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The Boxmasters - (Vanguard)
Before Scarlett Johansson there was Billy Bob Thornton, and if chronology has any weight then we must take this record seriously. Movie stars playing at pop music has never, and I mean never, been a good idea, but Billy Bob is one stubborn mule.
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Joan Of Arc - (Polyvinyl)
Trying to trace lineage and the music embraced by Chi-Town's Joan Of Arc will drive you nuts, so try to stick to one album at a time.
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Duffy - (Polydor/Universal)
Right from the opening bars of the first song you find yourself in a time warp. Is this 2008 or 1965? It sounds uncannily like Ferry Across the Mersey , maybe that's because title track Rockferry references the same geographical area of greater Liverpool.
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Bobby Womack - (EMI)
It really doesn't get much better than this. Bobby Womack's sultry voice and soulful music are the perfect antidote to hot, humid days and sweat-soaked nights.
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Lalla Land
No time for the old "in-out," I've just come to read the meter: Thursday, July 17 (tonight!) : Passeport's Forward Music weekly invites grizzled scene vets Dialect and Milton Clark to throw down, quasi-EZ Bake style.
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Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
The Rromani, or Gypsies, of Europe have long been viewed as second-class remnants of the Old World. Yet, when music is involved, the ostracizing ends and celebrations begin, instrumentation and talent running deep through the Rromani generations and blood.
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Guns N' Roses deal shows power of video games
A decade and a half after releasing its previous album, Guns N’ Roses plans to put out a new song in September — on the video game “Rock Band 2.”
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Game on: Houston Symphony plays greatest hits from video games
When you go to the symphony, you expect to see the crowd, the strings and the maestro. But you don’t expect to see your favorite video game characters. At the Houston Symphony, however, you just might.
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Song submission penalizes Hockey Night in Canada
Tyler Shipley loves hockey, but he's sick of seeing his favourite game, and one of our public broadcaster's most popular shows, Hockey Night in Canada , being increasingly used as a pro-war propaganda pulpit.
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Roscoe's annual Fall Festival to expand liquor sales
Organizers of Roscoe’s annual Fall Festival are expanding alcohol sales this year in hopes of making more money.
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Rosin up the bows, it's fiddle festival time
ROLLO BAY — It’s fiddle festival time in Rollo Bay this week where oldtime music lovers are gathering from across the country to hear some of the best in traditional Celtic music and dance.
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Vietnam Idol 07 to attend Indonesian Idol final show
VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Phuong Vy, the winner of the first Vietnam Idol music competition, has been invited to attend the Grand Finale Show of Indonesian Idol 2008 on August 2 in Jakarta .
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Fundraiser will help Pendergast guy raise money for Cowtown Ballroom documentary
Tony Ladesich fronts the grimy roots-rock band Pendergast, but he’s also a filmmaker. And his latest project is a documentary on the venerable Cowtown Ballroom, the place you probably didn’t know was above the old El Torreon at 31st Street and Gillham.
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Brawl at Usher concert
A fight broke out a concert given by Usher in Nigeria on Saturday morning. Usher was performing at the Day Music and Fashion Festival 2008 in the nation’s capital of Abuja when the fight broke out.
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Eye on the Scene: No Woman, No Cry
The upcoming five-band show at Pilot Light on Friday, July 25—a benefit for the club—will probably be the last chance to see local rock band Woman on a Knoxville stage for a while.
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Kansas City area festivals this weekend
•Strotherfest starts at noon Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday at 1800 S.W. Missouri 150 in Lee’s Summit, on the grounds of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Strotherfest is described as a celebration of community and family, with food, crafts, a car show, inflatable rides, games for kids and adults.
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Kansas City's Fringe Fest gets larger and perhaps a little fringier
The KC Fringe Festival might be getting a little fringier. The Kansas City Public Library, one of the institutional founders of the annual celebration of performing and visual arts and an active participant during the festival’s first three years, will have a dramatically reduced presence this year.
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A multicultural evening of music at local teashop
Beyond the coffee shop appeal, the warm and inviting atmosphere of East West Crossings makes it Jim Colbert's favorite place to perform. "It just has the right vibe," said Colbert, a member of Acoustic Brew Concert Series. "A very supportive and nurturing environment."
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New musical to take stage downtown for first time ever
Cast members of Ordinary Days rehearse for the world premiere. "I was reading it on the subway and started thinking about the strange connection between myself and the author," he said. "How our lives are filled with all kinds of bizarre convergences."
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A boatload of music at lake
This weekend, Friday through Sunday at beautiful Springfield Lake (I've actually never been there, but I'm sure it's quite lovely), for the first time in more than a decade, the American Power Boat Association will hold a national sanctioned race at the lake as part of the Rock the Docks celebration.
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POPULAR MUSIC 5th Annua...
POPULAR MUSIC 5th Annual Rock 'n' Resort Music Festival — Tonight-Sunday, Clay's Park Resort, 13190 Patterson St. N.W., near Canal Fulton. 330-854-6691. The Main Stage. Featuring music every night including Molly Hatchet, the Gin Blossoms, Jan Clay, a Tribute to the Troops, Savoy Brown, Blue Oyster Cult and Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Please see F6
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JAZZ Dan Wilson Quartet...
JAZZ Dan Wilson Quartet — 6 tonight, Blue Olive Jazz Club, 601 Cleveland Ave. N.W., Canton. Also, Russell Thompson and Free Agent Band, 8:30 p.m. Friday; Grupo Basil, 8:30 p.m. Saturday; Dave Marchione, 6 p.m. Wednesday. Free Please see F10
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CLASSICAL MUSIC Ohio L...
CLASSICAL MUSIC Ohio Light Opera — College of Wooster's Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St. Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard, 2 p.m. today and Tuesday, and Aug. 2; 8 p.m. Aug. 7. Also, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma, 8 tonight and Saturday, July 24 and 31; 2 p.m. Sunday, and July 30 and Aug. 5. St. Sigmund Romberg's The Desert Song, 2 p.m. Friday, July 24 and 26 and Aug. ...
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Dance
At the second annual Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival, just one dance by the late choreographer/artistic founder of Akron's Ohio Ballet will be performed.
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Performances are free and held on Friday and Sa...
Performances are free and held on Friday and Saturday nights at four parks throughout Akron. 8:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday (no rain date): Company C Contemporary Ballet at Goodyear Heights Metro Park, 2077 Newton St., Akron. Program: Starshadows (Michael Smuin/Maurice Ravel); Armenia (Twyla Tharp/Armenian folk dances and songs by Komitas Vardapet); The Envelope (David Parsons/Rossini); excerpts ...
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