WHAT DOES AUGUSTANA LISTEN TO?
All musicians are influenced by those that came before them. Augustana drummer Justin South is no exception and he shared what grabs his ear. (Actuality #2) A lot of times I found myself discovering albums again, like Blonde on Blonde you know, and stuff like that. But theres been a lot of for me, some of that Montreal music scene has been really interesting me a lot, like Broken Social Scene and Stills and all that. Augustana will kick off their 2007 tour at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Wednesday. BEYONC DISQUALIFIED IN OSCAR RACE. Seems like the Academy isnt listening too hard to one superstars dream. The Los Angeles Times reports that Beyonc Knowles will no longer be up for a Best Original Song Oscar for her new song Listen. The singer, who performs the song in Dreamgirls, wont qualify as a songwriter because of a fairly new Oscar rule that limits the number of songwriters who qualify for a nominated song to three. Henry Krieger, who penned most of the original Broadway score, A
