Musical Instrument Museum

Related Search

News Home Valley Fever Feathered Bastard Special Reports Ask a Mexican Archives Search New Times Flipbook Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home Music Blog Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile

Restaurants Home Food Blog Restaurant Reviews Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Arts Blog Theater Big Brain Awards Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals

Post an Ad Jobs Real Estate Living Spaces Alternative Lifestyle Deals Newsletter Advertiser Index Deals

MMJ Home MMJ News Dispensary Guide MMJ Newsletter

Blogs
May 11, 2012
See Alice Cooper's Dark Shadows Costume at the Musical Instrument Museum
See also: Musical Instrument Museum Debuts "I Am AZ Music" Exhibit See also: Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy When Alice Cooper, Phoenix's resident lord of the underworld/radio personality/Christian activist, pops up in the Tim Burton new flick, Dark Shadows, what he's wearing should look mighty f ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
Musical Instrument Museum Debuts "I Am AZ Music" Exhibit
On Saturday, February 18, the Musical Instrument Museum debuted its "I Am AZ Music" exhibit, featuring over 40 installations that examine the scope and history of music in Arizona in celebration of the State's centennial. Reggae artist Walt Richardson performed, as well as psychedelic soul band What ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
Glen Campbell, Pusha T, The Darkness, and "I Am AZ Music" Over the Weekend
Glen Campbell at Comerica Theatre Going in, there was a fear that Glen Campbell's Goodbye Tour concert would devolve into little more than a nostalgia act. That Campbell, struggling with the early onset of Alzheimer's disease, would duly try his best to work through carefully guarded and pre-arrang ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Weekend: Eddy Detroit, Indian Jewelry, Candye Kane, I Am AZ Music at The MIM, and Pusha T
Have you locked your weekend plans down yet? There's plenty going on -- on Source Victoria plays the Yucca on Friday, and Saturday night features three shows that couldn't be more different: Glam-rockers The Darkness, legendary singer Glen Campbell, and Michelle Blades CD release show. But there's ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
The Boneyard Project, Chinese New Year, Animal Royale, and Monster Trucks Over the Weekend
The Boneyard Project: Art Planes in the Tucson Desert If you're looking for the latest work by a few of the biggest international names in street and contemporary art, don't bother looking at the walls. Instead, look south, down Interstate 10 past Tucson. It's there, in the "boneyard" of retired air ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake this Weekend
There's no rest for the wicked -- or the hungry. This weekend is a busy one for me (work, work ,school, work, work, and then work some more) which won't leave much time for eating out, partying, or really much of anything. BUT if someone hadn't already planned my weekend for me then I would total ... More >>
Calendar
January 5, 2012
Hula Plus
There's no rest for the wicked -- or the hungry. This weekend is a busy one for me (work, work ,school, work, work, and then work some more) which won't leave much time for eating out, partying, or really much of anything. BUT if someone hadn't already planned my weekend for me then I would total ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
The Desert Botanical Garden Gets a New Restaurant and Chef Payton Curry
paytoncurry.comChef Payton CurryLike a present inside of a present, the Valley's getting two amazing announcements for the holidays this year. The Republic reports the Desert Botanical Garden is opening a full-fledged restaurant with a focus on local fare and the chef leading the cuis ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Psychedelic Legend Donovan Visits the MIM
On Monday, October 10, British songwriter and psychedelic legend Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch) visited the Musical Instrument Museum, strolling around the exhibits and conducting interviews with writers about the history of music and education. Speaking with Donovan was really something ... More >>
Calendar
September 29, 2011
Past Times
On Monday, October 10, British songwriter and psychedelic legend Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch) visited the Musical Instrument Museum, strolling around the exhibits and conducting interviews with writers about the history of music and education. Speaking with Donovan was really something ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2011
Rupa and The April Fishes To Play the MIM This Saturday, Get a Free Download Here
They don't come much more "multi-cultural" than Rupa and the April Fishes. Born in California to Indian parents, songwriter Rupa Marya was raised in France, India, and the United States. The music she makes with her group, The April Fishes, borrows sounds from all of her cultures. French nouvel ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
MIM Exhibit The Power of Music: Photographic Portraits of Americans and Their Musical Instruments 1860-1915 Opens This Weekend
