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'Tradition' returns to JazzFest
S-B event to have big Band sound, vocalists, parquet dance floor. The 16th annual Suttons Bay JazzFest will return to its roots when one of the village's biggest events of the year takes place Saturday, July 26.
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Residents come out in force to protest noise law
PAWTUCKET—During almost two hours of testimony on the city’s new noise ordinance for feasts and festivals, what came through the loudest was a plea for compromise.
Pawtucket Times |
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ASAP Live presents "Rock da Vote"
ASAP Live will be producing the 2007 edition of Rock da Vote , which will feature top stand-up comedy stars Jon Santos, Candy Pangilinan, Pooh, and John Lapus. Ms. Tessie Tomas, including Chokoleit, will be special guests.
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Sports award show entertaining
And the nominees for best award show are: The Academy Awards, The Emmys, The ESPY s and The Grammys. And the winner is … the ESPY s. I try to be a renaissance man, and have a deep interest in movies, television, sports, and music, but after watching the ESPY s on Sunday, it’s clear to me that sports reign supreme when it comes to award shows.
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Heavens on their minds
For this crowd, the phrase "lights out" means only one thing: The party is on. But as the evening unfolds, there isn't loud music, rambunctious revelers or jolly toasting. Instead, the entertainment silently appears in the dark night sky. The attractions are the planets, stars, galaxies and other shiny objects that draw hundreds every summer to a ridge in Pike National Forest, where the dirt ...
Rocky Mountain News |
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Jessica Simpson Booed By Country Fans, Who Don't Buy That She's 'Just A Girl From Texas'
Just because they liked her first Nashville single, "Come on Over," and she looks cute in short shorts and boots, doesn't ...
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Music Review: Amy Ray - Didn't It Feel Kinder
This album signals a shift to a more introspective Ray. Amy Ray has been through a lot of changes over the past couple of years. Her musical partnership with Emily Saliers, the Indigo Girls, finished out their contract with Epic Records, and then signed with Hollywood Records. The album they released, Despite Our Differences, was well-received by their dedicated fan base and critics alike, but ...
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WELCOME GUEST! The Fiji Secondary School Music Festival will be bigger and better than last year’s shows, organisers have promised. The three-day show, which will have its grand opening tonight at the Tattersalls Leisure Centre, will be led by Pacifica Voices, once known as the Malaga Singers.
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Tonight in Aspen: Roots hip-hop
ASPEN - Often said to be the most socially significant and most musical of hip-hop outfits, The Roots seem to be distancing themselves even further from the pack.
The Aspen Times |
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Apple outlook well below Wall St view, shares fall
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 per cent.
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Omigod! Bailey Is New Star of Broadway's Legally Blonde ; Three Finalists Also Land Roles
Bailey Hanks has been named the winner of the MTV reality casting competition, " Legally Blonde The Musical : The Search for Elle Woods." Hanks, who beat out nine other contestants to succeed Tony nominee Laura Bell Bundy as Elle Woods in the New York production of Legally Blonde , will make her Broadway debut in the musical based on the film of the same name July 23 at 8 PM.
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New iPhone music to your ears
When it was unveiled in June, Apple's new iPhone didn't appear to offer anything new for music fans.
Stuff |
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“Boom da base” comes in a small package
Music can now be brought anywhere using portable mp3 players, mobile phones, and even laptops.
Manila Bulletin |
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Austin Musicians Worried About Live Music Capital Status
Music venues are closing and musicians say they can barely make ends meet. Is Austin losing its live music edge?
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Local inventors strum up Vibrato
Guitarists who play the Fender Stratocaster have always had trouble keeping the fabled instrument in tune while using its vibrato arm, which changes the pitch of the instrument when the arm is pressed up and down.
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Trumpeter Ferbos, 97, performs in New Orleans
In the 1930s, people danced in New Orleans nightclubs to the sweet and melodic jazz of Creole singer and trumpeter Lionel Ferbos. Now they sit at tables and sip cocktails, watching the 97-year-old perform as one of the city's oldest working jazz musicians....
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Jessica Simpson booed at country gig
Jessica Simpson was booed during her first country music concert at the weekend. The 28-year-old blonde launched her new sound at the Country Thunder Festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, on Saturday night (19.07.08) but the show didn’t go well.
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Band Profile: Groove Session has all of the ingredients
'The Flying Burrito" isn't just the name of Groove Session's debut album; the image pretty much encapsulates the band's sound. "We throw all of the genres into the burrito," drummer and percussionist Manny Sanchez said.
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Former Guns n' Roses drummer arrested
Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler was arrested for drugs and an outstanding warrant. He left the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) Hollywood station with his bail bondsman after being released from police custody at 5:28 p.m. PST on Friday (July 18).
Undercover |
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'Redneck' returns
All of the self-declared redneck women should get ready, because their queen is headed for a return trip to the Coachella Valley. Country singer Gretchen Wilson, who shot to fame with her song "Redneck Woman," will play the Special Events Center at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on Oct. 4.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Calif. rap music figure convicted in slaying of KC rapper
Associated Press - July 21, 2008 10:14 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) - 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...
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Leon Joseph Littlebird performs for Nature Night Series in Dillon on Thursday
Native Colorado Music and native flute player Leon Joseph Littlebird will be performing a special concert at the Lake Dillon Amphitheatre on Thursday.
Summit Daily News |
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Eds: Moving on general news and entertainment services. LAS VEGAS (AP) -- 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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Bluegrass shows to go on despite theater troubles
GREENEVILLE — Greeneville’s historic theater, the Capitol Theatre, has been the scene of a live music revival downtown over the last couple of years, with the Capitol Music Series, a monthly bluegrass music concert on the first Saturday of each month.
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