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West Africa's music enchants the West
Bluesy, trancelike melodies pull in wider audiences in the US and Europe, as the music's exotic rhythms move mainstream.
The Christian Science Monitor |
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Julia Brownley Talks to Supporters
The music in the background was classic rock and the refreshments included vodka and pear martinis. But most of those in attendance at Saturday’s fundraiser for Assemblywoman Julia Brownley were asking for ordinary red wine or soda water.
Santa Monica Mirror |
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Pakistani Taliban orders music, drug outlets to close
Pakistani Taliban militants Thursday gave music shop owners and drug dealers a 10-day deadline to close down or face the consequences, local officials and residents said. Using megaphones, the hard-line Islamist rebels drove through Mir Ali town in the semi-autonomous tribal region of North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan to deliver the warning, they said.
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Rocking For The Arts
Jackson Browne, local band Venice and the legendary Heart took the stage at Santa Monica High School’s Barnum Hall last Saturday night to raise funds for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s arts programs.
Santa Monica Mirror |
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Campbell: New on CD June 6
Leave it to Cyndi Lauper to take an f-word-laced song about inequality and make it uplifting. That’s just what she does with the dance anthem “Same Ol’ Story,” a track on her new “Bring Ya to the Brink” that filters the frustration of repression through the spiraling arch of heavy electronic programming.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Raveonettes, Autolux, Little Ones Make Music in SoCal
Come June 21, the neighborhoods of Pasadena will be overrun by the likes of the Raveonettes, Autolux, the Little Ones, Dengue Fever, Nortec Collective, Kinky, Jesca Hoop, and a grand cast of others who will rock the California city for the low low price of nothing.
Pitchfork |
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Music: Haley Bonar -- Darling one
Haley Bonar's time may come with her new album "Big Star," a title that isn't as misleading as she'd like to think.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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— Jim Millican
Duffy is a retro-soul singer much heralded by the style-conscious Brit music machine.
Uptown Magazine |
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Classical concerts
Arizona Symphonic Winds — Morris K. Udall Park Amphitheater, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road. Under the direction of László Veres, 65 volunteers perform classical, pop, show tunes and marches. All ages. 7 p.m. June 7. Free. 837-8079.
Arizona Daily Star |
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PNOscan(TM) Chosen for Use at Telluride Jazz Celebration
QRS Music Technologies, Inc. (169264;OTC:QRSM), a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of
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Festivals, events
Psychic Fair — Windmill Suites at St. Philip's Plaza, 4250 N. Campbell Ave. Readings, healings and vendors. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 8. Free admission; readings $20. 742-9905.
Arizona Daily Star |
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Fans continue to arrive for BamaJam
Traffic is not heavy but is picking up, as music fans began arriving en mass Thursday afternoon for the BamaJam Arts & Music Festival in rural Coffee County. The 650-plus capacity RV park is almost a sea of campers, tents, motor homes and vehicles, as officials said close to 500 spots were filled by Thursday morning.
Dothan Eagle |
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Jazz, World, Rock, Country concerts
Casbah Teahouse Restaurant Music Performances — Casbah Teahouse Restaurant, 628 N. Fourth Ave. Includes world, blues and rock music. June 5: Chet Gardner and Amber Gaia. June 7: Love Craft June 11: Kathleen Williamson. June 12: Geo. All ages. 8-10 p.m. Free. 740-0393.
Arizona Daily Star |
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Charley Pride promises 110-per-cent performance in North Bay
NORTH BAY – The city’s Memorial Gardens will be the scene of an evening of good old country music and southern hospitality on June 17 when the legendary Charley Pride makes a one night stop on his 40th anniversary tour of Canada.
Almaguin News |
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Pittsburgh's Point Park emerges as top-notch theater school
When actress and Tony Award-winning choreographer Ann Reinking was thinking about an idea for a short ballet about two piano keys falling in love, she chose a small, not-so-well-known university in this city to try it out.
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Local Music: Giving Epic a live music foundation
The former home of the Quest will rock again, but with some changes.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Nadja Radiance of Shadows / Guilted by the Sun
When Toronto electro-metal duo Nadja are at the height of their powers, the entire world feels as if it could collapse beneath the pressure of a manipulated guitar, a drum machine, a bass, and two bent voices.
Pitchfork |
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Hockey Night In Canada to ditch famous theme, says composer's agency
TORONTO - The famous Hockey Night in Canada theme that has introduced thousands of great games over the years may not be heard again when the puck drops next season.
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News |
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Suoni per il Popolo festival
), and then for an LP due to arrive this October on Alien8. No details there quite yet, but, um, swoon!
Pitchfork |
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PNOscan(TM) Chosen for Use at Telluride Jazz Celebration
NAPLES, Fla.----QRS Music Technologies, Inc. , a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of pianos, piano-based audio and multimedia products, music and piano accessories, today announced that PNOscan™, an optical recording device that provides connectivity to acoustic pianos, will be used by musicians playing at the upcoming prestigious Telluride Jazz Celebration during their ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Man gets 8 years for robbing uncle's store in Red Bank
A Bronx, N.Y. man was sentenced to eight years in prison for robbing his uncle's music store in Red Bank, authorities said. The 19-year-old man's accomplice, also from the Bronx, was sentenced to ten years behind bars for his role in the December robbery at Poncenos Record Shop on Shrewsbury Avenue. The men were sentenced last week by state Superior Court Judge Francis P. DeStefano, sitting in ...
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King rturns to Indianola
Mickey Rogers had plans to play a blues festival in California this weekend. Then his old friend B.B. King asked if he wanted to share the stage at Friday's B.B. King Homecoming Festival in Indianola. Rogers cancelled the trip to California.
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Less than a year ago, the rapper Master P (real name: Percy Miller) probably wouldn't have been the man to deliver a positive message to Memphis' inner city youth. Last September, however, Miller dropped a bombshell during a congressional hearing on rap music when he apologized for the negative effect his lyrics may have had on society.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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McNay will be back, buzzing
A jazz concert, puppet show, films, children's stories, plein-air painters, classical music and artist talks are all part of the grand opening this weekend for the McNay Art Museum's Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions.
San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5 |
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After a 4-year absence, Ashanti makes a comeback
Ashanti was one of music's hottest stars, with two multiplatinum albums and a Grammy under her belt, until her third disc, 2004's "Concrete Rose," landed like a brick on the music charts.
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