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After music stops, the 'End of Time' quartet lingers
It is not often that one item so dominates a concert that one almost forgets the rest of the program. On the other hand, it is not often that we are privileged to hear a work as powerful as Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time."
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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DON NOBLE: Greenhaw explores country music in novel
Wayne Greenhaw, a native Tuscaloosan, has been writing about Alabama in books of fiction and nonfiction since the publication of his first novel, 'The Golfer,' at the age of 27. Now, 18 books later, after nonfiction works on the My Lai massacre, the Montgomery bus boycott, drug smuggling, and the Southern Republican party, a handful of novels and...
The Tuscaloosa News |
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Brevard Music Center season schedule
This year, Brevard Music Center will celebrate its 72nd season of teaching gifted young musicians. Four hundred of the most talented students in the world will join Brevard's artist faculty to present more than 80 concerts. The 2008 season will run Friday, June 27 through Sunday, Aug. 10.The following performance will be held this summer:
The Hendersonville Times-News |
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The hunt for the perfect instrument
Katie Hafner's suggestively titled book – A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano – is like an executive summary for which someone has condensed all the need-to-know information into a tidy package.
Toronto Star |
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Music on Main series continues
The Music On Main Street concert series will continue from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. The featured the group of the evening will be the NightCrawlers, a four-piece Asheville based band, playing blues, soul and rock and roll material. The NightCrawlers feature guitar, sax, keyboards, bass and drums, which provides a rock solid sound along with powerful...
The Hendersonville Times-News |
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Marcus Miller's fender bender
Noted as a producer, arranger and composer for his associations with the likes of Miles Davis and Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller is also a skilled multi-instrumentalist adept in pop, soul, R&B and jazz.
Toronto Star |
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Plate ride could be Clark's swan song
This is a tragic story in which there can be no winners, only sadness, guilt and regret; the haunting fallout from a severe error in judgment.
Toronto Star |
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Family and Kids
Target Family Days The targeted cultural theme of R&B and soul will round out this month's event with music, children's performers, hands-on activities, storytelling and more.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Garage Band Idol
Let us listen to your original song, and we'll tell you if it sucks or not
Toronto Sun |
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Jay-Z: 'Glastonbury row is ridiculous'
Rap superstar Jay-Z has defended his controversial forthcoming appearance at legendary music festival Glastonbury - branding the furore around his headlining slot "ridiculous".
world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Cleveland Museum of Art prepares to come back on view
UPDATED: 04 :32 a.m. EDT, June 22, 2008 Chuck Yarborough becomes a Fortney & Weygandt field superintendent. Talk arts, movies, music, dining and more!
The Plain Dealer |
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Critics' best bets for Sunday
SUNDAY, JUNE 22 The St. Louis Jewish Film festival opens at Plaza Frontenac, at Clayton Road and Lindbergh Boulevard, with screenings of “Sixty-Six” at 4:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Sunday. $15. 314-442-3179. or www.stljewishfilmfestival.org.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Living History Kutztown Folk Festival Music And Such Pa. German Arts And Crafts
When the festival began more than half a century ago, its founders wanted to introduce and immerse visitors in Pennsylvania German culture. They wanted them to eat their food, play their instruments and hear their stories. Fifty-eight years later, the event still aims to educate while entertaining. Here are a few highlights.
The Morning Call |
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Supergrass has cheeky release with 'Diamond Hoo Ha'
Whatever happened to music that's irreducibly English: Brit pop of the original brash and cheeky order?Good thing acts like Supergrass continue to provide it with characteristic panache.
New York Daily News |
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Ringo's All-Starr Band has some familiar faces
If it's an even-numbered year, it must be time for another All-Starr Band tour - and sure enough, here comes Ringo Starr, one of rock 'n' roll's most popular characters and finest drummers, still out there delivering the hits.
New York Daily News |
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Adam Yauch trades hip hop for hip hoops
As one-third of the pioneering hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch has been making music with the group for almost 30 years - and directing the band's videos for almost that long. So it's no surprise that Yauch has made a move into film.
New York Daily News |
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Call or e-mail our newsroom
at (205) 755-5747. June 22: Rocky Mount United Methodist Church invites the community to join them at 5 p.m. in Family Life Center as the Rocky Mount and Mt. Pisgah United Methodist youth groups come together in a friendly competition of "Does Granny Know Her Bible?"
Clanton Advertiser |
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Build a clay sculpture
Ceramic League of Miami Classes: The organization offers a variety of classes in hand-building and sculpture plus wheel classes, in which students can center clay to produce cups, bowls, vases, platters and teapots. Registration is open; most classes are held Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. For a list of classes, call 305-233-2404 or go to ceramicleaguemiami.org.
Miami Herald |
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Montville July 4 celebration to feature fireworks, carnival, Rock 'n' Roll Magic
MONTVILLE -- This year's annual fireworks display in the township is expected to be "the best ever," according to July 4th Chairman Irwin Paster.
Daily Record |
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"Censorship" squabble sours performing-arts convention' finale
John Moore's column: The National Performing Arts Convention ended with departing delegates praising Denver for its friendliness and weather. But the quadrennial confab also ended in a controversy that some are predicting — on and off the record — may doom it.
Denver Post |
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New generation plans dissent
A nude-in with bare bodies arranged to spell "PEACE," traffic- stopping bike blockades, music with a message. Civil disobedience, direct confrontation, radical cheerleading.
Denver Post |
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Jazz fest lives up to its name
Just before the jazz concert began in Aspen’s Rio Grande Park on Thursday, there were empty parking spaces just three blocks from the tent. A light crowd was mingling on the festival grounds as Bebel Gilberto and her silky band took the stage at 7:30 p.m. to begin a delightful summer hour of music.
Aspen Daily News |
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Yung Berg rocks Juneteenth Festival
TUPELO - The ninth annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival was filled with plenty of fun, food and music. It kicked off with a Juneteenth Freedom Festival 3.2K Health Awareness Walk in the morning at Ballard Park in Tupelo.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal |
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Island welcomes new entertainment
Upcoming entertainment in the Island Park series will consist of Zindaband on Tuesday, June 24 (rock); Island City Dance on Wednesday, June 25 (dancing); and The Third Person on Thursday, June 26 (country/bluegrass). All entertainment begins at 7 p.m. and is, as always, free.
Eaton Rapids Community News |
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Try taking a little vacation right here in your own backyard
See a replica of the first locomotive to run in the country. Hike miles of trail along a pristine river. View exquisite decorative glass made for presidents. Watch for eagles. Enjoy the works of renowned artists.
The Scranton Times-Tribune |
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