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Missouri Theatre raises funds to aid Cedar Rapids Symphony
COLUMBIA — An open cello case sitting in the lobby of the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts brimmed with folded checks and $20 bills. The case was accompanied not ...
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New publication urges education, attendance
A local high school jazz performance was a real eye-opener for musician Rick Perkins.
The Victoria Advocate |
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Alamosa concert schedule announced
ALAMOSA — The Alamosa Live Music Association (ALMA) announced plans for an exciting summer of live music in the San Luis valley.
Alamosa Valley Courier |
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Old violin valued at $30,000 stolen - Instrument taken from Carter home was 250 years old.
ELIZABETHTON — While the nation was celebrating its 232nd birthday this weekend, a Carter County resident was mourning the theft of his 250-year-old violin.
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Fire Arts Festival heats up the Bay Area
The eighth annual Crucible Fire Arts Festival begins Wednesday.
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Essence Festival Wraps Up Its 14th Year
Grammy Award-winner headlined as did comedian Chris Rock. Festival-goers say the Superdome was packed. more
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KT Tunstall's New Songs Inspired By Children's Book, Bo Diddley
While American audiences are still discovering KT Tunstall's 2007 LP, Drastic Fantastic, the Scottish singer/songwriter says she isn't going to wait ...
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Feature photo: Market music
Philadelphia Orchestra violin players Phil Kates, right, and William Polk perform with two other orchestra members, not pictured, Sunday during the Vail Farmer's Market. The orchestra was in Vail for the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.
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Event organizers watching numbers
Organizers of two of the city’s marquee summer events say they’re concerned attendance will be down this summer, a blow due to record high gas prices analysts predict will hover around $1.40 a litre for the next few months. Both the Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular and the Summerfolk Music [...]
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Riverside County Philharmonic considers hosting major soloists
The Riverside County Philharmonic's board is considering a proposal to bring in a big-name soloist to perform with the orchestra to help celebrate its 50th anniversary in the 2009-2010 season.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Grammy camp gives girl's summer a musical flavor
An area teen has been chosen to attend the unique activity for young people interested in the arts.
The Intelligencer |
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Lake Elsinore group Salt Creek blends country and rock
Julie Ryan has been singing her whole life, but it took collaborating with her cousin, bassist Ray Agueros, to put together California country band Salt Creek.
The Press-Enterprise |
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He’s got talent and he’s coming to town
The guitar sensation who won the Prime TV program Australia’s Got Talent last week will be among the artists performing at the Wingham Akoostik Music Festival this October.
Wingham Chronicle |
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Dion battles McCartney for Plains of Abraham
A new battle over the site for free outdoor concerts on Quebec City’s Plains of Abraham by Céline Dion and Paul McCartney appeared settled Monday, as organizers for Quebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations stuck to their decision to stage Dion’s concert in an open field.
Montreal Gazette |
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Kidman, Urban parents of baby Sunday Rose
- Nicole Kidman gave birth Monday to a baby girl named Sunday. Her husband, country music singer Keith Urban, posted a message on his Web site that said: "Earlier this morning Nic gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban." His...
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Un-lazy circles in the East Bay sky
And the rockets' red glare; notes from the Fourth: - In Marin, Roseann Galvan reports that for the 13th year straight, Bolinas beat Stinson in the July Fourth Tug-o-War. "How do those skinny tie-dyed potheads manage to beat us every year?" moaned one...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Theater review: Mime Troupe bites the ballot
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Red State: Musical political comedy. By Michael Gene Sullivan. Music and lyrics by Pat Moran. Directed by Sullivan. With Velina Brown, Robert Ernst, Lisa Hori-Garcia, Noah James Butler, Lizzie Calogero and Adrian Mejia. (85 minutes....
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Billy Joel Pulls the Curtain at Shea
There is some suitable symmetry in Billy Joel giving the final musical performance at Shea Stadium. As a budding singer-songwriter in 1964, Mr. Joel looked out at the American music scene and despaired. The charts were full of soul hits, which left him cold. "I was a kid from Levittown, so how much soul did I have at that point?" he once said of his childhood. Then one evening in February 1964, ...
The New York Sun |
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Beck Stumbles Into an Uncertain Future
Beck Hansen and Danger Mouse should be a match made in pop heaven. Beck is a genre-busting singer-songwriter who creates his strongest work when bouncing ideas off of equally innovative producers. Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton), the mind behind Gnarls Barkley's darkly themed soul pop, is one such sound alchemist. Somehow, though, the pair's most recent collaboration, "Modern Guilt" ...
The New York Sun |
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Civic Center management throwing a party
GLENS FALLS -- The public is invited to a free block party, with live music, outside the Glens Falls Civic Center on Tuesday, before the Stone Temple Pilots concert.
The Post-Star |
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British Rocker, World Ambassador
When Damon Albarn and the Honest Jon's Revue perform at the Lincoln Center Festival on Saturday, the stage will be filled with a veritable supergroup consisting of talent from all around the world. In addition to Mr. Albarn — best known for his 1990s Brit-pop band Blur, as well as the conceptual comic-book collaborative Gorillaz and, most recently, the ambitious rock outfit the Good, the Bad & ...
The New York Sun |
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Sam Greenfield: He Changed His Mind? Release The Hounds!!!!
If you're a liberal and are thinking of voting for someone other than Obama, or you still think Nader should run, or you think all rock music stopped when Ian Hunter slipped off of the charts, you must stop this now.
HuffingtonPost |
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Ogden Arts Festival shows variety of art - Arts and Entertainment
Everyone defines art differently. At the Ogden Arts Festival, this was obvious. The festival started five years ago. On the festival's first night, activities included a silent auction, short films shown by the Four Site Film Festival, and an award ceremony for Weber County High School students.
The Weber State University Signpost |
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Warped Tour entertains with a variety of music - Arts and Entertainment
In the past few years, the Vans Warped Tour has come under fire for many reasons. Older, more veteran acts have been frustrated with the newer up-and-coming artists that come with a built-in rock star attitude.
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Mariah Carey's marriage on the rocks? 7 Jul 2008, 1235 hrs IST, ANI
American singer Mariah Carey’s marriage to American actor Nick Cannon has hit a rough patch – just after two months, it has emerged. The two, who got married in a big hurry, have already had a string of fights and disagreements, with 27-year-old Cannon blaming Mariah’s demands for the crisis.
The Times of India |
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