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Understanding and Surviving the Music Industry: Local musician to hold information meeting Sept. 26

LOCK HAVEN — On Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. at Avenue 209, Nashville songwriter and local resident Michael “Max” McGee will be hosting an event to provide some valuable information about how to navigate today’s music industry. McGee has been a song writer for several decades with songs on the charts, in movies and TV shows, winning international song contests and in other musical areas as well. The event is set up to help local residents who are songwriters, lyricists, artists, musicians and others understand how today’s music business works so they can avoid the mistakes and ...

ASO presents ‘Quest’ with guest conductor on Sept. 26

ALTOONA — The Altoona Symphony Orchestra will open Season 98, “New Perspectives,” with Quests, a concert led by guest conductor Maestro Isaac Selya. The performance will take place on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Historic Mishler Theatre. Season 98 marks an exciting time of transition for the ASO as the orchestra bids farewell to longtime Music Director and Conductor Maestro Nick Palmer and welcomes four candidates for the position to the podium. Maestro Palmer will conduct the Season 98 holiday and May Pops concerts, while the four classical concerts of the season ...

Music Review: Weezer’s self-titled ‘Gold Album’ delivers faithful, nasal power pop

ATLANTA (AP) — Weezer, kings of nasal power pop, will release their 20th studio album on Friday. It is also known as “Weezer (Gold Album),” continuing a tradition of self-titled, color-identified records. And rest assured, it delivers the band’s signature energy for the faithful. That said, no boundaries are pushed here. But really, does Weezer need to push boundaries? It should be acceptable by now — 30-plus years removed from the destroyed sweaters of 1994’s “Blue Album” — that the talented foursome, with lead vocalist Rivers Cuomo at the helm, does what it does ...

Laufey created a ‘third space’ with her annual fan event, ‘A Very Laufey Day.’ Then it exploded

NEW YORK (AP) — It was 2023 when Laufey, the Icelandic singer-songwriter known for her neoclassical jazz-pop, decided to create a global fan event. Her second album, “Bewitched,” was soon to be released and she wanted to do something big to celebrate it. But more than that, she says, she “wanted to find a way to get my fans out of their homes, and to really follow an itinerary of my perfect idea of a day and have the music from ‘Bewitched’ follow it.” And thus, “A Very Laufey Day” was born. Each year, the Grammy-winning singer curates itineraries for different ...