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Crowds throng to folk festival
BUTTE - Thousands of people roamed the streets of Uptown Butte Saturday, taking in the National Folk Festival -with all its varied music, food and arts.
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Trips & Tours: Pear-adise found
You've heard about the Asparagus Festival in Stockton, the Crawdad Festival in Isleton and the Garlic Festival in Gilroy. But pears, too, have their day in the sun each summer in Courtland, the Sacramento River Delta town about 20 miles south of Sacramento. Farmer Steve McQuillan displays his winning pear at an earlier Pear Fair.
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Putting passion into an opera about Persephone
Of humor and bondage: Catonsville writer has a tale from Greek mythology all tied up and rocking out Catonsville resident Rosanna Tufts had the most proper, most elite of musical educations, but deep in her soul, she yearned for more earthy entertainments.
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People Week in Review
Love on the rocks: A-Rod, Christie Brinkley star in 'Marriages Gone Bad.'
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These cats have a plan for Miami's jazz scene
With a jazz series to debut in the fall and plans to open a jazz club on site this year, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is embarking on the cultural equivalent of a jazz solo: exploring new rhythmic and melodic paths, not knowing where they will lead but confident that the outcome will be one of creative unity.
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Rain doesn't dampen crowds at rock show
Overcast skies and sporadic showers were no match for resilient punk-rock fans Saturday at downtown Miami's Bicentennial Park, where the Vans Warped Tour made its annual stop.
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Between the lines: View to a thriller -- or four
A consistently large percentage of titles on bestseller lists around the country are thrillers, which says a lot about our reading preferences. These four titles should keep fans busy.
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Excitement Over Asymmetrical Barbell System Spreads Like Wildfire Among Celebs, Trainers
Blazing a path through some of the country's hottest fitness industry events, the Burn Machine Barbell System receives kudos from celebrities, Hollywood trainers and fitness professionals at every stop, and the excitement shows little sign of cooling down. (PRWeb Jul 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1100684.htm
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Hill Country zip lines quickly become addictive
Wimberley Zipline Adventures lives up to its name. Flying over the rugged Hill Country landscape east of Wimberley is best described as a thrill ride ...
The Bryan-College Station Eagle |
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Rachmaninov scores on new Chandos disc
Rachmaninov heard only one performance of his First Symphony. The 1897 premiere was such a disaster -- the conductor was drunk -- the composer destroyed the manuscript.
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Multicultural Market Day returns to city Sept. 6
LACONIA — Plans are well-under way for the 7th Annual Multicultural Market Day on Sept. 6. Black Sea Salsa will play a blend of Afro-Cuban and Armenian Jazz to highlight the 6 p.m. evening performance.
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Rock on with a pair of new 'Guitar Hero' games
Your fingers might still be numb from jamming along to Activision's "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock," but two new "Guitar Hero" games are now available.
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SJ Faces: Bill Rogers
Haddonfield is hardly Music City USA, but it is the home base of BRE Presents, one of the nation's leading independent concert promoters.
Courier-Post |
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On bended knee
The Rev. Dr. Douglas Hargis works out on the treadmill in his basement every morning, where he keeps pace not to music, but to prayer.
Courier-Post |
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WXPN festival still rockin'
With a mid-July sun setting over the Philadelphia skyline, Railroad Earth delivered a rambunctious encore, "Wore My Boots Out Walking," a trippy bluegrass number that got the crowd up and dancing.
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Guitar Hero rocks!
Don't fret, handheld gamers
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Live Nation has ticket to blockbuster success
Live Nation Inc.'s chief executive, Michael Rapino, has spent much of the past three years reorienting the world's largest concert promoter. The company had revenue of $4.2 billion in 2007 from staging 28,000 concerts in 18 countries. But largely because of the high cost of paying star performers, it had an $11.8 million loss for the year.
The Tennessean |
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This Week in Music History
IN TOMORROW'S PAPER:
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People in business
The Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence has appointed Jeff T. Bailey, vice president, provider operations at Emdeon Business Services of Brentwood, to the 2008 Board of Examiners. The award program annually recognizes organizations demonstrating excellence in business operations and results. As an examiner, Bailey is responsible for reviewing and evaluating applications submitted in the ...
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Moeckel's move to Phoenix is a loss for local artists, community
The month of October 2006 was busy for Tucson Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Steven Moeckel.
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Knievel-inspired stunter wows fans
Bubba Blackwell popped wheelies, popped a tire, made lots of noise and entertained a crowd on his motorcycles Saturday afternoon in Billings. Billed as the Buell American Daredevil, Blackwell travels the country performing his motorcycle stunt show an ...
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Variety is the main event on HD radio stations
The programming format for HD Radio: Almost anything goes, including country women and obscure rock 'n' rollers.
Poughkeepsie Journal |
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Wi-Fi radios still haven't dialed in ease of use
NEW YORK -- What are you going to listen to? Norway's 24-hour folk music channel Allttid Folkemusikk? Radio Banadir -- the Most Trusted News in Somalia?
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Pop music: Triple threat
The Jonas Brothers are polite. Very, very polite. Teens won't want to miss sensations the Jonas Brothers – from left, Joe, Kevin and Nick – when they perform Wednesday at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre.
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Recycling old media materials
Question: I buy more music and movies online and my CDs, videos, cassette tapes and even some DVDs are now just taking up space on the shelf. How can I recycle old media materials?
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