Foo Fighters at the White House

The Foo Fighters will play a special Fourth of July party this Saturday. Guess Where? At the White House! The band will perform a short set as part of the annual festivities on the South Lawn.

Jimmy Fallon, Michelle Branch and the U.S. Marine Band also plan to play at the event.

Sheryl Crow Fri 7/3 at Barns at Wolftrap

Sheryl Crow is playing at the Barns of Wolftrap, in Vienna Va tomorrow night - 7/3.

This is a great way to kick off a 4th of July weekend in the nations capital. Sheryl Crow debuted her sixth studio album in 2008, Detours.

Barns at Wolftrap
1635 Trap Rd., Vienna, VA, 22182

Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Washington DC

Smithsonian Folklife Festival opened in Washington on June 24th.

Dates: June 24-June 28 and July 1-5, 2009.
Times: Open daily 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Evening events begin at 5:30 p.m.
Admission is free


There will be roughly 200 performers over the course of the Festival.

Full Schedule:
http://www.festival.si.edu/2009/schedule_06_26.aspx

Official Website:
http://www.folklife.si.edu/

US Air Guitar Championships - Washington DC 9:30 Club

US Air Guitar Championships will be held in DC this year at the 9:30 club. The Championship is scheduled for August 7th, 2009 and tickets are on sale.



http://www.usairguitar.com/tickets/

Video from 2008 US Air Guitar Championships:

Michael Jackson RIP- Washington DC Photo

Based on all of the news accounts, it looks like Michael Jackson has died. The gifted and sometimes wacky "King of Pop" will be missed.

Here's a photo of Michael Jackson from 1984 when he visited the White House in Washington DC.


His 1982 album "Thriller"still remains the biggest-selling album of all time, with more than 26 million copies.

We should all wear a white glove to work tomorrow in honor of the impact he had on the music industry.

Thanks for the memories Michael.

Seo Taiji Kicks off new LiveTour in Korea - Taiji

The Korean iconic pop star Seo Taiji kicked off his 2009 Concert Tour "The Mobius" last night (June 14th) and wowed a crowd of about 10,000. His national tour will promote his upcoming eighth album.

Here's a video from his last live tour in 2004:

Swine Flu Song - Stephan Zielinski

Spare time Musician, Stephan Zielinski (41), was inspired by the raging Swine Flue virus and decided to write a Swine Flu Song. I've heard a few of the songs out there already, but Zielinski is the only one with an interesting approach to the song composing. Before you listen to the song, it's better to understand how he made the song.

Zielinzki wrote his song by taking various properties of the Swine Flu Protein, and assigned them to different musical notes. Then he took the parts that make up the protein (amino acids) and assigned them to various instruments. Once his mapping was complete... he had composed a song. It's a very unique approach.

Now that you understand how he made the song, you can give it a listen (http://stephan-zielinski.com/static/Swine%20Flu%20Hemagglutinin.mp3). The song makes a horrible virus sound peaceful.

Stephan Zielinzki is based out of San Francisco, California. When Stephan isn't writing songs about the Swine Flu, he is a computer programmer among other things.