|
Letters to pirates
The BPI, which represents the UK music business, has focused on educational efforts and limited legal action in recent years, in contrast to the U.S., which has embarked on tens of thousands of lawsuits against alleged file sharers.
B92 |
|
Dragon boats make a splash; 45 vessels are expected for Saturday’s festival
When a dragon starts to look more like a caterpillar, you know you’re in trouble — especially if you’re taking part in the seventh annual Great Maumee River Dragon Boat Festival, where more than 1,100 people are expected to compete in races on Saturday. The long, colorful boats with dragon heads and tails are supposed to slither gracefully across the water. When the 20 paddlers powering them ...
The Toledo Blade |
|
Neal McCoy’s serious about his music, and having fun
FORT LORAMIE, Ohio — If you’ve been looking for Neal McCoy and haven’t been able to find him, you haven’t been looking hard enough because he’s where he’s always been: on the road. “Oh yeah, we stay out here on the road to keep them from repossessing our bus,” he says with one of those big McCoy smiles. He’s aboard that bus, backstage at Country Concert in Fort Loramie, Ohio earlier this ...
The Toledo Blade |
|
School may become community center
EASTVILLE -- It has been a busy summer for Northampton County Public Schools as staff prepare for a system-wide reorganization following the closing of the county's only middle school in June.
The Daily Times |
|
MTV Video Music Awards 2008
Extra für euch: Die 25. MTV VMAs am 8. September ab 19:00 Uhr exklusiv auf MTV +++ Live-Performance von den Jonas Brothers +++ Ihr bestimmt die Nominees.
MTV |
|
Labor dispute cancels Warsaw Philharmonic
The scheduled Nov. 17 performance by the Warsaw Philharmonic at Mechanics Hall as part of the Worcester Music Festival presented by Music Worcester Inc. has been canceled by the orchestra.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
|
Girl power
Gardner's 16 Lips' influences resound clearly in the band's music: there's a bit of Bikini Kill's defiance, L7's flat-out ferociousness, particularly in the guitars, and maybe even a touch of PJ Harvey in the vocals, the way the words take their time to roll forward, allowing the song's teeth to get a good, solid bite. There's nothing gimmicky in this all-girl band: Just solid, straight-ahead ...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
|
Students’ jingle Click!s
Tollefson Plaza comes alive. Old and young, couples dance. Over a loudspeaker, the music plays. Drivers along Pacific Avenue smile, slow down, tap out the rhythm of the jingle on their steering wheels.
Tacoma News Tribune |
|
£30 annual 'tax' for unlimited music downloads in biggest attack yet on internet pirates
Moves to revolutionise music downloading were unveiled today, including a plan for an annual fee for the right to copy unlimited tracks from the internet.
Evening Standard |
|
3 Doors Down stays catchy at Comcast Center show
MANSFIELD - There's an old pop-music business saying that goes "don't bore us, get to the chorus," a nod to the fact that a catchy chorus sells records. That attitude goes beyond the Brill Building these days. Even hoary old hard rock runs on easily assimilated choruses.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
|
www.kentonline.co.uk - your gateway to Kent
Internet service providers have agreed to blacklist customers and reduce their internet access for downloading music and films illegally.
The Kent Messenger |
|
Grateful Dead music to be performed by orchestra
BALTIMORE - When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra warms up a week from tomorrow, the musicians will be clad in their usual summer attire: White dinner jackets and bow ties for the men, white tops and black skirts or slacks for the women.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
|
Follen Angels launch Brown Bag Concerts
The Summer Brown Bag Concerts that begin next Wednesday at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester, will have plenty of jazz on the menu. The shows are free and begin at noon each Wednesday through Aug. 20.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
|
Petersburg festival will celebrate all cultures
Petersburg will be celebrating its growing diversity in a two-day festival this weekend that will feature more than 20 multicultural performances, food and music.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
|
20:15 (BST), 23/07/2008 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS – cdv Software Entertainment USA ...
– cdv Software Entertainment USA is pleased to announce that Hansi Kürsch and André Olbrich, lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the definitive power metal band BLIND GUARDIAN, will be signing autographs in the area ( ) at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego.
gamesindustry.biz |
|
Share This Story:
■ Our Lady of Lourdes Festival will be held on Aug. 8 with the second annual Joseph Suravicz Memorial Spaghetti Dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. in the church hall.
The Hazleton Standard-Speaker |
|
Play country in another country to get respect in your home country
It's a little like bringing coals to Newcastle, but Swedish country rock-band Baskery – sisters Greta, Stella and Sunniva Bondesson, who honed their craft in the wilds outside Stockholm – figure the only way to earn street cred at home is to make a big noise in North America.
Toronto Star |
|
Nana Mouskouri bids farewell with Athens concert
Nana Mouskouri has bid adieu to a remarkable half-century in music with a farewell concert in her native Greece at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
|
What's On: Out of Town
Brott Music Festival presents Windermere Pops with the Festival and National Academy Orchestras at Lake Rosseau's Windermere House Sat. 3 p.m.; Sinead Sugrue, Mia Lennox-Williams, John Tiranno and John Fanning take part in La Dolce Vita: Italian Opera Favourite, Wed. 7:30 p.m. at Mohawk College in Hamilton.
Toronto Star |
|
What's On: Weekday Planner
For events on the weekend, please see the Night & Day Weekend Listings. Beaches International Jazz Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary with the StreetFest, featuring performances by Dr. Draw, Otis Blue, Go Freddy Go, Planet Earth, Samantha Sheppard, Mississauga Big Band and others.
Toronto Star |
|
Nana Mouskouri bids farewell with Athens concert
Nana Mouskouri has bid adieu to a remarkable half-century in music with a farewell concert in her native Greece at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens.
AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News |
|
LOG ON
Over at the Garrick Theatre a great deal of thought has gone into a new musical based on the legend of Zorro , the dashing, masked, swash buckling avenger of nineteen century Spanish injustice.
RainbowNetwork.com |
|
Percussionist learns to make street noise part of the show
You can shake your fist at the sky, the water, the street and its streetcars, the fire trucks and planes. Or you can make peace with them. When percussionist Aiyun Huang was invited to perform at the Toronto Music Garden four summers ago, she found herself fighting the outdoor urban racket.
Toronto Star |
|
LAst Night's Action: More Futility a Mile High
Colorado Rockies defeat LA Dodgers 5-3 . Dodger's starter Hiroki Kuroda came out shaky in the first three innings but eventually pulled it together in his last three innings. Unfortunately the aftermath of the first three innings was giving up five runs to the Rockies who seemed to luxuriate in hitting the Dodgers. Apart from the eight-run first inning of the first game, the Dodgers were ...
LAist |
|
Bar owner claims discrimination over licence suspension
Refused a request from Quebec liquor regulators to stop playing the rap and hip-hop music they say attracts criminal gang members
The Globe and Mail |
|
|