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Jim Brickman with the North Carolina Symphony Join Grand Opening Month Lineup for Durham Performing Arts Center
Christmas spirit will thrive this year at the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) as the theatre presents platinum-selling recording artist, pianist and composer Jim Brickman alongside the renowned North Carolina Symphony on December 18, 2008 at 8 p.m. All ages will enjoy this unforgettable celebration featuring favorite holiday songs. Ticket prices for this special holiday event range from $35 ...
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Roger Trapp: Analysis
Sam Petter may not fit the image of an entrepreneur formed in this age of Dragons' Den and The Apprentice. A former designer, she was working as a yoga teacher and helping to run her family's organic farm in Kent when she started her company, Tatty Bumpkin. But when I met her in her office in an ancient building on the farm – which she shares with her brother's computer software business – it ...
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Italian authorities raid alleged music filesharing forum
Megaupload and Rapidshare link site targeted Italy's Guardia di Finanza has shut down forum site Downrevolution.net for offering links to pirated music, video and software hosted on popular filesharing sites.…
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Rhapsody starts Music Without Limits initiative
Rhapsody, the RealNetworks and MTV-run digital music service, has launched a new initiative called “Music Without Limits”. Where as in the past where the service relied on subscriptions for revenue, they are now opening up to digital music sales and following its competitors by removing DRM. They aren’t short on music either, with all 4 [...]
Geek.com |
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Producer 'reinventing' Britney Spears
Top music producer Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins is determined to "reinvent" Britney Spears and launch a successful career comeback for the troubled star.
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Update: Delay to distribution improvements hits HMV
Music, films and games retailer HMV is ahead of schedule in its recovery programme after a strong set of full-year results.
ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance |
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Shanty Shack hosts free show tonight
Local party band Haywire will perform a free show tonight at the Shanty Shack, 4475 Warm Springs Road. The music starts at 8 p.m. and it's open to partiers 21 and older.
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Long sidelined, the marimba comes out to play
Until recently only a handful of classical performers specialized in this exotic underdog instrument, but now there are virtuosos, festivals and international competitions dedicated to bringing it out from the shadows.
International Herald Tribune |
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Bayreuth's Wagner festival will offer opera online
Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet. The catch is the price - $77.
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Sameer inks five-film deal with Nikhil Advani
Lyricist Sameer, best known for songs like Kuch kuch hota hai and Ghoonghat ki aad mein , has been signed up for five films by Bollywood director Nikhil Advani.
Hindustan Times |
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Family: Church knew of minister's previous sexual deviancy
EDINBURG - A sex abuse scandal tore apart Trinity Worship Center in Pharr four years ago. More than half the congregation left the church after word spread that its music minister was sexually involved with a 14-year-old boy.
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Kellie Pickler going on the road with Sugarland
In support of their July 22 album release, Sugarland will kick off the 25 city nationwide LOVE ON THE INSIDE tour beginning in Asheville, NC on September 13. The tour will feature special guests Kellie Pickler and Ashton Shepherd. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush make up country duo Sugarland who exploded onto the music scene in '04 with multi-platinum selling album TWICE THE SPEED OF LIFE, ...
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Warsaw Ghetto-Set Imagine This to Open in London's West End in the Fall
Imagine This, a new, original musical with music by Shuki Levy and book and lyrics by Glenn Berenbein and David Goldsmith, will begin previews at the West End's New London Theatre Nov. 4 with an official opening on Nov. 19. The production tried out at the Plymouth Theatre Royal in July 2007.
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No outside beer allowed at July 4th festival
Brews will be on sale at Peoria Sports Complex, with up to 25,000 revelers expected.
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Fete de la Musique held in Paris
Hundreds of musicians, including Filipinos, contributed their talents to make the annual Fete de la Musique (World Music Day) a success in Paris, France, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau reported.
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Dancers converge on Miami Beach to polish moves
Exhausted and drenched in sweat, 16-year-old Nicola Strada gracefully flowed from one side of the studio to the other, his slender legs kicking to music by Tchaikovsky.
Miami Herald |
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Bayreuth's Wagner festival will offer opera online
Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet.
AP via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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Bum Note For HMV
The music, movies and games retailer sees shares slide despite solid results.
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Beirut restaurant makes meal out of war
BEIRUT - At Buns and Guns you can order a Kalashnikov sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as background music.
Khaleej Times |
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Zimbabwe: Debutante Marowa Having a Fine Run
SILKY-voiced gospel music debutante, Olinda Marowa's exhilarating album - Nyasha - is having a fine run in music circles since its release a couple of months ago.
AllAfrica.com |
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Zimbabwe: John Mutoko Releases Long-Awaited Album
GOSPEL musician John "Mr Fantastic" Mutoko, like the Biblical John the Baptist, is a man on a mission since storming the music industry some years back. His much-awaited album -- The Valley of Dry Bones -- is finally on the market.
AllAfrica.com |
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Mix tape: July 2008
Here's a look at the jazz-heavy stack of discs teetering on my desk while I'm at Summerfest...
OnMilwaukee.com |
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Bootsy and Brown band keep the funk alive
Flamboyant and talented bassist Bootsy Collins performed at Summerfest Monday night as part of A Tribute to James Brown on the Classic Rock Stage. Blaine Schultz was there.
OnMilwaukee.com |
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'Guitar Hero' for the DS falls short
"Guitar Hero" has caught fire on almost every console imaginable, and now Activision hopes it can turn the Nintendo DS into a vessel for rock n' roll dreams. But without the actual guitar as a conduit, "Guitar Hero: On Tour" is the equivalent of a cover band.
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The Welwyn and Hatfield Times
THE curtain came down on a week of sun, fun and all round enjoyment as a week of festivities ended. Revellers packed the streets of Welwyn during this year's sun-filled annual village festival.
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