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Street Energy in a Festive Ruckus of African Grooves and Western Pop
The concert taught without being pedantic and unspooled different kinds of grooves, mostly Nigerian and Malian but some American.
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Say, Is That You, Figaro? You Seem a Bit Different
The conductor and vocal coach Will Crutchfield led an appealing cast and members of the Orchestra of St. Luke?s in a semistaged performance of ?Il Barbiere? at the Bel Canto at Caramoor series.
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Grand show staged at the grandstand
BAZETTA - Country music star Tracy Lawrence was welcomed by a sea of cowboy hats and stomping feet during his concert Sunday evening at the Trumbull County Fair's grandstand. Lawrence played for approximately 90 minutes, mixing old favorites and new hits from his 17-year career.
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The hip parade
Tuned-in parents can now groove to the music on their toddlers' favourite program.
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Schlow Library to host trio of bands for 'Splatterfolk'
What: Musical concert featuring Thinguma*Jigsaw, Noa Babayof and Sharon Van Etten (Info) When: 7 tonight (Info) Where: Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St.
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Bavarian Blast moves to fairgrounds, opens Friday
NEW ULM - Bavarian Blast will stay very close to its original format when it moves to its new home at the Brown County Fairgrounds this week. Tom Furth, chair of the Bavarian Blast board of directors, said the festival was moved to the Brown County fairgrounds because its downtown location was labor-intensive.
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Festival delights crowds with culture
Danny Doughty from Willis Wharf, Va. puts the finishing touches on his cow painting during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Saturday afternoon.
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Country gospel music plays at country store
WEST NEWTON - Violins and guitars and wind instruments were popular back when the Alexander Harkin store was functioning as a small town general store instead of a living museum. Because instruments added extra weight to a wagon, they were often the first things to be discarded in order to lighten a load.
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Paul Holmes: Mostly Memories
“I couldn’t drive for five months after the accident,” Holmes said. “It was hard to think about anything as wild as playing the piano.” Holmes did regain movement. And then he said he began to long for the piano and the Fairview.
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The beat goes on
The Saving Song Music Festival on Saturday was marred by a variety of problems, but many in attendance enjoyed the event anyway.
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Eraserheads to reunite for one night only in Aug
After weeks of speculation, it is confirmed that the legendary OPM rock band the Eraserheads will reunite for a one-night concert to be held at the CCP Open Grounds on Aug. 30, 2008.
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Game On: Is Mainstream Ad Play On Its Way to Gaming Industry?
If you do just a few Google searches, you’ll find references all over the place: A regular Rock Band night at the Ground Kontrol bar in Portland, Ore.; A YouTube clip of two dudes flailing away at Guitar Hero at the Hyperion Tavern in L.A.; Nintendo Wii Bowling leagues forming in Kansas City and Greeley, Colo. Two media executives from Brooklyn are even hosting a large Wii Tennis Tournament, the ...
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T in Park fan suffers knife attack
A young man remained in a serious condition in hospital after receiving "horrific" multiple stab wounds on the final day of Scotland's biggest music festival.
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Acoustic Guitar Lessons Given at Lower Branch Library
07/14/2008 - 1:00p.m. to 07/14/2008 - 2:00p.m.
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Reaping gains of growth
John Heins’ errands are much easier now than when he moved to Lake Murray’s Shull Island area 25 years ago. “When we came out here, I’m not sure we knew how far out in the country we were,” he said. “Now, we’ve got the whole nine yards nearby.” Supermarkets, dry cleaners, restaurants and other stores are popping up on a 16-mile, lakeside stretch of U.S. 378 west of Lexington to serve residents ...
The State |
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Bluegrass festival getting foxy in Oak Hill
DURHAM — Bluegrass aficionados will have to travel across the valley and through the woods for this year’s Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, one of the Northeast’s premier bluegrass events.
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Stephenville dealing with complaints about noise
Mayor Tom O’Brien says the town has received a number of complaints recently regarding noise from two sources — fireworks and music.
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Dane County Fair opens Tuesday at Alliant Center
Thousands of people from across southern Wisconsin will be coming to Madison this week as the 157th Dane County Fair kicks off Tuesday at the Alliant Energy Center. Many will come for the entertainment: the hybrid car show, the performing sea lions, the music or the Winn Family Thrill Show, among others. Many more will come to see and support the 10,055 kids ages 5 to 21 from Dane County youth ...
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Twisting and shouting
The only attendees who didn't sing along at Sunday's Julliard Park concert were the dogs on leashes weaving among the crowd.Everyone else knew the words.Santa Rosa's "Live at Julliard" kicked off its 15th annual free summer music series with a Beatles tribute band who easily moved the audience to twist and shout.
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Solitude among the skeletons
BULLS ISLAND — Summer in South Carolina lures thousands to the coast to escape the sweltering temperatures and sticky humidity. Attracted by cool offshore breezes and the rhythmic chop of surf, throngs of people — from Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head — unfold beach chairs and sculpt castles in close quarters to the sound of shag music. But for those searching for solitude and a chance to see ...
The State |
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How can I recycle old media items?
Q. 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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Creature comforts for long-haul pope
Sydney - Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to Australia got off to a slow start Monday with quality time spent with a grand piano and a clutch of kittens. The 81-year-old pope, famously fond of music and cats, arrived in Sydney on Sunday ahead of this ...
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BRUCE CONNER
Created one of first music videos SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Conner , an iconoclastic artist and avant-garde filmmaker of the Beat era, has died. He was 74. Conner died Monday of natural causes at home, said his wife, artist Jean Conner. One of the last surviving artists who was associated with San Francisco’s Beat scene of the 1950s, Conner remained active and influential in the contemporary art ...
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Deaths, Stabbings and Rape at Music Festivals
While Rocklahoma suffered collapsed stages at the hands of mother nature (see separate report in today's Day in Rock), across the pond several music festivals were hit by violence and even some deaths.
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Radiohead Still Breaking The Rules
In keeping with their decision not to make conventional promotional music videos for any of the tracks on In Rainbows, Radiohead used absolutely no cameras in the making of its new "House Of Cards" clip
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