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Sara Bareilles' fairytale success
Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles talks about her barbed pop songs, and her struggle to get them made.
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Mumbai police arrest 69 Sikhs for ransacking MTV office
Local police in Mumbai arrested 69 members of the Sikhs community for their alleged attacks on the office of music channel MTV on Tuesday. They had been released on bail. Around 100 members of the Sikh community attacked the office ...
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Duffy wins Mojo song award
Welsh singer Duffy has won Mojo music magazine's song of the year award with hit single Mercy .
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'Seussical' makes for gargantuan entertainment
The only thing small about Springfield Little Theatre's dazzling new production of "Seussical The Musical" are the microscopic denizens of beloved author Theodore Geisel's speck-of-dust planet, Whoville.
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Daily Planner
ZooFEST, the annual children's entertainment festival, takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Dickerson Park Zoo, 1401 W. Norton Road. Activities include wandering magic by the Fishin' Magicians, tae kwon do demonstrations, face painting, animal enrichment demonstrations, Meet the Keeper chats and up-close animal encounters.
The Springfield News-Leader |
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Kodaikanal On Location [Gallery]
Have a look at the location stills of the film Kodaikanal, produced by Sri Swarnalakshmi Movies and the shooting is going on at a brisk pace now. Directed by Bose, the movie has music by Deva. Poorna plays a prominent role in the film.The audio release function was held on the 16th of June. Kamal Haasan released the first copy and Bharathiraja received it.
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Collecting MadVideos -- 'Who Loves the Sun' by Harmonious Wail
Sun worshipers can rejoice in the summer solstice this week, the light and heat of summer far removed from the frosty conditions of this past overlong winter. That was the setting, though, of a new music video featuring the gypsy jazz quartet Harmonious Wail covering the Velvet Underground tune 'quot;Who Loves the Sun.'quot;
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Employers told to pay for music
It is estimated that more than half a million businesses across the UK are playing music illegally but many of them don't even know it.
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Top Scoops
From the beginning, I have been one of those rare Americans who thought that if Barack Obama had gone to a Muslim school, it was probably a good thing. Unlike much of the country and almost all of the conventional media, I don't think being a Muslim is ...
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Universal Music Group (UMG) and Last.fm Partner for Music Videos
Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, and Last.fm, the fast-growing free global music Web site, today announced a new partnership that will make UMG's music video catalogue available for free-on-demand streaming to users of Last.fm.
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The next 'High School Musical'?
Disney is banking on 'Camp Rock' becoming a big hit. The original movie airs at 8 p.m. Friday.
The News Journal |
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Orchestra names v.p. for artistic planning
You didn't like that new score you heard Thursday night? Was there a guest conductor who put you over the moon, and whom you're eager to hear again?
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Lunch -- with a side of jazz
WILMINGTON -- Barbara Lee, 62, danced in the center of H.B. DuPont Park, an acoustic guitar and mellow vocals guiding her movements.
The News Journal |
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EMMYLOU HARRIS EXPLAINS WHAT SHE 'INTENDED'
THERE'S no mistaking an Emmylou Harris song. Whether it's an Appalachian ballad, some banjo-pickin' bluegrass or a wah-wah guitar-driven rocker, with her angelic voice, you can tell it's her.But Harris, performing tomorrow and Thursday at Town Hall...
New York Post |
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STILL PRETTY PUNK (FOR SOME AGING GUYS)
PUNK rock might be the soundtrack of disaffected youth, but that doesn't mean you're too old for it once you graduate from high school. Just ask Dexter Holland, lead singer of the multiplatinum SoCal punk band the Offspring. "For sure, punk rock...
New York Post |
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GOD SPELLED BACKWARD
ON any given Sunday at the Church of the Holy Trinity on the Upper East Side, the choir sings a melodic hymn while one congregant chimes in with an enthusiastic jangle of his collar.He's Music, a golden retriever and regular parishioner. And he's...
New York Post |
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THEY R.E.M.EMBER
IN the gap between the rage of punk and the reign of alternative music, R.E.M. was born. It was 1980 and the little band from Athens, Ga., discovered that jangly, ringing guitar riffs by Peter Buck hitched to the mysterious murmurings of singer...
New York Post |
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Riding the Wave
The music industry sees potential and profits in outdoor concerts like Baltimore's Virgin Festival I n the past few years, shrinking album sales and illegal downloads have shaken up the music industry. But after a downturn in the late '90s, live music festivals are once again flourishing - offering some hope for a struggling industry.
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INX Media to launch channels in West Asia
Peter Mukerjea promoted INX Media will soon launch its flagship television channels, the popular Hindi channel General Entertainment Channel (GEC) 9X and music entertainment channel 9XM in the Gulf region and other West Asian countries.
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Tower: a first among women
Hearing her music played is rewarding Joan Tower has run into a string of bad luck recently, which is unusual for her. She's the remarkably successful composer whose distinctions include the $200,000 Grawemeyer Award in Composition in 1990 (the first woman to receive that honor), and a Grammy this year for Best Classical Contemporary Composition - Made in America , on a Naxos recording that ...
Baltimore Sun |
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OUT THIS WEEK
BOOKS • Fearless Fourteen , Janet Evanovich: The "crazy fun" surrounding New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, according to Publishers Weekly , involves the kidnapping of a fading musician and an unlikely ransom: the $9 million stolen years before by the brother, who stashed it in an unknown location while he served time for the heist.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Music in the park
A MUSICAL extravaganza is set to kick-off with style this weekend. This years Music in the Parks is on Sunday, June 22, at Rothamsted Park in Harpenden.
St Albans Observer |
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Pompano Beach: Centennial celebration set for amphitheater on July 3
The city's centennial celebration will include an evening of history, dance and music at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater July 3.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Uganda: Government Should Protect Musicians
MUSIC piracy refers to any form of unauthorised duplication and or distribution of music, including downloading, file sharing, and CD-burning. Copying music amounts to stealing. It is illegal and the consequences are the same for any other form of theft.
AllAfrica.com |
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LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Duffy won MOJO music magazine’s song of the year award on Monday with hit single "Mercy", while Australian rockers Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds claimed the best album prize for "Dig, Lazarus Dig!!!".
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