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Rock Band 2 Is Only as Great as Its Instruments (Which Look Great) [Rock Band 2]
A normal game demo features a kiosk, maybe a couch, and it's all a pretty ho hum experience save for the fact that you're usually playing a game that won't be released for anywhere from a several...
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"Dr. Horrible," With Neil Patrick Harris, Hits #1 on iTunes
The new musical web series "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," featuring stage and screen star Neil Patrick Harris, landed in the #1 slot on iTunes for its July 15 premiere.
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Strands Brings Recommendation Technology to Banking
Strands , the recommendation and lifestreaming service we've written about here before, announced a much anticipated deal this morning that will put it in the driver's seat for financial recommendations served up to millions of online banking customers around the world. The company's recommendation test-case in music is no longer all they will be known for around the world. Spanish bank ...
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Mamma Mia! ABBA's music hot as ever
The swedish pop group remains beloved, if not critically respected.
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Festival is sky high fun
HUGO, Okla. — The 5th Annual Balloons Over Hugo, a three-day extravaganza featuring more than 25 colorful hot air balloons, begins Thursday. The festivities include the 2nd Miss Balloons Over Hugo Pageant and the Hugo’s Got Talent show.
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Kid Rock to ride wave of success into Detroit shows
Kid Rock couldn't have picked a better time to stage a series of homecoming shows at the area's biggest outdoor venue.
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Irish band Slide kicks off Cooldog Celtic concert series near Kenton
The Irish Celtic band Slide will be making its U.S. debut this week, including a performance at the Cooldog House Concert near Kenton Sunday, July 20. Band members are, from left, Mick Broderick on bouzouki; Daire Bracken on fiddle and guitar; Dave Curley on vocals, mandolin, and bodhrán; Aogán Lynch on concertina, and Éamonn De Barra on flute and keyboards.
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SendMe to let users use Warner entertainment songs on cell phones
SendMe Mobile, a San Francisco cell phone content provider, closed a deal with Warner Music Group to use the entertainment firm's properties in a variety of mobile platforms on Wednesday.
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Pandora Streaming Music Player Is the iPhone's Killer App
The portable player from the popular streaming music service is currently the fourth-most-downloaded application in Apple's App Store. No wonder -- it's easy to use, has a smart music recommendation engine and it even sounds pretty good over the 3G network.
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Amherstburg news
AMHERSTBURG — The annual Verdi Club Community Festival is coming July 25-27.
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K-Rockthon offers musical menagerie from pop to metal
This year’s K-Rockathon delivers another round of rock — ranging from melodic pop to alternative metal — that organizers say has enough appeal to attract a varied audience while staying true to its tried-and-true rockers.
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New Music: Shannon McArdle: "Poison My Cup" [MP3/Stream]
It's easy to conflate Shannon McArdle 's band and her marriage, both of which involved Timothy Bracy very prominently and both of which are now defunct. As if declaring independence, she debuts as a solo artist with a song that leaves behind the country trappings of her work in the Mendoza Line . "Poison My Cup", from her awesomely-titled debut album Summer of the Whore , sounds ...
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Delta dawns on Big Apple
SWEET songbird Delta Goodrem hit the Big Apple yesterday to promote the release of her first album in the US.
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Block party rescheduled
Liberty Life Center rescheduled its block party for 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at 1501 Driftwood Drive. The event will include free food, games, activities and live music.
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Festival Opera dazzles with well-cast 'Il Trovatore"
Verdi's masterwork benefit from strong performances in the four key roles
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Big in China (Cabinet)
Sandollar, together for two years, is a five-piece “beach rock” band that plays original reggae/jam music. Drummer Henry Ortiz works by day at a Trader Joe’s and as a Spanish interpreter. At a house party near his Carlsbad home on June 6.…
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'Canadian Idol' country contestants building on last year's success
TORONTO - Rock and pop may rule most seasons of "Canadian Idol," this sixth one included, but two country-singing contestants who stormed the Top 10 last year certainly proved that twang can thrive on the show.
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Keanu and Gerard and Ogre…
Several music-themed events will take place at downtown’s Comic-Con International, beginning July 24. Rapper Method Man will promote his upcoming eponymous comic book from the Hachette Book Group.
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Fans Sing Blues Over Fading Chicago Genre
The decline of blues music is most evident in Chicago, arguably the city that made the genre famous.
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Kid Rock's "ROCK N ROLL JESUS" Hurtles Back Into Top 5; Sold-Out Tour Adds Dates Through the Fall, 4th Summer Detroit ...
After debuting at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart 40 weeks ago, Kid Rock's "ROCK N ROLL JESUS" is once again a top 5 album, climbing to #5 on this week's chart. Notching its 13th consecutive week of increased sales, the album has now reached the highest sales rank it has seen since Christmas 2007, scanning over 61,000 copies in the U.S. this week exclusively via physical sales. To date, ...
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Mile High Music Festival: Moving Musical Mountains
Colorado may finally have made it to the big time in the music world.
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Schedule: Mile High Music Festival
When: Doors open at 10:30 a.m. with shows starting at noon on Saturday and Sunday Where: Dick's Sporting Goods Park, 6000 Victory Park, Commerce City Cost: $150 (two-day pass) Information: (866) 416-6556 or www.tickethorse.com
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Irish Cultural Festival and Puerto Rican Parade and Latino Fest add cultural spice to weekend
The Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea will be a Little Dublin this weekend during the Irish Cultural Festival. Dancers, singers and musicians will fill nine stages. Headliners include Cherish the Ladies, John McDermott, Maura O'Connell, Foster and Allen and The Young Dubliners.
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Music in the air
An estimated 150 people attended a concert Tuesday at Donnelly Bridge, located next to the Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center, by the Community Band and Choir. Community Band and Choir is a collection of local musicians from an array of backgrounds, under the direction of Ron Atteberry.
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Amherstburg news
WINDSOR — It was a record setting year for the McGregor Music Festival.
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