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Shades of Bluegrass
The musicians are set to go for next weekend's Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival in Audubon Mill Park.
The Gleaner |
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Paisley makes most of his talents
By ERIN WHITE DALLAS — Brad Paisley didn’t have much time for slapping hands during his stop at Superpages.com Center on Saturday. He was too busy playing the many guitars he brought along. Paisley, one of the most gifted guitar players in country music, made the most of his talents, adding solos to most songs. His style has a throwback flair, and he’s a joy to watch when he updates bluegrass ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Perennial champ has to sit out Olathe Sweet Corn Festival contest
OLATHE — Some chomped side-to-side typewriter style, some gnawed furiously in a circular motion, but in the end there were only two winners of the corn-eating contests Saturday at the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival.
The Daily Sentinel |
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Organist rents Radio City to play a concert
Jack Moelmann is a retired Air Force colonel with a passion for playing the pipe organ. His love for the instrument runs so deep that he recently plunked down nearly $120,000 to fulfill a lifelong dream — to perform on the famed Wurlitzer organ at...
The Standard-Times |
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Chicago violin makers find voice as sales crescendo
SKOKIE Inside the dimly lit workshop, the chink of chisels and whirr of sanders is interrupted only by the strains of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons."
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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On a perfect summer night, Slatkin charms the DSO
ROCHESTER HILLS -- You could hardly have blamed Detroit Symphony Orchestra loyalists Saturday night if they had joined the 6-year-olds rolling down the hill on the back side of the picnic area overlooking the Meadow Brook Music Festival concert pavilion.
Detroit News |
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Going out on a musical limb
My social calendar is booked up this month. I have dates with Bette, Alicia, Gary, Joe Don and Jay.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Music to help family of man awaiting heart transplant
Massive heart attacks normally do not strike people at the young age of 35. Bob Olive of Cape Coral can relate to victims of heart disease.
The News-Press |
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Behind the Lens: Professional photographers bane for airport security
Imagine, if you can, the looks on the faces of Travel Security Administration folks at the airport when all of these wires, cords, batteries and intricately designed and compact pieces of steel and aluminum roll through their metal detectors and flash up on their computer screens.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Made in SW Fla.:WD Music protects big world of guitars
Slick plastic cutouts in brilliant colors and graphics serve as crown molding in the showroom of WD Music Products Inc.
The News-Press |
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Obama in tune with Urban League
Barack Obama was warmly received Saturday as he used the annual convention of the National Urban League to recall his days as a community organizer in Chicago shortly after he graduated from college.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Is this the next big Ting?
The British dance-pop duo the Ting Tings are having the kind of year most musicians dream about: hit singles in the U.K., a buzzed-about showcase at South by Southwest, a song in an iPod commercial (the new must-have calling card), and a sold-out U.S. club tour, which stops Monday at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis.
Pioneer Press |
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Blues Festival continues to draw loyal fans
WAREHAM — "That's why I choose to sing the blues ... Mama said, son you better sing the blues."
The Standard-Times |
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Arts notes
Classical music The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has appointed Thomas Hong assistant conductor for the 2008-09 season. The Korean-born Hong will program and conduct most educational and outreach concerts, and will fill in for other conductors. Hong, who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and Rice University, also is assistant conductor of Orchestre National de France. Theater ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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CD review: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
A CD that was intended only as a gift for sponsors and longtime donors has become a hit for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Performances of Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7, with Jaap van Zweden conducting, were recorded at the Meyerson Symphony Center over two weeks in November, shortly after van Zweden was named the DSO’s new music director. As the CD made its initial rounds, word got out ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival: That old-time religion
Now in its fifth year, the Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival has become an established part of the city's summer music calendar. This year one of the highlights is an appearance by multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger, who, much like his famous half-brother Pete Seeger, has used his banjo, fiddle, autoharp and voice to advance the cause of old-time music in this country for over half a century.
Isthmus |
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Fiddle Camp gets under way Monday at SFA
Texas has a long and storied tradition of great fiddle players dating back to Eck Robertson, who is credited with the first recorded country music in the early 1920s.
The Daily Sentinel |
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Clovis Mann
Power trios occupy a sanctified place in the history of rock 'n' roll, and there's nothing mysterious about why Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Blue Cheer, the Nice and the original Motörhead have a special niche reserved for them in the temple. When they're on their game, the thrilling, sexually charged raison d'être of the devil's music receives full expression. It's as if all the ...
Isthmus |
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Icy Demons
With members of Man Man, Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker and cellist Tomeka Reid all contributing to the loop-de-loop of sound that is Miami Ice, it's a fair bet that anyone with a taste for Zappa, the Residents and the more wacked out end of the jazz-fusion spectrum will have an interest in Icy Demons' output. With those kinds of players in the house, you can expect plenty of aural oddities, and ...
Isthmus |
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Oakland Hills Country Club looms as year's toughest test for golfers in PGA Championship this week
AKRON, Ohio — Ever since the concept of golf's modern Grand Slam was conceived by Arnold Palmer in 1960, the PGA Championship has had the distinction of being the anchor leg of what has proved to be sport's unachievable quest — winning the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA in the same season.
Pioneer Press |
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Students enjoy summer festival
Chastity Bailey, right, has kisses and butterflies stamped on by Jessie Murnahan, left, during Tools 4 School and Summer Festival Saturday. Marcus Daniels and Torrence Linthicum have a knack for cornholing and that knack paid off with a little dividend Saturday morning.
The Ironton Tribune |
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Today in the arts
sharedstory MUSIC ELLEN WOLOSHIN & JIM DAWSON The singer/songwriters perform as part of Music at the Bartlett.
Stamford Advocate |
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Review: Dream Out Loud
Teresa Troyer shakes her head in confusion and consternation while her music teacher runs through a chorus of Ringo Starr's "Octopus's Garden."
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Cut to the chase: It's a different kind of comedy
Practically everyone has flipped channels late at night, settling on a mediocre action flick: absurd dialogue, hyper-stylized violence, aggressively cheesy synthesizer music, comically evil villains. These Grade-Z movies are made for just such occasions; mindless and filling, they are the cinematic equivalent of fast food. So what happens when Grade-A filmmakers and actors decide to pay homage ...
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Folk fest
August has arrived and all the pieces are in place for next weekend's 23rd-annual Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival.
The Gleaner |
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