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Concerts, puppet shows, parties: More than a museum
On a perfect April evening, cloudless and about 70 degrees, about 300 music lovers gathered in the Columbia Museum of Art’s lobby to hear the Miro Quartet play works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. It was hosted by Charles Wadsworth, longtime director of the Spoleto Festival USA chamber music series. A week later, the same space overflowed with 700 mostly young people, some wearing ...
The State |
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Seneca County Fair hosts country star
Tina Denney was ready to see Sammy Kershaw. She was decked out in a professionally made shirt that said "Third Rate Romance" - her favorite Kershaw hit - on the front and the star's name on the back.
The Advertiser-Tribune |
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Local houses double as performance venues
She speaks fondly of her grandfather’s farm, the land she roamed as a child. Some of those acres are now being plowed to make room for grocery stores and housing developments, chipping away the childhood Angela Easterling remembers. “They’ve got telephone poles where our trees had been,” Easterling says of the land in Greer. She wrote a song about her feelings — “Black-top Road” — a swaying ...
The State |
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In tune to the end
The Lowcountry and its jazz family recently lost a mighty musician in Taras Kovayl, a composer, pianist and arranger extraordinaire. When I got word the afternoon of July 18, about 30 minutes after he passed, I was perplexed. Taras' death was a big curve in the road for me. It didn't destroy my faith or crash my belief system, but it pushed them. I knew he had health problems, but I also knew he ...
The Post and Courier |
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Chattanooga: Town Talk
THREE CHATTANOOGA choral ensembles presented a Sacred Music of Duke Ellington concert for the Holsten Annual Conference at Lake Junaluska, N.C., said Beverly Scott.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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Area residents take part in drumming circle
Once a month this summer, shoppers at the Farmers Market have been serenaded by throbbing drums from the Akoma Drum Circle started by the Rev. K.O. Noonoo and the Rev. Kevin Arensman.
The Morning Sun |
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Community Music School of Springfield Prelude Preschool of the Arts ready for September opening
SPRINGFIELD - The curtains are hanging in the puppet theater. The playground is stocked with ladders, slides and toy musical instruments. And up in the classroom, the new easels are ready for their first splashes of paint.
The Republican |
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Italian fest has fun, food for all
ISHPEMING - Young J.P. Corkin held on for dear life but in the end his determination just wasn't enough. Admitting defeat, Corkin slid back down to earth on the greased pole at Al Quaal Recreation Area on Saturday, while a $100 bill at its pinnacle flapped in the strong breeze. The greased pole is an annual event at the St. Rocco-St. Anthony Italian Festival held in Ishpeming.
The Mining Journal |
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Band camp proves popular
WESTFIELD - Curran D. McKenzie originally wanted to play the trombone.
The Republican |
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Beach festival’s music is rock of all ages
Jefferson Starship, Terry Sylvester and local acts rocked the Misquamicut Music Festival on Saturday. SUSANNAH H. SNOWDEN / THE SUN Tommy Seesellberg, drummer for "The Cryers," performs during the sound check.
Westerly Sun |
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Beach festival’s music is rock of all ages
Jefferson Starship, Terry Sylvester and local acts rocked Misquamicut on Saturday. SUSANNAH H. SNOWDEN / THE SUN Tommy Seesellberg, drummer for "The Cryers," performs during the sound check.
Westerly Sun |
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Bledsoe: Sacred steel's reach expands
For decades, sacred steel music was only heard inside Pentecostal churches. However, it was music that was too good to remain a secret.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Bruce Adler, Broadway actor with roots in Yiddish theater
Broadway actor Bruce Adler, who built a second career enchanting South Floridians with song and dance revues born out of his family's Yiddish theater roots, died of cancer Friday. He was 63.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Kyle Gann on Music After the Fact...
Glory be, I am mentioned, quoted, and even pictured in tomorrow's Times . It's in Steve Smith's advance piece on the New Albion festival that starts at Bard next Friday, August 1, and runs until the 10th.
Arts Journal |
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LAST WEEK: Best-sellers at Borders
Following were best-sellers at Borders Books & Music in Springettsbury Township for the week that ended July 20.
York Daily Record |
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AT BORDERS: 'Twilight' party Friday
Borders Books & Music will celebrate the release of "Breaking Dawn," the final book in Stephenie Meyer's best-selling vampire-inspired "Twilight" series, with a party at 10 p.
York Daily Record |
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Tricks, trucks, music fill the bill at fair
Tricks and trucks along with non-stop musical entertainment will fill the bill at this year’s Mineral County Fair
Cumberland Times-News |
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Orchestra pulls out the jams for JazZoo
The Jazz Arts Group will present "JazZoo" concerts at 8 p.m. Aug. 8 and 15 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's Water's Edge Events Park, 4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Eagle Benefit Raises Money for Military Families
Eagle, Idaho-- Thousands of dollars was raised Saturday afternoon for the families of Idaho's wounded and fallen military vets. The Brave Hearts Benefit in Eagle drew crowds with concerts, a live auction and tangy barbeque.
FOX 12 Idaho |
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Brothers Jim and Bob Walton play Harold Hill and his sidekick in Starlight's ‘Music Man'
Meet Jim and Bob. They’re funny guys. Jim and Bob are brothers. They’re actors. They’re musicians. They’ve written shows together.
The Kansas City Star |
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Kansas City Symphony records Sibelius' and Sullivan's music inspired by the Bard's words
For its content alone the Kansas City Symphony’s new recording is a rare and intriguing thing.
The Kansas City Star |
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Julyamsh brings cultures together
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe has been celebrating Julyamsh since 1997. There is lots to see and do at the three day festival but more important than the entertainment and the food is the lesson they hope you walk away with.
KXLY-TV Spokane |
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Happy Birthday, Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick would have celebrated his 80th birthday on Sunday, if he had lived to witness the musical evolution of the form he fast-forwarded. His films irrevocably changed the relationship between film and music, from the juxtaposition of spaceship ballets and "The Blue Danube" to the destabilizing pairing of rape and "Singin' in the Rain."
Wired News |
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Yahoo! Music Store Will Compensate Customers For DRM-ed Music [Closing Time]
Yes, Yahoo! Music Store's shutting down their DRM servers, but Big Purple's said that it'll definitely still be taking care of its customers. According to a Yahoo spokesperson, anyone who bought DRM...
Gizmodo |
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Brauntex to host film festival next summer
As a teenager, Vince Koegle worked as an usher at the Brauntex Theatre; years later he’s returning in a different capacity, as a founder and organizer of a film festival that is set to be staged at the historic venue next June.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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