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Street party helps fight hunger
FireWorks hosts two nights of music to aid food Bank
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At Fringe Festival, A Finely Tuned Fury
The art of the one-person show is in disguising a self-centered act as something generous: The performer must convince us utterly that he's in it more for our pleasure than his own. The beguiling monologuist Mike Daisey achieves this in grand style with his new solo piece about the withering of A...
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Event features piano virtuosos
For the second year, the Dakota Sky International Music Festival returns to Sioux Falls from Thursday through July 30 at the Washington Pavilion's Belbas Theater. The classical music event includes a recital series, educational events, lectures and master classes. Paul Sanchez, a Sioux Falls native, is founder and executive director of the festival. Dakota Sky features piano virtuosos from ...
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Alejandro Escovedo's Revival Meeting
Texas punk/alt-country survivor Alejandro Escovedo is the kind of musician who instantly sorts the geeks from the civilians: Either you admire him (and you've got a box full of No Depression magazine back issues, and you know the bit rate at which your music files are encoded) or you've never heard...
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Classical Funk With A Few Rough Edges
The underground scene is squeaky clean at the Capital Fringe Festival. Certainly, the concert "Carnal Node," by the Great Noise Ensemble, was held underground. But the basement in question was the spanking-new Forum at the Harman Center for the Arts, and all the folding chairs in the world were n...
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XPN festival ends big
Golden sunshine, comfortable humidity and an eclectic palette of sounds provided the perfect ending Sunday to the annual XPoNential Music Festival at Wiggins Park.
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Commercial development planned near roundabout
An Atlanta partnership is putting together plans for a hotel, retail or office project near the Music Row Roundabout after closing on land in the 1700 block of Broadway.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
Fascinating intersections between highbrow and lowbrow music have surprised listeners for centuries; Bach, for instance, wove a catchy pop melody into his "St. Matthew Passion."
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Saw Loser Releases Cover Album in Japan and Hits American Shores
Singapore-based punk rock outfit Saw Loser have been super busy lately. On hiatus for almost a year, the band has been ...
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Ciara Sotto releases third album before going back to Las Vegas
"It's a labor of love." This is how Ciara Anna Sotto described her third album titled If You Love Me. Ciara came home last June 30 for a two-week break from her rehearsals and training for the musical production Fever, which will be shown in Melanja at the Strip in Las Vegas.
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40 perfect movie endings
''40 Year-Old Virgin,'' ''Pride & Prejudice,'' ''Rocky II,'' and more films that save the best for last
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A Ukulele and a Dream Give Music Teacher All-Star Hopes
A 28-year-old high school music teacher from Medford, N.Y., is one of three finalists in Major League Baseball?s ?Take Me Out to the Ball Game? All-Star Game contest.
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Trust all the buzz: Carolina Liar is the real deal
Never mind the band's name, Carolina Liar's Chad Wolf swears he's an honest man. Singer-songwriter Chad Wolf, front, is the lone American in the band Carolina Liar. "It opens up new worlds, new cultures," he says. "We started working on demos to see if we could all get along," Chad Wolf, middle, says of the way Carolina Liar came together. "That was last July (and) it's been ...
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SPAC goes country with Paisley, Jewel
SARATOGA SPRINGS There was an ex-pop star, a TV dancing sensation, a singer-songwriter from a reality show, and yes, sir, even a hat-wearing, guitar-slinging country star at SPAC on a rainy Sunday night. Glendale, W. Va., native Brad Paisley came out wearing a white hat, tight jeans and quickly strapped on a blue paisley Telecaster guitar.As if there was any other choice. "Mud on the Tires" ...
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CRITIC'S CHOICE
Fae Myenne Ng In her long-awaited new novel Steer Toward Rock, which is told in several different voices and set in San Francisco Chinatown in the '60s, award-winning UC Berkeley alum FaeMyenne Ng ponders the nuances of immigration, illegal and otherwise: At what point can ...
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Vineland official turns up the volume on Landis Avenue
VINELAND - Along the city's main drag, where passers-by used to report uneasy quiet, there's a new song on the breeze.
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Ramshackle comic -- WITH VIDEOS
Zach Galifianakis. (AP photo) As Chris Rock performed in front of an audience of tens of thousands, comedian Zach Galifianakis watched admiringly offstage.
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Fun time brews Beer on the Bay to 'showcase Erie'
To build a better beer festival, John Hall looked beyond the brewery. And what he saw was Liberty Park. "A lot of brewers sponsor festivals to showcase their beers," said Hall, the president of Erie Brewing Co. "We want to do one that will also showcase Erie."
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Sound attitude Siblings with hearing loss refuse to lead silent lives
The beat of the music pulsates through Alex Cherpak's heart as much as through his ears. With or without a hearing aid, Alex's dance steps remain in rhythm with every note.
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Outhouse race debuts at Bear Paw Festival
The Bear Paw Festival in Eagle River saw a new event this year: Outhouse Racing, put on by UAA's Architecture and Engineering club.
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A new dimension of Hannah Montana
The hit Hannah Montana movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert will come to Starz in standard- and high-definition starting 9 p.m. July 26.
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Concert industry surviving sour notes
While much of the record business is singing a sad song, musicians and fans apparently can't wait to get on the road again, according to a midyear look at the concert business just released by Pollstar magazine.
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Bluegrass bonanza: Bands descend on Brandon stage for festival
BRANDON -- More than a dozen bluegrass bands busted out their banjos this past weekend as the 14th annual Basin Bluegrass Festival set up shop beneath the mostly sunny skies and green hills of Brandon. ... - By TERRY BADMAN Herald Correspondent
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RICK JAMES RECEIVES AWARD POSTHUMOUSLY: Daughter, Ty James accepts on his behalf.
*Los Angeles, CA -- Four years after his passing (August 6, 2004), the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) honored Rick James during its 21st Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards held last month in Los Angeles.
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THE UK CORNER Q&A: Meet Femi Temowo
Who is Femi Temowo? First and foremost I’m a musician based in London via Nigeria. My weapon of choice is Guitar. I am an artist who also freelances working with other artists and I play all sorts of music.
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