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Coolidge to headline Jazz at the Culp
Jazz at the Culp will bring famed singer Rita Coolidge to East Tennessee State University’s Culp Auditorium Aug. 29.
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Y.E.S, they rock
SINGAPORE - Taiwanese boyband Energy amped it up for an audience of 2,000 at the Y.E.S 933FM Pick of the Pops (POTP) 25th anniversary street concert on Sunday with a high-energy dance medley.
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Pitchfork Hosts a Perma-Rock Festival
CHICAGO — As concepts go, the notion of pop acts going onstage to reprise their best-loved albums front to back isn't particularly new. To conclude its 1989 "Green" tour, R.E.M. threw in a surprise set at its Atlanta homecoming show, playing its debut album "Murmur" in original track order as a no-fuss bonus for its fans. These days, however, all quarters of the music industry are looking for ...
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Trumpeter Daniel (Mr. T) Tetzlaff kept the music going
Since the 1930s until recent years, Twin Citians could hear the trumpet playing of Daniel Tetzlaff. Tetzlaff, who played major venues across the Twin Cities and was a renown clinician and Minneapolis Schools music teacher, died on July 11 at his Minneapolis home. He was 88.
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The Undiscovered Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell is known for his songs, hymns, anthems, odes, operas — in short, for his vocal music. Which is all the more reason to welcome an excellent forthcoming CD of his keyboard music. Just to refresh your memory, Purcell was a composer of the English Baroque, living from 1659 to 1695. And he was a towering genius. We think of Mozart, Schubert, and Mendelssohn as composers who died young ...
The New York Sun |
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The 5 Browns take Davies Hall's pianos by storm
The 5 Browns, a family of five young Juilliard-trained pianists, are taking the classical music world by storm and it's easy to see why -- they look like the cast of "Gossip Girl" and play like a dream.
Contra Costa Times |
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New cadre of female vocalists defies traditions of soul sound
Welsh singer Duffy - nee Aimee Anne Duffy - celebrated the stateside release of her debut CD, Rockferry , with a performance in May at New York's famed Apollo Theatre, the legendary venue dedicated to the preservation of R&B music.
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English helps Indonesia's puppet art out of shadows
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's shadow puppetry performances are steeped in tradition, but one artist from the country's cultural heartland is giving this ancient art a modern makeover by translating it in English.
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Charice wows Italians in Andrea Bocelli's birthday concert
After charming American and British audiences, the country's pride Charice once again has made the country proud as she dazzled the crowd at the birthday concert of Italian operatic pop tenor Andrea Bocelli last Sunday, July 20 in Italy.
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Rap music figure convicted in Las Vegas slaying
LAS VEGAS July 21, 2008, 09:17 pm ET · A jury found a 37-year-old San Francisco rap music figure guilty in the slaying of a Kansas City rival in what authorities called a West Coast versus Midwest rap war.
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Rap music figure convicted in Las Vegas slaying
A jury found a 37-year-old San Francisco rap music figure guilty in the slaying of a Kansas City rival in what authorities called a West Coast versus Midwest rap war.
Centre Daily Times |
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Rap music figure from San Francisco convicted in Las Vegas double slaying
LAS VEGAS - A jury found a 37-year-old San Francisco rap music figure guilty in the slaying of a Kansas City rival in what authorities called a West Coast versus Midwest rap war.
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Rap music figure convicted in Las Vegas slaying
A jury found a 37-year-old San Francisco rap music figure guilty in the slaying of a Kansas City rival in what authorities called a West Coast versus Midwest rap war. Andre "Mac Minister" Dow faces life in prison after being convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the May 2005 killings of 24-year-old Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins of Kansas City, and Watkins' friend, 22-year-old Jermaine Akins. ...
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English helps Indonesia's puppet art out of shadows
Indonesia's shadow puppetry performances are steeped in tradition, but one artist from the country's cultural heartland is giving this ancient art a modern makeover by translating it in English.
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Reuters Business Summary
Apple outlook well below Wall St view, shares fall SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc said on Monday its current-quarter earnings would be well below Wall Street targets, sending shares in the maker of Macintosh computers and iPod music players down nearly 9 percent. Apple has a reputation for conservative financial forecasts, and it posted third-quarter earnings on Monday that swept ...
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Japan's Mobile-content Market Hit US$100B in 2007
The value of ring tines, music and other content sold through cell phones in Japan broke the US$100 billion mark in 2007.
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Jessica Simpson’s disastrous concert
Jessica Simpson was booed and heckled during her first country music concert at the weekend.
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Artists AWOL In Digital Issues Over Their Work
"With digital distribution of entertainment as the focal point, the TV/film and music industries are embroiled in several disputes between those who create the content and those who distribute it.
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Apple outlook well below Wall St view, shares fall
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Monday its current-quarter earnings would be well below Wall Street targets, sending shares in the maker of Macintosh computers and iPod music players down nearly 9 percent.
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Conductor tells of his battle with brain tumour
One of Scotland's leading conductors, and founder of the National Youth Choir of Scotland, Christopher Bell, has spoken for the first time about his battle with cancer - and his determination to work at this year's Edinburgh International Festival, only weeks after an operation to remove a tumour from his brain.
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Old Mobeetie Music Festival
It's the annual Old Mobeeties Music Festival. It kicks off on Friday and continues through Sunday. Seven bands will hit the stage. It's out at the Old Mobeetie Jail Museum. And the fire department will make home made ice cream.
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The Closing Bell
New dates for America , Louis C.K. , The Seldom Scene and Extreme , plus links to items about Miley Cyrus , Leonard Cohen , Bill Murray, drummers and really depressing songs tell you everything you need to know in your last update of the day!
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10:40 a.m. - Cantate to hold tryouts next month
10:40 a.m. July 22 — The Cantate Community Chorus announces an exciting fall season. Interested people are invited to try out – no experience necessary. The only thing required is a love for music.
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Eisteddfod continues
The 15th annual Forbes Eisteddfod continues this week after a successful dance program last week. The action started last Thursday with 330 young dancers registered in the various categories, such as classical, tap, character, jazz and improvised dance.
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SANDY KASTEL: It's No Joke: Las Vegas Based Recording Artist's Live Performance Video "Slow Burn" (From the Upcoming ...
Over the past few months, thousands of people have been surfing over to Sandy Kastel's MySpace page (www.myspace.com/sandykastel) not only to check out a couple of sizzling tracks from her critically acclaimed 2007 indie debut This Time Around, but also to see the former Miss Nevada strut her stuff on one of the site's most talked about music videos.
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