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Rock ‘n' roll swagger with an Inuit heart
You want to think twice before messing with a rock singer who eats polar bears
The Globe and Mail |
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MGMT Accuses French President of Taking Advantage of 'Kids'
MGMT has threatened to sue French President Nicolas Sarkozy after learning Sarkozy's UMP Party has used the song "Kids" for various official purposes.
Dose |
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Rocky Mountain News goes to press for last time today
DENVER -- The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado's oldest newspaper and a Denver fixture since 1859, will publish its last edition Friday.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Greg Sandow on the future of classical music
In all our fine discussion here about silent listening, there's something obvious that I've forgotten to say. We've talked about noise at concerts, whether it's from people Twittering, or people talking, or applauding during the music. Some of us are worried that this would disturb the musicians.
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Country star Brad Paisley headlines a week that hits a note for everyone
Country star Brad Paisley tops four days that spans the spectrum of popular music, from avant-garde chamber-pop group Antony & the Johnsons to rapper The Game, R&B artist Estelle and folkie Martha Wainwright.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Ear Candy: Men in black are devoted to country -- and putting on a show
Ear Candy: Brent Amakar and the Rodeo put on a winning honky-tonk spectacle.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Leonard Cohen is back on the road in the U.S.
The day after his first American concert in more than 15 years, Leonard Cohen sat in a Manhattan hotel suite warily submitting to an interviewer's questions.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Best Bet: Singer-songwriter Matt Wertz
Best Bet for music: Singer-songwriter Matt Wertz.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Register for Pop Conference at EMP/SFM
Registration is now open for the 2009 Pop Conference April 16-19 at the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Musicians seek money for radio broadcasts
Sheryl Crow, will.i.am, Herbie Hancock and other entertainers are asking Congress to force radio stations to pay them when their music is broadcast.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Music review: The Soundtrack of Our Lives' double album
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Kitchener - Waterloo Record |
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Music review: Raul Malo is bueno on new album 'Lucky One'
Raul Malo
Kitchener - Waterloo Record |
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Kurt Masur and Cleveland Orchestra produce memorable Beethoven
Sigi TischlerKurt Masur is in town this weekend conducting the Cleveland Orchestra in works by Beethoven and Janacek's "Taras Bulba." What: Kurt Masur conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in works by Beethoven and Janacek. When: 8 p.m. today and Saturday and...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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Double albums are a rare breed these days, but Swedish sextet the Soundtrack of Our Lives (TSOOL for short) has never been known to shy away from ambitious noodling and psychedelic rock 'a' thons.
Brandon Sun |
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A scholarship benefit and 'all that jazz' comes to Cambridge Saturday
Jazz fans and the just plain curious will amble to the Elks on Saturday for an evening of cool music, as nationally known musicians heat up the s
The Daily Jeffersonian |
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Article: Weird + Small Apps: Wheels on the Bus, Touch + Music Apps, Tallymander, vCarder + Dumb Detector Apps
As we’ve selected nine recent iPod touch and iPhone apps for this week’s installment of Weird + Small Apps, we’re dividing it up into three sections: “Light Fun,” “Small Apps,” and “Dumb Apps.” The one clear winner in this week’s roundup is the well-developed educational app Wheels on the Bus; the rest of the apps range from nice but nichey to bizarre little wastes of dollar bills. Titles…
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Rocky Mountain News publishes last edition
Questions about the future of the Rocky Mountain News had become so common, the newspaper's staff put up a handwritten paper sign on the news desk that said, "We don't know.''
Toronto Star |
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Lounge music and good food at Eddie V’s, Tre Amici
BUD KENNEDY Music with dinner must be making a comeback. For years, most dining rooms with a band have been in country clubs, unless you count old standbys such as the nightly jazz at Sardines in Fort Worth. But two of the region’s most prominent new restaurants also feature lounge music — and not just any lounge music. W.T. Greer , still remembered as the lounge singer in the Library Bar at ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Kirsty's dreams are coming true
With her second album just out on the shelves, and a comprehensive Australian tour planned for 2009, all of country music starlet Kirsty Lee Akers' dreams are coming true.
North Queensland Register |
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MGMT 'insulted' by euro1 offer from Sarkozy's party
UU.S. indie band MGMT has threatened to sue French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party for repeatedly using one if its hit songs without permission, unless the band is fully compensated for its use.
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The Roots hope to flower on Jimmy Fallon's show
'Late Night' finds its musical Roots
Newsday |
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Profile: Harvey Goldsmith
The music impresario can do museums too Rowena Mason finds.
Daily Telegraph |
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Our Health: Louder and louder world harms our hearing
So much noise. Rock concerts. Traffic. IPods. Always something in your ear. Until nature demands silence.
PhysOrg |
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Lily Allen to Quit Music?
Attention Lily Allen fans: Enjoy the Brit singer while you can -- she might not be making music much longer. Allen, who's on the cover of SPIN's February issue , told MTV.com that following her U.S. tour in support of her sophomore album, It's Not Me, It's You , her future plans are far from firm: "I couldn't tell you if I'm going to make another record, because I don't know if I'm ...
Spin |
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Celebrating London's (Hi)Story
Expect a whole lot more of this sort of thing / image author's own Boris Johnson was at Hampton Court this morning to hobnob with a bunch of Tudors and launch the “Story of London” , a month long celebration of the city's past, present and future (or so the GLA tells us) happening in June. There's going to be a jazz and film weekend, linking with Ronnie Scott's, and the BFI ...
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