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Winehouse Punchy At Show
Amy Winehouse put on a near-perfect performance at Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert Friday. We should've known it was too good to last.
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Verizon Wireless gets Rhapsody music subscriptions
(AP:NEW YORK) Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody's subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month.
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Verizon Gets Rhapsody Subscriptions, DRM-Free Downloads [Verizon]
Verizon customers with certain VCAST phones have some new options for buying music, thanks to Rhapsody. First off, the $15 per month, all-the-songs-you-can-guzzle subscription service is offered on...
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Rhapsody Opens DRM-Free Music Store, First 100,000 Albums Free [Music]
Rhapsody, known for its subscription music service, just opened a DRM-free MP3 store. The MP3s are encoded in 256kpbs CBR, and run $.99 per track and $9.99 per album. Shoppers can preview 25...
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Katrina took a lot from jazz musician Michael White
NEW ORLEANS -- When the levees broke after Hurricane Katrina, flooding destroyed not only the Gentilly home of jazz clarinetist Michael White, but also his personal jazz archive and...
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Cave Spring Independence fireworks early
Cave Spring won’t be waiting until Friday to celebrate Independence Day.The city will have a fireworks display Thursday night at Rolater Park.Festivities at the park will actually begin at noon, with music, games, food and swimming. For more information, call Leann Johnson at 706-506-8600.On Friday morning the city will have its annual Fourth of July parade. The parade will begin at The Depot on ...
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Fireworks – and more – to salute Fourth of July
Fireworks will be only part of the story during Rome’s annual Salute to America Independence Day celebration Friday at Ridge Ferry Park .Festivities at the park along the Oostanaula River will start mid-afternoon with music followed by fireworks capping off the event at about 9:30 p.m.The Recreation Authority is spending $15,000 on the pyrotechnics, which translates into 22 minutes and 37 ...
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Verizon Wireless gets Rhapsody music subscriptions
Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody's subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month. The service will work with seven current handsets and three to be launched soon, including the third version of the popular music-oriented LG Chocolate. ...
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Symphony of Millions
In March, Chen Qigang, a Chinese composer who is supervising the music program for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, received a National Spirit Achievers Award at a press event in Beijing. He was one of ten artists and businesspeople to receive the prize, which came courtesy of . . .
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Rhapsody music subscriptions to be available on some Verizon Wireless phones
NEW YORK - Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody's subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month.
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On the Horizon
THE THEATRE LET THE SUN SHINE IN July 22-Aug. 31 Last year’s concert of “Hair: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical,” at the Delacorte Theatre, was so successful the Public Theatre decided to give it a full-fledged production. Jonathan Groff stars, at Shakespeare in the Park. (www.publictheater.org.) ART . . .
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Night Life
ROCK AND POP Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to call ahead to confirm engagements. “AFRO-PUNK” This annual festival features film screenings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music along with concerts by a number of bands in a newly built skate park outside the academy . . .
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Reading Buccaneers win in Connecticut
The three-time defending world champion Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps won for the second time in as many contests this season with a weekend victory at the Barnum Festival Champions on Parade in Bridgeport, Conn.
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Festival Salutes Puerto Ricans
Sunday's Puerto Rican heritage festival had all the ingredients of a Latin celebration in late June:
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Classical Music
CONCERTS IN TOWN NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: “SUMMERTIME CLASSICS” The avuncular British conductor Bramwell Tovey once again brings his light but knowing touch (and his Pythonesque shtick) to the orchestra’s early-summer series, held in the air-conditioned confines of Avery Fisher Hall. Tovey’s final program--a collaboration between the orchestra . . .
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Can Verizon VCast take on iTunes?
Verizon Wireless has updated its VCast music service with DRM-free music and a new subscription service, but it likely won't be enough to make a dent in Apple's digital music dominance.
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Montreal Jazz Fest kicks off in grand style
MONTREAL - Just when it seemed that the Montreal International Jazz Festival couldn't get any better, this 11-day extravaganza that draws nearly 2 million fans annually...
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Tradition, music take center stage
With her long, rose-colored wrap skirt and matching overblouse and head wrap, Marian Chaweye looked like an African woman, which she wasn't. With his cranberry-colored dashiki and pants, Ali Chaweye, her husband, appeared like an African man, which he is.
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Glastonbury wraps up with golden oldies and more controversy
LONDON: There has been no lack of controversy surrounding Britain's Glastonbury music festival this year. Despite concluding with some of the most veteran names in the industry, controversy from younger stars seemed to take centre stage.
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New music 'Festival' on fall horizon
Allston electro-punk band Televandals emerged victorious at this year's Emergenza Festival last week. Now a new competitive local music showcase is looking to gain momentum...
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Can Verizon VCast take on iTunes?
Verizon Wireless has updated its VCast music service with DRM-free music and a new subscription service, but it likely won't be enough to make a dent in Apple's digital music dominance.
CNET |
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Massive weekend of fun for Family Festival
DANVERS and mdash; Locals enjoyed another jam-packed weekend of Danvers Family Festival traditions, new and old. nnn Families rose early yesterday morning and headed to Endicott Park for the annual Fishing Derby.
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Butler, Crowley, Rogers, Collier, Kernan Open in Misbehavin' at Goodman
Goodman Theatre's new production of Ain't Misbehavin' , Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz's repackaging of the songs of Thomas "Fats" Waller, opens June 30 after previews from June 21 for a run to July 27 in Chicago.
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Usher's new album makes R&B statement
The lens on Usher - NBA team co-owner, Broadway star, fragrance endorser, restaurateur - is finally turning back to the music.
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PopTok to Launch IM Movie App
Year-old startup PopTok is set to launch a public beta test of its new instant messaging application, which provides users the ability to share two- to five-second video clips from classic and current movies, TV shows and songs with their friends.
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