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Putting the band back together
For the first time in 40 years, members of The Night Riders are playing music together. Along with members of another local group, The Magnificents Band, The Night Riders will perform Saturday in Burlington.
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The Socratic Method
In Manhattan, most outdoor summer movie events are about getting away from the congested streets and the crowded subways, if only for a few hours. But in Queens, the organizers of one outdoor movie series approach the endeavor not as a fleeting escape, but as a recurring event not to be missed. On Wednesday, Long Island City's Socrates Sculpture Park will kick off the 10th year of its Outdoor ...
The New York Sun |
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Grease Pole Competition
Coverage of the grease pole competition at the 15th Annual Festival Italiano on July 6th. The area's top 40 Under 40 are recognized for their achievements.
Guelph Mercury |
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4TH FIREWORKS BASH A THUG BULLET FEST
A college co-ed was killed by gunfire today when a July Fourth barbecue in Brooklyn turned into a bullet festival that left four others wounded, including a wheelchair-bound man, police sources and witnesses said. Zeanie White, 21, who attended...
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Marsalis & Nelson Meet in a Bluesy Middle
To jazz fans of my father's generation, the 1930 recording of "Blue Yodel No. 9" by Jimmie Rodgers was a remarkable mystery: Here was the legendary singing brakeman, accompanied by a trumpet player who sounded remarkably like Louis Armstrong. At that time, a contingent of jazz purists refused to believe that Armstrong, who was even then the most famous figure in jazz, would sully himself by ...
The New York Sun |
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A Souvenir From Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz, the great and wizardly pianist, lived from 1903 to 1989. He played his last recital on June 21, 1987, at age 83. And now we have that recital on disc. The event took place in Hamburg, allowing the record label, Deutsche Grammophon, to call the album "Horowitz in Hamburg." A little alliteration is always appreciated. Horowitz was one of the great uneven performers in all ...
The New York Sun |
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Finding Movement Across the Globe
DURHAM, N.C. — It may be called the American Dance Festival, but it is no longer strictly an American affair. In its first incarnation in 1934, more than 100 students flocked to the festival school to learn about a uniquely American art form known as modern dance from early icons such as Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman. Since then, artists from countries including China, ...
The New York Sun |
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Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers.
The Washington Times |
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Teen icons-in-training get close to fans at Taste show
If they were any more famous, Alyson Michalka and Amanda Joy Michalka -- better known as Aly and A.J. -- might have caused a riot Sunday at the final concert at Taste of Chicago.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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It’s American Brandstand: Marketers Underwrite Performers
Procter & Gamble, the consumer goods giant, is part of a wave of companies getting into the music business to promote their own products.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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On the Right Track With 'Die Soldaten'
Any festival in a big city needs to offer something radically different from normal fare, or it doesn't deserve to be called a festival. This hurdle is surmounted triumphantly by the Lincoln Center Festival with its production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten," or "The Soldiers," which opened on Saturday, not simply because it has chosen a complex, modernistic opera as its musical ...
The New York Sun |
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Elsie Von Maur receives musical farewell at memorial service
Elsie von Maur might be listening from heaven today as friends celebrate her life with a musical memorial service at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Davenport.
Quad-City Times |
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Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS July 6, 2008, 09:23 pm ET · The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers.
NPR |
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Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans
The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers. Danae Green, of Pittsburgh, Calif., said she was enthralled by the free empowerment seminars and marketplace sponsored by the festival and held inside ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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ROTHBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL: Phish fans get a rare treat at Rothbury
GRANT TOWNSHIP -- The Rothbury festival headed into the homestretch today with a pair of collaborations that had Phish fans salivating.
Detroit Free Press |
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Jack Black's festival helmet
Jack Black will wear a helmet when he performs at the Reading and Leeds music festivals. The actor, who is set to appear on stage before legendary rockers Metallica, admits his band Tenacious D are prepared for the crowd to pelt them with bottles.
China Daily |
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Climate Change: THISDAY Festival Stars to Plant Trees
THISDAY’s global campaign for inflow of investments, rather than aid, into Africa also has a green component – with the international stars slated to perform at the Music and Fashion teaming up with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Aliyu Modibbo Umar, to turn the city “green”.
This Day |
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‘Sunny Okosuns, A Dogged Fighter’
Chairman, South-South Peoples Assembly(SSPA), Lagos State Chapter, Elder Oladele Atugbe, has described late Evangelist Sunny Okosuns as a dodged Christian fighter who used his kind of music to fight for freedom of the defenceless and oppressed.
This Day |
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Musical, story-telling duo to perform July 16
Luunappi, a musical and story-telling duo with roots in Leelanau County, will perform at the July 16 meeting of the Leelanau County chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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50 Years Ago in Burke County
• The Health Department reports births outnumbered deaths in April and May. Births totaled 186 compared to 83 deaths. • Morganton Rec Center pool had an estimated 500 people attending the Fourth of July celebration. Sarah Ann Wallace and Carolyn Watts gave a life-saving demonstration. Terry Cole and Howard Gray won the three-legged swimming event. Robbie Robertson won the plunge for distance by ...
The Morganton News Herald |
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Derwent band marches to world triumph
Tasmania's Derwent Valley Concert band has cleaned up at the World Marching Band Championships.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Guitar man
Johna StricklandArgus Observer Ontario - It’s his own one-star rock concert.
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Nyssaâ€s renowned rock festival kicks off next week
Larry MeyerArgus Observer NYSSA - The Nyssa Chamber of Chamber of Commerce’s 43rd annual Thunderegg Days will kickoff Thursday for a three-day run this year and will include a performance by the Idaho Army National Guard 25th Army Band at 7 p.m. Saturday as part of this year’s entertainment.
Argus Observer |
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A fine night for singing
Deborah Berioli has an idea that Venice could be a fine audience for a performing arts series. And the full house at "American Songbook" at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Venice on Saturday evening proved her right.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Property owners balk at low bids at Tesoro auction
Despite the standing-room-only crowd and live music, a recent auction of 22 properties in Port St. Lucie's tony Tesoro community didn't yield a single sale.
The Palm Beach Post |
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