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Volume rises for music video games
LOS ANGELES ,USA:It turns out everyone just wants to be a rock star. Music genre games "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" are bona-fide smash hits, entering the rarefied air once reserved for only the elite first-person shooters, "Mario" games or sports titles. And success breeds imitation.
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Things to do today: July 18, 2008
MUSIC: 9 p.m. $5. The West Virginia Blues Society presents "Blues Harp Night" at The Lodge at Kelly Mountain near Elkins, to mark "Blues Week" at the annual Augusta Festival in Elkins. Headline act is The Eldorado Kings, a harmonica-driven blues band from Pittsburgh. Call 295-4323.
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Rush soars in blistering sets
Musical excellence is a trademark of the Canadian prog-rock trio Rush, and they have lost not a drop as they've reached, as singer-bassist Geddy Lee exaggerated, "a hundred years old."
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Archives
Hollywood's move to bring musicals to the big screen has been well received so far. With popular shows like "Phantom of the Opera" and "Rent" filling the theater with music, I can see why Hollywood would want to keep up the trend.
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TDOT makes offer to bail out train
The state will give Nashville's commuter train $1 million to help keep the struggling Music City Star running, if it agrees to turn over management to the city bus system.
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Wedgepiece CD a lifesaver
Acoustic rock saved Scot Lade's life. And he means it, too. Lade came to Fort Myers two years ago divorced and with just $30 to his name.
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Cesar Montano's The Singing Bee premieres on April 21
Get ready to sing your hearts out with Cesar Montano beginning this Monday (April 21) as ABS-CBN launches its newest singing game show The Singing Bee . Players don't have to sing the song well, they just have to sing it right!
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Hendrix to feature in new Guitar Hero
FANS of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix will be able to "play" his songs in the upcoming game Guitar Hero World Tour.
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Music Listings
Susan Marshall - . Fri., July 18. Blue Monkey 2012 Madison (Overton Square) 272-BLUE.
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Music Listings
MC Jammer, Mo Jo & Co., and DJ - . Ongoing. J&J Bar and Grill 1065 N. Thomas Memphis (Downtown) 523-9823.
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Big-screen music adaptations in 'Mamma Mia' are ABBA-solutely delightful
If you're an ABBA fan, you'll be delighted to know the group's songs in "Mamma Mia!" which opens today, sound almost exactly the same as you remember.
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Internet radio plays the world in your home
What are you going to listen to? Norway's 24-hour folk music channel Allttid Folkemusikk? The public hearings of the California Integrated Waste Management Board? Radio Banadir — the Most Trusted News in Somalia?
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Festival file Deep Blues and 10,000 Lakes gatherings focus on the music, not the stars. Here's what to expect at each.
Thanks to the breakthrough success of Lollapalooza, many modern festivals boast an "anything goes"-style lineup, with big names from numerous genres bumping up against each other. And giving the audience the chance to see, say, both Kanye West and Radiohead in the same weekend is part of the charm.
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Pop go the 'tweens
By ANN POWERS As the Jonas Brothers tour rolls across the U.S. this summer, there’ll be much parental chatter about how this latest craze is affecting our kids. Adults love to fret about the chilling effect of Miley Cyrus’ bared shoulders or of Joe Jonas’ crucifix-adorned purity ring. But there’s also music to consider. No matter how many backpacks they help Target sell or photo spreads they do ...
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This weekend's music is out-and-out festive
There are numerous live music events fighting for your attention before August arrives with its vacations, Fringe Festival and, of course, the Minnesota State Fair.
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This week's concerts
Data Discotheque, So Juicy, Fizzy Dino Pop Friday. Lola’s Saloon, Fort Worth. $6. 817-877-0666. Hieroglyphics, Blue Scholars, Knobody, Musab, Prince Ali Friday. Granada Theater, Dallas. $15. 972-386-6565. Joe Pat Hennen, No Class Friday. The Fairmount, Fort Worth. $5. 817-420-9455. Mingo Fishtrap Friday. McDavid Studio, Fort Worth. $20. 817-212-4280. Spazmatics Friday. The Loft at ...
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CD reviews: The Hold Steady, Nas, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel
When bands like Hinder, Buckcherry or 3 Doors Down are heralded by pop culture pundits as being saviors of rock, returning the genre to prominence after a dominant run of pop starlets and hip-hop acts, you can’t help but wonder if the pundits ever venture outside the Top 40. Case in point: Brooklyn-based The Hold Steady might be one of the best American rock bands hardly anyone knows. The ...
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Great Performances Festival: The Mahler Cycle
Individual tickets for the second installment of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s three-year Mahler festival go on sale Monday. This year’s event is Aug. 21-24 and begins with a program titled "The Man Behind the Music" on Aug. 21. That is followed by three more traditional concerts, each centered on one of Mahler’s great symphonies: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, "Tragic," on Aug. 22; Symphony ...
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Concert preview: Cult-rock legend still cutting his own path
Dex Romweber has a bit of a reputation. His famed fire-and-brimstone combo, Flat Duo Jets, was revered for its explosive, visionary take on American roots music and hailed as pioneers of the two-piece, guitar-drum format. But ask Romweber and he'll admit that the band was simply a charmed collision of youthful enthusiasm and old-school influences.
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Memphis' Watoto dé Afrika children's troupe inspires folk artist
Last March, Grammy-winning musician Dan Zanes -- a former rocker turned folksy children's singer -- filled the 824-seat Germantown Performing Arts Centre with gratified parents and kids.
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Jersey Boys, Fort Worth Guitar Guild Festival, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The musical Jersey Boys , about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, opened in New York on the heels of a spate of musicals using the songbooks of iconic pop musicians, including the Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and John Lennon. But unlike all those shows, Jersey Boys was a hit with both audiences and critics, and picked up a Tony for Best Musical. Directed by Des McAnuff, it takes a Behind the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Concert preview: A new generation hears Earth Wind & Fire
As a founder and longest serving member of Earth, Wind & Fire, bassist Verdine White has seem a lot during his four-decade run with the group.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Listen up: Kings pay homage to rock and blues
Greg Lackey named his band "Kings of the Delta," but his home is West Memphis.
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In spite of yourself, a fABBAlous time
Let's just be frank here - Mamma Mia! is about as critic-proof a musical as you'll ever find. Some people just love ABBA, and others love any creative endeavor to which the prefix "chick" can be applied. When you combine the two, you get $2 billion in box office gross, the Hollywood treatment with Meryl Streep (though the musical already was loosely based on the 1968 film Buona Sera, Mrs. ...
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Martina McBride, Yaz, Flobots
Martina McBride has the kind of voice made for outdoor concerts, where it can soar. Her soprano, capable of leveling listeners with its power and grace, has led to the tag "the Celine Dion of country," while McBride’s hit-stacked catalog is well-suited to boisterous crowds, from recent single Anyway (off last year’s Waking Up Laughing , which provides the tour with its title) all the way ...
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