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Magic of musicSeven decades after first meeting, musicians marry and still perform
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Music was the force that brought them together in 1936, shortly before their lives took separate, yet musical, paths.
The Kalamazoo Gazette |
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Energy Bar: Fuel for a successful day
To-do list1 Introduce the children to the fine art of outhouse racing. This year, Cedarburg hosts its first German Festival with a special event called Toiletten-Lauf — a.k.a. the team sport of outhouse racing that features four...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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A Hot Time for Innaugural Mile High Music Fest
COMMERCE CITY - 100,000 music fans are expected at this weekend's Mile High Music Festival. By the time it wraps up on Sunday night, they'll have seen music acts like tom Petty, The Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer. They'll have also been outside in some of this summer's hottest temperatures.
FOX 31 Denver |
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Up Front
The rock critic Howard Hampton says, ?For those of us who came of age when punk hit, [Lester Bangs?s] words and persona served as a billboard-size recruiting poster.?
New York Times |
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Rock the Casbah
Mark LeVine discovered that the Islamic world has a surprisingly active heavy metal subculture.
New York Times |
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Sing us one last song at Shea, Piano Man
NEW YORK - Billy Joel bid a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during a sold-out concert that marked the final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
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July 4 bash ... wow!
Wow ... what a Fourth of July evening we saw this year! Downtown was just bustling with thousands who came to see the Sounds on Centre concert, the First Friday Art Walk, and, of course, the fireworks!
The Florida Times-Union |
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Local News
The sounds of music will fill the air in Fort Macleod as the South Country Fair continues today and Sunday. Building on a tradition that began in the late 1980s, South Country Fair brings folk and roots music to an outdoor atmosphere by the Oldman River.
Lethbridge Herald |
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A Time to Play and a Time to Talk
Jeffrey Swann?s program on Thursday was called ?Music of Ghost Stories, the Fantastic, the Bizarre.?
New York Times |
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Return of a Precursor, Still Fast and Chilly
The short-lived British electro-pop duo Yaz made its way back into the spotlight during a concert Thursday night at Terminal 5.
New York Times |
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French first lady's album ranks third on music charts
PARIS (AFP) - French first lady Carla Bruni's new album took the third spot on the music charts, behind British rock group Coldplay and French entertainer Laurent Voulzy, after its release in France last week.
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CSO Gospel Choir names new music director
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the CSO Gospel Choir have selected a new music director, and have named an associate director for a newly formed vocal ensemble within the choir. Sandra Singleton Barnhardt of Adams Run will become music director of the Gospel Choir, founded eight years ago to perform locally and to tour Europe performing gospel music, spirituals and hymns.
The Post and Courier |
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Pumped up volume can pump the drinking, say scientists
Men in bars drink more and drink faster when loud music is playing, a French scientist says. And Nicolas Gueguen wants bar owners to turn down the volume as a result, in order to slow down the drinking.
Canada.com |
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Arts notes
Revising 'Story'Look out, "In the Heights": Another Latin-suffused musical invades the Broadway turf early next year: "West Side Story."
The Star-Ledger |
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Plaza suite
In his first set Thursday at Watchung Plaza in Montclair, the engaging guitarist and composer Bob DeVos offered a spiffy arrangement of Wes Montgomery's vibrant "Twisted Blues."
The Star-Ledger |
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Sing us one last song at Shea, Piano Man
NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
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Wendy Rosenfield: covering drama, onstage and off
As an avid Radiohead-head I'm both thrilled and unsurprised by the band's latest innovation, a camera- and light-free music video, the making of which is yesterday's featured ArtsJournal video . The song, "House of Cards," comes off their industry-shaking internet freebie In Rainbows , and though the idea is cool, the lasers they employ are still too primitive to succeed as much more than a ...
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Sing us one last song at Shea, Piano Man
Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
Miami Herald |
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Conductor finds it ‘impossible’ to pick a favorite Beethoven symphony
Osmo Vänskä will conduct the Minnesota Orchestra again this year to conclude the second season of the Minnesota Beethoven Festival.
Winona Daily News |
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Untold facts about Lata Mangeshkar revealed in a book
Kolkata: How many of us know that Lata Mangeshkar's real name was Hema? A new book on her is not only a compendium of all her songs but also chronicles some unknown facts about the singing legend.
SiliconIndia |
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Entertainment
French first lady Carla Bruni's new album has taken the third spot on the country's music charts, behind British pop group Coldplay and French entertainer Laurent Voulzy.
The West Australian |
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National Symphony Orchestra
One way of looking at the programming of the National Symphony Orchestra ’s outdoor weekend concerts is that the orchestra is still hewing to the safest works of American composers, despite the imminent departure of its music director, Leonard Slatkin.
Washington City Paper |
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Friday night fun at the 30th annual Venetian Festival
For the last 30 years, for a day or two -- now it's up to three -- Silver Beach becomes more than just a spot for bathing suits and building sand castles.
WNDU 16 South Bend |
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Events happening in southwesternMichigan
v ``JAZZ IN THE GARDEN'' is being held in the garden of the W.K. Kellogg Manor House, 3700 E. Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners. The concert features the Gull Lake Jazz Orchestra. The concert is free. One-hour tours of the manor also are being offered.
The Kalamazoo Gazette |
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Racine County Fairgrounds get addition
YORKVILLE — Those enjoying music and beer in the Racine County Fair’s activity building will have a little more elbow room this year.
The Journal Times |
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