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An indoor Flash gets the crowd rocking at Whiting
FLINT, Michigan -- For the second time in two weeks, the Flint Symphony presented an enjoyable collection of early rock music as part of the "Music in the Parks " series.
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Sweet sound of old violins befuddle experts
An Arkansas violin maker and a European researcher used modern technology in an effort to explain why 300-yearold Cremonese violins sound better than new ones. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
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Value-added services biz to touch $2 bn: PwC
Backed by young Indians, music and gaming are going to be cherry on the pie for the telecom sector growth, with value-added services estimated to reach about $2 billion this year, says consultancy firm PwC.
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Music Review: Elvis Presley - Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
Essential Elvis: Chapter 22 Elvis returned to the studio in mid June of 1970 and cut 35 tracks. By this time he was literally recording live in the studio with a minimum of backing. Members of his band and assorted support singers would add their tracks after the fact. Elvis and his producer, Felton Jarvis, realized they had a large number of straight country songs on tape...
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Roundhouse Rail Days engineers a good time
MARTINSBURG, W.VA. - Grant Diefenderfer might be only 3 years old, but he loves trains and music. The place to be Saturday for the Waynesboro, Pa., boy was the Martinsburg Roundhouse Center for the 10th annual Roundhouse Rail Days celebration.
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'Jambo' in the stretch
A group of Cambridge area country music fans whoops it up at the annual Jamboree In The Hills concert in Morristown. The "Super Bowl of Country Music" continues today.
Daily and Sunday Jeffersonian |
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Peters' piano students perform at Washington County museum
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown hosted the piano recital of the students of Barbara Peters on May 22.
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Fulton County Medical Center holds 'Evening Around the Campfire'
McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. - The Happy Days Committee at Fulton County Medical Center is committed to bringing happiness to residents of Long Term Care. Members of the committee brainstorm to develop different activities that the residents might enjoy that is not a normal daily activity or event of LTC. The committee organized an "Evening Around the Campfire" with s'mores and music.
The Herald-Mail |
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Featured Cultural Events - Haale
Weekends bring a variety of themed performances to Downtown Redwood City, with music and dance from around the world. Haale explores themes of transformation and evolution with her psychadelic Sufi trance rock.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Collector's Corner: Harmonicas
French harp. Moothie. Tin sandwich. Any of these terms strike a chord? How about gob iron, mouth organ, or Mississippi saxophone? If you guessed that they all refer to the harmonica, then you probably already own at least one.
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Travel for history, stories and music
This is a weekly series on day trips and weekend getaways within easy driving distance of Wichita Tales of the Old West, pioneer African-Americans and chuckwagon dinners. Wherever your interest takes you, you can find a spot in Kansas to draw your attention. Ellsworth Distance: 128 miles
The Wichita Eagle |
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Death of the monoculture
The season of popcorn blockbusters, beach reads, summer girls, and boys of summer has arrived. And the only thing missing is the (un)official song of the summer – a ubiquitous pop smash that demands we shake our hands in the air and sing along as though we had not a care in the world.
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Business & Economy - Most relevant news
NOVI SAD -- Estimates show revenues of some EUR 20mn during the four days of the EXIT music festival in Novi Sad.
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Rock-star treatment turns to papal awe at Sydney mass
SYDNEY - The rock concert atmosphere of the world's largest Catholic festival gave way to reverent awe on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI blessed hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the globe.
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Theater company pulls rights to ‘Annie’ at Longmont’s Jesters Theatre By Quentin Young Loveland Reporter-Herald
LONGMONT – In recent weeks, almost 50 actors and stagehands at Jesters Dinner Theatre rehearsed lines, blocked movements, honed timing, assembled costumes and built sets in anticipation of Friday’s opening of the musical “Annie.” Two actors sharing the role of Daddy Warbucks even shaved their heads for the part. But now, Jesters’ “Annie” is orphaned.
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I Hate Sally - Aufgelöst
I Hate Sally aus Kingston, Ontario geben auf ihrer Myspaceseite die Bandauflösung bekannt. "As everyone has come to suspect (well, our moms) we will no longer be playing live. Come to think of it, we won't be writing anymore music either. Oh shit! Our band is breaking up! We got to play Germany, release two full-length records, blow up lots of vans, get bad beer guts....we were a band for over ...
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Sarod maestro Amjad Ali makes Americans sing to his tune
By Arun Kumar, Washington, July 20 : Indian sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan is on a new mission - to make American students "realise and feel" music as they learn the difference between Indian and European music.
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The 2008 San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Once again I made my annual pilgrimage to the City by the Bay for the 2008 SF Silent Film Festival, and it was well worth the trip.
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How do they like them onions? Sweet
AUG. 23 LAHAINA, MAUI, HAWAII Maui Onion Festival: You might associate Hawaii with the fragrance of flowers, but onions can smell just as sweet to a cook or an eater. Local chefs will demonstrate ways to use sweet onions and compete in a recipe contest. The Maui Onion Growers' Association will sell crisp fried onion rings, and representatives will explain ...
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St. Peter's makes big splash with festival
MANSFIELD -- The Rev. Chris Bazar knew how to heat up visitors to the St. Peter's Parish Family Festival: be the guy in chair at the water balloon game and wear maize and blue.
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Curious program has charm
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra presented an entertaining, schizophrenic program at Artpark on Saturday. The first half was Mozart's Fourth Violin Concerto, performed by teenage violin sensation Caroline Goulding. The second half comprised excerpts of Bernstein's “Candide,” put together with narration by WNED-FM's John Landis.
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ALL AMERICAN
JEANERETTE — Call out the Cajun — and bluegrass, polka, tejano and klezmer -— music lovers. The exhibit is coming to town. Beginning Monday, the Jeanerette museum will hold a Museums on Main Street exhibit called New Harmonies: Celebrating America’s Roots.
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Africa festival organizer seeks common ties for immigrants
WORCESTER - People may be kept apart by poverty, tribalism and civil war in some regions of Africa, but community organizer Kwasi Sarpong wants the city's growing population of African immigrants to be united here.
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Upcoming historical events
* On Tuesday, July 22, the Carson City Historical Society and Carson City Re-development will present a free lecture and musical performance by David Bugli on composer J.P. Meder. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m.
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Godolphin filly impresses in US Oaks win
Godolphin's Music Note put up an impressive performance to win the $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks by 11 lengths at Belmont. Leading two furlongs out in the hands of Javier Castellano she stormed clear of the opposition to record her second successive Grade One victory.
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