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Young artists take center stage at splendid opening night of Music@Menlo Festival
The idea that classical music is the province of the older generation got a bracing comeuppance at Saturday's splendid opening night performance of the Music@Menlo Festival.
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Videocon for Rs 800-crore retail spread
Videocon Retail, a part of Venugopal Dhoot-promoted Videocon Industries, plans to invest Rs 800 crore to expand its electronic retail format, Next Retail, and Planet M, the mobile, music, entertainment and lifestyle chain, in the next three years, said Saurav Dhoot, director, Videocon Retail.
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The Pacific Symphony makes an awesome trip to 'Oz'
The orchestra brings the 1939 classic to life, playing the film's entire score while the movie screens in Irvine.
Orange County Register |
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Music the new gaming frontier
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.
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Make a Memory Playlist on Your Birthday [Music]
Chris "because I'm a teenage girl" Hardwick has a neat way to remember the music that defines certain times in his life: he makes a playlist (entitled his current age) of his favorite songs every...
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Review: The Girls Show at The Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall
There's nothing like an energetic youth show to make you feel decrepit. Joyful, naive and full of hope for the future, the 11 young women in The Girls Show would win over even the most hardened cynic with their lust for life.
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three with "Melody". Another new entrant at nine was veteran singer-songwriter Billy Joel with "Piano Man -- the Very Best Of". Topping the singles charts for another week was rapper Dizzee Rascal with "Dance Wiv Me", while British band McFly was a new entrant at two with "One For the Radio".
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"Mamma Mia!" sound track tops charts
LONDON (Reuters) - The Swedish supergroup ABBA is enjoying a resurgence in records sales on the back of publicity for the film version of the hit musical "Mamma Mia!", the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday.
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Bassist Buddy Catlett, a Seattle native, brings jazz home
Legendary bassist Buddy Catlett keeps jazz alive in Seattle.
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Colombian New Yorkers Celebrate Country's Independence
New Yorkers with ties to Colombia are celebrating the country's independence today in Queens. It was 198 years ago that Colombia won freedom from Spain.
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In concert, American Idols score different results
The “American Idols Live!” tour hit town this weekend like the well-oiled machine that it is. The three-hour show moved at a brisk pace — and a few of the performers made a bigger impact than they did while on the show.
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Music: The Grascal's 'Keep on Walkin''
Still a young band, the Grascals nonetheless are an experienced bunch. "Keep On Walkin'," the group's third album, deepens its trademark blend of bluegrass roots and hard-country themes.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Gibson promoting guitars in the virtual world
Gibson Guitar Corp. has begun promoting its instruments in the virtual world.
Eyewitness News Memphis |
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Record 1.6 million attend Dortmund Love Parade
Dortmund's techno music Love Parade attracted a record 1.6 million people, organisers said Sunday.
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Manitoulin prepares for Country Fest
Coming to Manitoulin for nearly 20 years, I've had the pleasure and interest in watching businesses start up and become successful, new homes dreamed of and built, youngsters grow up and people make their dreams come true. One such man is a true and original Manitoulin entrepreneur I [...]
The Sudbury Star |
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Broken Social Scene frontman puts out solo disc
It's taken Brendan Canning some 18 years to put out his first solo disc and despite all that time in indie music circles -- much of it spent anchoring supergroup Broken Social Scene -- the bespectacled, bearded rock guru is in a fluster as his official debut approaches.
CTV.ca |
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Pitchfork Music Festival Recap: Day Two
Ah, the rain. In previous years we've always half jokingly call the Pitchfork Music Festival "Sweatfork" due to the usually oppressive heat, but this year the afternoon storms brought about "Mudfork" and the attendant rise of the mud people. Saturday is usually the most crowded day of the festival and this year was no different, although we must admit we're seeing less and less of the ironic ...
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Betancourt stages Paris concert for Colombian hostage release
Colombian ex-hostage Ingrid Betancourt staged a concert in Paris Sunday as part of a day of rallies in Europe and Latin America seeking the release of captives still held by rebels in the Colombian jungle.
TurkishPress.com |
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Tshwane celebrates Madiba in song
Thousands of music lovers gathered in Hammanskraal in Tshwane today for a Gospel and Jazz festival. The festival is part of the many celebrations for Madiba's 90th birthday taking place around the country. Madiba turned 90 on Friday, 18 July.
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Joel's music brings fans back to the glory days
They came singing "the Piano Man." They swapped rumors about the surprise guests. Ringo? Paul? Both? Aerosmith?
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Ringo's 'All Starrs' tour provided Beatles sound and more
Ringo Starr & His All Starrs, performed Saturday night, July 19, at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville. The group featured guitarist Colin Hay of Men at Work, singer-guitarist Billy Squier, bassist Hamish Stuart of the Average White Band, keyboardist-saxophonist Edgar Winter, keyboardist Gary Wright and top session drummer Gregg Bissonetteall veteran musicians who contributed their own ...
Seattle Times |
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Harman and Priyanka to clash at box office
Awesome twosome : Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja at the music launch of Love Story 2050 in Mumbai.
Hindustan Times |
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Siren Music Festival 2008 at Coney Island
Yesterday was an appropriately blistering day for this year's eighth annual Village Voice Siren Music Festival at Coney Island, which, with the right frame of mind, can be a total blast. Yesterday had everything we've come to expect from the annual indie rock extravaganza: massive crowds of dehydrating hipsters, fresh clams on the mobbed boardwalk, and a bulging, unmanageable lineup of 14 ...
Gothamist |
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Costanilla: Varona’s homecoming concert and ‘Hiyas Bisaya’
SONG WRITERS who want to participate in the 2009 Cebu Popular Music Festival have until the 31st of this month to submit their entries to the Cebu Arts Foundation, Inc. secretariat at the University of the Visayas.
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Oldies radio station WRKA 103.1 switches to country
When listeners tuned in WRKA 103.1-FM on Friday, they heard country music instead of the oldies songs the station has played for almost a generation. "That was a big shock after about 30 years that WRKA is no more," said Gene Smith of Louisville. "We didn't see that coming."
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