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Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival
Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with British dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers.
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Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival
By Stuart Grudgings
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Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival
Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with British dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers.
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White Stripes' White Pens Poem About Detroit
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. White said he was frustrated by a sense that his thoughts about the Motor City were misrepresented since he moved to Nashville two years ago.
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"Jesus freaks" spread the word at music festival
Dozens of young people at Creation, a Christian music festival in Pennsylvania, wore green T-shirts with the slogan "Young Single Available."
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Not the tops for Top of the Park Festival might not break even, organizers say
Nodding her head slightly to the music, Marissa Gomez sipped her drink and pondered the past three weeks. "Is there a better way to spend a night than this?'' she asked, looking around Ingalls Mall on the University of Michigan campus Saturday evening. "It's perfect out. What a great night.''
The Ann Arbor News |
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Piano bar tuning up for opening
URBANA – Lincoln Square Village promises to be a livelier place at night with the opening of the 88 Broadway piano bar this week. The bar, which has scheduled its formal opening for Friday, will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. weekdays and from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturdays. It's located on the east side of the mall's high court, where the entrance to Bergner's used to be.
The Champaign News-Gazette |
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Pitch perfect for Summerfair concert
An overflow crowd turned out to hear the Harrisburg Symphony play in Carlisle Theatre Sunday night after the threat of rain moved the Summerfair concert indoors.
The Sentinel |
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Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager
Having finally gotten my oldest son a nicely-working install of Ubuntu on his laptop, I couldn't resist but wipe out his hard drive (saving his music, of course) and install Vista to get his impressions. He was perfectly content with Ubuntu once I had it all spiffed...
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EMI Appoints Elio Leoni-Sceti Chief Executive of Recorded Music
July 7 (Bloomberg) -- EMI Group Ltd. , the music company controlled by Guy Hands 's Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd., named cleaning-products executive Elio Leoni-Sceti to run its record division.
Bloomberg.com |
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Mural of Hoagy Carmichael unveiled in Richmond
A large mural of jazz legend Hoagy Carmichael has been dedicated in Richmond, where the "Stardust" composer first recorded.
WTHR Indianapolis |
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Drama in the McGhie household
TALENTED siblings from a Hunt End school will share the spotlight after being selected to appear in a musical on a Birmingham stage.
Redditch Standard |
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Restriction-free music sales soar on 7digital.com
LONDON (Reuters) - Web site 7digital.com, which has forged deals with Warner Music and other top labels to offer music downloads without anti-piracy restrictions, has quadrupled its annual sales, it said on Monday.
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Dothée, Hanson, Aspiras, Cao, Shaw and Sheridan Set for West Virginia West Side Story
Directed by Michael Licata and choreographed by Vic DiMonda, West Side Story will play the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center July 8-13.
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Bhopal gas victims take the musical route to protest
Bhopal gas tragedy victims, who have been protesting in the capital to demand rehabilitation and compensation for themselves and their children, have now found a new way to voice their demands and express their anguish - music.
Calcutta News |
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Mon,07 Jul 2008
Amit Kumar Ganguly is in the news for the hit, typically Mumbaiyya number, Dil mein baji guitar ( Apna Sapna Money Money ), played at least 20 times a day on every radio station.
Hindustan Times |
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Threashers' Reunion Wraps Up
DENTON, N.C. -- Just because it was the last day of the Southeast Old Threshers' Reunion does not mean that it was not jam-packed with music, food, exhibits, demonstrations and, of course, tractors.
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Obama Campaign Music CD: First 6000 Free
Wings Of Change, created for the Obama campaign and dedicated to CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, by award-winning flute soloist Robert Windpony, is offered FREE to the first 6000 online requests.
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Return to Ever?
Loud, fast and chopsy -- that was the definition of "jazz-rock fusion" assumed by panelists (including me) in a Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Matters public panel discussion of "Fusion at 40" in conjunction with the headling appearance of Return To Forever at the Ottawa Jazz Festival.
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Kenya: Horse Racing - It's a 10-Race Charity Event At Ngong
It is all system go on Sunday as the curtains come down on the "Rock the Races" extravaganza with what has been dubbed as the richest 10-race charity meeting at Ngong Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
AllAfrica.com |
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UK police forces in the line of fire over playing music without licence
London, July 7 : A society that collects royalties for musicians in the UK is unhappy with the police force over the use of pop tunes on iPods, stereos, and radios without a licence.
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Leonard Cohen revisits Montreux after nearly 30 years
Poet-songwriter Leonard Cohen will be the star turn Tuesday in a long-awaited gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival which features in his first major tour in 15 years.
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Leonard Cohen revisits Montreux after nearly 30 years
Poet-songwriter Leonard Cohen will be the star turn Tuesday in a long-awaited gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival which features in his first major tour in 15 years.
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Leonard Cohen revisits Montreux after nearly 30 years
GENEVA (AFP) - Poet-songwriter Leonard Cohen will be the star turn Tuesday in a long-awaited gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival which features in his first major tour in 15 years.
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Kenya: Amani in New Song With AY
Kenya's musician Amani has teamed up with Tanzania's AY for a new song that they have dubbed Usiwe Mbali. The two have already aired the video of the song.
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