Augustus Henry, African-American woman with guitar, Prescott , Arizona. Image reproduced from original Paris card, c. 1890sOn Saturday, September 24, the Musical Instrument Museum is scheduled to open "Power of Music: Photographic Portraits of Americans and Their Musical Instruments 1860-1915." ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2011
Elvis (Food) Is in the Building Tomorrow Only at the Musical Instrument Museum
Feeling the urge to shake, rattle, and roll while munching on a Hound Dog Sandwich of peanut butter, Wilson Ranch bacon, and banana on brioche bread? Best shake those hips to the Musical Instrument Museum tomorrow. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., tomorrow only, Saturday, August 6, the Musical Instr ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2011
Elvis Presley Week Kicks Off at The MIM
Growing up, my grandma had a room in her house dedicated to Elvis Presley. We called it "the Elvis Room," and I remember not being allowed to touch anything on display, and boy, there was plenty I wasn't allowed to touch: posters, dolls, records, and commemorative plates. Coinciding with both El ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2011
Jace Everett on True Blood, Alison Mosshart, Sex, and Religion
BY LAUREN WISE If you've never heard of Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jace Everett, there's little doubt you've heard a song he's best known for--the theme from HBO's massively popular, supernatural-saturated television series True Blood. Everett's music is a fusion of blues, rockabilly and ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
Elvis Presley's Guitar on Display at the Musical Instrument Museum
Photos by E. GrovesElvis' 1975 Martin D28 acoustic guitar. In the background are guitars from Eric Clapton (left) and Johnny Cash (right).The Musical Instrument Museum already boasts some cool rock 'n' roll relics, including an Eric Clapton guitar and John Lennon's piano. But on Sunday, June 19, ... More >>
Music
June 9, 2011
DJ Seduce Brings World Rhythms to the Valley with Afro: Baile Records
Photos by E. GrovesElvis' 1975 Martin D28 acoustic guitar. In the background are guitars from Eric Clapton (left) and Johnny Cash (right).The Musical Instrument Museum already boasts some cool rock 'n' roll relics, including an Eric Clapton guitar and John Lennon's piano. But on Sunday, June 19, ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2011
Mamady Keïta and Famoudou Konaté -- Grand Masters Bring "Djembe Fever" to The MIM
The African djembe drum may be a familiar sight for pop music fans -- it's popped up onstage with plenty of Western artists like Paul Simon, Ben Harper, and Peter Gabriel -- but intrepid percussionists will have a chance to hear the drum played by two grand masters, Mamady Keïta and Famoudou Ko ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2011
Kronos Quartet at the Musical Instrument Museum
Photos by Niki D'AndreaKronos Quartet playing "Aheym."Kronos QuartetMusical Instrument Museum May 20, 2011San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet occupies an interesting niche in classical music. All four are adept players, and make their instruments (some of which are more than 300 years o ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2011
MIM and New Times Partner To Give Away Surf Pioneer Dick Dale Signature Guitar
Winner Don Hyde with representatives of The MIM and Fender Musical Instruments The Musical Instrument Museum is, simply put, an absolute treasure in Phoenix's collective backyard. The Museum recently became a Smithsonian Affiliate and celebrated their first anniversaryin April. New Times partnere ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2011
Musical Instrument Museum's Fancy New Promo Video
The Musical Instrument Museum in North Phoenix -- the largest of its type in the world -- has released a warm-and-fuzzy new promo video. "Music is the language of the soul..." it begins.Along the way you get quotes about how awesome the museum is from guys like Carlos Santana and a cool look insi ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Record Store Day Round Up 2011 : Phoenix Stores Offer Up Exclusives, Live Performances and More on RSD
"Folks who work here are professors. Don't replace all the knowers with guessors -- keep'em open -- they're the ears of the town." - Tom Waits, on the important of independent record stores. If you're a nerd like me, April 16 isn't just another Saturday. It's Record Store Day, the day independent ... More >>
Calendar
March 31, 2011
Clothes Encounters
"Folks who work here are professors. Don't replace all the knowers with guessors -- keep'em open -- they're the ears of the town." - Tom Waits, on the important of independent record stores. If you're a nerd like me, April 16 isn't just another Saturday. It's Record Store Day, the day independent ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2011
Tim Eriksen on Gospel, Punk, Ethnomusicology and The MIM
To call balladeer Tim Eriksen's career varied would be a colossal understatement. Few artists can claim such expansive work: He's shared stages from CBGB to Carnegie Hall with Nirvana, Weezer, Jack White, Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson, playing punk, jazz, world music, folk and gospel. He also app ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2011
Jan. 25 In Blogs: Marimekko, Chris Brown, Christopher's, and Go Daddy
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:
Music
