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Musicians oppose altering royalties
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and other composers working in Europe warned this week that standardizing royalties across the Continent could hurt musicians and the songs they write.
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Music is the only thing I will ever really have... it’s personal
SINGING sensation Duffy has described her Welsh hometown as a place “where pipe dreams are quashed in order to prevent you from being disappointed”.
icWales |
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Monson festival spirited, soggy
MONSON - It rained on their Independence Day parade, but Monson residents refused to allow their homespun spirit to be dampened. The town's 29th "Monson Summerfest" yesterday had the festive, if soggy, parade as one of its highlights.
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Breaking News and Updates
SCOTT THRELKELD / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Fireworks explode overhead during the 11th annual Slidell Heritage Festival Friday, July 4, 2008. The event featured food, music, activities for children and fireworks.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Esplanade event 'the best thing ever'
For 23 minutes last night, it seemed as though everyone in the city looked in the same direction - skyward - as bold green, peach, and yellow bursts sparkled against the darkness. Willows of white light arched gracefully through the air before fading away. Yellow and white rockets soared through the air by the dozens, brightening the sky and filling ...
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Entertainment in the area this weekend
Find something to do --- your choice of music, comedy and more.
Detroit Free Press |
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Motorplex maven wins races but few friends
Wayne White has been so good at Music City Motorplex, winning eight of the 11 Sportsman Division races, that competitors think the worst of him.
The Tennessean |
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Foreigners throng Puri for Rath yatra
Puri (Orissa), July 4 : Foreigners are among the tens of thousands of devotees who joined the annual juggernaut of Lord Jagannath in Puri (Orissa) on Friday for an annual Rath yatra festival, marked by an elaborate procession and great fanfare.
New Kerala |
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'It does scare you' Latest death near Lamas bar renews neighbors' calls to close tavern
It was March 16, 2007. Davone A. Jones, 21, was leaving Lamas tavern, where a CD of his rap music had played during the evening. Jones was dead of stab wounds minutes after leaving the bar.
Erie Times-News |
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COMING in Sunday Living
Presque Isle rocks: Why we love the shells, sand, summer music, lighthouses - and yes, also the pretty rocks, stones and beach glass - on the peninsula.
Erie Times-News |
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Faith and Spiritual Life: Outreach
Allen Creek Community Church holds an arts-and-crafts fair from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 12 at 13421 39th Ave. NE, Marysville. The event includes a bounce house for kids, concessions and live music and is being held to raise funds to send two teams of volunteers to Malawi.
Everett Herald |
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Oaks Park celebrates turning 103
For people who live in most cities of our size, the only time folks can take a spin on thrill rides, play midway games and see live entertainment is when a carnival comes to town.
Gresham Outlook |
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Dramatic dive earns underdog an Olympic spot
EUGENE, Ore. -- This drama doesn't need to be put into perspective by some ungodly number on a stopwatch. The moment doesn't have to be brought to life with some glossy, slow-motion replay or accompanied by some too-fitting music as part of a too-perfect personality piece.
Brattleboro Reformer |
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Packed 'Fireworks Express' leaves hundreds behind
The Music City Star's overcrowded "Fireworks Express" train left hundreds of fuming passengers standing on the platforms and unable to catch a ride to the Fourth of July fireworks.
The Tennessean |
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ROTHBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL: Eclectic music revs up Rothbury's second day
GRANT TOWNSHIP -- And so Rothbury got its groove on. A whole bunch of grooves, to be exact, as the festival kicked into full-bore music mode Friday, second of four days for the high-profile new Michigan event.
Detroit Free Press |
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Darrington schools wrestle with drastic cuts
DARRINGTON -- With fuel and food prices skyrocketing and the economy in a slump, schools across the country are cutting back. In Massachusetts, districts are saving money by closing schools. In Los Angeles, teacher training is being cut.
Everett Herald |
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Nugent picks highlights from 6,000 shows
This will be a most eventful summer for Ted Nugent. The Motor City Madman, who divides his time between residences in Texas and Michigan, will see the release of a live CD and accompanying DVD, both called "Sweden Rocks."
Erie Times-News |
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Everett celebrates in style
EVERETT -- Fireworks, backyard barbecues, parades, ball games and African drumming. Those are just a few ways that people in Snohomish County on Friday celebrated independence and the birth of the country.
Everett Herald |
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Honoring the Fourth: Perfect weather sets stage for Pardeeville celebration
PARDEEVILLE — There was no crepe paper, no vat of throwable candy, and no red-white-and-blue bunting on Jacob Rogers' entry in Pardeeville's Fourth of July Parade.There was just Rogers, a 2008 Portage High School graduate, brandishing a sheaf of paper, whose heading was "In Congress, July 4, 1776, the unanimous Declaration of the 13 United States of America."Above the band music, above the fire ...
Portage Daily Register |
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Holiday a 'time for people' in Friesland
FRIESLAND — The "clank" of a horseshoe hitting a metal stake combined with the sing-song sound of children, dancing as they held onto the edge of a parachute: "Ashes, ashes, we all fall down."In the early afternoon Friday, Friesland's Fourth of July celebration looked like a small friends-and-family celebration, because that's what it was. For more than a century, First Reformed Church of ...
Portage Daily Register |
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This Gay Week in Television: Chace Crawford, Anderson Cooper
Apparently I’m a 12-year-old girl trapped in a (much older) gay guy’s body. That’s right: In a humbling act of self-sacrifice, I watched the Jonas Brothers’ Camp Rock movie. Shock of shocks, I made it through fairly unscathed and disturbingly entertained between giggles.
Gay Wired |
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Home-style tradition has become big business
It's a wonder vacation Bible school made it out of the 1960s. Back in the days of black-and-white TV, churches offered kids lemonade, cookies and flannel-board stories about Jesus, all set to a clanging piano. Children sat in short wooden chairs and listened to the tales for what seemed like an eternity.
Miami Herald |
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Concert benefits Buckendorf Music Fund
CALDWELL -- It's been said the human voice is the most perfect instrument.If that's true, then Bill Buckendorf has fine tuned and nurtured thousands of instruments during an illustrious 28-year career as director of choral music at Caldwell High School. He retired this spring.Next Saturday many of those "instruments" return to the CHS auditorium to say thank you and bid farewell to the man they ...
Idaho Press-Tribune |
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Riley Stiller following his dream
Riley Stiller wants to become a professional musician. Toward that end, the Sioux Falls teen has been accepted a prep school in Boston. He is one of five cellists chosen from five countries by his prep school to perform three concerts in Boston and three in Paris in the coming weeks.
The Argus Leader |
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The Nebraska boys of 311 headlining Summer Jam amid work on next album
Growing up in Omaha, Neb., makes it easy to draw on musical styles from both coasts, says members of Summer Jam's headlining band 311. You hear lots of reggae beats and vocal styles in their music, but also metal, rock, punk, hip hop and funk. After forming in 1990 they moved to Los Angeles and have been there ever since, where they recorded five albums that reached the Top 10 on Billboard's Top ...
The Argus Leader |
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