Swell Season: There's plenty more to be had past Oscar From Los Angeles Times So remember when there was that mini-controversy a while back as to whether or not "Falling Slowly" from " Once " would be eligible for an Oscar? The Swell Season performance stood out on the Oscar telecast, as the winning song "Falling Slowly" owns a beautifully simple melody that allows for the emotion in the lyrics to be laid bare. Indeed, "Falling Slowly" stood in stark contrast to the others in the Oscar song race -- a small, independent, artist-driven turn going against larger studio...

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A sound move - Guitar products firms outgrows Goleta From Pacific Coast Business Times Seymour Duncan has outgrown its 16,000-sqaure-foot building. More than 30 years later, Duncan and his wife, Cathy Carter Duncan, have built a company with annual revenue of between $15 million and $20 million. The Antiquity pickups and other speciality pickups are made in Seymour Duncan s custom shop. Only Duncan, his son Derek Duncan and Maricela Juarez handle the custom orders. They work with Seymour Duncan to find their unique tone, and that pickup is produced adorned with the musician s...

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Phil Vassar performs for enthusiastic fans From Indiana Daily Student A fun college crowd is what Vassar was hoping for, and that is exactly what he got. The crowd's energy was evident as the night started with a performance by Vassar's Universal Records South label mate and singer/songwriter Jennifer Hanson,. With similar styles of country music, Hanson and Vassar relay many of their own life experiences through songwriting and performing. Apart from fans shouting out songs, requests crowd-surfed up to Vassar on torn cardboard pieces and drink napkins....

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'There's a Concert Hall That Needs Your Support' From The Epoch Times Ireland Feb. 28 deadline is only a few days away, but there is still time for a major sponsor to come forward to turn the dream of building a community concert hall in downtown Ottawa into reality. The current combined government funding and corporate and individual funding is at about $25.5 million, said Glenn Hodgins, executive director of the Ottawa Chamber Music Society (OCMS), the not-for-profit organization spearheading the $38 million project. The concert hall project has the support of more...

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Tyrone Wells goes solo acoustic From San Gabriel Valley Tribune Wells has been known to cover Bill Withers live, not to mention a medley that encompasses Mary J. Although he is playing solo acoustic at the Glass House on Monday, Wells also tours with a band featuring keyboardist J. (Universal Republic), Wells crafts a soulful rock sound that recalls Ben Harper and Richie Havens, with feisty blues ("Baby, Don't You Change"), funk ("Sugar So Sweet") and soaring pop ("Dream Like New York") added to the enticing sonic brew. Raised in Washington state, Wells...

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