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Chesnutt still rollin’ with the country flow
I guess it’s official: Mainstream country music is missing in action so far this summer.
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'A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM'
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is essentially a small show with one set that never changes and more than a dozen pleasant but hardly blockbuster songs. But the show's comic ambitions are enormous and Music Theatre of Wichita's version under producing artistic director Wayne Bryan provides a veritable valentine to vaudeville with a catalog of bits, shtick and every ...
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Quiett riot
T erry Quiett's music career began to blossom when he left Colorado to attend Southwestern College in the late 1980s. As a singer-songwriter, he played solo acoustic shows in intimate settings such as bookstores. After five years of that, he decided he was ready to stretch himself as a member of a group. "It was getting a little lonely," Quiett said. "I was doing a lot of traveling and ...
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Accolades: June 6
Jaron Judd of Vernon received a Texas State Elks Association scholarship. Judd plans to attend the University of North Texas and pursue a degree in music and education.
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Next in Music: June 6
June 3: Various artists, “Now That’s What I Call Music! 28”; Weezer, “Weezer (blue album)”; Jewel, “Perfectly Clear”; Ashanti, “The Declaration”; Disturbed, “Indestructible”; Gavin Rossdale, “Wanderlust”; Chris Brown, “Exclusive — The Forever Edition”; Peter Cincotti, “East of Angel Town”; Wayman Tisdale, “Rebound”; Aimee Mann, “@#%&*! Smilers”; Journey, “Revelation”; Sam Phillips, “Don’t Do ...
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Drama students cop awards
COMMERCIAL TWP. -- Commercial Township students of music teacher Walter Webster won big time at a recent middle school competition at the Bucks County Playhouse, in New Hope, Pa.
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'Oh, Boy!' Buddy Holly lives
Wichita native John Mueller, who brings his "Winter Dance Party" concert to town Saturday, has been re-creating the legendary 1950s rocker Buddy Holly on stage for about a dozen years now. He's wowed audiences from London to Canada and even to Holly's hometown in Lubbock, Texas, and has won awards for his uncanny channeling of the lanky bespectacled rocker, who died in a 1959 plane crash along ...
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Briefly, June 6
Auditions will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday for the Royal Theater’s summer musical, “Funny Girl.” The Royal Theater arts center is on the courthouse square in Archer City.
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Jessica Simpson 'nervous' about country album
The as-yet-untitled record marks a change in musical direction for Jessica, 27, and she is worried about how her fans will react to the new sound.
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Clapton buys Cape artist's glasswork creation
BOSTON — Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton found "something special" by a Cape artist and purchased it from a Newbury Street gallery this week.
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Upcoming concerts hit U. City, Fairmount
Have some down time between now and the start of summer term? Want to discover some new musical artists, or see the bands you've been reading about on every music blog known to mankind? Have limited amounts of money to spend on entertainment? Then the University City and Fairmount vicinities of Philadelphia are the places for you to be this June with several local, national and international ...
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DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
THE Ministry of Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage told the Dewan Negara that there are 915 cultural clubs in the country actively promoting traditional culture and arts with a participation from 27,727 people.
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Kids
Little League Fun Night, food, games, dunk tank, music and fun for all ages. Little League Field, Hoyt Street, Courtdale. Tonight at 6. 690-4350.
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'Once' celebration of street music
"Once" upon a time there was a film filled with remarkable music. It was street-smart and set mostly in the streets of Dublin. And it won an Oscar.
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New youth activism group plans first 'Endless Summer Fest'
DAYTONA BEACH -- That John Lennon guy wasn't the only one who knows something about using music to motivate people.
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Restored piano highlight of Saturday concert
When Michael Rickman plays the opening notes at his Saturday recital at Hopkins Hall in Lake Helen, more than music by Chopin, Liszt, Brahms and Ravel will be featured.
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‘Vanities’ finds its way to Broadway
NEW YORK — “Vanities,” Jack Heifner’s tale of three young women and how they grew up, was one of the biggest off-Broadway success stories of the 1970s. Now a musical based on the long-running comedy is bound for Broadway.
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Stage
Honky Tonky Angels, a country-western musical about three southern women from diverse backgrounds who dream of becoming country western stars. Performed by the Music Box Repertory Company at the Music Box Dinner Theater, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. Tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m. Dinner served 90 minutes before showtime. 283-2195.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday Bikers Edge Birthday Celebration, music by Twist of Fate and Banned, calendar girls, prizes, Orange County Learjet Chopper on display, Ms. Bikers Edge Contest, Christian Motorcycle Association, American Legion Riders' Welcome Home flag-signing, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Bikers Edge, 1201 E. Central. Free admission. Information, 316-267-6677. Benefit Concert and Dinner for the Walton ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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LOCAL MUSIC: After more than a decade the VSS's landmark album "Nervous Circuits" is finally available again
It seems strange in retrospect, but the attention the post-Nirvana record label scramble for the "next big thing" brought to underground music nearly killed it.
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Concerts
Nanticoke City Music Fest, 11th annual event with the Brad Crum Elvis Tribute, a Rolling Stones tribute by Philadelphia-based band Shattered, Lee Alverson’s Elton John Show, the Starfires with Eddie Day, the Cadillacs and M-80. Also: strolling magicians, games, rides, pierogi-eating, jitterbug and hula-hoop contests. Patriot Park, Nanticoke. Tonight through Sunday from 5 to 10 p.m. 735-2800.
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From Presley to pierogies?
If you’d like to experience some Elvis tunes, maybe some Billy Joel or Elton John, and an evening of Rolling Stones-style rock ’n’ roll, all in one place, over the course of one weekend, where would you go?
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Festival to be clear of debris, rubble
Despite torn up streets and sidewalks, city planners and engineers assure downtown Lafayette will be ready for Taste of Tippecanoe.
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Sights and sounds from the land of Scots
Greenville and Scotland are separated by an ocean, but this weekend that distance will be bridged, at least in spirit. The third annual Greater Greenville Scottish Games and Highland Festival gets going with a parade and concert in downtown Greenville tonight. Then, on Saturday, there's a whole day of activities at Furman.
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BEST BETS
WORLD RHYTHMS Afro-beat band Afromotive is based in Asheville, but two of its members hail from the West African nation of Ivory Coast. Afromotive blends funk and jazz influences with the sounds of the African continent for a highly danceable groove. Afromotive will perform at 9 p.m. at the Handlebar. Tickets are $8 to $10. Call 233-6173.
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