Tower of Power News

Born in London, raised in Johannesburg, trained in Milan under La Scala supervision and in Boston at Berklee, singer, composer and arranger Christine Vaindirlis is more than a mere globetrotter; she is the world.

Tower of Power is one of those rare groups that has stuck to its guns -- namely horn-driven soul and funk music -- and survived 41 years with very few hits.

What's on your iPod? Reading Eagle Name: Bob DeLong Local residence: Mount Penn Playlist summary: "Mountain of Shrink Wrap," Fifteen "Redemption Song," Bob Marley "Born To Die," Choking Victim "Everyday I Have the Blues," Joe Williams "Fly Me to the Moon," Skanatra "Bombshell," Operation Ivy "I Second That Emotion," Smokey Robinson "What Is Hip?," ...

On Saturday evening October 24 at 8:00 p.m., Juan Alderete, Thomas Pridgen and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta will perform at a concert at Hollywood's Key Club which will include a presentation of Bass Player magazine's Lifetime Achievement Awards to jazz legend Charlie Haden and R&B legend Rocco Prestia.

The Red River Revel is as much of a staple to Northwest Louisiana as many of the other annual festivals in the area.

Along with Legendary Soul/Funk Bassist Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power at Bass Player Live! October 24 Bass Player LIVE! will include clinics, demos, and appearances from top musicians at SIR Studios, 6465 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 24 - 25, 2009.

Smooth Jazz trumpeter Greg Adams today, September 22, releases his fifth solo CD, East Bay Soul .

"What Is Hip?" How about a Dot music professor leading a big finish to the 9th annual Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival , which starts tomorrow? Now in its ninth year, the BBJF - Boston's largest and most popular outdoor festival - has expanded to nine days and nine stages at locations in Boston and Cambridge.

A popular smooth jazz festival is offering two priceless smooth jazz collectibles for sale that will benefit the Wayman Tisdale Foundation.

The Inevitable: House of Blues and The Parish @HOB 225 Decatur St. The House of Blues offers legendary acts this season such as Victor Wooten , Arctic Monkeys , Mae , The Dead Weather , Tower of Power , Little Feat , Hanson , Peaches and Men , Elvis Perkins and AA Bondy , The Wailers and Dan Auerbach .

Groove to the final sounds of summer when the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra salutes horn bands of the 1970s, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Devou Park's bandshell, Covington.

Tahoe Women's Services will also benefit from the Aug. 28 concert featuring bluesman Charlie Musselwhite Charlie Musselwhite There is no stopping Mark and Sara Ferris when they decide to make a delivery.

Jeannine Wiggins shared vocal duties in the soul and funk group Soul Vaccination, which performed tunes from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Tower of Power.

Vir2 Instruments releases MOJO: Horn Section 14th August 2009 Vir2 Instruments has announced the release of MOJO: Horn Section .

And Tower of Power, still Oakland's pride after 41 years, ripped off the roof at Alive at Five - a remarkable trick for an outdoor show.

July 30, 2009 -- Ripa Records announces the September 22nd, 2009 release of East Bay Soul, the debut album produced by trumpeter Greg Adams.

Tower of Power, shown performing at the West Oak Lane Festival in June, is set to appear at Alive at Five today.

Sting once confessed to Tower of Power founder, Emilio Castillo, that he had a "Tower of Power clone band'' before he formed the Police.

Billy and the Showmen jazz up the Hudson Park Bandshell with a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Billy and the Showmen specialize in hard-driving R&B, soul and funk from the 1960s and '70s. The band's repertoire includes the best of Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Tower of Power, Cool and the Gang, and classic Motown artists such as the Temptations and Sam and ...

He's played saxophone with Natalie Cole. His band has opened for the Billy Joel & Elton John show, Michael Buble, Sting & the Police, Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears.