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First Harvest Time Music Festival set at Allegany County Fairgrounds
Building on the success of Del McCoury’s DelFest, which brought a plethora of musicians and fans from all over the country over the Memorial Day weekend, Miller Promotions LLC will hold its anaugural Harvest Time Music Festival on Sept. 26 and 27.
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Indonesia rediscovers its own rock legend
It took a half century and YouTube to bring Indonesia's rock 'n roll legends back home.
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Landmark Iranian Music Project Comes To Fruition "The first-ever multimedia concert production of the
Persian Trilogy , based on the Persian national epic poem Shahnameh , will make history tomorrow at [Toronto's] Roy Thomson Hall... Composed by Iranian-American composer Behzad Ranjbaran between 1989 and 2000, the concert will be a highlight of the Seventh International Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies."
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Namibia: COTA to Address Art Diploma Confusion
A confrontation between the management of the College of the Arts and two lecturers of the African Performing Arts Department last week resulted in serious criminal accusations of defamation and character assassination.
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TOCCATA sings Hot August Pipes
The Orchestra and Community Choral Artists of the Tahoe Area continues its third Summer MusicFest with the Hot August Pipes ’08 concert series, two concerts featuring music for organ, strings and soprano.
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Reelin' in the years
As the wheel of music continue to turn on in this post-'60s,-'70s, -'80s, -'90s-universe, we are left to wonder lately about what may have happened to the young lady forever known as "Hey Nineteen" - the object of desire for an older man in the song...
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Blacklist Art & Film Festival films
'El Zombie de
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Soul survivor: Bluesman Curtis Salgado lives to tell tale
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two part series.
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World stage for Welsh arts
The culture and traditions of Wales will be celebrated at the at the Lorient Interceltic Festival 2008 in Brittany, France. Welsh art, music and dance will step onto the world stage which celebrates the "Year of Wales" . The event runs from 1st to 10th August.
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Lollapalooza kicks off today
Thousands will be headed to Grant Park today for the kick off to the annual Lollapalooza Music Festival.
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Ludacris' Obama song unlikely to alienate voters
By ERRIN HAINES ATLANTA (AP) -- Ludacris' new song, "Politics as Usual," may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
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Johnny Cash documentary from 1960s to air again
The documentary "Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music" is expected to air Tuesday as part of the 21st season of PBS's Emmy-winning P.O.V. series.
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Taliep had lost millions - Najwa
Music icon Taliep Petersen was a financial burden to his wife and her family, and failed to contribute a cent towards his household, his widow, Najwa, has told the Cape High Court.
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Springfield to mark 200th anniversary
SPRINGFIELD — In 1807, Ariel Bradley arrived from Salisbury, Conn., to become the first man to settle in the Springfield Township area. One year later, the area was organized as a township, with a population of 1,500.
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Unorthodox story of Jewish rapper featured a key Oregon chapter
For the hasidic rapper and reggae star Matisyahu, who plays the Oregon Zoo tonight, a visit to Oregon is more than just another stop on a tour. It’s a return to a place where his soul searching paid some key dividends. The 29-year old star, who has toured with the likes of the Red Hot Chili ...
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Billy Corgan sues filmmaker for $100,000
Smashing Pumpkins mainman Billy Corgan is suing a Chicago filmmaker for $100,000 for recording substandard concert, back stage and studio footage and effectively holding it to ransom.
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Pepperell posting board
Calendar Friday, Aug. 1 Friday matinee: 12:30 p.m., Pepperell Senior Center; Free movie screenings on the big flat-screen TV, this week, "The Bucket List" with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.
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Music & Gigs
Festival favourites Primal Scream are set to raise the roof of St George’s Market later this year.
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Rambling About Tanglewood
LENOX — Farewell, Berkshires. Hello, Prague. After 23 years, BSO violist Mark Ludwig is closing down his MusicWorks chamber series in the Berkshires. In the place of the winter concerts, he'll strike up a performing and commissioning partnership with the Prague Spring Festival.
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FIRST LOOK: Miranda Cosgrove's New Music Video
"Stay My Baby" is the first video for Nickelodeon's iCarly star
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Indonesia rediscovers its own rock legend
By ROBIN McDOWELL JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- It took a half century and YouTube to bring Indonesia's rock 'n roll legends back home.
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Jay-Z + Winehouse nominated for Vodafone Awards
Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson and the Foo Fighters are among the artists to be nominated for the 2008 Vodafone Live Music Awards.
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The Delicate Matter Of Setting A Rape To Music
The latest from Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is a gut-wrenching opera about the rape of a strong-willed woman by a soldier living in an unspecified war zone. "Ms. Saariaho has said that the idea for this opera came to her when she was pregnant and saw a sonogram of her baby...
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Downtown Belleville is rocking, Tories spreading crime-hype
As some of you read this, you may be planning to take in the nostalgic tunes of '60s retro pop and rock acts and Beatles tribute performers at Abbey Road on the River this weekend at Empire Square. I took in the Steve Winwood concert last Saturday on [...]
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Life, love, music, smelly socks at "Baghdad High"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hayder is trying to memorize the words to a song by U.S. pop star Britney Spears, Anmar is worried because his girlfriend has not called and Ali and his best friend Mohammad wrestle each other as they watch TV.
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