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Harmonix, MTV Games and Electronic Arts Set to Rock the World Again With Rock Band(TM)2
For the First Time Ever in a Music Videogame - Compete Against Other Bands Online; Export Music Tracks from Original Disc to Rock Band 2(1)Upgraded World Tour, Battle of the Bands, Set Challenges and ...
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Ovation Plays Along With ‘Notes From the Road’
Ovation TV is aiming to hit a high note with music fans, announcing the launch of weekly series “Bonefish Grill’s Notes From the Road.” The show will offer glimpses of life on the road, behind-the-scenes footage and candid conversations with bands and artists touring the U.S. this summer.
TV Week |
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Biography
Jessica Jones plays tenor saxophone and piano and composes most of the band's music and has worked with Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Steve Coleman, Don Cherry, and Peter Apfelbaum; as well as a variety of Haitian, Caribbean and African bands.
All About Jazz |
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Lasers damage concertgoers' eyes in Moscow
A laser show at a music festival near Moscow burned the retinas of more than 30 people.
International Herald Tribune |
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New Guns 'N Roses Song To Debut In Rock Band 2
The first official song released from Chinese Democracy will appear in the popular video game. Is the album on the way?
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EMI Expected To Announce Profit For Q1
EMI is reportedly set to announce a 61 percent increase in the company's fiscal first quarter, due to the company's new ownership cutting costs and strong new releases in 2008. According to Reuters , a letter from Terra Firma head Guy Hands says that the label's recorded music division brought in approximately $118 million (or £59.2 million) EBITA. In 2007, the company's first quarter saw a loss ...
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Bertelsmann Unlikely To Get Asking Price For BMG
German media giant Bertelsmann has made it known that it wants to exit its music joint venture, Sony BMG , but the company is unlikely to get the $2.8 billion asking price that is seeks.
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Steve Craig Jumps To WRXP, Fram Goes On-Air
WRXP /New York has snagged Steve Craig for midday duties, starting on July 28. Craig comes to 'RXP from Atlanta's 99X , where he had one of the longest-running and highest rated alternative rock shows in the nation.
FMQB |
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Music Review: John Mellencamp's dark new CD
John Mellencamp, "Life, Death, Love, and Freedom" (Hear Music)
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Motion City Soundtrack Plot Fall Tour
Who? Minneapolis' pop-punk quintet Motion City Soundtrack , featuring vocalist/guitarist Justin Pierre, guitarist Joshua Cain, keyboardist Jesse Johnson, bassist Matthew Taylor, and drummer Tony Thaxton, whose 2007 full-length, Even If it Kills Me , demanded a four-star review in the pages of Spin 's October issue . What? The Left Handed Forms of Human Endeavor tour, a 12-date outing ...
Spin |
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New Music: Coldplay: "Death Will Never Conquer" [MP3]
Coldplay 's soul, it seems, is marching on. "Death Will Never Conquer", a new free download from the soft-rocking UK mega-sellers, is a rudimentary, barely one-minute piano rag sung by drummer Will Champion. Champion's raspy tone and quasi-American accent distantly evoke piano-playing soul great Ray Charles-- OK, really distantly-- or Randy Newman, while the ivories' rootsy vernacular ...
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Columbus native Jennie Walker hosts music business panel Sunday in Decatur
Columbus native Jennie Walker hosts the Connective Panel Series for the first time in Georgia Sunday. The panel will be 4 p.m. in Eddie’s Attic, 515-B North McDonough Street, in Decatur.
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MIGHTY MIGHTY RETURN FOR SKA-CORE PIONEERS
In 1997, on tour in support of hometown brethren Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Boston scrappers Dropkick Murphys delivered to face of the punk rock masses its first jarring cross of barroom punk, hardcore and Irish folk. Sunday, The Hub's fraternal apostles of ska-core and angels of Oi! were united and out swinging one more time for the 2008 Starland Ballroom Summer Campout.
Asbury Park Press |
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Classic baseball song turns 100
Hastily written on a New York subway 100 years ago — or so the story goes — "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" has made it from Tin Pan Alley to YouTube.com, and with help from Harry Caray, baseball's anthem has never been more popular.
The News & Observer |
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Marine Band Celebrates 210th Anniversary Concert with John Williams
The Presidents Own United States Marine Band will celebrate its 210th anniversary and the conclusion of its Living History series in a gala concert conducted by John Williams, Academy Award-winning composer and Conductor Laureate of the Boston Pops, at 8 p.m., July 20, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Kuerti conducts at Tanglewood as Levine awaits surgery
Canadian Julian Kuerti, who is assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is one of the conductors who will step in for James Levine at Tanglewood this summer.
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Billboard.com -- Nas Unveils North American Tour Plans
In between performance dates on this summer's Rock the Bells tour, rapper Nas will embark on a 21-date North American tour in support of his new untitled album, due July 15 via Def Jam.
Billboard.com |
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Baseball's anthem turns 100
It's the third most frequently sung song in the United States, yet few know all its lyrics.
Slam! Sports |
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THIS SITE
Spot a published piece that would fit this blog? Let us know about it, at blog@gothamgazette.com While 40,000 or so Bon Jovi fans were desperately trying to pack themselves onto the Great Lawn Saturday, hip-hop heads (and their kids) made their way to Empire Fulton Ferry State Park for a more laid back free concert: the 4th annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival.
Gotham Gazette |
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Event benefits disaster relief
Five dollars and a desire to listen to live music is all entertainment-seekers needed Sunday afternoon to give to a good cause.
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser |
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Payson Park concert $$$ cut by Guv
At least one cut to earmarks at the Office of Travel and Tourism state budget appropriation by Gov. Deval Patrick could potentially affect Belmont.
Belmont Citizen-Herald |
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All Dates for this Event:
AUGUSTA DANCE will immediately follow the concert Thursday in the pavilion with music by The Pavilion of Horns. Admission will be $5 per person.
The Inter-Mountain |
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All Dates for this Event:
AUGUSTA DANCE will be at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday in the pavilion. Music will be provided by Roger Bellow & Friends, Katie Holmes & New Friends. Admission will be $5 per person.
The Inter-Mountain |
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Music Review: The Hold Steady Get More Polished
The Hold Steady, "Stay Positive" (Vagrant Records)
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All Dates for this Event:
AUGUSTA DANCE will immediately follow the concert in the pavilion. Music will be provided by Peter Ecklund & Friends. Admission will be $5 per person, but if you attended the concert, you may dance for free.
The Inter-Mountain |
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