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Oasis man blames games for violent crime
Chatting with UK music mag NME Oasis star Noel Gallagher has partially blamed video games for a rise in violent crime in the UK.
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Monica Blaire gets Groove Gumbo cookin' at CityFest
Save the hamburgers and hotdogs for July 4. Thursday is all about gumbo. Detroit neo soul- and hip-hop-artist Monica Blaire is bringing more than 15 of the area’s up-and-coming music performance artists together for a celebration of Detroit musical diversity as part of the Monica Blaire Detroit Groove Gumbo on the Pure Detroit Stage during the 2008 Comerica Cityfest at the New Center Area.
Detroit Free Press |
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Rundgren's ready for 'Arena' rock
A 60th birthday - many fear such a milestone. But not eternally spry rocker Todd Rundgren, who faced the date last month with a week-long party he threw for himself and fans at his hillside home in Hawaii.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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A celebration of food launches Tri-County Multicultural Festival - evening features music
Visitors to the first TriCounty Multicultural festival on the Yarmouth Waterfront celebrated diversity through the consumption of ethnic foods Saturday afternoon...
The Yarmouth County Vanguard |
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Check out concert to benefit young musicians
Help support young musicians by checking out the Save the Music Benefit Concert on Tuesday, July 15.
Courier-Post |
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Stunning young pianists compete
The World Piano Competition focuses on young professionals but also gives artists ages 5 through 17 an opportunity to compete in its heady atmosphere.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Photo gallery: Rothbury gets ready
The Tripolee Domes were still under construction Monday afternoon at the Rothbury music festival. The domes will house global DJ's, live musicians, performers, and visual projection artists. The four-day event in western Michigan kicks off Thursday afternoon and runs through Sunday evening.
Detroit Free Press |
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Pentecostal Christians gather for Detroit conference
More than 25,000 Pentecostal Christians from across the U.S. gathered at Cobo Center in Detroit this week for the national summer conference of Church of God in Christ, organizers said.
Detroit Free Press |
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Hundreds of thousands attend Madrid Gay Pride parade
Hundreds of thousands of gays, lesbians and their supporters on Saturday took part in a colourful parade across Madrid, the capital of a country that has become a world leader in gay rights.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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This Weekend in Rock
Pizza! plays tonight at Spaceland Photo via their MySpace Saturday, July 5, 2008 Hybrid, Peter Hook @ Avalon Hootenanny 2008 @ Oak Canyon Ranch (Irvine) Red Maids, Divisadero, Dorian Wood @ pehrspace Pizza!, Master Slash Slave, 11:11, The New Centuries @ Spaceland Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Supersuckers @ House of Blues Dear & the Headlights, Aushua, Love You Long ...
LAist |
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Ben Sollee Learns To 'Bend'
All Things Considered , July 5, 2008 - Ben Solle just wants us to get along. On his debut, full-length release, Learning to Bend , the Kentucky-born singer offers an inspired collection of acoustic, folk and jazz-flavored songs, filled with hope and the earnest belief that the world is good.
NPR |
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Composer and kids ready for the world
For its 35th anniversary, Coquitlam’s Place des Arts formed a new student string quartet and commissioned violinist and composer Cameron Wilson to write a piece for it to play.
Kelowna Capital News |
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Search for 'Elle Woods' continues on MTV
Competition on MTV's "Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods" is intense.
KABC-TV Los Angeles |
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Lighting up the sky
Flagstaff celebrates Independence Day with its very first laser-light show, combined with the sparkling music of the symphony orchestra
Arizona Daily Sun |
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One Thousand Hear Change of Note in World's Longest Concert
More than 1,000 music-lovers showed up on Saturday, July 5, in a German town to hear a change of note in the longest-running and slowest piece of music ever composed.
Deutsche Welle |
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Welcome Home Dearborn launches MySpace page 07/06/08
DEARBORN - What do the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony and Dearborn's Welcome Home Dearborn marketing campaign all have in common? Each boasts a MySpace page to draw in younger audiences.
Dearborn Press & Guide |
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Romanian-American Jazz Suite at the Bakery
'Romanian-American' suite taps deep roots American jazz and the music of Romania would not seem to have obvious linkages.
All About Jazz |
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Punk Rock Robots Rock Out to Punk Rock ONLY [Rage With The Machine]
Making robots even more hardcore, British roboticists have designed machines that will only dance to punk rock music. Standing 2 meters tall, padded in leather and decked in various punk scene...
Gizmodo |
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Iran's Homay the Mastan Group at Disney Concert Hall
Presenting traditional sounds of Persia, the musicians astound their audience at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
All About Jazz |
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Hats off to Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes lineup
You just can't stereotype country music and its fans.
Dayton Daily News |
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Happy 4th!
The annual fireworks display began at Rotary Park at 9:30 p.m. Friday. The celebration also featured refreshments and live music by Ben Brand
Paragould Daily Press |
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Lighting up the sky
Dancing stars, twinkling xylophones, swirling planets, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" sung by 3,000 people. When lights, music and community spirit merge, it's magic.
Arizona Daily Sun |
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A great day to celebrate a birthday
[The blare of sirens, cool spray of water, scrambling of children for candy, reverberating thump of drums and proud displays of red, white and blue filled Brainerd's streets with the sights and sounds of the Fourth of July American Celebration parade.
Brainerd Dispatch |
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Angel Tavira Maldonado Violinist Dies
Maldonado, a Mexican regional musician whose stirring debut acting performance in “El Violin" ("The Violin") moved audiences and won critical acclaim, including a best actor award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, died Monday in a Mexico City hospital.
All About Jazz |
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Zeltsman Marimba Festival Los Angeles
Marimba Players of the World, Unite! Marimba Festival gives percussionists a chance to jam with others and spread the musical joy.
All About Jazz |
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