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Farewell, John Barry

He was a film-score composer with 11 James Bond soundtracks on his resume. Composer David Arnold pays tribute here. If you don't know of him, play the video. You will recognize something.

Review: Linkin Park

Photos by Susan Pfannmuller/Special to The Star

Linkin Park finds itself at a crossroads a lot of bands have trouble navigating. Last year, the band best known for its fusion of hip-hop and modern rock, released “A Thousand Suns,” its fourth studio album and its first in more than three years. It also launched its first tour since 2008.

Your Saturday music buffet

Linkin Park is at Sprint Center, but they aren't cooking food for their fans. For some inventive rap/rock and other wayward flavors of music, see Bacon Shoe (above), who headlines at the Czar Bar, 1531 Grand Blvd. Story May Vary, a rock band from Liberty, opens. And there will be burlesque.

Review: Buckcherry (and friends)

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith serves as a judge on the current season of "American Idol."  Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses lost the plot years ago.  Who, then, is today's premier rock and roll front man?  Josh Todd of Buckcherry, hardly a shrinking violet, might suggest that he's the genre's top dog.  He certainly made a convincing case for himself during an electrifying performance Friday at the Midland Theater.

Lucinda recalls Charlie Louvin (and KCMO)

In this L.A. Times piece, she talks about her 2007 tour with Louvin that stopped at Crossroads KC on a stormy summer night (above).

'Dazed and Confused (in 120 seconds)'

From Kansas City rapper Mac Lethal, a succinct  synopsis, in rhyme.

Your weekend advisory

 

It keeps getting easier to recommend local shows, local bands and local venues.

This weekend’s agenda is especially rich and inexpensive. (If you plan accordingly, you can get into any of these shows for $10 or less.)

On the way: Sleigh Bells

Ticketmaster says they will be at the Beaumont Club in June.

New music alert

Among the notable albums due to be released Tuesday are two from a pair of duos. One goes by the name the Civil Wars; the other is Carrie Rodriguez teaming with Ben Kyle of the alt-country/Americana band Romantica.

Farewell, Tony DiPardo

He was much more than just the Chiefs' No. 1 booster. From his obituary in The Star: "DiPardo, was a trumpeter and swing-era veteran who became a successful conductor of hotel and society bands here beginning in the 1940s. He later formed a booking agency through which he hired musicians — many of them skilled jazz players — for a wide variety of engagements and fielded numerous bands simultaneously under the DiPardo name." He died this morning. He was 98.