Roots Music News--3.28.12

Indo, Pinoy bands to tear it up at Rock & Roots music fest Yahoo! Singapore News (blog) Scoff not at their young tender ages -- Rock & Roots fans are set to be blown away by their fiery brand of blues music, as Rascals mentor Tom Colvin testified to seeing adults jumping up and down while cheering the band on. See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Singapore News (blog)

Visalia, Orosi-area students find an outlet through music Visalia Times-Delta Saturday School:Music as Motivation: Visalia and Orosi high school students attend a motivational workshop put on by The Roots Collective, a nonprofit counseling organization. DJ Phatrick unplugs his equipment after a motivational workshop for students ... See all stories on this topic »

Scruffy City Roots Gets Off to a Not-So-Scruffy Start Knoxville Metro Pulse A sold-out crowd of 400 people turned out for the slick debut of the ongoing series and got a polished and professional—and also inspired—two-plus hours of musical entertainment. (Even more tuned in for WUTK's live broadcast of the show and live ... See all stories on this topic »

Late night at the library: Late-night music and drinks at James J. Hill ... Twin Cities Planet ... beer and music by local indie and pop talent that ended in March—and the monthly Real-Phonic Radio Hour, a live show that bills itself as an evening of "American roots music and conversations on poetry, music, the arts and a world gone mad. See all stories on this topic » Twin Cities Planet

Greg Garing's Music City Circus at Mad Donna's Nashville Scene It's tempting to call him a revivalist, but he's lived and breathed '50s- and '60s-style roots music so long it might be more accurate to say he's become unstuck in time. There's nothing self-conscious or ironically retro about his music, and he covers ... See all stories on this topic »

Malta Mediterranean folk music festival Malta Independent Online On 8, 9 and 10 June, The Malta Council for Culture and the Arts is presenting a concert series of Mediterranean folk roots at the Argotti Gardens in Floriana. Maltese għana (folk singing), as well as music from Morocco, Greece and Spain come together ... See all stories on this topic »

Rock's roots: Peter Guralnick, Knox Phillips, Mike Curb talk Memphis music Memphis Commercial Appeal (blog) By Peggy Burch on March 27, 2012 12:31 PM Music writer Peter Guralnick, author of a two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, will join Knox Phillips and Mike Curb for a public conversation about the history of rock and roll in Memphis at Rhodes College. See all stories on this topic » Memphis Commercial Appeal (blog)

MUSIC REVIEW: New Wave Bluegrass Oxford American It worked out that this let him play traditional music with the best local players. Michael moved to New York in 2003, having graduated from both school and jazz, ready to reclaim his bluegrass roots and leave the academic perspective on them behind. See all stories on this topic »

Questlove and The Roots Announce Official Miami Afterparty at Bardot on March 31 Miami New Times (blog) 28 2012 at 8:00 AM After Ultra Music Festival weekend (and the preceding, uh, seven days of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week), we envision 90 percent of Crossfade's readership to be curled under their bedsheets in the fetal position. See all stories on this topic » Miami New Times (blog)