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U2 - Bono Given Green Light For Hotel
U2 rockers BONO and THE EDGE have won the rights to renovate their hotel - despite objections from locals. The musicians had proposed a $238 million (GBP119 million) ...
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Bob Marley - Marley Tribute Statue
Reggae legend BOB MARLEY will be immortalised in a sculpture in Serbia, according to the planners of a local rock music festival. Organisers for the Rock Village ...
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Sideshow: Director Mike Nichols has bypass
The New York Post says director Mike Nichols (Carnal Knowledge, Charlie Wilson's War) took a break from helming the Broadway production of Clifford Odets' The Country Girl over the weekend, but not to take a day trip, or catch up on some chores. He had a coronary bypass.
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Cool stuff to do outdoors
South Jersey's own pop-rock band comes home for a free show as part of the Sundown Music Series at Haddon Heights' McLaughlin-Norcross Dell in Haddon Lake Park Wednesday.
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Duffy - Duffys Sex-fuelled Video
Welsh pop star DUFFY is set to shock fans - after recording a steamy new music video which depicts her in bed after having sex. The 23-year-old - full name Aimee Ann Duffy ...
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Director Vincent Moon shines on 'Blogotheque'
I've always thought that my dream of life-as-a-musical -- complete with spontaneous, choreographed dancing in the streets -- would forever remain make-believe. But now, director Vincent Moon's "Take Away Shows" have truly made life in Paris a musical -- and made that life accessible, virtually speaking.
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Classical music, relaxed setting
Think classical music is stuffy? How about spreading out a blanket, noshing and lounging in the park, all while listening to a live performance of classical music by a world-class orchestra?
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Talking Shop: Blondie
The veteran US band's iconic lead singer Debbie Harry talks about being back on stage - and ponders the secret of musical longevity.
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'Mamma Mia,' here we go again - this time on screen
Though born with the gene for loving musicals, I lack the DNA sequence that allows for ABBA appreciation. Never got the Swedish quartet famous for its marimba-madcap music, Conehead lyrics, and Holiday Barbie costumes.
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Kiwi music legend misses prized guitar
He's best known for his rendition of the song Welcome to my World now a Kiwi country music legend is welcoming any news about his much-loved guitar. John Grenell says he bought the instrument when he was just a little kid and it has now been sold after the authorities seized it for an unpaid fine.
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Bodine to return to track tonight
Nashville holds a special place in Geoff Bodine's heart. The last driver to win a Cup race here will return to Music City Motorplex tonight to help celebrate the track's 50th anniversary.
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Music to make you greet
The Sunshine Coast Summer School of Celtic Music ended its week-long camp last Friday evening with a stellar concert that opened with a performance from some of the Coast String Fiddlers and closed with a song from the school’s instructors.
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La Petite Academy kids visit culinary school
Musical chairs never tasted so good. A group of 25 students from La Petite Academy in North Little Rock visited Pulaski Technical College’s Arkansas Culinary School in Little Rock during “Cook-onomics” for a field trip July 10.
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All her jazz
Catherine Russell comes from another time. Catherine Russell sang between comedy acts at Catch a Rising Star and made demonstration recordings for songwriters before she established her singing career. "The real challenge was personalizing something that wasn't really my kind of music," she said.
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'Little Charlie' Baty follows his gypsy muse
Charlie Baty didn't intend to make the world premiere of his new band the Little Charlie Caravan in Sacramento. At least not now. The Little Charlie Caravan features, from left, Keith Cary on bass, Charlie Baty on guitar and Bob Armstrong on accordion.
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Church listings
MADBURY — Union Congregational Church of Madbury is welcoming Will Ögmundson back for a piano performance of light classical music and ragtime on Saturday, July 19, 7 p.m. He is well-known throughout New England as a soloist, teacher and collaborative pianist.
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Summer music
GREENSBORO -- Summer Music from Greensboro is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with an exciting and varied series of five concerts in July and August, ranging from the powerful intimacy of chamber music at the first and last concerts, with the commanding presence of a brass quintet, a flamenco dancer and a 24-musician orchestra in between. The Zajkowski Trio with Tom Zajkowski playing ...
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Pop life: Birds, Wolfe and kittens
On record, Birds & Batteries makes music that is quiet, sleepy and, admits singer- songwriter Mike Sempert, a little, well, "tame." San Francisco-based Birds & Batteries celebrates its debut CD with a performance Sunday at Old Ironsides.
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Good Old Wagon
MONTPELIER -- The local duo Good Old Wagon pulls into the Black Door on Thursday, July 24, at 8 p.m., for an evening of American roots music, including blues, rags, and old-time tunes. Mark Greenberg (guitar, banjo, mandolin) and Andy Pitt (guitar, slide guitar) cut their musical teeth in the 1960s folk revival. Each soon discovered an affinity for the vernacular styles at the roots of popular, ...
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Fancy fiddlework
ROCHESTER -- Violinist Gerald Elias and pianist Cynthia Huard will perform at the Rochester Chamber Music Society concert on Sunday, July 27, at 4 p.m., in the Rochester Church. (A pre-concert talk by Larry Hamberlin begins at 3:30.) Elias has been the associate concertmaster of the Utah Symphony since 1988, after serving 13 years as a violinist in the Boston Symphony. ...
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Marlboro opens 58th season
ARLBORO -- Marlboro Music Festival, the state's star and granddaddy of music festivals, opened last weekend with a set of performances that assured its place as one of the best -- anywhere. ... - By Jim Lowe Times Argus Staff
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Annual East Calais folk concert benefits Vt. Folklife Center
eb Flanders continues the tradition she began a decade ago with the annual folk music concert at the Old West Church in East Calais on Tuesday July 22 at 7 p.m. She will be joined by Pete Sutherland and Jeff Warner. ... - By Art Edelstein Arts Correspondent
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Weird Al Yankovic performs at Meadow Brook
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: His career as a musician-comedian began in 1979 when he recorded his first parody, "My Bologna," a spoof of the Knack's hit "My Sharona." To date, he has three Grammy Awards and eight Grammy nominations, as well as more than 20 gold and platinum records in the United States and Canada, a feature film and three best-selling home videos.
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Lonesome Brothers: More than bluegrass
he most recent CD by the Massachusetts-based Lonesome Brothers, "Mono," shows how important it is for a band to rehearse. The album was recorded live around a single microphone and it works well. The band, playing alt-country/Americana works well together, never missing a beat or a note. ... - By Art Edelstein Arts Correspondent
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Craftsbury opens with fascinating Baroque
BURLINGTON -- A fascinating program of Baroque era music opened the Craftsbury Chamber Players 43rd season Wednesday at the University of Vermont Recital Hall. The concert featured traditional music by Vivaldi, Handel and Bach, among others, as well as Mozart's take on Bach and a Vermont-built reed organ. (The concert was repeated Thursday at the Hardwick Town House.) ... - By Jim Lowe Times ...
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