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November 18th, 2009
Until Dec. 1, you can nominate local musicians for Rockford Area Music Industry Awards in categories that include rock, Latino, Christian, jazz, gospel and more by going to the group’s Web site here.
You can vote online from Jan. 1 to March 20 to choose winners, but only RAMI members can vote for the technician awards. The 19th annual RAMI Awards Ceremony will be April 29.
The organization also has outlined at its site how it selects winners for the Lifetime Achievement, Community Service, Outstanding Achievement and D.J. awards.
Other related dates: Jan. 30, deadline for nominations for recordings for song, composer and album of the year awards, as well as Youth Charity Jam application deadline; Feb. 27, jam auditions; March 27, jam. Auditions, jam, awards ceremony take place at Tebala Shrine Temple in Rockford.
KATY MULL | RRSTAR.COM
Fall Asleep Sober vocalist Brandon Torzeski, 16, of Machesney Park
performs Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at the Rockford Area Music Industry
Youth Charity Jam Auditions at Tebala Shrine Temple in Rockford. The RAMI
Charity Jam is scheduled for April 3, 2009, at Tebala Shrine Temple
with proceeds going to the Gary S. Wilmer Memorial Scholarship Fund
administered by the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.
November 16th, 2009
Joe Jencks was a member of Kantorei, The Singing Boys of Rockford, Dorothy Page Turner’s Black Theater Ensemble and performed at shows put on by Charlotte’s Web for the Performing Arts in Rockford.
On Saturday, the American folk song singer and guitarist who graduated from Boylan High School in Rockford in 1990Â will perform at Brooklyn College. Each day this week, he is performing in the intimate Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The Zankel shows bring elementary school students in for interactive concerts.
November 11th, 2009
Country singing sensation Taylor Swift, 19, is the “hottest ticket in music,” and could take the top prize at tonight’s CMA awards, so says a headline on this Associated Press story.
Swift appeared at the MetroCentre in Rockford two years ago, opening for Brad Paisley. (See Register Star story HERE.) I get tired of hearing that the MetroCentre doesn’t book hot acts. True, she’s even hotter now than then. Wonder if the MetroCentre will try to get her back as top headliner anytime soon?
(Register Star photos by Scott Morgan)
November 10th, 2009
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October 29th, 2009
The Oct. 15 Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center 125th anniversay fundraising dinner at Franchesco’s Ristorante in Rockford netted the group $46,000.
Coming up soon is Emily Bear, 8, of Rockford performing at 7 p.m. Nov. 19, at the center at 415 N. Church St. Cost is $15. 815-964-9713. She’ll play piano after a screening of the film, “Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037.”
October 14th, 2009
From what I’m reading, critics aren’t impressed with Bob Dylan’s “Christmas In The Heart,” which hit stores Tuesday, according to these stories in the Chicago Sun-Times and Newsweek.
Do you want to hear Dylan sing songs Oct. 28 at the Rockford MetroCentre from his new Christmas album?
October 8th, 2009
Kurt Stallman, internationally acclaimed composer, the son of Rulee and Duane Stallman of Rockford, will give testimonial at the 125th anniversary fundraising dinner for Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center Oct. 15 at Franchesco’s in Rockford.
Stallman is a Guggenheim fellow and a Harvard-educated professor of composition at Rice University, Texas. As a child, he participated in many Mendelssohn activities in Rockford, including recitals. He is an East High School graduate.
October 7th, 2009
You can double your Nielsen late-night TV viewing pleasure Friday: Miles and Daxx, sons of Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, will perform on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” (11:30 p.m. Comcast 3).
Miles will play bass and Daxx will play drums for Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, the alternative pop/rock band based in Appleton, Wis. Miles has been a member for years; Daxx has played with the group off and on.
On Saturday, the group plays at the intimate Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Miles returns home to Rockford for an Oct. 16 show of his own featuring his pop rock/folk/Americana music at Kryptonite, 308 W. State St.
Younger brother Daxx recently moved from Los Angeles and now makes his home in Nashville.
Guitarist dad Rick Nielsen, also of Rockford, last performed on late night TV with the 35-year-old power pop quartet Cheap Trick on Sept. 1 on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.”Â
In this Register Star photo taken in 2000, Daxx, (left), Rick and Miles Nielsen are getting ready to announce a Rockford Area Music Industry award at the MetroCentre in Rockford.
September 22nd, 2009
Night Ranger, hard rockers known for 80s hits “Sister Christian” and “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me,” will headline the Rockford IceHog’s first Hogtoberfest Friday, Oct. 23, outside the MetroCentre in Rockford.
The pre-game block party on Elm Street will take place before the IceHogs take on the Milwaukee Admirals at 7:05 p.m.
Tickets purchased for the IceHogs game will be good for Hogtoberfest. Tickets cost $12 to $27 in advance, and a $1 more the day of the game. Gates for the block party open at 5 p.m., and you can buy hot dogs, hamburgers, beer and more at the party.
September 21st, 2009
Paul Wixom and Greg Diech, both of Rockford; Shawn Miller of South Beloit, and Jim Wallin of Sycamore.
These guys won the four Illinois-shaped guitars that were displayed for raffling at On the Waterfront in downtown Rockford over the Labor Day weekend. The drawing was held Friday. Raffle tickets cost $5.
The Illinois-shaped guitars were modeled after the logo for this year’s 26th music bash. Mike Bunjan of MedicineMan Inc. in Rockford designed the logo. He and a business partner have started a custom-guitar making business, which produced the Illinois-shaped electric guitars worth $1,000 each. Waterfront is the state’s largest street festival, covering 26 blocks.
Still waiting to hear from Waterfront officials on how many festival passes were purchased this year.
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