Archive for 'Music'
Laser show in, fireworks out at city’s New Year’s celebration
All eyes will be on the George Washington Masonic Memorial Saturday night as 6,000 balls drop on revelers heralding the arrival of 2012 in Alexandria. At the exact moment the ball drops in New York City’s [...]
The renaissance of the ukulele
Constantly overshadowed by its bigger, louder cousin the guitar, the ukulele doesn’t get much love. But Jake Shimabukuro is trying to change that. The uke virtuoso takes a pioneering approach to his art — he covers [...]
Singing Alexandrias praises
A lifelong Alexandrian, musician Ray Parker recently penned an original tune singing the citys praises that he hopes local officials will use to trumpet his hometowns charm. [...]
Soundbites: One throne, two kings
No Church in the Wild, the opening track on Jay-Z and Kanye Wests Watch the Throne, is not so much a claim to their godliness as it is a manifesto to a new religion over which [...]
Takin’ it to the streets
Old Town's buskers play for free, ask for little [...]
Singing in harmony once again
Audiences gave a standing ovation after the Alexandria Harmonizers delivered a bronze-medal performance at the 73rd Annual International Barbershop Harmony Society Competition the Olympics of a cappella in Kansas City on Friday. [...]
Hitting the right key
Teenager Keira Moran wins a songwriting contest and an opportunity [...]
Del Ray Sax
Vaughn Ambrose, lead music teacher at Francis Hammond Middle School, moonlights as the bandleader of his self-named quartet at the Del Ray Music Festival Saturday. [...]
Music to their ears
The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra shattered their previous fundraising record after bringing in roughly $61,000 at their annual spring garden party. [...]
Bon Iver’s second album is a first
A depressed Justin Vernon first contented listeners back in 2007 with Bon Ivers debut album For Emma, Forever Ago, a sparse collection of soulful bawls and folksy strums. The tracks dripped with an achy dew springing [...]
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Editorial: Post-election tax hike: predictable and lamentable
Can't forget the city must spend $45 mil on a school that is failing s
South Peyton Street hostel garners city council's support
Once again City Council has has ignored residents and issued another s
Editorial: Innovative hostel proposal is no slam dunk
I can't say if a hostel will be a success in Alexandria - although it
Alexandria successfully courts National Science Foundation
News article about NSF move to Alexandria
Hostel hostility
Neighborhood residents and the daycare patrons are not operating under