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Youth in Pocatello Learn Absolute Truths
Hundreds of youth got a firsthand lesson in responsibility and consequences. Using music and games to enforce good morals, organizers were hoping to teach what they call absolute truths.
KPVI 6 Pocatello |
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Verizon gets music subscriptions
NEW YORK - Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music.
Savannah Morning News |
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Music Review: Scrapomatic - Sidewalk Caesars
When it comes to what it takes to present old roots music to modern audiences, Scrapomatic understands. Last week Scrapomatic rolled out their third CD Sidewalk Caesars, and once again progenitors Mike Mattison and Paul Olsen are bringing the spirit of mid-twentieth century folk blues to the early twenty-first century. There's not a shortage of acts out there bringing the roots music to a more ...
Blogcritics.org |
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New CDs due for release on July 1
• Alkaline Trio, “Agony & Irony” (Sony). Chicago punk-rockers. • Earlimart, “Hymn and Her” (Shout Factory). • G-Unit, “T.O.S.: Terminate on Sight” (G-Unit Records). Gangsta rappers 50 Cent, Lloyd Ba...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Watt 4 electrifies the park this 4th of July
CATSKILL — The 11th annual “Music in the Park” summer concert series in Catskill is in full swing and will feature a very special performance this Independence Day.
The Daily Mail |
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More than 100 minors ticketed at Country Jam for underage drinking
Country Jam participants drank in more than their favorite tunes at the popular music festival in Mack.
The Daily Sentinel |
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Lots of festival fun for kids to enjoy
THE National Arts festival makes Grahamstown the coolest place in the world. I go to school here, and it is normally a very quiet place. But that all changes once a year when thousands of people come to town. Overnight the place comes alive.
Daily Dispatch |
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This Ruminative Funeral Moves to a Country Beat
Despite the somber framework, Tom Pearson and Zach Morris?s piece, ?Vanishing Point?, is charmingly relaxed from the opening moments.
New York Times |
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Churning Up the Pool With Reliably Raucous Waves of Music
The Hold Steady was a natural choice to kick off this summer?s free JellyNYC Pool Parties at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn, which runs through August.
New York Times |
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And Now, Works by Female Composers (Hold the Polemics)
In a concert by the NeoLit Ensemble at Bargemusic on Friday night, it was refreshing to encounter a slate of works by seven female composers, presented without any hint of corrective polemic.
New York Times |
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At Gathering of Guitarists, Symphony for Six Strings
This year?s programs from the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes College the New School for Music offered a balance of the standard canon and new music, with an avant-garde flourish in the final concert.
New York Times |
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AUDITIONS
COLUMBIA CHORAL SOCIETY: Auditions will be 6-8 p.m. Aug. 11 and 5:45-6:45 p.m. Aug. 18 at the First Baptist Church choral room, 1306 Hampton St. (803) 933-9060; www.columbiachoralsociety.org ARTS COLUMBIA ACTION COUNCIL SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 7-10 p.m. Saturdays, Finlay Park, 930 Laurel St. Free. Schedule: Still Cruzin’, Saturday; Retro Vertigo, July 12; Finesse Band, July 19; Toyzz, ...
The State |
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Summer concerts begin
LAKEPORT -- A little bit of smoke and haze didn't keep music-lovers from enjoying Friday's concert in Library Park.
The Lake County Record-Bee |
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Take5 Today
After a long day at work, you'll need a little break. So keep in mind that Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Rebecca Loebe is playing at 7 tonight on the lawn of the Hinds Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Downtown Bradenton plans Old Main festival Friday
BRADENTON - The Old Main Street Merchant's Association will host a Fourth of July Festival from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. in downtown Friday.
Bradenton Herald |
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Donors help save Seattle jazz icon's home
The elderly jazz icon was down on her luck and about to lose her home to foreclosure. And then Seattle -- and the music world -- came to the rescue.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Meryl Streep To Attend Mamma Mia Premiere In Melbourne
Meryl Streep, who stars as Donna in the Abba musical Mamma Mia, will attend the Australian premiere in Melbourne next week. Mamma Mia also features Colin Firth as Harry Bright. Firth will also be at the premiere.
Undercover |
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Red, White & Blue Days in full swing Thursday
CHARLESTON — Bucky Covington and Mel McDaniel fans have been pleasantly surprised while calling to ask about the country stars’ Red, White and Blue Days concerts.
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier |
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Get your novel into print - online
I used to be a musician. I got into computers for two reasons: to write books and to produce my own music.
Stuff |
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Kyle Gann on Music After the Fact...
It's official: the Second International Conference on Minimalist Music will take place September 2 to 6, 2009, at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. (The first, you'll remember, occurred last September at the University of Wales at Bangor .) Composer David McIntire and I are codirecting it.
Arts Journal |
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Summer Campers Learn About Japan
By attending a special summer camp children can learn to say yes, no, please, thank-you and more - all in Japanese. A Japanese Culture and Language Camp is being held on the campus of Wheeling Country Day School until August.
The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register |
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'Beauty and the Beast' bringing a bit of Disney magic to Jennerstown
Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" is best summed up in one word -- big. From the costumes, to the sets, to the music, the show is a tall order to fill.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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PBS celebrates nation's birth with 'A Capitol Fourth'
Jimmy Smits has participated in PBS's Fourth of July concert before, but he will host for the first time on Friday.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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South Beach closes; other changes planned
Fayetteville’s South Beach nightclub, known for its hip-hop and Top 40 dance music but sullied by police claims that it attracted a crime-prone clientele, closed over the weekend.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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Pop, R&B artist RoRo builds on lifetime of singing
Who: Alex Rose; his musical pseudonym RoRo is a nickname from his mom.
The Press-Enterprise |
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