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Country rocker Allan keeps things honest in his music and his life
Gary Allan has never pretended to be anything other than what he is: a rock star singing country music. Tattoos run up and down his arms. His electric guitar screams when he blasts through a riff on stage. Speakers pulse to the beat of the drum. He also is honest. He doesn’t do spoken interviews. Sometimes he’ll respond in an e-mail. The interviews stopped after his wife, Angela, killed ...
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Bo Bice tries to balance growing family, career
Whenever Bo Bice travels to Ohio, he said, there’s just something about the Buckeye state that sparks a memory of home. That’s why the long-haired Southern rocker said he’s looking forward to coming back to the Toledo area to jam with his band at The Andersons’ 25th Annual Northwest Ohio Rib-Off. “We love coming to Ohio. We’ve been there several times,” said the 32-year-old singer who is ...
The Toledo Blade |
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Sounds: Thanks to Kerli's strong voice, there's hope for 'Love Is Dead'
LOVE IS DEAD Kerli (Island Def Jam) With a title like "Love Is Dead," 21-year-old Estonian singer/songwriter Kerli's debut might not be expected to resonate with smiley lyrics and a peppy mood. According to publicity material, she has seen some tough times, which are reflected in her lyrics. But in one of pop music's little ironies, an early success was winning a competition to select a song ...
The Toledo Blade |
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Inside Celie's skin
Celie, the essential character of the Broadway musical "The Color Purple," is almost never off-stage. "It's the role of a lifetime," said LaTonya Holmes, who will play Celie this week at the Kentucky Center in the national tour.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Festival celebrates Hamburg-er
HAMBURG — When it comes to hamburgers, cousins Scott and Brian Crammer stick to the classics in their pursuit of culinary perfection.
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n Ashland: Pioneer Day, the annual Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train celebration, is set for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Pioneer Tunnel, 19th and Oak streets, and nearby Higher-Ups Park. The event will include coal mine tours, steam train rides, live music and entertainment, a large craft fair, open-pit chicken barbecue, dinners, ethnic food, a free petting zoo and other activities for ...
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Festival blesses farm equipment
SNOW HILL -- Residents and visitors alike celebrated Snow Hill's agricultural roots Saturday with the 10th annual Blessing of the Combines.
The Daily Times |
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We asked... Ron Gauthier
Back in the spring, the people in charge of Folklorama revealed changes are in store for Winnipeg's multicultural festival as it approaches its 40th year. While the crowds remain impressive - Folklorama counted 459,000 visits from an estimated 80,000 different festival-goers in 2007 - and audience-satisfaction surveys yield encouraging results, there remain wild differences in the quality of ...
Winnipeg Free Press |
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IT'LL SELL FOR MORE THAN A SONG
'I'M AS corny as Kansas in August!" sings Nellie Forbush. THE FAMED Rodgers & Ham merstein Music Publishing business, run by Ted Chapin, has put itself on the market for a mere $250 million. This seems like as good a time as any, what with R&H a...
New York Post |
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Tall Ships lingers through Latino festival in Tacoma
The Gloria, a three-masted barque hailing from Cartegeña, Colombia, pulled up to the Foss Waterway Seaport in Tacoma on Saturday morning, both an extension of the Tall Ships festival and an expression of pride for the United Festival Latino.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Music on Main continues Friday
The 10th annual Music On Main Street concert series will feature the group Sound Investment on Friday. Sound Investment is a four-piece band playing a wide array of tunes from the 60s and 70s like "Mustang Sally," "Shout," "Pretty Woman," "Under the Boardwalk," "Day Tripper," "Margaritaville," "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'" and "Loco-Motion."...
The Hendersonville Times-News |
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Yahoo offers music-service coupons
Yahoo Inc. is offering coupons or refunds to users who find songs they bought inaccessible after Sept. 30, when the company shuts its music-download service.
Orlando Sentinel |
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JAILED PERV TO ROCK 'OUT'
Stadium-rocking perv Gary Glitter will be released from jail in Vietnam on Aug. 19 after completing a 27-month sentence for molesting two young girls. The fallen, 63-year-old music star, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was arrested in 2005 as he...
New York Post |
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NASHVILLE, TENN.: Country queen
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Nashville, Tenn., will honor country music's first female superstar, Kitty Wells, with an exhibit that opens Aug. 15 for a 10-month run, through June 14.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Rockin' to help Angel View Crippled Children's Foundation
It wasn't the bands that brought Norman Engel of La Quinta to the Indian Wells Country Club on Saturday night.
The Desert Sun |
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Shop caters to hip-hop fashion
Hip-hop music started a fashion trend that has spread worldwide since the 1980s.
Orlando Sentinel |
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BRIDGE TO THE BIG HOUSE?
The poster boy for GOP pork, overspending and self-indulgence is finally facing the music: Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Senate Republican, was indicted last week on seven felony counts of failing to report gifts. The indictment - to which...
New York Post |
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City rocks to Caribbean beat
1 million revellers hit the town on a hot, hot, hot day
Toronto Sun |
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Festival celebrates 140-year Italian roots in Wooster
Photo By Nick Sabo Gayle Schultz dishes up some penne rigate for Jenny Curtis Saturday at the Festa Italiana in downtown Wooster. WOOSTER -- In the Italian Province of Abruzzo is a small mountain town called Callepietro, where most of Wooster's Italian community can trace its roots.
The Daily Record |
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Ray of Hope: Parents of North Carolina mascot who donated organs to speak in Sheldon
Jason Ray was struck and killed by a car during 2007 NCAA tournament trip
The Burlington Free Press |
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Air Force Band headlining 'Music over Morris'
MORRIS TWP. -- The Spirit of Liberty fife-and-drum corps will join the U.S. Air Force Band of Liberty Concert Band at a free concert presented Saturday by the Daily Record and Morris County Park Commission.
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Comfortable chord
When it comes to summer music festivals, note these outfits
Toronto Sun |
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Music companies sues women's golf coach
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan State University's women's golf coach is a target in the music industry's national campaign against illegal downloading.
Lansing State Journal |
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Country Chart-Topper Coming to Fair
One of the most successful stars in country music history will perform Friday night, Aug. 8, at the Washington Town and Country Fair. Tracy Lawrence will take the main stage around 9 p.m.
The Missourian |
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Stars come out for MTV Asia Awards
The Pussycat Dolls and British pop sensation Leona Lewis added a bit of glamour and sex appeal to MTV's Asia Awards show, which showcased the best in global and regional music.
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