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Cantors hit a high note with S.F. convention
Starting Sunday, guests at San Francisco’s Parc 55 Hotel might wonder why the halls are alive with the sound of music. The American Conference of Cantors and the Guild of Temple Musicians will hold their annual joint convention there this year.
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Musician gets ‘new start’ at Ner Tamid
Achi Ben Shalom is moving forward. Two years ago, Ben Shalom was accused and eventually acquitted of sexual misconduct, charges that cost him a job at Tehiyah Day School — where he worked for 20 years — and threatened his popularity as a musician at Bay Area bar mitzvahs and with his band, Adama.
J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California |
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DISPATCH FROM LOS ANGELES: Insiders, Observers, and Many Others Wonder: Is the Sky Really Falling?
"Attached. Locked," Mark Gill said in a brief email to PR reps late Tuesday, June 17th. He was sending a final PDF version of "Yes, The Sky Really Is Falling," a keynote speech he would deliver in a few days at Film Independent 's Film Financing Conference during the Los Angeles Film Festival . "Let's talk about what to do in terms of publicity," he noted in the short message, time stamped near ...
indieWIRE |
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Kid Rock says comments were a joke
The rocker has backtracked over his recent comments encouraging people to "steal" his music and other things as well.
FOX 6 News San Diego |
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Zooz cues up the classics
STEVENSVILLE – We can’t see Jimi Hendrix any more. Barring a miracle, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin will never tour again. The Eagles will cost you $200. Yep, classic rock fans have it rough these days. But for five Fridays this summer, Zooz is their fix. For the [...]
Niagara Falls Review |
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Hot fun in the summertime An Appalachian
July is traditionally the hottest month in the High Country. In fact, snowfall has been recorded on Grandfather Mountain during every month of the year except July.
Watauga Democrat |
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Customer Service
FORT SUMNER, N.M. - Students at a rural New Mexico high school made a unique pledge: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zune music players.
Brandon Sun |
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Berkeley venues from art to jazz
Jazz Spots 1. THE JAZZSCHOOL: The invaluable music school started and still run by pianist Susan Muscarella, the Jazzschool presents weekend performances in its intimate concert hall, featuring a rich assortment of resident and visiting jazz artists and the...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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MTV broadens use of Web with slate of new shows
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seeking new ways to entertain audiences, music television network MTV has recently begun allowing fans of new and upcoming shows to discuss and post their own versions of music videos on the Web.
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Best Bets for today, Friday
bToday/b Youll hear the Clarinet Polka, the Rifle Regiment March, the Harlem Nocturne among a dozen or so other tunes if you attend the weekly performance of the Wausau Concert Band. Itll play at 7 p.m. in the band shell in Marathon Park on Stewart Avenue in Wausau.
Wausau Daily Herald |
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Civic Opera Theater has blessing of Thornton Wilder's estate to sing famed 1938 play
“Our Town” is usually a bare stage production. The script stipulates that little scenery be built, and only tables, chairs and ladders be used. In fact, playwright Thornton Wilder refused to allow a musical or operatic adaptation of his classic 1938 play in his lifetime.
The Kansas City Star |
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Music and Social Networking Get Redefined in New Interactive Site from BETA Records
LOS ANGELES , June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Giving musicians and music lovers more power and flexibility than ever before, BETA Records ( http://www.betarecords.com ) has launched a newly expanded site combining search-and-match music selection, virtual commerce, and social interaction.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Get out and enjoy Southwest Florida
The ghostly musical "The Secret Garden" in Naples is just one choice for those looking for something to do in Southwest Florida this weekend.
The News-Press |
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Danny Schechter: Honoring Nelson Mandela at 90
When Fox broadcast an earlier Nelson Mandela birthday concert from Wembley Stadium it was branded generically as a "freedom concert" and artists were instructed not to mention Mandela's name or call for his freedom.
HuffingtonPost |
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Bring more pop culture to your IMs
Is the happy-face emoticon on its way out? That's what I wondered after seeing PopTok, a startup that allows users to replace worn-out emoticons with clips from their favorite films, TV shows, music videos, etc. Sign up for the service,...
USA Today |
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Country USA opens on a sweet note
Music fans find Sugarland worth the wait.
The Appleton Post-Crescent |
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InBev launches Fusions 2008
InBev has unveiled Beck’s Fusions 2008, a marketing event that aims to combine art and live music.
Publican |
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Fred Lantz Trio plays for Sounds of Salem
SALEM, N.Y. — The Fred Lantz Trio, a Bennington-based jazz trio, will perform at Summer Sounds of Salem on Saturday, June 28. The free concert begins at 11 a.m. and takes place at the gazebo on Main Street in Salem, during the weekly farmers market. The trio plays country and bluegrass music.
Bennington Banner |
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Children invited to class
HOOSICK, N.Y. — Hoosick-based music-making organization You Gotta Hear This! will present a voice and musicianship class for children ages 8 - 14 at Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center, 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays the month of July.
Bennington Banner |
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P.E.I.'s Lennie Gallant off to U.S. capital
Canada's music loss will be the United States' gain on Canada Day when popular P.E.I. singer Lennie Gallant performs at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The Journal Pioneer |
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El Ten Eleven finds middle ground between rock and noise
Categorically, El Ten Eleven isn't quite as far apart from what's been done as the method may be. It falls around the near-psychedelic post-rock range, but of the non-illicit-substance-inspired variety.
The Gainesville Sun |
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Jazz concert series hits town
With two nights exploring jazz from opposite ends of the spectrum, the month of concerts celebrating Black Music Month at the Downtown Community Plaza goes out with the proverbial bang - or explosion, more accurately - on Friday and Saturday.
The Gainesville Sun |
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Video, mixed media take center stage
A soft, sweltering breeze rustles the treetops, banjo music wafts out through a cracker house window. Harleys rumble, bugs buzz and just about everyone in Gainesville kicks it down a gear as the Florida summer arrives.
The Gainesville Sun |
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Backbeat
*Local blues-rock outfit Sarah Benck and the Robbers aims to bring its soulful sound to the hordes of the many at this year’s Lollapalooza. The possible shortcut: the Lollapalooza Last Band Standing contest.
The Reader |
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CD REVIEWS: Bon Iver, Coldplay, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, and Shearwater
A debut album written from heartbreak, a Brian-Eno assisted attempt at reinvention, strikingly catchy Southern rock, and more.
The Christian Science Monitor |
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