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Uganda: Chaka Demus And Pliers for Tigan's Launch
If you enjoy Jamaican music, you've probably heard of the dancehall duo Chaka Demus and Pliers. The two artists are set to visit Kampala, where they will bless the launch of Henry Tigan's album Muzudde in September.
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ROTHBURY has it all
This woman performed with The Kaivalya Hoop Dancers of Denver, Colorado at ROTHBURY Festival. ROTHBURY – Want to take in four days of nearly continuous music?
The White Lake Beacon |
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Drum roll please
Kate Wilk dances with her grandfather Bob Waltermire to the music of Tony's Polka Band at the Polish picnic at the Polanka Grounds on Mill Street in Adams on Sunday.
North Adams Transcript |
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Summer MoCA events
Slam poetess and soul singer Abena Koomson will perform an Alt Cabaret on Saturday, July 12 at 8 p.m. in Club B-10. This dynamic poet heats up the night with spoken word and original songs unlike anything else you can hear in the area this season.
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This sort of thing is their bag
JONESBORO — You don’t need to vacation in the Scottish Highlands to hear authentic bagpipe tunes. If you venture anywhere near First Presbyterian Church in Jonesboro on a Sunday afternoon, you’ll likely hear the sounds of traditional pipes and drums floating through the air.
Jonesboro Sun |
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Zimbabwe: Inxusa Festival Back on Stage
The Inxusa Festival makes a welcome return this year, a decade after it was shelved following concerns it had lost direction.
AllAfrica.com |
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Rocker Joel Madden Named Newest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Joel Madden, lead vocalist for the critically acclaimed, platinum-album-selling band, Good Charlotte has been named UNICEF's newest Goodwill Ambassador, officials with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF today announced.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News |
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Stuart digs in with landmark album 'The Pilgrim'
"The Pilgrim" drew a line in the dirt and hasn't crossed back over it since. That's the way Marty Stuart looks at his landmark 1999 album "The Pilgrim," a song cycle that pulled together several threads of Americana, country and roots music.
Post-Bulletin |
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Country Fest becomes an annual pilgrimage
Caught in road construction, nearly halfway to my destination point of Cadott (about 10 miles east of Chippewa Falls), I had plenty of time to recount the memories of my yearly pilgrimage to Country Fest.
Post-Bulletin |
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Blyk signs up as Rise festival sponsor
Blyk, the ad-funded mobile network, is sponsoring London's anti-racism free music festival Rise in its first major sponsorship. The festival will take place on July 13.
Mad.co.uk |
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Jack White apologises to Detroit in a poem
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown.
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13:26 (BST), 07/07/2008 Persona 4 Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Atlus U.S.A., Inc., the only publisher with ...
Atlus U.S.A., Inc., the only publisher with maxed-out social links, today announced Shin Megami Tensei®: Persona 4 for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, a gripping new chapter in the Persona universe and sequel to the highest-rated RPG of 2008*. Larger, deeper, and loaded with thrills, Persona 4 delivers an all-new story set in the Japanese countryside.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Schurger Speaks
BY ERIC MANN Frisbees, baseballs, footballs, hula hoops, and music gave way to much more serious concerns at Friday's Fourth of July observance in Decatur, held before perhaps the largest crowd in the 19 years of the event.
Decatur Daily Democrat |
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Win a Nokia N78
GQ.com has teamed up with Nokia to give readers the chance to win one of the Finnish mobile manufacturer's latest devices - the N78. Prize: Nokia N78 Mobile Phone Description: The sleek-looking Nokia N78 is like having a fully-fledged multimedia computer in your pocket, allowing you to browse the web and enjoy 24 hours of uninterrupted music playback on the hop.
DVD-Recordable |
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Portage la Prairie News
Island Park in Portage la Prairie was rocking over the weekend as the Portage Industrial Exhibition Association (PIEA) kicked off its 136th annual Portagex.
Central Plains Herald-Leader |
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Get your jam on at the gym
You hear a good song on the radio and you feel like dancing: that's the concept behind Jamin'Cardio. Jamin'Cardio combines exercise with the exhilaration of dance to provide a high-energy, dance fitness program.
Mississauga News |
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Local Musician Brings Symphony To Children
Dr. Steven Elisha has left his mark on the music communilty of Topeka from the heading up the strings studies department at Washburn University to conducting the Topeka Youth Symphony. But perhaps his most exciting pursuit, is Mr. Cello's Stories, a program for children.
WIBW Topeka |
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'Music' The Newest Division Of Corporate America [Marketing]
A couple months ago we heard that Atlanta rap mogul and midget Jermaine Dupri was starting a record label financed by Procter & Gamble and the sickly TAG body spray as a way to more effectively...
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Wymondham Symphony Orchestra
A standing ovation is rare in the abbey but that accolade was fully deserved by violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky on Saturday evening in the festival's final major concert.
EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press |
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New Era Cap Tunes Into Its Lifestyle Consumer By Partnering With Microsoft's Zune
Music, fashion and entertainment -- three things New Era and Zune have in common. And for the next year, the two brands will collaborate on limited-edition caps, podcasts and events targeted at the music-loving, trend-setting, lifestyle-conscious consumer.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Pilgrimage pleases Paso’s Paderewski-ites
A trip to the homeland of renowned Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski, perhaps the most famous resident of early Paso Robles, was a success for organizers of the annual local festival honoring the artist’s legacy, they said. Their weeklong journey included a meeting with the nation’s first lady, Maria Kaczynska, as well as productive sessions with Poland’s minister of culture and ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
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Concert Review: McGraw, his band and his fans have a rollicking good time
McGraw concluded his Live Your Voice Tour at the Post-Gazette Pavilion in front of thousands of screaming country fans. Some of his friends, including Jason Aldean and Halfway to Hazard, helped him end the tour in style -- which, in terms of country tours, means pulling pranks.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Winchester Festival opening concert review
WINCHESTER FESTIVAL OPENING CONCERT Winchester Cathedral, 4th July 2008 Just as a good party is launched with a bang, then so a good arts festival needs a grand opening to make its mark, and the Winchester Festival has learned over its 11-year existence that a large-scale concert in the Cathedral is perhaps the best way to do this.
Hampshire Chronicle |
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My iPod: Sergei Kostitsyn
What rocks your favorite Canadiens? True to his roots, Sergei Kostitsyn likes his Euro-pop, but the Belarusian winger is far from one-dimensional with North American music having also crept its way onto his iPod.
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Apps we love
A modern-day personal notebook, finding secret societies of like-minded music fans and when it comes to data back up, it's a jungle out there
The Globe and Mail |
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