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Funeral for 'K-Swift' draws thousands
Family, colleagues and fans turn out for two-hour ceremony at Morgan State honoring the life of 92Q DJ Family, colleagues and fans turn out for two-hour ceremony at Morgan State honoring the life of 92Q DJ
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Mofro: Blackwater Sol Review
Hailing from North Florida and known for their raw and swampy funk rock, JJ Grey & MOFRO announce their second annual Blackwater Sol Revue at the St. Augustine Amphitheater on August 30. JJ Grey, who comes from a long tradition of Southern storytellers, created the one-day festival to help promote roots and southern music and culture.
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Tristan Prettyman:hello
So-Cal salty dog Tristan Prettyman returns with Hello (Virgin), the follow up to her debut, Twentythree . The 26-year-old San Diego native, fresh from a bad split from a relationship with fellow California singer-songwriter Jason Mraz , adds a bit of angst and despair to a few tracks, but does so with the flair of an adult who's learned to roll with the changes life presents.
All About Jazz |
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Captured for posterity: a master at Tanglewood and a quartet at home
With Tanglewood missing artistic leader James Levine for the remainder of the festival, it's an apt time to remember how awesome a presence Leonard Bernstein exerted at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home.
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2 blueberry festivals this weekend in Wisconsin
IRON RIVER - This is the weekend for Wisconsin blueberry lovers.
Fond du Lac Reporter |
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Weston Fest offers range of events
WESTON Outside the village of Weston municipal center on Saturday, families and senior citizens milled about a farmers market as live big band music filled the air.
Wausau Daily Herald |
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Hot air balloons return to Anderson for 2nd annual Great Southeast BalloonFest
ANDERSON -- Music headliners and hot air balloons are on tap for the 2nd annual Great Southeast BalloonFest this Labor Day weekend in Anderson.
The Greenville News |
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Children set camp memories to song
Memories may fade, but their music will remain forever.
Mississauga News |
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Drew Carey does Shakespeare at Home in Ohio
CLEVELAND (AP) - "The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey is ready to showcase his Shakespearean side in a concert appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra.
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Germantown Country Club Hurricanes make waves at swim meet
The Germantown Country Club's Hurricanes swim team scored their first victory this season June 26 against TPC Southwind.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Fest spotlights black theater
Just as the XXIII International Hispanic Theatre Festival winds up its three-week run, another theater festival -- shorter, but more geographically expansive -- is about to begin.
Miami Herald |
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New preschool for arts in Springfield ready for September opening
SPRINGFIELD - The curtains are hanging in the puppet theater. The playground is stocked with ladders, slides and toy musical instruments.
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‘Semmangudi’s music allows you to transcend’
Paying tribute to the maestro on the occasion of his birth centenary, neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran reflects on ‘the impulse that drives great music and art...the tremendous need, this desire to reach for the stars, to transcend your mortal frame.’
The Hindu |
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Opening day snags marr Pemberton Festival
Canada's largest outdoor summer concert in recent memory got under way on Friday, but the inaugural Pemberton Festival was not without its birthing pains.
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Playin' it like Dylan
CHISHOLM — A group of kids from across the region snapped their fingers, tapped their toes and moved to the music as they listened to the sound of Bob Dylan.
Hibbing Daily Tribune |
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Youth Orchestra enrolling for Fall semester
Music director, David Kaemmer, explains how to play a specific phrase of a selection the students are working on.
The Daily Dispatch |
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Flying the flag for renewable energy
Angus Watt, who designs and makes flags, installs some of the 300 emblems he has on show at the Womad music and arts festival in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. His flags were first used at the festival but are now so popular that they can also be seen flying at other summer festivals across Europe.
Times Online |
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Local coaches given insight, instruction into injuries
The music wasn't supposed to be playing, but it was.
Daily News Journal |
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Drums tickets on sale at stadium
Tickets for 30th Drums Along the Mohawk drum corps competition are on sale at Rome Free Academy stadium box office from 5:30-8:30 every day until the show. The World and Open Class Drum Corps competition will play out at Rome Free Academy stadium at 7 p.m., Wednesday.
Rome Sentinel |
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Austin Daily Herald
Gear Daddies, Austin’s arguably most-famous band, is organizing a music fest this August featuring several bands with local roots, with the intent of supporting Marcusen Park.
Austin Daily Herald |
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Mick Jagger turns 65 but vows to rock on
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger has turned 65, but has no plans to stop rocking. He vows to carry on performing and touring as long as he can.
The Times of India |
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Stones are rolling into brand-new record deal
LONDON - The Rolling Stones, the world's top-earning music act last year, has signed a long-term, exclusive worldwide contract with Vivendi SA's Universal Music, dealing a major blow to the group's former recording company, EMI Group PLC.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Gothamist's Week in Rock: Sweaty Edition
Karen O is a Native Korean Out of the blue, Karen O announced late last week that she was going to play two shows at Union Pool on Monday night. Not as her normal role as front woman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but with a new band called Native Korean Rock & The Fishnets. The two back-to-back sets contained all new material and a fresh new sailorsuit-clad backing band plucked from other local ...
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Harvesting entertainment
With a host of events that include a smash-up derby, strongman show, bed race, celebrity cow milking, a wide-range of agricultural shows, top-notch musical entertainment and a little lady named Oprah, the 63rd Navan Fair is sure to live up to its theme of being ?a family affair.? ?Oprah will be there on the back of a garden tractor, and kids can ask her anything and everything,? Navan Fair ...
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Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is
Keyshia Cole is a songbird that isn't afraid to fly.
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