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Music Review: Rustic Overtones - Light at the End
The songs are diverse, running the gamut of sound from straightforward rock songs to sweeping ballads that seem destined for outdoor concerts under moonlit skies. The fastest-selling local disc ever in the great state of Maine is Rustic Overtones’ latest, Light at the End. Marking the first album put out by the jazz/rock/funk band since their 2002 breakup, Light at the End is a vivacious and ...
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A new Boston: Ottawa Hills native Tom Scholz rallies to keep the music coming
Thirty-two years ago Tom Scholz and company sang about being "just another band...
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West End Events
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT $"/> $"/>Schulich School of Music: Free Doctoral lecture-recital by Stacie Lightner, organ, on June 18 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, 137 President Kennedy Ave., near Place des Arts metro. Info: 514-398-4547.
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Man About Town: How does local music fest shape up against Spoleto?
It's impossible to attend even one Spoleto show without being aware of the festival's impressive reach and infrastructure.
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Arts & Entertainment to-do list: June 12-19
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Children's Groups Weigh In on FCC Indecency Case
Children's-advocacy groups weighed in on the FCC's Supreme Court appeal of its indecency finding against swearing on Fox's Billboard Music Awards, saying that too broad a decision could hurt kids.
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Biography
Producer Jason Miles has achieved as much success as anyone could hope to achieve as a jazz composer, arranger, keyboardist and synthesizer programmer.
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It's not a big dog, it's a bear in Somers
SOMERS - Residents of the Shenorock section of Somers are reporting their own sightings of a black bear, a day or so after one was spotted in nearby Putnam County.
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The Big Payback: Brown's Family Feuds Over Estate
James Brown's sequin jumpsuits and piano go on sale, but who gets the money?
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Yangaroo and Universal Canada extend agreement for use of DMDS
YANGAROO Inc., the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, announced that it has extended its agreement with Universal Music Canada, the country's leading music company, for distribution of promotional music to radio via YANGAROO'S Digital Media Distribution System .
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Good music isn't the only reason people flock to the 'Country Jam'
Providing flavors that cannot be found on any breakfast table, the Country Jam concert series in Blacksburg has made a name for itself among music enthusiasts. Beginning as a reason to prove a friend wrong, the concert series has blossomed over the past four years.
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Tami Spann, member of Tri-City Singers, will conduct Shady Grove Praise Singers' music workshop June 14
Tami Spann, a singer with Donald Lawrence's Tri-City Singers, will conduct a music workshop at Shady Grove Baptist Church on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. A $5 donation is requested to cover cost of materials.
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Anything goes at the Fringe
The St. Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival plans to celebrate its 18th birthday with a big bash. $"/> $"/>The uncensored festival once again showcases independent theatre, dance and music with more than 700 performances (June 12-22) in venues on and around St. Laurent Blvd.
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IB3, of Mathew Knowles' Music World Entertainment, Debuts Video For "Your Fault"
IB3, a 21-year-old female rapper born and raised in the Third Ward, debuted her first video, "Your Fault," online resulting in immediate fan reaction. The raw feeling video has received over 7,000 views in under a week. The first 2,000 views were captured in the first 24 hours following release.
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Lincoln Park to Graduate 59 in Commencement Exercises June 14
Some 59 seniors will march down the aisle as Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School holds its second-ever graduation ceremonies this Saturday, June 14, at 2 p.m. in the main theater.
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June 11, 2008
The O’Connor clan -- a tribute to the non-dysfunctional family -- said this week it will continue to operate the 1856 Country Store at 555 Main St., a longstanding icon of mom-and-pop entrepreneurship that for 31 years under the O’Connor stewardship cured many a sweet tooth with the Rx of old-fashioned penny candy and assorted goodies.
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Emmylou Harris: All That I Intended To Be
At 61, and coming to grips with mortality and the changes wrought by time, American roots music star Harris entrusts the production of her first album in five years to Canadian expat Brian Ahern, who produced her first 11 recordings and was her second husband.
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Just like millions of Americans in flyover country gather to watch American Idol , families in India gather round the tube to watch Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (which is Indian the equivalent of "do-re-me"), where their amateurs compete for fame unthinkable.
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Kansas City is hopping this weekend
There’s jazz, blues, rhythm and ribs at 18th and Vine, Scottish Highland Games, dragon boats roaring down Brush Creek, fabric acrobatics, and a fashion show in the Crossroads Art District are among the highlights of the many things to do this weekend in Kansas City.
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Lloyd Webber's Tell Me On a Sunday to Make Chicago Debut Aug. 11-Sept. 7
Bailiwick Repertory, in association with Blue Moon Studio Theater, will present the Chicago premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman musical Tell Me On a Sunday, opening Aug. 11.
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The traditional rock band, songwriting equilibrium usually breaks down into one of two situations.
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S.C. Arts Commission Awards $253,869 to Greenville County arts organization
The South Carolina Arts Commission has awarded $253,869 to Greenville County Arts Organizations and schools for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
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Turtle Island Quartet swings at USF
Stringing jazz along with classically informed compositions.... By Eric Snider.The concert was billed as "The Turtle Island Quartet performs A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane." I attended the show, held at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, with a measure of curiosity and no small amount of skepticism. I wondered: How could a classical string quartet do justice to Coltrane? Even ...
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Pearl Jam brings its grunge to the Forum
By Eric Snider.No one who was there will ever forget Pearl Jam's Bay area debut at Jannus Landing in the early-'90s, what with Eddie Vedder climbing and jumping into the crowd and the band ferociously pumping out songs from its debut album, Ten. It was the epitome of concert catharsis. That gig made me a fan for life. In the many years since, Pearl Jam has emerged as the only surviving band ...
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Ingrid Michaelson, Melissa Etheridge
Plus Less Than Jake... By Wade Tatangelo.THURSDAY, JUNE 12 INGRID MICHAELSON w/GREG LASWELL Cool-voiced singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson shot from obscurity to semi-stardom with no help from a major label last year when the New Yorker's agreeable, somewhat humorous, hand-clap-enhanced folk ditty "The Way I Am" landed on an episode of Grey's Anatomy and an Old Navy TV ad campaign. Heard it? ...
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