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AUDREY'S SOCIETY WHIRL: 2008 Essence Music Festival
*(New Orleans, LA) – The 14th annual Essence Music Festival held July 4, 5 and 6 was bigger than ever before with some 270,000 avid music lovers converging on New Orleans to enjoy fabulous marathon music from top artists; indescribably delicious Creole food; epic blues and jazz; and humble hospitality from a headstrong people who are still trying to hold their heads above water while restoring ...
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REGGAE UPDATES FROM JAMAICA: Kevin's Q&A with Robin S
*Robin S. was signed to Atlantic Record subsidiary Big Beat Records in 1993. She is best known for the gold selling debut single Show Me Love, as well as the dance numbers I Want to Thank You, It Must Be Love and Luv For Luv. She also garnered R&B chart action with the stirring ballad What I Do Best.
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SAM HUGHES1923-2008: Boxer had golden ear, wicked left
Boxer Sam Hughes had a bad eye but a great ear for music. According to those who saw him fight in the 1940s in Detroit, he also had a wicked left hook. Hughes loved jazz, worked as a bouncer in the city's nightclubs and stared down the color barrier many black boxers faced at the time.
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Major concert drawing near
Richie McDonald found fame as the lead singer for the award-winning country group Lonestar, but in a new solo career launched last year, he now is singing to share his love for Jesus Christ and to make a difference in the lives of those who come to hear him sing.
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HuckJam, Dew Tour highlight best action elements
The Boom Boom HuckJam is Barnum Bailey on plywood, Tony Hawk and his band of altitudinous action heroes whizzing through the air to thumping music in a whirlwind of 24 shows in 36 days.
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Music festival benefit slated for Sunday
The Killington Music Festival will be holding its fifth annual Tuscan Brunch Fundraiser at Three Tomatoes on Sunday. ...
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And then there's music
The blues can be fun.
The Record |
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Bella Nota - An evening of wine and music
For the second straight year, Indian Springs Vineyards in Nevada City will present Bella Nota, an evening of wine tasting and classical music, to benefit Hospitality House, a community shelter for the homeless.
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Friday Night takes it out on Center Street
Rutland's Friday Night Live will be taking over Center Street again this Friday with a plethora of musicians, vendors and entertainment for all ages. ...
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Simple Plan squeezes X-Fest date into international summer tour
Playing a concert in Modesto when your home base is Montreal is a major trip in itself. When it's sandwiched between gigs in Tokyo and Madrid, that's some straight-up jet-setting.
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Downtown attraction draws people with common thread
More than 700 Corvettes and 200 motorcycles - along with many enthusiasts - took over five blocks of Phillips Avenue Wednesday night. Besides the vehicles, the 15th Hot Summer Nights, called "one of the crown jewel events of Downtown Sioux Falls," featured food, wine and live music for people who wanted to take a stroll downtown on the sunny evening. "This event started because of the Black ...
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Arts&Culture It was a gas Looking back 40 years: Chico’s music scene and mind-set in 1968.
The San Francisco music scene of the late 1960s—a perfect storm of psychedelics, rock ‘n’ roll and rebellion colored with paisley and tie-dye—is well-documented....
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Local music and cultural events
A guide to events and performances this week
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Music Part politics Oregon punk trio makes learning fun.
In addition to having a good time, The Wobblies have yearned to start a discussion. As the name may suggest ("Wobblies” is a nickname...
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Musician with Macon roots to appear on 'Today Show'
Jon Allen always has been a couple of decades late when it comes to his love of music.
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BILLIE JEAN VOTED TOP DANCE SONG IN UK: Michael Jackson classic tops BBC poll.
*Michael Jackson's song "Billie Jean" has been voted the greatest dance record of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners. Written by Jackson and co-produced by Quincy Jones, the track earned two Grammy awards and went to the top of the UK charts in 1983.
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Dance festival in Grove to celebrate Yoruban culture
This weekend, Coconut Grove will celebrate a culture created in Cuba during the slave trade. The Yoruban culture and the religion Santería, or Regla de Ocha, which was brought to Cuba by the Yorubans of West Africa, are the by-products of slavery, according to Ifé-Ilé's Artistic and Executive Director Neri Torres. With dance workshops and seminars, the Ifé-Ilé ...
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A&E Calendar
MUSIC4FREMONTThe Central Park summer concert series is back with free Thursday evening concerts. All concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Park Performance Pavilion, near the Fremont Community Center, 40204 Paseo Padre Parkway.
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Festival to send children back in time
By Pam Jung
The Union |
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Olivas: Latin music fans want the same old sounds
If variety is the spice of life, then Latin music fans in the Old Pueblo need to make a trip to the grocery store and buy a 12-pack of McCormick specialties.
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MARIAH, NELLY, NAS TO SING FOR SAMSUNG: Artists to perform at second annual free concert series.
*Mariah Carey, Nelly and Nas are among the artists tapped to perform as part of the second annual Samsung AT&T Summer Krush, a free summer concert series designed to highlight Samsung's music-centric BlackJack II mobile phone.
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A good vibe: Jazz musician to play vibraphone downtown
Jenna Hardy's custom-made vibraphone's blue metallic keys shine under her soft-ended mallets as she plays the jazz standard "All Of Me." It's an impromptu performance on her parents' southeast Sioux Falls driveway. A more formal performance, with a group of area jazz musicians, is July 24 at Latitude 44. "You don't see many vibe players, or especially female players," Hardy, 23, says between ...
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Grammy-winning polka band to play in Greece
The Grammy award-winning Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra is performing at the Greece Town Hall for the Summer Concert Series on Sunday.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Symphony musicians sign contract
The nearly year-long battle between Shreveport Symphony Orchestra musicians and management has come to an end with all musicians on board for the 2008-09 season. Read a special statement from Orchestra Players United of Shreveport-Bossier.
The Shreveport Times |
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Twang tradition
Bluegrass musicians from Clinton County hot on country circuit Think about the classic image of the bluegrass musician: a strong-backed Southern gentleman in a Sunday suit, standing in the sunshine, his high, lonesome voice keening out lyrics about the soil beneath his fingernails.Now think of New York. It doesn't sound bluegrass, but it is. Just ask Eric Gibson. "(My brother) Leigh and I ...
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