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Midnight To Twelve Week: Day 1
A top story from this week. Are you a bit tired of emo? Burnt out on mallcore and bling obsessed hip-hop? If so, alternative rockers Midnight to Twelve just might have what you are looking for. The band's surprisingly eclectic self-titled album hits stores next week and to get you ready for it we asked frontman Jon Hartman to pick some of his favorite songs from the album and tell us about them. ...
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David's Song
David is on the road again. Actually all three Davids are on the road on just about any weekend of the year. Pick a weekend, any weekend, and David Huffine, David McKain and David Fowler are probably singing their way across the South.
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Music Listings
The Westbound, The Adversary, Goodbye Monroe, and Total Savage - . Sat., July 19. Full Moon Club Above Zinnie’s East at 1718 Madison (Midtown) 274-7101.
The Memphis Flyer |
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Professor to perform in Chicago series
Stephanie Zelnick, KU assistant professor of clarinet, has been invited to perform at the Bank of America Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series Aug. 6 in the Chicago Cultural Center. The concert series was designed to provide live, free music for the public and to showcase talented young artists.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Reuters Technology Summary
Volume rises for music video games LOS ANGELES - It turns out everyone just wants to be a rock star. Music-genre video 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. Motorola sues former executive over ...
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Paul Simon sues Japanese clockmaker for using song
NEW YORK -- US singer and songwriter Paul Simon sued a Japanese clockmaker for $5 million for copyright infringement on Friday for claiming the company used one of his songs as a composition on their clocks.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Q & A: 'Nashville Star' contestant Shawn Mayer
For the first time since the "Nashville Star" country music competition began, Shawn Mayer wants the show to send her back to northwest Iowa -- but only for a hometown concert.
The Daily Reporter |
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Star of Tosca took a detour in music career
Choir and country western music began the love affair with singing for Rebecca Davis of Carol Stream. It wasn't until college at Illinois Wesleyan that a teacher suggested opera.
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Essential gear adds to Jam experience
Packing the right items for Country Jam leaves more time to enjoy the show and less to worry about. Tammy Sullivan and her friend's daughter, Grace Pickler, 8, both of Eau Claire, made sure to bring the essentials - sunscreen, sweatshirts, bug spray and lawn chairs.
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Rock Fest a costly venture for some fans
Four-day VIP tickets to Rock Fest: $375. Specialty Poison T-shirt: $20. Four days of hanging out with friends, listening to rock-n-roll: Priceless, according to Jennifer Sherbinow, who is attending Rock Fest for the first time.
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Bluegrass goes international
OAK HILL — The venue may have changed, but a crowd numbering in the thousands once again arrived this year to camp out for the four-day Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival.
The Daily Mail |
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From the stage to the screen
Teenagers flock to the movies weekly, viewing a plethora of new releases from action films to horror movies to comedies to dramas. There are enough movie genres to satisfy any palate. One genre is the movie musical - theater hits translated into film forma
The Charleston Gazette |
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Lots of misbehavin' going on here, and that's a good thing
By MARK LOWRY FORT WORTH — Have you ever sat through a musical revue half entertained but half bored by straightforward presentations of some music legend’s songbook? Me, too. That’s why Ain’t Misbehavin’ , Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr.’s booze-soaked, joint-jumpin’ revue of Thomas "Fats" Waller material is always welcome. It imagines the songs performed by five patrons of a Harlem ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed Onstage
The performance artist Laurie Anderson and her husband, the rocker Lou Reed, will perform together on Tuesday night for the first time in New York as husband and wife.
New York Times |
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In the Community
Gospel workshops to precede concert
The Augusta Chronicle |
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Sammy Kershaw headlines Seneca Fair entertainment
TIFFIN — The Seneca County Fair will kick off Monday in Tiffin with a week of music, livestock shows and entertainment.
The Findlay Courier |
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In Brief Norman
Arts studio open at Gymboree Gymboree Play & Music, 255 34th Ave. SW, will launch Family Arts Studio, a visual arts class for children who are 18 months old to 5 years old, from 11 a.m. to noon today. The class will be offered the third Saturday of each month. Parents must accompany their children. Cost is $5. A Gymboree membership is not required. For more information, call 307-8454. read ...
The Oklahoman |
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Mash-Up Model
Music you could never buy on iTunes tests the pay-what-you-want business model.
New York Times |
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Power of touch: Teenage preacher does faith healing
Gabriela Monterroso -- girl preacher, immigrant, occasional mall rat -- presses hot hands to the man's chest as a chorus of ''amens'' swirl up from the small church congregation around her. Her voice rises into a rocking chant of syllables only she and her God understand, ``osherecabbashet, barishabbashay!''
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Loud music can make you drink more, in less time, in a bar
Commercial venues are very aware of the effects that the environment - in this case, music - can have on in-store traffic flow, sales volumes, product choices, and consumer time spent in the immediate vicinity. A study of the effects of music levels on drinking in a bar setting has found that loud music leads to more drinking in less time.
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Country Day School chorus sings at Carnegie Hall
The summer of 2008 will be a memorable one for several young Southside students, including members of the Jacksonville Country Day School Chorus.
The Florida Times-Union |
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Up, up and away
A large crowd turned out for the start of the South County Hot Air Balloon Festival. JOSHUA LEBOVITZ / THE SUN Jim Regan, of Berlin, Conn. fires up his balloon on the opening night of the South County Hot Air Balloon Festival.
Westerly Sun |
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Beaches are alive with the sounds of free music
It seems the strains of a wide variety of music are emanating these days from all sorts of places at the Beaches.
The Florida Times-Union |
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Colombian migrants' march observes independence day
Colombian immigrants plan to march Sunday swollen in honor of the country's rescue of three American hostages, one whose family lives in Lakewood Ranch.
Bradenton Herald |
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Fresh produce to be offered at Wed. park concerts
The Pottawattamie County Tourism Committee will test out a new idea Wednesday: Pairing vegetables and music.
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil |
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