December 30, 2010
Top 10 Phoenix Music Stories of 2010
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:
Blogs
December 15, 2010
Local and Tasty Lunch at the Musical Instrument Museum
A good friend got word that the cafe at the brand-spanking-new Musical Instrument Museum in North Phoenix (off the 101 and Tatum) was serving up unusually creative fare and using a lot of local ingredients, including MJ Bread, produce from Maya and Seacat Gardens, Queen Creek Olive Oil, meat from ... More >>
Calendar
November 18, 2010
Música History
Traveling show docks at the MIM
Calendar
November 11, 2010
Gamelan Çudamani
Traveling show docks at the MIM
Blogs
October 28, 2010
Weekend of Wines, The Candy Professor, and Snack O' Lanterns in Today's Eater's Digest
penniesonaplatter.comHungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?9th Annual Weekend of WineA can't miss event for the wine enthusiast, the 9th Annual First Press Weekend of Wines starts tomorrow, October 29th. The grand tasting will take place at the Mus ... More >>
Calendar
August 12, 2010
Drum Machine
penniesonaplatter.comHungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?9th Annual Weekend of WineA can't miss event for the wine enthusiast, the 9th Annual First Press Weekend of Wines starts tomorrow, October 29th. The grand tasting will take place at the Mus ... More >>
Calendar
August 12, 2010
Toumani Diabaté @ Musical Instrument Museum
penniesonaplatter.comHungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?9th Annual Weekend of WineA can't miss event for the wine enthusiast, the 9th Annual First Press Weekend of Wines starts tomorrow, October 29th. The grand tasting will take place at the Mus ... More >>
Calendar
July 22, 2010
Ride the White Horse
Boy, are they Hungary
Music
July 15, 2010
Jeremy Kittel Band
Boy, are they Hungary
Calendar
June 24, 2010
Gimme Fleck
Renowned musician strums on the old banjo
Calendar
June 24, 2010
Drumming Up Business
World-class musicians mix Japanese drumming with contemporary stylings
Calendar
June 10, 2010
Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo
World-class musicians mix Japanese drumming with contemporary stylings
Blogs
June 7, 2010
Tony Bennett Praises Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum, Disses NYC Museums
We should all look so good at 85 ...Tony Bennett's signature tune may be "I left my heart in San Francisco," but the legendary singer is a true New Yorker -- born and raised in Astoria, Queens.But the Big Apple, Bennett announced at his concert last night, has got nothing on Phoenix.Surprisingly, ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Huun-Huur-Tu and Carmen Rizzo Bring An Ecclectic and Avant-Garde Mix To Scottsdale
If you thought the newly opened Musical Instrument Museum was diverse in its selection of exotic instruments from around the world (where Nigerian hausa trumpets and a Burmese saung guak harp are housed in the same building as Eric Clapton's stratocasters), try checking out the multifaceted l ... More >>
Calendar
May 6, 2010
War Born
West African music ensemble brings it all together
Music
April 22, 2010
The First Global Musical Instrument Museum Opens in Phoenix
West African music ensemble brings it all together
Blogs
April 22, 2010
Musical Instrument Museum Opens, The Sand Rubies' Bad Luck, and Bad Jazz Singers in This Week's Issue
Just one of the pieces on display at the Music Instrument Museum in Phoenix.This week's music feature gives you the skinny on Phoenix's new Musical Instrument Museum, which opens this weekend. You know you're curious about how instruments from all 195 countries were obtained. And why they're in P ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2010
John Lennon's "Imagine": Original Piano Delivered to Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum
Shannon WallacePrecious cargo: A crew delivers John Lennon's "Imagine" piano to the Musical Instrument Museum. Now this is cool. This week, the soon-to-be-open Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in north Phoenix took delivery of the piano in which John Lennon of The Beatles composed "Imagine," ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2010
Minibosses, Birds Nest, Via Vengeance, A Storm of Light, and the Musical Instrument Museum Over the Weekend
Minibosses 10th Anniversary Show at Yucca Tap Room It's official. The Minibosses have been rockin' covers of 8-bit tracks for a decade. To celebrate, the band played a full on set of their classic game renditions at Yucca Tap Room on February 27, 2010...see photos A Storm of Light & V ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2008
Cool Collections: What the Musical Instrument Museum needs to purchase next
Minibosses 10th Anniversary Show at Yucca Tap Room It's official. The Minibosses have been rockin' covers of 8-bit tracks for a decade. To celebrate, the band played a full on set of their classic game renditions at Yucca Tap Room on February 27, 2010...see photos A Storm of Light & V ... More >>

Browse Voice Nation

Musical Instrument Museum

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Music

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Music

Blogs

Calendar

Calendar

Blogs

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar

Music

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Music

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This