble I has been honored with an invitation to the 42nd Annual Montreux Jazz Festival next month in Switzerland. The invitation to this festival is presented to only a few collegiate jazz ensembles in the world annually.
Man gets 33 months for Wakarusa arrest
June 10, 2008
An Oregon man has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison, after he pleaded guilty trying to peddle LSD, mushrooms and other drugs from a van at the 2005 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival.
6News video: After festival, cleanup begins
June 9, 2008
It's a sure sign that the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is over: earlier today, the volunteers lined up and the trash piled up at the Clinton Lake campgrounds as cleanup efforts hit full swing.
Oregon man sentenced on drug charges stemming from 2005 Wakarusa Festival
By Caroline Trowbridge
June 9, 2008
An Oregon man has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison, after he plead guilty trying to peddle LSD, mushrooms and other drugs from a van at the Wakarusa Fest in 2005 in Lawrence.
Wakarusa festival winds down
Rain again disrupts performances
By Sophia Maines
June 9, 2008
Festivalgoers who weathered a severe storm earlier in the week faced heavy winds, hail and torrential showers as the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival came to a close Sunday.
Several acts cancelled on final day of Wakarusa Festival
By Jon Niccum
June 8, 2008
Sunday night's pelting of rain and hail caused the cancelation of the majority of Wakarusa headliners scheduled past 6 p.m.

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