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Hampton school briefs
The annual Winnacunnet High School Spring Concert is Tuesday, June 3 at 7 p.m. in the Winnacunnet Community Auditorium. The concert will feature performances by the string orchestra, percussion ensemble, concert band, jazz bands, chamber singers and...
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What Does David Cook Listen To?
What does American Idol David Cook listen to? Nightline interviewed the new star and got the lowdown on his favorite music. Cook, from Blue Springs, Missouri, listens to a lot of the music he sang on the show. He also has quite a wide variety of styles at his fingertips.
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God of Rock Bob Diddley dead
He was known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses and black hat, was an into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Russian Circles Leaves The Station
Instru-metal indie rock trio Russian Circles is headed out on the road in support of its latest release, Station . The Chicago-based band kicks off a run with Rhode Island rockers Daughters tonight at Picador in Iowa City, Iowa that will see the bands on the road through early July.
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Sunny SA last place to find a solar charger
Tottenham Court Road is London's central stopping district for computers and portable music and devices. And it's where you buy what the English call "mobiles".
Independent Online |
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Spiralfrog takes on EMI artists
SpiralFrog, which operates an ad-supported, free music and video download website, says it will soon begin offering new content as part of a new licensing deal with EMI Music.
Independent Online |
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All hail, Fergie "The Dutchess"
The Glamorous, Fergalicious, Big Girl who Doesn't Cry is everything but "Clumsy" as she crosses more bridges aside from the "London Bridge." Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas has recently released the deluxe edition of her all-hit album, The Dutchess , courtesy of MCA Music.
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Verizon Wireless Expands Wireless Broadband Network Into Rock County, Wis.
Verizon Wireless today announced it has activated three new cell sites in Rock County that bring the nation's most reliable network to area residents. This new coverage area is in the southeastern portions of Rock County and includes the communities of Johnstown Center, Lima Center, Avalon, Emerald Grove, Harmony and Bradford.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Horseshoe Announces Alliance With AEG Live
Horseshoe has entered into an alliance with AEG Live, one of the largest concert promotion, special event and touring companies in the world, to develop and program a new 3,200 capacity entertainment venue that will be revealed in August 2008 as part of a $500M casino expansion project.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Little Feat Throws a Party With New "JOIN THE BAND"
Forty years into an iconic career that has produced dozens of wonderful songs and a host of admiring musical peers, Little Feat has united the two with a new release, "JOIN THE BAND," that features some of their classic tunes -- "Fat Man in the Bathtub," "Dixie Chicken," "Sailing Shoes," "Oh, Atlanta" -- re-recorded with creative friends like Dave Matthews and Jimmy Buffett among many others, ...
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Smith Micro Software Signs Licensing Agreement with Rhapsody America
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.----Smith Micro Software, Inc. , a leading developer and marketer of software solutions and services for the wireless market, today announced it has signed an agreement with Rhapsody America LLC, a joint venture between RealNetworks and MTV Networks, to distribute its AutoSync technology for the Rhapsody music PC client.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Strategy Analytics: Nokia, Blackberry and Apple Will Thrive with Value-Added Services
BOSTON----According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Nokia, Blackberry and Apple are pioneering fresh revenue streams for the mobile handset industry with their emerging push into value-added services such as navigation, email and music.
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Andy Burrows solo album launch: review
Winchester's Andy Burrows, drummer of chart topping band Razorlight, launched his new solo album at a star-studded event at Union Chapel in London.
Hampshire Chronicle |
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Taiwan market: Sony to launch NWD-E020F digital music players, aiming to be top-two vendor in 2008
Sony will launch the Walkman NWD-E020F digital music player series featuring changeable casings in the Taiwan market in mid-June. The company is aiming to rank among the top-two vendors in 2008, according to industry sources.
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Here's how to screen your kids' TV exposure
By ARMIN BROTT Amid all the hype about kids and "screen time," there are really two issues parents must deal with: content and time. Content Since children's television was deregulated in 1982, violence and sexuality have skyrocketed. Air time for war cartoons on broadcast TV has increased from 1.5 hours per week in the early '80s to more than 40 hours today. And that's not counting cable. ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Nigeria: Power Outage - Citizens Cry Out
THE current poor electricity supply situation across the country is now a source of great concern to Nigerians as incessant power outage have enveloped the entire nation.
AllAfrica.com |
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'Hollyoaks' star guests in music video
Hollyoaks actress Leah Hackett stars in a music video for punk band Reemer.
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UOMO Producer is ''Moving Mountains'' on Usher's Number One Album
UOMO Media Inc. (OTCBB:UOMO), a multi-channel entertainment and media company, congratulates Tricky Stewart and Redzone Entertainment for their production on two songs, "Moving Mountains" and "It Ain't Sex" for Usher's fifth studio album. The newly released album from Usher (Sony BMG) "Here I Stand" is the number one album on the Billboard Album Chart.
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Bo Diddley built rock 'n' roll from scratch
Bo Diddley, a singer and guitarist who invented his own name, his own guitars, his own chicken-scratch beat and, with a handful of other musical pioneers, rock 'n' roll itself, died Monday.
The News & Observer |
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Singer/songwriter is dead at 79, but 'the Bo Diddley beat' rumbles on
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member said he never got his due.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Mobile and Landline Deals to Update Service in China
China Unicom, a cellphone service provider, agreed to sell a wireless network to the country’s largest fixed-line operator and buy a fixed-line company of its own.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Bo Diddley Dies
Subtitle The rock pioneer dies of heart failure aged 79... Related Video Bo Diddley Subject Matter Bo Diddley, Dead, Dies, Father of Rock, Pioneer Short body (mobile/iTV - 320 chars or so, no HTML or internal links) Body Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley whose unique guitar work influenced musicians from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones has died aged 79 of ...
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John Abraham mobbed by thousand of girls
The unconventionally planned music release of Aashayein turned out to be far more unusual than planned. After John Abraham sang the number he had diligently rehearsed, the girls forced him and the band back on stage for more.
Hindustan Times |
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Uganda: Taxing Goods Sold Over the Internet
The recent entry of a new mobile phone operator in Uganda, together with the expected entry of yet another two new mobile phone companies that have already been licensed must be music to the ears for the internet shoppers in Uganda.
AllAfrica.com |
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Blissfields cancelled
WINCHESTER'S own music festival, that championed local acts and the arts scene, has been cancelled. The award winning Blissfields Festival was pulled this week by the organisers due to poor ticket sales and those who did buy tickets will get a full refund.
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