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Quick Hits: Janet Jackson, Duffy, Linkin Park, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Janet Jackson has rolled out fall tour plans in support of her latest album, Discipline . Ms. Jackson's Rock Witchu arena tour will begin September 10 in Vancouver and run through October 22 in Dallas.
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Why Borat is wrong about the Uzbeks
RIGA - Walk into the only Uzbek restaurant in Riga and you’re instantly transported to a land of spice and mystery. Scents of unfamiliar cuisine waft out of the kitchen, tempting you to take a seat. The music softly envelopes you as you fall into a relaxing trance.
Baltic Times |
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Playing a perfect note
The `Monday Night Jazz’ at the Olive Beach with the Maarten Visser Trio was a perfect note for the week to take off. The trio — Maarten Visser on the saxophone, Keith Peters on the bass guitar and Jeoraj George on the drums — played the finest of the pieces of jazz music on their playlist.
Deccan Herald |
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Columbia native’s film explores Seattle band, singer’s death
COLUMBIA — When Jessica Bender returns to her hometown of Columbia on Saturday, the Rock Bridge High School graduate will be showing a documentary at Ragtag Cinema that has been ...
Columbia Missourian |
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Marvelous food on deck in Newport
NEWPORT The Newport International Film Festival is in full swing through Sunday and there’s no better place to see and be seen, just like a movie star, than The West Deck restaurant overlooking Newport Harbor.
The Providence Journal |
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Feinstein's song collection to move to Carmel
CARMEL, Ind. - Pianist Michael Feinstein is moving his collection of American song artifacts to the new Regional Performing Arts Center in Carmel.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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3:50 p.m. Settlement reached with promotor of Godstock, tattoo convention
A Joplin man accused of promoting fraudulent concerts and events in Joplin and Kansas City will repay more than $28,000 to vendors, according to a consent agreement reached today.
The Joplin Globe |
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Bridge fest comes this Sunday
COVINGTON – If you shy away from the big local beer festivals, but prefer more family-friendly, history-oriented events, this weekend’s Roeblingfest may be for you.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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New Pornographers Confirm Lineup For New Festival
Don't expect the same crowd you find at Toronto's Everything To Do With Sex Show at Vancouver's New Pornographers ' festival this summer.
ChartAttack.com |
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The Killers Ask Mike Tyson To Duet At British Festivals
While the pairing of The Killers and former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson sounds odd at first, it might not be.
ChartAttack.com |
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Join Team Brick For A Game Of Volleyball!
Do It Strawberry Fields Festival…Maybe Forever? James River State Park ~ Saturday, July 19 - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Build your own boat and join Team Brick as they either go rollin down the river or they sink and swim! River Races, Car Show, Live Music and more at this family-friendly event!
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Luminato festival
Luminato -- Toronto's Festival of Arts and Creativity -- runs June 6 through 15. Stay with thestar.com/uminato for full coverage. Renegade choreographer Morris is aging gracefully Mark Morris, who directs one of the world's leading dance companies, is at once a traditionalist, working extensively in ballet and opera, and a renegade – still sexy, barefoot and bare-legged, and still prone to ...
Toronto Star |
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Comfortable Creeps
Where available/price: All Music Trader record shops for $8. Online at accesshiphop.com for $7 or iTunes for 99 cents a song.
San Diego Reader |
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Plymouth Rock Studios Launches ''Hollywood East'' Broadband Channel with New England Talent
PLYMOUTH, Mass.----The new digital channel "Hollywood East," goes live today on the web. The "Hollywood East" channel is a product of Plymouth Rock Studios which recently inked a deal with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for usage of the iconic "Hollywood" sign.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Students Islamic Organisation of India: Education awareness rally among the backward citizens of DG Halli, from Goa Garden to Modi Road, D J Halli 10 am.
Deccan Herald |
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Makeup, bared arms and an election: Is politics behind Kabul's ban on Indian soaps?
"I'm not the father," Mehir Verani exclaims, accusing his virtuous wife Tulsi of having their son by another man. Shocked, the beautiful woman throws her husband a tearful glance. The music peaks ... and an episode of Afghanistan's most popular soap opera ends, millions of viewers left hanging on for the next installment in a tale many have followed.
The Daily Star Lebannon |
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104: a new social contract for the arts?
There is an imagined space where all manner of art - from fashion, design and circus acts to music, dance, theater, film, writing, visual and fine arts and digital arts - come together in an organic relationship with both the neighborhood and the global communities. The space's creators envision studios.
The Daily Star Lebannon |
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Mountain Music Fest 'Jammed' With Drug Arrests
The Hunter Mountain "Mountain Jam Music Festival" is a 3-day outdoor musical festival featuring national bands and spotlighting local music artists, but state police say some festival-goers were there for more than good tunes.
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Frank Wess on deck
Frank Wess, the 86-year-old jazz master famed for his 1950s-1960s tenure with Count Basie, is best known as a never-stops-swinging tenor saxophonist and flutist.
The Star-Ledger |
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Memorial Day crowd salutes the fallen
Glen Ellyn's Memorial Day ceremony May 26 at Lake Ellyn Park combined stories of past and present to honor not only the men and women who have died serving our country, but those who put their lives at risk every day. Howard Chittenden, an 88-year-old World War II veteran and former POW, received a standing ovation for his address.
The Glen Ellyn Sun |
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Koomboka, Gwarimba to represent Zimbabwe
HARARE-based Gwarimba and the pride of Victoria Falls — Koomboka Band, will represent the country in the Music Crossroads Inter-regional finals slated for Malawi in August after they were crowned winners for the Zimbabwe chapter in the capital over the weekend.
The Herald |
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Crowds indulge in good Taste
Sunny skies and mild temperatures drew large crowds to the 27th annual Taste of Glen Ellyn last weekend. The three-day festival was sponsored by the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce and featured a mix of vendors from the village and neighboring communities "Things went extremely well this year," said Mike Formento, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. "We were very pleased with the ...
The Glen Ellyn Sun |
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Music Review: Rossdale's 'Wanderlust' hit-or-miss
Gavin Rossdale, "Wanderlust" (Interscope)
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Radiators to heat up the Narrows
The Radiators could only have come from New Orleans. Their mix of the dance music of the Crescent City with the rock, gospel, soul, blues and more from, well, everywhere else, is indicative of the New Orleans musical experience and, in many ways, the American one.
The Providence Journal |
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'YES' at Red Rocks CANCELLED
NEW YORK, NY, JUNE 4, 2008 -– Legendary rock band Yes announced today that the group will unfortunately be canceling their 2008 40th Anniversary Tour. The 26-city tour was scheduled to kick off in Quebec next month and run through the summer.
9 News Denver |
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