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Sizzling lineup of soulful music
If you prefer your chicken, ribs, pecan pie, corn on the cob, grilled sausage and greens served with a heavy helping of funk and rhythm and blues, then the Soul Food Festival is just the ticket.
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Music
Emmanuel Jal was given his first AK-47 assault rifle before his tenth birthday, and went into battle not much later. Now this former Sudanese boy soldier turned rapper has just released his third studio album: “Warchild”.
Euronews |
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Italy Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde opens in Milan 13/12 13:26 CET
The Teatro alla Scala in Milan is staging a major production of Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. The epic opera of tragic love and partnerships has been credited with changing the way Western classical music was written, moving from traditional harmonies, to atonal works of the 20th century.
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Police seek stolen painting
HOPEDALE - According to the J. Paul Getty Museum's short biography of 17th-century Italian artist Guido Reni, "his graceful, classical style featured refined colors, delicate and varied flesh tones, soft modeling, and gentle emotion that owes a debt to Raphael's work."
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CD shows legend's skills as a pianist
PINETOP PERKINS'Pinetop Perkins and Friends'(Telarc)Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins turns 95 on July 7. A native of Belzoni, Miss., he's one of the last performing artists whose career bridges the raw, electric black music of the Delta in the 1940s with the birth of amplified blues in 1950s Chicago.
The Tuscaloosa News |
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Irish festival Saturday at FirstEnergy Park
LAKEWOOD: The 38th Annual Irish Festival will be held at FirstEnergy Park, New Hampshire Avenue, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival features music by Celtic Cross, Searson, New York Showband and Willie Lynch. It also will include a children's area, an Irish shopping village, step dancing and a bagpipe demonstration.
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YACHT presents music as live art
Some bands qualify as an audio-only treat, but YACHT is definitely not one of them. Formerly one-half of indie pop phenomena the Blow, Portland musician and multimedia artist Jona Bechtolt is as ambitious as ever.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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‘Change’ is here for LeRoy Bell
LeRoy Bell will celebrate the release of his new album, “A Change Is Coming,” Sunday evening at The Spar in Tacoma. But he expected it to be a bittersweet occasion in light of the loss of guitarist Rick Novito.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Life of labor makes a capital musical in 'The Hired Man'
Hardships rise as steadily as the mist over the rough English countryside, the setting for "The Hired Man" at 59E59 Theaters.
New York Daily News |
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Their sound is a Ting of beauty
The music of the Ting Tings pings around the speakers, all buzzing hooks and snapping rhythms. Well, not exactly all. You'll also find pert melodies and attitude galore in these tracks.
New York Daily News |
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Shostakovich charms and Gershwin glitters but Prokofiev is divine
Toronto Symphony Orchestra opens the final serious concert of its current season with a very light touch
The Globe and Mail |
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France
The 5th edition of music’s European Border Breakers Awards has been held in Cannes. Set up by the European Commission, the prizes go to those debut artists or bands who’ve sold the most albums within the EU, but outside their country’s borders.
Euronews |
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Music
In an exclusive interview with EuroNews, Philip Glass talks about the challenge of setting music to Leonard Cohen’s poetry – a collection, 20 years in the making, of some 167 poems and 43 original illustrations by Cohen himself. Glass was recently in Madrid where he performed at the Autumn Festival.
Euronews |
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Celebs are her bread 'n' butter, but she's no diva
MuchMusic VJ Sarah Taylor set to host her fourth MuchMusic Video Awards show
The Globe and Mail |
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Chaka Khan jets into Australia for shows
Grammy-award winning soul diva Chaka Khan has jetted into Australia for a lightning quick two-date tour this weekend. Khan flew in from Japan on Friday morning ahead of her first concert in Melbourne.
The West Australian |
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Music, folk tales mark Juneteenth in Leesburg
When the Southern slaves were freed, historical accounts say they danced and sang in the streets.
Orlando Sentinel |
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Lake County Community Notes
Get ready for some grape stomping, wine tasting, arts and crafts, wine tours, music and food at the Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards' 17th annual Harvest Festival this weekend. The event is in conjunction with the Hospice Foundation of Lake & Sumter Counties.
Orlando Sentinel |
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Berry Festival ripe for tomorrow
Petals from the Past nursery is holding its 6th annual Black and Blue Berry Festival this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Clanton Advertiser |
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Time to say hurray!
The summer break spells a time for fun and travel, especially for teenagers and children who get a much-needed respite from their books and importantly the heat. While many usually leave the country on vacation, there are those who prefer to stay back and enjoy the summer activities.
Khaleej Times |
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Battle of the Bands to be rescheduled
If you are wondering whether the city's Battle of the Bands concert is going to happen, after none of the performers showed up this past weekend, you are not the only one speculating the festival's fate.
The Desert Sun |
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Jason Mraz: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things
This week on Music Across Borders, American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz returns with his long-awaited third album titled “We Sing We Dance We Steal Things.”
Radio Singapore International |
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Rubberbandance heading to Carver
Flooding around Hancher Auditorium has moved Saturday’s Rubberbandance concert to Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen |
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Music camp to present concert
The Iowa Summer Music Camp at the University of Iowa will present a free large-ensembles concert at 1 p.m. Saturday at West High. Large ensembles include two student bands, one student orchestra and an adult band. Don Coffman, a professor of music education in the UI School of Music, will conduct.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen |
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Burdon's animal magnetism continues on
Eric Burdon was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a member of the The Animals, one of the seminal British Invasion groups of the 1960s.
The Desert Sun |
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Dance group's goal is to get children fit
Arms swayed in the air and feet stamped the ground to the sound of African drums coming from the Henry Miller Elementary School cafeteria June 6.
Los Banos Enterprise |
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