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Movies calendar
Comments are by critic Colin Covert (C.C.) unless noted. Movies are rated on a four-star scale. CSNY/DÉJÀ VU The new documentary about Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's 2006 concert tour is more an antiwar documentary than a behind-the-scenes rockumentary about an aging quartet of liberal hippies. ★★ 1/2 (Jon Bream) Review on page E15. 96 mins.
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Annual beer brewers festival begins on Portland's waterfront
The 21st Annual Oregon Brewers Festival starts Thursday on Portland’s waterfront. The taps open Thursday at noon and flow until 9 p.m., each day, through Saturday. On Sunday, the festival will go from noon to 7 p.m.
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"The Drowsy Chaperone" is homage to Broadway musicals
"The Drowsy Chaperone" is a winking homage to the giddy Broadway musicals of yore and the theatergoers who love/hate them.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Elliot Goldenthal - Batman Forever Original Motion Picture Score
July 24, 2008 - No stranger to Hollywood composition, Elliot Goldenthal still had a daunting task thrust upon him with the score for Batman Forever : following in the footsteps of Danny Elfman, not to mention sharing screen time with music from alternative acts like The Offspring and Flaming Lips.
IGN Music |
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Five questions for singer-songwriter Amos Lee
Philadelphia native Amos Lee, who just released his third album for Blue Note Records ("Last Days at the Lodge"), has been quite a busy man since he stopped teaching elementary school and started playing and singing songs professionally. "I haven't had a regular place to live since 2004," said Lee when he recently spoke to the Detroit Free Press. "I've been traveling and recording and bumming ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Country singer Sammy Sadler rebounds from incident that nearly killed him
Sammy Sadler survived. The Tennessee-born, Texas-raised country singer survived a Nashville shooting 19 years ago that derailed his budding career. He survived surgeries to repair the damage that a bullet left in his arm and shoulder. He survived the mental anguish from 13 years of waiting for answers and justice in a crime that killed his friend. The 41-year-old Sadler also made sure his ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Maria von Trapp returns to "Sound of Music" home
Maria von Trapp has taken a trip down memory lane to see her old family home just before it opens as a new hotel.
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Country singer Sammy Sadler rebounds from incident that nearly killed him
Sammy Sadler survived.
The Biloxi Sun Herald |
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7,000 bikers to converge on small town
“There are no pony rides or cotton candy at this event,” said Frank Kucish, organizer of the Midsummer Thunder bike rally. More than 7,000 bikers are coming to Eufaula for a weekend of camping and entertainment.
Muskogee Phoenix |
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Eufaula gets ready for Whole Hawg festival
EUFAULA — Bringing in more than four times the population of the town of Eufaula, the festival, Whole Hawg Days, is expecting at least 20,000 people. Jimmie Phelan, Eufaula Chamber of Commerce event coordinator, said it seems to grow every year.
Muskogee Phoenix |
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Dfest keeps getting bigger
TULSA — Dfest has announced that The All-American Rejects will be participating in an artist discussion panel at the Dfest Conference on Saturday. Dfest also says that the evening before, the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame will present their “Rising Star” award on stage at the music festival.
Muskogee Phoenix |
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Cozy classical music concerts in your home
Bring classical music — and its musicians — into your residence for an intimate, entertaining evening.
Houston Chronicle |
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Lil Wayne sued for Stones copyright breach
A musical publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' song "Play With Fire" sued U.S. rapper Lil Wayne on Thursday, saying he released an altered version of the song without permission.
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Fancy fiddlin' makes teen a star
A young fiddler from Mississippi is becoming a big part of Austin's music scene.
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20 questions for … Indigo Girl Amy Ray
Amy Ray talks the talk - her lyrics fearlessly nail issues of violence, environmental issues and other pressing topics; her Indigo Girls concerts often serve as fundraisers for various deserving organizations. And she walks the walk as a human rights activist on many fronts, including co-founder of the human rights / environmental organization, Honor the Earth. While on a flight from New York to ...
The Kansas City Star |
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Fancy fiddlin' makes teen a star
Only in Austin can music shake the shady trees of an RV park and rattle one little girl's spirit into the sharpest fiddlin' around. At the young age of 13, Ruby Jane's become a master at the "strangs.”
News 8 Austin |
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MUSIC REVIEW: Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album
It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing "Hey Porter."
The Kansas City Star |
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Finding a home on the road
The Pooley family in their custom RV. From the left, Travis, 17, holding Morgan, 4, Heather, 8, Allegra, 16, John, holding Violet, 6, Rebecca, holding Tristan, 18 months, and Genevieve, 12. In the front row, Kerusso, 10 and Isabelle, 14.
Puyallup Herald |
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Rapper Lil Wayne sued for Stones copyright breach
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A musical publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' song "Play With Fire" sued U.S. rapper Lil Wayne on Thursday, saying he released an altered version of the song without permission.
Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News |
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Brown Bag Concert finale a funky one
Find out what band had the crowd gettin' down.
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Venetian Festival this weekend will last one day longer
This year’s Saugatuck Venetian Festival will be one day longer than it has been, and will feature several new events, starting Friday, July 25. “As we expand the festival, we added a Sunday event schedule,” said festival organizer Don Karaus. Some of those events include an awards brunch at 11 a.m. at Coral Gables, 220 Water St., and a Classic Old Boat Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ...
The Holland Sentinel |
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Uganda: Iryn Namubiru Back With Nina Omwana
When she returned from France, where she had been on a self-imposed maternity leave sometime back, singer Iryn Namubiru said she was not planning to release any new songs this year.
AllAfrica.com |
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Filmmakers off the couch and into the festival finals
STUDENTS at West Kempsey Primary School are fast finding out what it takes to be a Hollywood movie star.
The Maclay Argus |
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Russell Brand to host the MTV Video Music Awards
By ERIN CARLSON NEW YORK (AP) -- MTV is staking its brand on a lesser-known one: Russell Brand.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Dickey Betts concert moved to Woodstock
THE UPCOMING Dickey Betts & Great Southern concert has been moved from Saugerties to Woodstock for two performances, event promoters announced Thursday, citing "completely unsubstantiated reasons" by the town of Saugerties.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
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