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Digital Download Model Puts Song Exposure Above Sales
Some artists are using the pay-what-you-want option. But industry experts question the plan's long-term worth.
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Star Spangled parade takes to Main
Floats, fire trucks and flying candy. Horns honking, music blaring and horses trotting — everyone was out for a good time. The temperature rose early for Saturday's "Star Spangled Celebration" parade, but that didn’t seem to diminish the turnout or the smiles of children eager for entertainment.
Hays Daily News |
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Music DVD Review: Buddy Miles - Changes
A fitting tribute to the man who was one of rock and roll's most enduring and endearing drummers. When Buddy Miles died on February 28th, 2008, it marked the passing of one of rock and roll's most flamboyant characters. Primarily known for his skill as a drummer, Buddy played with and for a who's who of rock and roll's elite as well as carving out a successful solo career as a band leader. ...
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Unsteady Amy knocks it back during Spanish gig
Singer Amy Winehouse clutched a large glass of red wine to her and tottered as she performed to an enthusiastic Spanish audience at the Rock In Rio music festival near Madrid.
Daily Mail |
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Music Review: Elvis Presley - Something For Everybody
Essential Elvis: Chapter 9. Something For Everybody is one of those Elvis Presley albums that just glides under the radar. It was a solid, if not spectacular release. The priorities at this time were films and their accompanying soundtracks, plus his single releases which would receive massive airplay and sell millions of copies. The original release of Something For...
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Noted actor Maldonado dead at age 83
Angel Tavira Maldonado, who earned rave reviews for his acting debut in the 2006 movie The Violin, has died at age of 83 in Mexico City, his director said.The Mexican-born violinist, known for his soulful performances of traditional Mexican music, earned international acclaim for his role in the Francisco Vargas Quevedo-directed film, Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.The film, for which ...
Moldova.org |
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Boca man joins Forgotten Soldiers Outreach board
Arthur Snow, director of tennis at the Country Club of Boca Raton, was one of four named to the board of directors of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach.
Boca Raton News |
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Warrenville Fourth Festivities
Warrenville got a head start on Fourth of July celebrating with a parade on Thursday evening, July 3. After the parade a large crowd gathered at Cerny Park for food, fun and music by The New Odyssey.
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Music Review: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Gurrumul
"Aboriginal music gets an angelic new voice," says The Sydney Morning Herald. There’s only one word in the English language that could possibly describe Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s voice: Sublime. If it doesn’t reach inside and latch onto your soul, it’s because you don’t have one.This is the type of music that, as soon as you hear the first few clean, clear, high tenor notes, you get...
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Noted actor Maldonado dead at age 83
MEXICO CITY, July 5 (UPI) -- Angel Tavira Maldonado, who earned rave reviews for his acting debut in the 2006 movie "The Violin," has died at age of 83 in Mexico City, his director said.
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Get Ready for a "Latitude Adjustment", Free Concert at Fox Park
07/05/2008 - 6:00p.m. to 07/05/2008 - 8:00p.m.
Cape May County Herald |
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Firefall, Elements, Subrosa mix music at BOB Stock
As the radio promo says, “BOB will play anything.” That extends not only to what goes on the air but to the eclectic format of the area station’s upcoming free concert event, “BOB Stock.”
The Fort Morgan Times |
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Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher Calls For Action On Knife Crime
Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has urged for more action on spiralling knife crime among Britain's youth.Some 18 teenagers have died as a result of stabbings in ...
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Indie Music Service Alterhit Enters a Crowded Ring
London-based Alterhit, new music network that gives artists, labels, and fans one more mutual option for discovery, is striking out onto the public stage after more than a year in development. It’s tag line: “Listen and Earn.” Suffice it to say that it may have a difficult time having a lasting impact. If you think about [...]
Mashable |
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‘Bayan Ko’
I HEARD IT AGAIN AFTER SO LONG, that almost forgotten song that had stirred us to helpless anger and finally turned our fear into valor against the wicked regime of Marcos and his fellow scoundrels.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Peter Sís – children’s author and illustrator "forever caught between two realities"
Peter Sís was born in Brno in 1949 but has been living in the US for over a quarter of a century. He won a Golden Bear for best animated film at the West Berlin Film Festival in 1980, before later launching an extremely successful career as a children’s author and illustrator. Indeed, he is a seven-time winner of the New York Times Book Review award for best illustrated work of the year. His ...
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One thousand hear change of note in world's longest concert
Halberstadt, Germany - More than 1,000 music-lovers showed up Saturday in a German town to hear a change of note in the longest-running and slowest piece of music ever composed. Eccentric US composer John Cage (1912-1992) planned it to last 639 years...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Fans Of All Ages Attend Essence Fest
The city of New Orleans hopes to top last year's Essence Festival attendance, which was an estimated 200,000 people.
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Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
Soul diva Amy Winehouse sips, then sings "Rehab." Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.
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Movie songs can be awful
Huey Lewis' newly unveiled Pineapple Express theme song has us flush with movie nostalgia, and thinking of a purer, simpler time -- a golden era when movie producers and pop stars could put aside their differences and/or raging blow habits to come together and create songs that would directly reference summer blockbusters for no apparent reason other than to rake in a few extra bucks and make it ...
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Lititz company remaking the concert industry
If you're going to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Hersheypark Stadium on Aug. 19, you'll be witness to something revolutionary.
Centre Daily Times |
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Love of music and tinkering inspires homemade band
Dave Wasson's self-playing band organ consists of 456 wooden pipes of different sizes and sounds that he has hand-crafted over 23 years.
Centre Daily Times |
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Sousa returns!
The U.S. Coast Guard Band will perform the works of composer and conductor John Philip Sousa Sunday in New London.
Westerly Sun |
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Nancy Jane: IT Girl of the moment
With her successful venture into club music and growing list of endorsements, Nancy Jane is a picture of happiness these days.
Manila Bulletin |
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COLUMBIA: Metter than ever
What do you get when you roll together a little rock and roll, some bluegrass, a tinge of jazz and maybe a smidgen of polka?
Monroe County Clarion |
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