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Gays march with pride in four Indian cities
New Delhi/It was a riot of colours as hundreds of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trans-genders and their supporters took to the streets carrying rainbow flags in the national capital, IT hub of Bangalore and two other cities in the country's first 'Queer Pride' parade Sunday.
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Biography
Drummer, Gary Johnson, has been keeping time for 37 years with, among others Scott Hamilton, Dave McKenna, Ken Peplowski, Keely Smith and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
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Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2008: Days 1-3
It would be perfectly understandable for the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal to “take a year off” in 2008. Next year will be the festival's 30th anniversary and this year presents logistical challenges with the loss of a few staple venues and construction on-site.
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Maldon brings out the best in food and wine
CRISP winter weather beckoned crowds to the second Maldon Food and Wine Festival at the weekend.
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Crooners play up Glastonbury final day's feel-good factor
Despite their status as songwriting legends, two of the most-eagerly anticipated performers of the festival's final night were Glastonbury virgins – Neil Diamond and Leonard Cohen.
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Springs will no longer have 24-hour sports radio station
Springs sports fans are striking out on the radio. Starting today, sports-talk station KKML (1300 AM) "The Sports Animal" will change formats to classic country and be renamed KCS.
Colorado Springs Gazette |
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Book honours musician's life
The biography of acclaimed violinist Jan Sedivka has been launched in Hobart.
ABC via Yahoo!7 Music News |
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George Jones cancels at Country USA
OSHKOSH Country music star George Jones has canceled his Country USA-closing performance due to a throat ailment that has left the singer barely able to speak, Country USA stage officials announced to the crowd Sunday.
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Biography
Darren Dutson-Bromley studied both jazz and classical guitar in Leeds and has worked professionally as a performer ever since. In 1996 he worked for the Princes Trust where he performed with both Prince Charles and Jools Holland which led to a number of television appearances.
All About Jazz |
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DVD Review: Control
An unpleasant and dark film devoid of joy. Control follows the true life story of punk rock singer Ian Curtis of Joy Division, covering his troubles with love, music, drugs, and epilepsy that led to his untimely death in May of 1980. It's based on his wife Deborah Curtis' autobiography Touching from a Distance to make sure everything is accurately displayed on screen.Shot in...
Blogcritics.org |
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Amy packs a punch
LONDON: Amy Winehouse has packed a punch at the Glastonbury music festival. The singer took the stage, climbing down into the pit and scuffling briefly with a reveller.
Gulf Daily News |
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Jay-Z wows fans
LONDON: The controversial choice of American rapper Jay-Z to headline Glastonbury proved to be a masterstroke by the event's organiser Michael Eavis as the hip-hop star wow-ed the music festival.
Gulf Daily News |
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Jay-Z goes down easy with doubting Glastonbury fans
GLASTONBURY music festival wrapped up last night with a double bill of golden oldies following controversy over its first ever hip-hop headliner, Jay-Z, and troubled star Amy Winehouse.
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Music firms tune into new deals
UK music firms see a growing share of revenues from activities other than selling CDs and digital downloads.
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Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums) are The Black Keys, a duo from Akron, Ohio, that makes as much noise as any four-or five-piece band.
Stuff |
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Performing arts students Stand Up!
Young people from across the Auckland region who are into music and dance are being given the opportunity to shine at the Manukau Secondary Schools Performing Arts Awards.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Music to the ear
HSBC Classics enters its fourth year with high hopes, and sweet sounds.
The Star |
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That’s the way I like it
THE majority of the current generation listen to music through digital means, be it via the ubiquitous compact disc or downloads.
The Star |
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Resurgence in vinyl records
The magic of vinyl has worked its way into the hearts of music lovers. DID we see it coming? Probably not and even the sternest of analogue scribes would not have been able to foretell its recent uprising. But that’s really what’s happening at the moment.
The Star |
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Concert For A Cure rocks Redhook Ale Brewery
PORTSMOUTH — Despite gray skies, the Seacoast Concert For A Cure kept rocking on Sunday.
Portsmouth Herald |
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Long live recycled rock
They’re making noise for recycling. Banging tin cans and empty 18-litre water jugs. Shaking it up with bean-filled water bottles and keeping rhythm with pieces of ABS pipe. The All Recycling Kids Band makes all their own instruments — and all their own fun, says band [...]
St. Catharines Standard |
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Jay-Z Quiets Critics With Indie Cred
The rapper takes on Oasis and wins over the Glastonbury Festival crowd.
ABC News |
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Online Tunes, in Service to Africa
, a nonprofit organization that arranges for companies to contribute a share of profits on certain products to fight AIDS in Africa, is starting a digital music service for that purpose.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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A Digital Music Store That Sells More Than Just MP3s
Hot Topic, a chain of stores that sells clothing and accessories inspired by music and pop culture, plans to start a digital music store called ShockHound.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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LOCAL THEATRE: Cannibalism and flair
Cannibalism with Broadway flair: the twisted, dark musical tale of "Sweeney Todd," playing through Sunday at the Denver Center, is gruesome without being gory; deranged without being decadent.
Colorado Daily |
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