Roots Music News--4.28.12

Local Music School Teaches Through Roots in Love Patch.com Agape Music School has been open in Lynwood for about 14 years, offering students a chance to blossom their love for music. By Stephanie Rivera When Miguel Conniff moved to California he brought with him his love and knowledge of music. See all stories on this topic »

MUSIC: Baptized in Blood returning to London roots Saturday London Free Press The award-winning London band has the chance to reconnect with hometown fans at its London Music Hall gig on Saturday. This is a band which won't stop being loud and proud just because its big-name label, Roadrunner Records, has ended things. See all stories on this topic »

Music review: Joshua Bell puts orchestra in fast lane Los Angeles Times The violinist and new music director leads the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields through the wild ride that is Beethoven at Segerstrom Concert Hall. Joshua Bell stood only for Violin Concerto solo. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times / April 27, ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

MUSIC: Baptized in Blood returning to London roots Saturday London Free Press By JAMES REANEY, The London Free Press Baptized in Blood is honing its metal on home turf these days. Read the full story Please type in the word you see in the image. * Comments posted to lfpress.com are not moderated. The London Free Press reserves ... See all stories on this topic »

UNCSA hosting music academy in June Winston-Salem Journal UNC School of the Arts this June will host the Music Academy of the American South, a new program of performances and workshops, school officials announced Friday. The idea is to make UNCSA the leader for the performance and study of American roots ... See all stories on this topic »

K-pop enters American pop consciousness Los Angeles Times ... hip-hop, R&B and top-40; singles are often focused vehicles for elaborate music videos and rarely less than bonkers good fun. Traditional Korean culture can be patriarchal, but K-pop's most famous acts, whose members often have roots in California, ... See all stories on this topic »

Guitars, fiddles greet Jazz Fest early birds The Associated Press Proceeds from the festival benefit the nonprofit New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, which works to fulfill the festival's grass-roots mission to stimulate the music culture in Louisiana and reinvest in the community with music education programs ... See all stories on this topic »

Herbie Hancock celebrates International Jazz Day CBS News Jazz by its very nature is a bridge across cultures, says the 72-year-old Hancock, whose roots are in classical music. Jazz musicians feed off each other, exchanging, improvising, inspiring and creating together — and forbidding nothing. See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Religion: Speaker draws on Quaker roots Topeka Capital Journal The Wrights, of Topeka, will present a southern gospel music concert at 11 am Sunday, April 29, at Kansas Avenue United Methodist Church, 1029 N. Kansas Ave. ■ Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, 610 SE Lime, will celebrate its 84th mission ... See all stories on this topic »

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Jay Ungar and and Molly Mason bring roots music to Asheville's ... The husband wife duo are performing here on Sunday. www.citizen-times.com/.../Ungar-Mason-play-roots-music-at-...

Joanna Colangelo - No Depression Americana and Roots Music The news coverage of Levon's Helm's death last week has been overwhelming – but not just the coverage. The online community responses of commentary, the ... www.nodepression.com/profile/JoannaColangelo?xg_source...