Come sail away: Musical acts are taking their performances to the high seas — and you can be on board

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It wasn't that long ago that live entertainment on a cruise ship meant some washed-up lounge singer and a handful of twentysomethings trying to make a living from their theater degrees. Then, along came light-rock favorite John Mayer. In 2008, he headlined a Caribbean cruise for more than 3,000 fans, blasting open the doors for A-list musicians to hit the high seas surrounded by their deepest ...

Soaring high

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Bird's Mile Home hatches new Americana punk album by Erika Fredrickson Tim Arrowtop has played high energy, aggressive punk rock shows for seven years with his band Reptile Dysfunction. But in 2007, he started listening to Leadbelly and other old-time, roots musicians he found in the record collection of his friend, guitarist Keith Moore. Moore, likewise, scavenged through Arrowtop's punk rock ...

Roll over, Beethoven: Trans-Siberian Orchestra pays a high-tech tribute to composer

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Throughout history, musicians have brooded over the deaths of the musicians who came before them. The Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov explored Mozart's mysterious death in his opera "Mozart and Salieri."

BUDDYHEAD EXCLUSIVE: Full-Album Stream Of The Lullabye Arkestra’s “Threats/Worship”!

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Enjoy this full album stream of the Lullabye Arkestra’s Threats/Worship , courtesy of VICE Records, The Lullabye Arkestra is a husband-wife rock roll duo born in 2001 from the marital union of Kat Taylor-Small (bass/vocals) and Justin Small (drums/vocals). In the time since, the Arkestra has seen a revolving lineup, including an incarnation that included up to twelve musicians. But how many bands really need a dozen jerks to make a racket? Zero. And for their VICE Records debut, the co

#2: LAMB OF GOD – AS THE PALACES BURN

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We recently polled a wide array of musicians, managers, publicists, label reps, and writers from within the world of metal to find out what they thought the 21 Best Metal Albums of the 21st Century So Far have been. Eligible albums were released between January 1, 2000 and April 1, 2009. Each panelist turned in a ballot, with their #1 album worth 21 points, their #2 album worth 20 points, and so on and so forth. The ballots are now in and we’ll be counting down one album a day until we reach #1