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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Sugarland, Alan Jackson Lead 2008 Album Releases This Far
(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/ CMT .com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.) It's well past the six-month peak for the year 2008, so let's think about the music we've heard so far this year to consider what's been good and what's been very listenable.
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Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood Fill the Wisconsin Air With Country Music
TWIN LAKES, Wis. -- There must have been some mistake. Clearly, Taylor Swift should have been the headliner at Country Thunder USA's opening night. And yet Carrie Underwood somehow ended up on stage at the end of the night instead.
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E3 2008: Show floor show-and-tell
Publishers put their wares out for all to play in LACC's Concourse Hall; attendees flock to Resistance 2, Wii Music, and Fable II.
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The St. Petersburg Times - Gigs
rock, etc. Nina Karlsson Funk, fusion. A2. 8 p.m. Billy’s Band Cabaret rock. Baltiisky Dom. 8 p.m. Stop Rock. Cheshire Cat. 8 p.m.
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Dublin Irish Festival Celebrates Authentic Culture August 1 - 3
DUBLIN, Ohio , July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 Dublin Irish Festival is an experience as rich and diverse as the emerald isle itself featuring authentic entertainment, shopping and cultural activities.
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Brassed off neighbours threaten legal action over noisy open-air rehearsals of scout band
A scout band has been threatened with a court injunction over the noise of its rehearsals. Police were called to a 1st Donisthorpe Scout Band's practice after one resident allegedly shoved a musician.
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Big Spirit shows are ready to roll
Concert-goers can expect world-class quality from this weekend’s music festival, says a Big Spirit committee member.
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Sarah Silverman - Silvermans Kimmel Spoof Song Nominated For An Emmy
Comedienne SARAH SILVERMAN has been given some good news in the wake of her split from U.S. TV star JIMMY KIMMEL - the song she recorded to poke fun at her ex has been ...
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CHS Renovating Fine Arts Classrooms
It is a summer of change at Charlottesville High School and renovations are music to the ears of administrators.
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What's new in entertainment
A look at what's new in movies, books, music, television, video games and DVDs for the weekend. MOVIES: "THE DARK KNIGHT" The much-anticipated sequel to "Batman Begins" finds the Caped Crusader (Christian Bale) tangling with the Joker (Heath Ledger), a dangerous new breed of criminal. Meanwhile, his alter ego Bruce Wayne is caught in a love triangle involving his childhood sweetheart ...
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4 Peaks Cuts Ticket Prices! New 2009 Location!
Next weekend just got a bit more affordable for music fans as the folks at the helm of next weekend's 4 Peaks Music Festival announced today that they'll be cutting the ticket prices for the second annual gathering in Tumalo. Organizers also announced that the festival will move from it's Rockin' A Ranch location in 2009. While it was previously announced that tickets would increase on the day ...
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CMA Music Festival Special Will Air Sept. 8 on ABC
A two-hour special titled CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock will air Sept. 8 on ABC. Filmed in Nashville, the special will be hosted by Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler and Julianne Hough.
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JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む
Ex-bikini model Megumi, 26, recently married musician Kenji Furuya, 29, after living together for two years. Megumi is now 3 months pregnant. Since Furuya is one of the most popular young musicians, some of their friends worry about their new married life.
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Shark sighting causes swimming ban at a popular Long Island beach
Cue the ominous theme music.
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Capturing the West Coast Trail’s song
Hiking the West Coast Trail is tough for any nature enthusiast. But when Victoria singer-songwriter Moira Campbell took on the trail, it was with a unique challenge: to compose the theme song for a CHUM TV documentary about the 77-kilometre trek by the time she finished it.
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Pitchfork.tv: Dan Deacon: "Crystal Cat" (Live at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival)
The Pitchfork Music Festival starts tomorrow, and yeah, we're excited. Tonight we'll be at the Preview Night , watching Fleet Foxes , Extra Golden , A Hawk and a Hacksaw , and Boban Markovic at Millennium Park (the event is part of the Music Without Borders series). Hope to see you there. Otherwise, we leave you with a special highlight from last year, Dan Deacon vibing with ...
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Helderberg wineries announce inaugural festival
Eighteen of South Africa's top wineries today announced the inaugural "Rola Motors Foot of the Helderberg" wine festival, to take place over the weekend of 10 - 12 October 2008.
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Kathleen Battle to sing at Westhampton arts center
She was once banished from New York - or at least the Met - but lyric soprano Kathleen Battle regards her concert tomorrow night at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center as a homecoming of sorts.
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Such sweet Zorro! The musical isn't a turkey - so who is the man behind the mask?
It was tipped to be a turkey, but Zorro opened to rave reviews. So how does the hero measure up? PETRONELLA WYATT crosses swords with the man behind the mask.
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Cowboy Junkies find roping faithful into buying new CD, DVD no ride on the range
The Sault Star Once upon a time, music junkies would dig — sometimes deeply but often grudgingly — into their pockets to feed their addiction. For many of them, music piracy meant merely copying a cassette, from original to blank, with often dubious and draggy consequences. It’s [...]
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Concert program donates funds to Boys and Girls Club, Young Life
Who can't use a little extra money these days? Young Life Cleveland County and the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland County each received $500 from the Sundays on the Square concert series held in the spring on the courtsquare in uptown Shelby.
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Fairview Bluegrass festival this weekend
Banjo pickin’ and bluegrass music is set to fill the air Saturday at the Fairview Community Park for the town’s sixth annual Bluegrass Festival.
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Who Rock Band Songs
If you enjoy the music of The Who, you're in for a treat! Rock Band released a set of 12 songs that you can download and play, all from original master recordings, selected by Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend!
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Northern Calif. Evangelical College Announces $25M Expansion
William Jessup University, an evangelical Christian college near Sacramento, announced on Wednesday a $25 million campus expansion that will double the amount of on-campus student housing, create a banquet facility to accommodate nearly 800 people, and add athletic and music facilities.
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Going for Baroque
For the last few seasons, the Carmel Bach Festival has billed itself as the "Bach and Beyond" festival. This reflects music director Bruno Weil's eclectic taste, which, if anything, favors the classical masters Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
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