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Today's calendar
TODAY "Let's Go Downtown:" Local and regional bands perform, 8-10 p.m. Fridays, through October, Downtown Community Plaza, SE 1st Street and University Avenue. Free. This week: Jazz saxophonist Charles DeChant. (393-7520)
The Gainesville Sun |
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Sam Rivers postpones Friday concert
Jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers, who was scheduled to perform Friday at the Downtown Community Plaza, is recuperating from emergency hip surgery and has postponed his appearance.
The Gainesville Sun |
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They're jazzed about playing Newport
Ipswich High 2008 graduate Zachary Gorrell has Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, and Wayne Shorter in his CD collection.
Boston Globe |
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Recommendations
Biography The first thing you notice about Gretchen Parlato is that she's a singer with a deep, almost magical connection to the music,” says jazz legend Herbie Hancock. “She takes a lot of chances with her understated style, and it works. Every note is expressive, powerful, and pretty.
All About Jazz |
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'Makeover' could use money, help
With the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" build here possibly days away, local organizers say they need mostly money, not manpower.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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The Amazon as musical force
Before composer Daniel Catán discovered a story for his new opera, "Florencia en el Amazonas," he found his setting: The Amazon River.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Piano competitors push each other
Eighteen pianists from nine countries will compete in the Artist Division of the 52nd World Piano Competition, through July 13 at the Aronoff Center. Last week, as about 170 youngsters ages 7 to 17 competed at the Young Artist level, the artist-level hopefuls were warming up for their Olympian feats, to be held before a panel of high-powered judges beginning Wednesday.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Organization of the week Fallon Rotary strives to fulfill dream of helping others
One of Doug Drost's first announcements Tuesday as the newly-inducted president of the Fallon Rotary International service organization, was to introduce members to this year's theme, "Make Dreams Real."
Reno Gazette-Journal |
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Rhys Ifans, pop star, rocks...Llanerfl
YOU can’t help but feel sorry for Rhys Ifans after he was dumped by his girlfriend Sienna Miller over the phone last month.
icWales |
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New York Songwriters' Circle Accepting Contest Submissions
The New York Songwriters' Circle announced that it is now accepting submissions for its third annual Songwriting Contest.
All About Jazz |
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2008 Chicago JVC Jazz Festival
The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival Chicago will run July 18-20, showcasing members of the local Chicago jazz scene and jazz musicians from around the country. The festival will take place at five music venues around the city, including the recently reopened Jazz Showcase.
All About Jazz |
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Songwriters Fight Threat to Royalties
LONDON -- European songwriters and composers are lobbying the European Commission over proposals that could harm the royalties they earn from their work.
All About Jazz |
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Fireworks give Tri-state a star-spangled Fourth
LAUGHLIN - This year's Rockets Over the River was billed as the largest fireworks display ever presented in Laughlin and the thousands of spectators who watched Friday's show from both sides of the Colorado River were not disappointed.
Mohave Valley Daily News |
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One Nation Emcees jingle their way to success
KUALA LUMPUR: In the latest weekly challenge of Gang Starz, the local music reality TV programme, contestants were put through the task of creating a creative jingle that reflected the personality of the Hotlink brand -- vibrant, fun and energetic.
The New Straits Times |
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Event hits all the right notes
Families and individuals joined together under the summer sun, and barefooted hippies stood beside young professionals in designer clothes as Des Moines’ 80/35 Music Festival closed out its inaugural weekend Saturday.
The Des Moines Register |
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Singing dentist gets £1m contract
An NHS dentist has signed a £1m record deal after stunning executives with his operatic interpretations of pop songs. Andrew Bain had spent a decade perfecting patients' smiles when he decided to make a last-ditch attempt for a career in music.
BruDirect.com |
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Settled in Seattle, Eritreans hang onto a heritage that sustains them
Seattle's Eritrean community is small compared to other immigrant groups in Seattle, with a little more than 5,200 people in King County. But it is one of the highest concentrations of Eritreans in the country.
Seattle Times |
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Spin control
ALT-FOLK Fleet Foxes, "Fleet Foxes" (Sub Pop) Though their wardrobe, beards and burgeoning following are all in step with the leaders of the so-called "freak folk" movement, the Seattle quintet Fleet Foxes distinguishes itself from artists such as Animal Collective and Devendra Banhart because its members are much less emphatically stoner or self-consciously eclectic, and because its ...
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Chicago Lit: A punk-rock 'crossover novel'
Stephanie Kuehnert was about two-thirds done with the first draft of her debut novel, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone, when she unexpectedly found herself staring at her worst nightmare -- writer's block.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers
Three strikes and you're out France has suggested an amendment to the pan-European Telecoms Package, which would bar broadband access to anyone who persists in illegally downloading music or films.…
The Register |
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Hard Rock Park: Feel the music
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- The world's first rock 'n' roll theme park could have been built in Los Angeles, whose musical legacy rides from Johnny Otis to the Doors. Or Memphis -- my choice for the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. (I'm sure we will see an Elvis World amusement park in our lifetime.)
Chicago Sun-Times |
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The Nation
SAN ANTONIO Freed U.S. hostages thank their rescuers The three American hostages rescued by Colombia's military said in their first public statement that they are doing fine and are thrilled to "return home to the country we love." In a statement released late Friday by the U.S.
The Monterey County Herald |
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Summer concert series continues in Union Springs
The Smugtown Stompers, with Carol Mulligan, will present an evening of blues, Dixieland and ragtime music at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Union Springs High School auditorium.
The Post-Standard |
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Super Summer Reader: Setting gives Song for Summer magic
A Song for Summer is indisputably a tale of adventure and romance. But the time and place is the heart and soul of the story the remote countryside of Austria, during the days leading up to WWII. It is an era when heroes and heroines were in the making, hope was still very much alive and the idea of love was still a possibility especially for Ellen Carr.
Green Bay Press-Gazette |
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If you can't be Mick, pretend to be Mick
A chronicle of a year in the life of a rock 'n' roll tribute band: Ever heard that one before?
Toronto Star |
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