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Queen guitarist Brian May’s galactic rhapsody
Not content with producing hits such as We Will Rock You, the Queen guitarist Brian May has achieved a new milestone: he has published his PhD thesis in astronomy.
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Kidnap father Clark Rockefeller hid identity from wife
A London businesswoman whose daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-husband in America may never have known his true identity, according to US sources.
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East Lansing Summer concert series
Lansing-based group "Head and Toe" takes the stage
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Lansing's Jazz Festival
Going through Saturday
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Music: She & Him's happy ending
The unlikely musical pairing of actress Zooey Deschanel and indie-rocker M. Ward was a match made in Hollywood.
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OnStage: Hold the corn
George M. Cohan, too easily dismissed as a cornball composer, was in fact an Irish-American rebel who reimagined what musicals in America could be.
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Blowing his horn
The Minnesota Orchestra's new jazz director, New Orleans trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, balances music and social responsibilities.
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Chinese offered song downloads for 3 cents each
An American company is offering songs for about three cents each for downloading in China in a effort to counter easy access to free, pirated music.
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Review: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Aerosmith fans, walk this way. Everyone else, keep saving your precious pennies for the upcoming (bound to be expensive) World Tour, which will let players bang on drums and sing into microphones as well as wailing on a plastic guitar.
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Iran cancels Indonesian band 's concerts
The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance called off the concerts of the Muslim multinational band Debu in Tehran without giving any reason for the decision. All the nights' performances were competently sold out and the concerts have been advertised in several Persian dailies and billboards in Tehran.
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Times & Star
CHARITY music festival BFest has begun at the Bower House Inn in Eskdale. This is Nicole Regan's festival diary and will include photos, mini-reviews and videos during the two-day event.
West Cumberland Times & Star |
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Recommendations
Biography I started The Rick Jensen Trio in 1999,We are an improvising group, all of our music is spontaneous, making every performance completely unique.
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'Swing' in previews
In previews: Swing music and its accompanying acrobatics lifted the spirits of Americans during the Depression. As we endure high oil prices and economic uncertainty, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres hopes to provide a little lift with "Swing!," a revue that incorporates the music of such composers as Duke Ellington ("It Don't Mean A Thing"), Benny Goodman ("Stompin' At The Savoy") and Don Raye ...
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Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz: Lollapalooza, Day One: When Push Comes to Shove
We're at Chicago's Lollapalooza music festival, two of thousands of sweaty fans with but a single purpose on Day One: To be as near as possible to the huge AT&T stage for Radiohead's evening performance.
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CD reviews: Pinetop Perkins, Unkle
At 95, Perkins doesn't have a lot of blues-playing friends who approach his age. Only the 82-year-old B.B. King, who cuts it up with Perkins on the latter's tribute to their native state, "Down in Mississippi," comes close to the great piano man here.
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Tech review: In an iPod Nano world, some rivals lure
NEW YORK -- It's easy to understand the appeal of Apple Inc.'s iPod Nano music and video player: It's slim and simple to use, and it has a crisp 2-inch LCD screen. Its brand name is considered synonymous with hip tech gear.
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Lollapalooza '08 Editors' Blog: Five Observations from Day One
1. "Wow, what's with all those people onstage?" my companion asked as we stopped by the MySpace stage where a dirtbag choir was working hard (and in unison) to keep the butt-rock flame alive. With five musicians and 22 singers -- many of them pickups from local Chicago bands -- Boston's Bang Camaro come on like Kiss meets the Polyphonic Spree, proffering punchy anthems with memorable ...
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One, Colonel Duff impress
BANGALORE: One, Colonel Duff, Abs Fabs and Gruezi impressed when the horses were exercised here on Saturday morning (Aug 2). Inner sand: 800m: An Equal Music (R. Ravi) 54, 600/40.5. Moved freely. Zaffarani (rb) ...
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Side roads: Party in the realm of Frank Lloyd Wright
Cloquet, Minn. Celebrate the architecture and history of the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed gas station Thursday in Cloquet, Minn. The station's 50th anniversary will be marked by a community celebration from 4 to 8 p.m. with music, food, a 1950s classic car show and a short program.
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Recommendations
Biography Mike Hackbert (BMI) is the creative force behind Hackdaddy, which provides an outlet for Mike's music projects. Mike has been an active musician since the early 70's, when he began playing brass instruments (trombone, cornet and trumpet).
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US firm offers 3-cent downloads to China
A United States firm offers 3-cent songs to raise bar in China
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Ludacris' Obama song unlikely to alienate voters
ATLANTA -- Ludacris' new song, "Politics as Usual," may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
Colorado Daily |
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Underground Railroad story told through song
Vanya Abrahams grew up in a white, middle-class Montreal neighbourhood. He said he was just like everybody else, except there was one difference. “I was like, the only black kid,” he said, with a deep booming laugh. “We have pictures of my brother and I, we look [...]
Niagara Falls Review |
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Detroit Belle Isle GP news 2008-08-01
DETROIT, Mich. (August 1, 2008) -- Everything will be "wonderful" at the 2008 Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix on Labor Day weekend, especially following today's announcement that the multi-platinum rock band Everclear will perform on the XM Stage during Grand Prix weekend, August 29-31, 2008.
Motorsport.com |
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MTV Video Music Awards Announce Best Pop and Hip Hop Video Nominees
Last night on FNMTV, the audience-chosen nominees for this year's MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop and Hip Hop Video were announced. The final winners will be announced...
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