http://www.bangkokjungle.com The Music Scene In Bangkok & Beyond Wed, 07 May 2008 16:17:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A song featuring a ‘fictional’ Bangkok bar girl written by Bangkok-based band Billy The Mountain and featured on their new Drifting To Valhalla album has topped an industry A&R playlist just weeks after its general release. A&R CHART Band manager Tom Gray told BangkokJungle from Detroit that the song Mem Will ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/billy-the-mountain-top-industry-playlist/ At Noriega’s on Silom Soi 4 Thursday DOCTOR BLUES hosts the SINGER/SONGWRITERS OPEN MIC. NIGHT from 9.00pm. All welcome. A night for musicians and lovers of spontaneous live music. If you don’t write your own songs, you can sing songs by any singer/songwriter! Instrumentalists can jam with the band. Get ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/the-week-ahead-at-noriegas/ Internationally famed writer and Emmy-nominated production designer Jim Newport and his musical alter-ego ‘Jimmy Fame’ (a “blues shouter” fresh from an appearance at the Phuket International Blues Festival) will appear at Tokyo Joe’s Blues Club on Tuesday May 13 at 9:00 pm. The evening will include readings from his latest ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/jim-newport-launches-new-hendrix-novel/ John Lennon’s former girlfriend May Pang claims that the musician was seriously considering a live Beatles reunion. Pang, who was Lennon’s companion during his mid-1970’s separation from Yoko Ono, revealed the details of Lennon’s plans to California’s Cerritos College radio station. “John really thought about it at one point, and we ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/john-lennon-wanted-beatles-to-reunite/ Bob Dylan will be playing a handful of North American dates this month just prior to his three month European tour. Dylan will play one U.S. show in Massachusetts before hitting five cities throughout Canada. Bob Dylan North American tour dates (subject to change): May 16 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium May ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/dylan-to-do-handful-of-us-gigs/ Right this second - from Brooklyn to Brisbane, Capetown to Kansas City - they’re making new noise. It’s the hip-hop-adelic-roots-reggae-rock-tronica-pop-jazz of the moment. You won’t hear it on the radio, or find it in the charts. But every day, the world’s new artists keep right on making it. They can’t ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/calling-all-noiseheads/ Through reckless use of hairspray, spandex, make-up, just plain goofy stage moves and even sillier videos, ‘80s hair-metal bands made themselves the butts of some pretty obvious jokes. Are they really that bad … the hair … the unfortunate covers…? Check out the all time mental metal band opinion polls ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/metal-heads-are-always-good-for/ Buzz In The Bizz by Benny White Ever thought about starting your own label? Many people have already done so, and more are taking the plunge than ever before. The trend is now so prevalent that we decided to take a closer look at what are some of the pros, cons ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/start-your-own-record-label/ Who is the richest British rock star, whose touring when and what’s up where…Right Here http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/latest-rock-news/ After years in the laboratory pondering the challenge of constipated data pipes, Sir Brinsley McSporran, the noted Scottish genius and prolific inventor has patented the official BangkokJungle bandwidth tester, craftily providing graphic and indisputable evidence that your connection sucks…or otherwise. Sir Brinsley claims that “if the flow of the Taska-Tweaka-Rillium-Trickle-O-Meter ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/it-has-arrived/ Locally-based groove meisters Billy The Mountain now have their new album Drifting To Valhalla featured on WWW.MP3.COM and available there for sale. Band manager Tom Gray told Jungle reporters the album also has gone to nearly twenty other digital distribution sites including iTUNES and CDBABY, which will feature the ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/billy-the-mountain-go-live-on-mp3com/ Springsteen keyboard player dies; Allmans cancel concerts; AC/DC in Vacouver studio for new album; Van Halen back on the road; Slash trashes Weiland and much more at your major music new source … ROCK & ROLL NEWS http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/latest-news-from-the-world-of-rock/ When I was 14, I hoped that one day I would have a girlfriend. When I was 16 I got a girlfriend, but there was no passion, so I decided I needed a passionate girl with a zest for life. In college I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional. ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/tex-aloha-word-to-the-wise/ Steely Dan have announced their full spring and summer tour itinerary. Their tour begins June 8th in Hollywood, Florida and wraps up August 2nd in Stateline, Nevada. The tour also includes five shows at New York City’s Beacon Theater. Walter Becker says that he and Donald Fagen enjoy the fact ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/steely-dan-announce-us-tour/ U2 has returned to its Dublin studio to resume work on the band’s next album, according to Billboard.com. The group is now recording again, with a message at the official U2 web site saying, “Everyone (is) still hoping the new album will be out this year.” The yet-to-be-titled disc will ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/u2-back-in-studio/ Bob Dylan has received an honorary Pulitzer Prize marking the first Pulitzer given to a member of the rock community. Dylan’s five decades of work received a citation for its “profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.” Fellow Pulitzer winner David ... http://www.bangkokjungle.com/news/dylan-receives-honorary-pulitzer-prize/