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Look At What The Light Did Now
''Look at What the Light Did Now'' is a documentary/live album DVD/CD by Canadian indie pop artist Feist, first released in December 2010. The DVD comprises an 80-minute documentary directed by Anthony Seck, five music videos from 2007 album The Reminder, and a number of live performances recorded between 2007 and 2009, including covers of songs by artists such as Little River Band and Ron Sexsmith. The set's accompanying CD features live tracks and solo piano takes of tracks from ''The Reminder'', along with live covers of songs by artists such as The Kinks and Peggy Lee, and two studio recordings of a new song, ''Look at What the Light Did Now'', written by Little Wings. Prior to its December 2010 home video release, the documentary screened at number of international fall festivals, including the 2010 Raindance Film Festival in London, Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, and the Pop Montreal music festival in Quebec. ''Look at What the Ligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berklee Performance Center
The Berklee Performance Center is a 1,215-seat theatre located on Massachusetts Ave. in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts.Hazell, Ed, ''Berklee: The First 50 Years'' (Berklee Press Publications, 1995), p.155 It is the largest theatre space on the Berklee College of Music campus and is used primarily for college-affiliated activities. Presenters from outside the Berklee community also rent it for performances of all kinds. In 2009, the Berklee Performance Center hosted a total of 200 events. History In 1972, Berklee purchased the Fenway Theatre at 136 Massachusetts Avenue. The 1915 movie palace, designed by Thomas Lamb, was renovated and reopened as the Berklee Performance Center in 1976. Venue uses The college uses the facility to present its most popular and heavily produced student concert events, such as the Singers Showcase and the International Folk Festival. It is also the home of major faculty concerts such as Fall Together, the annual concert by the Jazz Compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Theatre
Calvin may refer to: Names * Calvin (given name) ** Particularly Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States * Calvin (surname) ** Particularly John Calvin, theologian Places In the United States * Calvin, Arkansas, a hamlet * Calvin Township, Jewell County, Kansas * Calvin, Louisiana, a village * Calvin Township, Michigan ** Calvin crater, an impact crater * Calvin, North Dakota, a city * Calvin, Oklahoma, a town * Calvin, Virginia * Calvin, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Calvin, Ontario, Canada, a township * Mount Calvin, Victoria Land, Antarctica Schools * Calvin University (South Korea), a Presbyterian-affiliated university in South Korea * Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Michigan * Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan * Calvin High School (other), various American schools * Calvin Christian School (Escondido, California) * Calvin Christian School (Kingston, Tasmania) * Collège Calvin, the oldest public secondary sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Theatre
The Imperial Theatre is a Broadway theater at 249 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1923, the Imperial Theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for the Shubert brothers. It has 1,457 seats across two levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. The auditorium interior is a New York City designated landmark. The theater is largely situated on 46th Street. A narrow lobby extends to the main entrance on 45th Street, where there is a three-story facade of white terracotta. The 46th Street facade, which is made of buff-colored brick, was intended as the carriage entrance. The lobby, originally decorated in dark and white tiles, leads to the rear of the theater's orchestra level. The auditorium contains Adam-style detailing, a large balcony, and box seats with carved panels above them. The flat proscenium arch above the stage is topped by a curved sounding board. The Shubert Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Theatre (Montreal)
Olympia Theatre or Theater may refer to: * Gordon's Olympia Theatre (Boston), Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1910s1996 * 3Olympia Theatre, a concert hall/theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located in Dame Street * Liverpool Olympia, situated next to The Grafton Ballroom on West Derby Road, Liverpool, England * Olympia City Music Theatre "Maria Callas", formerly known as Olympia Theatre * Olympia Theater (Miami), opened in 1926 * Olympia, London, an exhibition center in West Kensington * Olympia Theater and Office Building, Miami, Florida, United States * (AKA L'Olympia de Montréal), Canada, built 1925 * Olympia Theatre (New York), a theatre complex built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I in Longacre Square (later Times Square), New York City, opening in 1895 * Olympia (Paris), a music hall in the 9th arrondissement of Paris * , a theater in Valencia, Spain See also *Olympic Theatre, a 19th-century London playhouse *Olympic Theatre, New York – 19th-century Broadway theatre *Olympic Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronson Centre
The Bronson Centre is a community facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which provides office and meeting facilities for non-profit organizations. It is located at 211 Bronson Avenue, on the western edge of the city's downtown core. The building was the original site of Immaculata High School, which was originally constructed in 1928 and expanded several times until the school relocated in 1994. The Grey Sisters religious order, owners of the building, spent CA$400,000 to transform the building into office space and other community facilities. The facility reopened as the Bronson Centre in 1996, operating under a non-profit administration. Theatre The main theatre facility has a capacity of 900 seats and has featured concerts by musicians such as Jello Biafra, Matthew Good, Emily Haines, Melanie C, Sarah Harmer, Lady Gaga and Sigur Rós Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavík, active since 1994. The band comprises singer and guitarist Jón Þór "Jóns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massey Hall
