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Black Music Month celebration returns
After a several-year hiatus, Forward Vision will bring back the annual summer Black Music Month celebration at McCullough Park on June 20-22. The celebration kicks off June 20 at 6:30 with a fun walk, scavenger hunt, Bid Wiz tournament, movie in the park and music.
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Musicians union sues `American Idol' producers
LOS ANGELES June 13, 2008, 07:04 am ET · A musicians union has filed a federal lawsuit against the producers of "American Idol," claiming musicians were underpaid because the show's live music was re-recorded for reruns.
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Radio host to hit stage at Riverfest
Most people know Jeremy Lesley as a radio morning show personality, but the 33-year-old hopes that after Saturday night more people know him as an up-and-coming country music star.
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New Kaleo Agsalda CD worth a listen
Kaleo Agsalda is a singer, guitarist, 'ukulele player and teacher. Since 2006, he's been a voice and guitar instructor at William Daquioag's Performing Artist Academy in Kapolei (the school where Jasmine Trias earlier learned her vocal chops from Daquioag, who is a member of the Society of Seven Las Vegas).
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'80s music is coming back, big time, at Aloha Tower
What is it with the music of the '80s? While most music from eras past is busy fading away and taking its place among the seldom heard and never seen, the decade of cheesy pop and power ballads just keeps hanging on.
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After Hours: Nightspotting
FRIDAY THE 13TH ROCK SHOW, rock. Jason hockey mask not required, we think. 8 p.m. today, Anna Bannana's. 21/older. 946-5190.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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OnMilwaukee.com Weekend Preview: June 13-15
This weekend, head out on the town and enjoy some live music, a cold drink, a church festival or even some shopping. And don't forget, Father's Day is Sunday.
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What's Up!
Got a case of the summertime blues?
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Busts, babes in bikinis and Bonnaroo: Links for Friday
The music has begun!
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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TS-409 Pro Turbo NAS Review
The TS-409 Pro Turbo NAS has the potential to be a really useful storage system, both for business users who need secure data backup features, and for home users who may simply need extra storage for their ever-increasing collections of digital music, photo and video files.
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Freshly Dipped Hip-Hop
Indie hip-hop collective Hiero Imperium is celebrating its 10th anniversary by staging a 45-date "Freshly Dipped Tour" featuring Hieroglyphics and Blue Scholars . The tour will celebrate not just the music but other facets of hip-hop culture and lifestyle.
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St. Mary students enjoy Hawaiian luau with studies
"Aloha" was the word of the day on Friday, May 19, at St. Mary Catholic School. The fourth grade had an opportunity to celebrate Hawaiian culture by attending a luau. They enjoyed traditional Hawaiian foods, such as pulled pork and fresh pineapples, while listening to the beat of Polynesian music in the background. The students also learned a few native Hawaiian phrases, discussed important ...
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Hydetown festival kicks off today with fish fry
HYDETOWN — Great food, live music, games, a parade and fireworks take center stage starting today as the community gathers for some hometown fun that helps to support the volunteer fire department.
The Meadville Tribune |
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Brad Paisley twangs up Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Country superstar Brad Paisley is the reigning Country Music Association and Academy of Country vocalist of the year, but the singer has consistently lost out to fellow country star Kenny Chesney for both organizations entertainer of the year award, which Chesney has had a stranglehold on for four years running.
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Band leader Danny Davis dies at 83
NASHVILLE — Danny Davis, a Grammy-winning band leader and record producer who blended swing music with a country style, died Thursday, his publicist said. He was 83.
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A song for change: Local girl's meaningful words raise money for students
She and her classmates also sang her song at the celebration; at a school assembly attended by delegates from Santo Tomas; and at an Olympia High School diversity forum at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Dallyn also sang at a talent show at Mariah Arts School and at her church.
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A song for change: Local girl's meaningful words raise money for students
How did an 8-year-old come to write and record a song about how children can make a difference in the world? A song that has raised money to make a difference for children in Nicaragua?
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Angola: Cult - Road Show Festival Closes Saturday At Karl Marx Cinema
The singers Anselmo Ralph, Paul G and the band Zona 5 will close on Saturday, in Karl Marx cinema, the festival "Road Show Blue", promoted by the soft-drinks producing firm Refriango, ANGOP has learnt.
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50 local and international nominees to be honoured at MTV Asia Awards
The MTV Asia Awards 2008 is back and it is bigger, better and bolder. Counting down to the Awards show in Genting on 2 August, MTV has unveiled more than 50 local and international nominees that will be honoured at Asia’s biggest pan-regional music event.
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British men are masters of music fibs
London, June 12 : It seems that British men are big fibbers, when it comes to revealing the songs in their music collection.
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Lady virtuoso 'sings' like a bird
Her music is as lovely as a song sung by a pretty bird. Of course, birds don't actually "sing," and neither does Kimiko Wakiyama. Like a bird, she whistles. In fact she's a champion whistler, who won the women's crown at the 2007 International Whistlers Convention (IWC 2007) in North Carolina. On the heels of her recently released debut album, "The Whistling Paradise" (April 23, Victor ...
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6/13/2008
Annual Greek Festival and Flea Market is here again at the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Yonkers. From 5 p.m.-midnight, festivities include games, food, music and traditional greek dancing performances. Celebration continues same time June 14 and from noon-11 p.m. June 15. Free admission and fun for the whole family. 15 Leroy Ave. 914-963-3638.
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Nightlife: Sunday through Thursday
SUNDAY APACHE PIER, 497-6486. 9700 Kings Road, Myrtle Beach. Karaoke with Chris, 8-11 p.m. Variety. $3 THE BOWERY, 626-3445. 110 Ninth Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. Double Shot. Southern rock, country. 8:30 p.m.-midnight. No cover. BROADWAY LOUIE'S, 445-6885. Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach, Jake's All Star Karaoke, 9 p.m. Variety. No cover.
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Lee "Scratch" Perry "The Mighty Upsetter"
British dub pioneer Adrian Sherwood says in the press release for "The Mighty Upsetter" that it is Lee "Scratch" Perry's best album in decades — and it's hard to disagree with him. They key factor in its success is that notorious nutcase Perry (playing at Fuji Rock Festival this year, as is Adrian Sherwood) seems to have kept his head together to a certain degree. Of course, the record is still ...
The Japan Times |
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World Beat 2008
If New York City was the world, then the borough of Brooklyn would be Global Bohemia, the place where undiscovered international creative forces meet, get drunk together and make art. In terms of music, no Brooklyn indie band personifies this idea better than Gogol Bordello, the "gypsy punk" collective whose members hail from Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Africa — and even the United States. But as ...
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