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Mansfield all set to rock with July Fourth fireworks
By ROBERT CADWALLADER MANSFIELD — Mansfield’s first Fourth of July fireworks show in four years — and perhaps the first ever sponsored by the city — highlights a community celebration Friday at the new Big League Dreams sports complex. The idea came from City Councilman Mike Leyman, who was wowed by a fireworks show at the sports complex’s grand opening in March. On short notice, the staff ...
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Longtime owner of Armadillo Music passes away
Music lovers in Davis know where in town to finger through a treasure trove of classic records. Offering a place to find music almost every day of the year is Armadillo Music at 205 F St.
California Aggie |
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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'ashleymacisaac'
If you have a few million bucks lying around, perhaps you'd consider buying 50% of Ashley MacIsaac's future music revenues?
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Fiddler on the Rough
If you have a few million bucks lying around, perhaps you'd consider buying 50% of Ashley MacIsaac's future music revenues ? If you like the odds—note that MacIsaac declared bankruptcy in 2000; that his most successful album, released thirteen years ago, sold half a million copies; and that the auction contains the sorta ominous note that "the annuity will expire upon my death"—go for it.
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REO headlines Taste's first night
REO Speedwagon (8:30 p.m.): If you went to a high-school prom at any point during the early to mid-'80s, you know REO Speedwagon. While the Illinois rockers released their first album back in 1971, it was 1980's slow-dance monster "Keep on Loving You" that made them stars among the acne-and-braces set. The band churned out the similar slowie "Can't Fight This Feeling" in 1985, but soon after ...
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Orange Pop: This summer boasts some hot new releases from local acts
Recent albums include everything from virtuoso guitar work, alt-country and even ukulele music.
Orange County Register |
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Call of the wild
Vocal repertoires, song notation, sound recordings and acoustic signals. From the sound of his academic vocabulary, one could easily mistake Peter Marler for a professor of music. While he is not one in the conventional sense, many consider him to be the pioneering professor of nature's music.
California Aggie |
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Dave Matthews Band fits in
The Dave Matthews Band is a no-brainer to headline the inaugural Rothbury festival.
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Have no fear: Widespread Panic's here
The Southern jam-rockers are five-time veterans of Manchester, Tenn.'s Bonnaroo festival, and they helped re-launch Lollapalooza when it was repurposed as a destination festival in 2005.
Detroit News |
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A chat with the man behind the festival
The Rothbury festival director is a veteran of the concert business and has been booking bands, managing acts and producing events for the last 15 years.
Detroit News |
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Blackburn turns to musicians, housing
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn spent Wednesday morning on the west side of her 7th Congressional District talking musicians' rights and home building issues.
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How to maximize your festival weekend
Ask a dozen people at any Fourth of July weekend festival what drew them there and you might get a dozen different answers.
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Bulletin board: July 3, 2008
Hansford Center will have an Independence Day program at 11 a.m. Thursday at the center, 500 Washington St., St. Albans. Door prizes, music, dancers and more will be featured. Hansford's 28th anniversary celebration will be held at 11 a.m. on Aug. 1. For information, call 722-4621.
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Screaming girls flock to squeaky-clean Jonas Brothers
The "Burning Up" Tour kicks off on Friday in Toronto and touches down at the DTE Energy Music Theatre on Saturday.
Detroit News |
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Time out: Weekend highlights
The Celtic punk group Dropkick Murphys, ska-punk band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the femme fatale, punk rock band Civet will perform at Freedom Hill Amphitheatre at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $20-$35. Freedom Hill Amphitheatre is at 14900 Metropolitan Parkway, Sterling Heights. Call (586) 268-5100 or visit www.freedomhill.net.
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Clawson parade, festivities Friday
CLAWSON -- Though the Fourth of July Committee ran into some literal road blocks when it came to organizing the annual parade, the popular event and proceeding activities are on schedule for Friday.
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DSO salutes America
"Lincoln Portrait" is highlight of orchestra's patriotic concerts.
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UMD presents Cape Verdean singer Wednesday
The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at UMass Dartmouth kicks off its summer program with a concert by Lena Timas at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Newport Yachting Center hosts Melissa Etheridge, Plain White T's
Melissa Etheridge and the Plain White T's will add some of their own heat to back-to-back summer nights Sunday and Monday at the 11th annual Snapple Sunset Music Series at the Newport Yachting Center.
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United Nations Piano Quartet delights with 'The Planets'
An investment in culture was made last weekend as the United Nations Piano Quartet (UNPQ), led by pianist and musical arranger Kirk Whipple, gave a stunning performance as part of the Cranberry Coast Concert Series at the Eastern Bank in Wareham.
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Tote along tunes with this pocketful of sunshine
By KATHY ANTONIOTTI Fifty years ago, a transistor radio was a revolutionary way to hear music when people were away from home. A small, battery-powered radio was just the thing for a summer day at the beach. For the first time, people could pack their favorite Beach Boys tunes into beach bags along with tanning oil and towels. People happily accepted the poor, tinny sound and static that came ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Comrade Fatso waves defiant musical flag
'We go without freedom, in order to fight for it.'
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Music with a message
Two Henderson rappers have been using their talent to write and record music that sends a unique message to Henderson's youth.
The Gleaner |
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Choctaw casino is Ground Zero for 2nd Freeman club
Actor Morgan Freeman is opening his second blues club in Mississippi -- this one outside the Delta.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Music at the Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will feature classical music and rock in its concert series this fall. In addition to Itzhak Perlman, above left, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra playing Saint-Saëns?s ?Carnival of the Animals? and the farewell season of the Guarneri String Quartet, artists including Patti Smith, above right, Richie Havens and Lesley Gore will be featured. Music from Mali, Mexico, ...
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