Massey Hall is a performing arts theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1894, it is known for its outstanding acoustics and was the long-time hall of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. An intimate theatre, it was originally designed to seat 3,500 patrons, but after extensive renovations in the 1940s, it now seats up to 2,765. It has an extensive history of concerts by artists of many musical genres which continues today. Massey Hall was a gift to the people of Toronto from industrialist Hart Massey. Massey Hall was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on June 15, 1981. The hall closed in July 2018 for a two-year-long renovation including a new seven-storey addition and two smaller concert rooms. It re-opened in 2021. It is operated by The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, a non-profit charitable organization. It is located at the intersection of Shuter and Victoria Streets, just east of Yonge Street, in downtown Toronto. History The idea of Masse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton Cummings Theatre
The Burton Cummings Theatre is a theatre located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Built by local impresario Corliss Powers Walker, it was originally known as the Walker Theatre. The building was renamed after singer-songwriter and Winnipeg native Burton Cummings in 2002. History Walker owned a number of South Dakota theatres along the Northern Pacific Railway route, which terminated at Winnipeg. Walker allied himself with a New York theatrical syndicate run by a Broadway firm called Klaw and Erlanger. The positioning of Walker's chain of theatres along the railway route helped bring big Broadway shows, and the chain was known as the Red River Valley Theatre Circuit. Lots for the theatre were purchased in July 1905. The theatre was constructed in 1906-07, and might have opened in December 1906 if there had not been a labour strike. The Walker Theatre had a grand opening on 18 February 1907 featuring Puccini's ''Madame Butterfly''. The theatre was designed by Montreal architect Howar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conexus Arts Centre
The Conexus Arts Centre, known from 1970 till 2006 (and still largely known) as the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts, is a theatre complex located within Wascana Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, which largely replaces former theatres downtown and Darke Hall on the original campus of Regina College, also in Wascana Centre but north of Wascana Lake. Naming of the Venue as Conexus Arts Centre was possible through a Partner/Sponsor Agreement with the Conexus Credit Union. Planning and building Planned and originally funded to commemorate the Canadian Centennial in 1967, its construction was interrupted by a substantial increase in cost and after the steel frame was put up the project did not proceed further for some years. A substantial reduction in the nature of many intended building materials permitted the project to resume and after the long delay the Centre of the Arts was opened by Governor General Roland Michener on August 24, 1970 to serve southern Saskatchewan as a ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
The Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium is a performing arts, culture and community facility located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The auditorium was built in 1955 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Alberta. It is owned and operated by the Government of Alberta. The Jubilee is home to Calgary Opera, Alberta Ballet, and the annual Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Ceremonies. For many years it has hosted touring Broadway shows, stand-up comedians, theatre productions, bands, orchestras, dance festivals and awards ceremonies. Other tenants include Broadway Across Canada. In 2005 as part of the celebrations for the Alberta Centennial, the auditorium underwent extensive renovations totalling $91 million. The main theatre capacity to up 2,523 people on three levels. Renovations beginning in 2004 focused on extensive improvements including: acoustics, seating, climate controls, and a revitalized new look. See also *Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium The Northern Alberta Jubilee Aud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winspear Centre
The Francis Winspear Centre for Music is a performing arts centre located in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Opened in 1997, it is the home of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. The centre is named after Francis G. Winspear, who donated $6 million ($ million today) to the construction of the facility - the single largest private donation to a performing arts facility in Canadian history. Construction and specs In addition to the donation from Winspear, the Canadian federal government and Alberta provincial government contributed an additional $15 million each ($ million each, today) towards its construction. The concert hall has a seating capacity of 1,716 people and when seating is available in the choir loft above the main stage area the hall can hold up to 1,932. The hall is a tall, rectangular room with stepped, curved balconies and terraces. With its parallel side walls, the Winspear represents a modern adaptation of the classic "shoebox" shaped concert halls o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
