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Can the Bands Play On?
The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame
The Austin Chronicle |
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Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo
Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees
The Austin Chronicle |
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Jerry Seinfeld, stand-up guy
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has maintained a hectic pace since the iconic TV series bearing his name went off the air a decade ago. And he’s kept things interesting, too: The comic popped up in cheeky American Express commercials, cameoed on Curb Your Enthusiasm and 30 Rock , filmed a documentary about stand-up comedy and rammed last year’s Bee Movie down everyone’s throats (were the incessant ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Gaea retreat: Music, environmental awareness, spirituality collide in new festival
When Chris Yager decided to launch a music festival, he experienced a rude awakening. He proposed the idea to Earth Rising Inc., a group that owns Camp Gaea, a 168-acre spiritual retreat center 10 miles north of Tonganoxie. Yager hoped to stage his festival at the scenic, isolated sanctuary that once functioned as a church camp.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Entertainment
As their profile soars, Australian rock group Gyroscope credit Perth for keeping them grounded. Gyroscope’s popularity has been on the rise since their third album Breed Obsession hit number one on the national ARIA charts earlier this year.
The West Australian |
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'Better than I expected'
For two local musicians, the Governor's School for the Arts was like hitting a high note -- for three consecutive weeks.
The Gleaner |
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Encore performance
If you're feeling in a nostalgic mood or simply of the mind for a little swing, tonight's your night at Downtown Henderson Project's Summer Concert Series.
The Gleaner |
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A very good Eason to party
SINGAPORE: He has more than a decade of performing experience, over 40 albums, EPs and live recordings to his name, and wears some of the strangest costumes to ever grace a concert stage.
Channel NewsAsia |
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It's in the Nuance
SINGAPORE: It's almost like that Leap Years story isn’t it? People who meet only twice a year for a month or two and get together to make sweet music. Except that in this story, there are four guys and no lovers per se — just lovers of music.
Channel NewsAsia |
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CD Spotlight: The Hold Steady's 'Stay Positive'
The Hold Steady Stay Positive Vagrant Craig Finn and his band, the Hold Steady, know their rock mythology: Even the thread of Catholicism they sew into the lyrics frays into images of sin and salvation...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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"The Singing Bee" Season 1 produced three millionaires
ABS-CBN's music lyrics game show that tests contestants' knowledge of songs than their singing prowess has churned three millionaires in one season alone since it was launched in April.
PEP |
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Barenaked Ladies cancel children's concert following lead singer's arrest
TORONTO - The Barenaked Ladies have cancelled their upcoming children's concert in New York following news of lead singer Steven Page's arrest on drug charges.
The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Loch Lomond fest tickets go missing
Music festival tickets worth more than £60,000 have gone missing, it has emerged.
Yahoo! Launch UK & Ireland |
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600 expected for Saturday bike ride
The 13th Annual Norman Conquest Bike Tour will take place Saturday in Norman. Organizers of the event are expecting a large field to compete in for the top prize."The last I heard, 200 have already registered," said Greg Gaston, director of marketing for the J.
The Norman Transcript |
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Overflow Crowd for an Open-Air Chamber
The Washington Square Music Festival, which includes chamber music programs framed by folk and jazz concerts, has an audience, larger than its tiny slice of the park can accommodate.
New York Times |
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Three acts, decades of songs
Think you know your '70s and '80s music? See if you can match the lyric with the performer playing in Jacksonville this week: Kansas, Foreigner or Bryan Adams.
The Florida Times-Union |
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The Sound of La Vida Dominicana
The powerful, socially conscious songs of Juan Luis Guerra are largely incomprehensible to many New Yorkers, because they are in Spanish.
New York Times |
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Molly Hatchet's Abbey Road plans get put on hold
When the Rock and Blues Custom Show, scheduled for next weekend in England, was canceled, it was particularly bad news for Molly Hatchet. Not only was the Jacksonville-based Southern rock band going to play it, but it was going to use the trip to fulfill a dream as well.
The Florida Times-Union |
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Scaffolding Collapse, Injures Four
Four people were injured when a scaffolding collapsed before the start of a musical performance Thursday.
NBC 30 Connecticut |
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Drawing New Strength From Older Power Sources
The American Dance Festival offered a packed ?Past/Forward? program on Wednesday: four choreographers and a wealth of modern dance history in two-plus hours.
New York Times |
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ABBA-DABBA DO!
MERYL Streep belts out songs, wears overalls and does a split in "Mamma Mia!," an exuberant if not always brilliantly crafted adaptation of the campy ABBA musical. It's a fun, crowd-pleasing alternative for an audience whose idea of entertainment...
New York Post |
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Wiggling manager: Paul Field
This is not just child's play, it's big business. "The Wiggles" are a hit among the toddler set. But that wasn't always their intended audience. The group initially tried their hands at rock -- under a different name -- in their native Australia.
CNN.com |
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IRONS EVER 'SO GOOD'
LONDON - Save for a short run in City Opera's "A Little Night Music" five years ago, Jeremy Irons hasn't appeared on the New York stage since his Tony-winning turn in Tom Stoppard's 1984 drama "The Real Thing." So it's welcome news that he'll be...
New York Post |
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Festival for keyboard
NEW YORK -- On Wednesday night the modest concert hall of Mannes College was packed with fans eager to see two preeminent chamber musicians in action.
The Star-Ledger |
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John, Paul, George and ... David
Veteran pianist and composer David Kikoski possesses virtuosity and imagination. His performances are models of musical and artistic excellence.
The Star-Ledger |
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