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Pickathon mixes sounds, styles
Music lovers aren't the only ones who should be going to the Pickathon roots music festival. Music marketers: Take heed. The festival, now in its 10th year, celebrates music they call indie roots -- a combination of hipsters and hippies, two groups that don't always make nice together.
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Area codes are 503 unless otherwise noted. Vancouver Light Opera Theater: Auditions by appointment 7 p.m. Aug. 11 for all voices. Bring a prepared song with sheet music for the accompanist. Send e-mail to vlot@love.com or call 360-901-7235 to schedule audition.
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Jackson's hands also in music
Walking off the Dove Valley fields after a draining practice at training camp, tight end Nate Jackson grabbed a mike — well, actually a bottle of sunscreen used as a prop.
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Book of Mormon story: Epic LDS scripture story goes musical in 'Promised Land'
66Someone, somewhere, someday is going to figure this thing out.
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Uganda: Mipakuko Targets Top Music Spot
Charles Mipakuko, 27, is cutting out his image as an upcoming Afro-beat artiste, although not in the footsteps of his idol Paul Kafeero (RIP).
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Long Trail Festival set for mid-August
The second annual Long Trail Festival -- celebrating the trail, hiking, the outdoors and local music -- is coming up the weekend of Aug. 15 to Aug. 17 at the Vermont State Fairgrounds in Rutland. ...
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Through Aug. 17 Miami Libre
The Adrienne Arsht Center presents the original production of Miami Libre, the tale of a Cuban musician who crosses the Florida Straits seeking freedom and success -- paired with the vibrant rhythms and moves of Cuban music and dance.
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VUITTON SETTLES SUIT WITH DA BRAT, STUDDARD: Artists sported various LV items without permission.
*Louis Vuitton has settled a lawsuit with Sony BMG Music Entertainment for allowing its artists Da Brat, Ruben Studdard and Britney Spears to wear its famous monogram in music videos and album covers without permission.
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New Music In stores Tuesday
Due in stores Tuesday: The Airborne Toxic Event, The Airborne Toxic Event (Shout Factory). L.A. indie-rock band named after a section of Don DeLillo's book White Noise has drawn comparisons to Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire.
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Toronto hops to island fever
Caribana expected to show a profit this year: Organizers
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Welsh rock fan, 20, dies after suspected overdose at festival
A YOUNG rock fan from Wales has died after taking drugs at a music festival, police confirmed yesterday.
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Rock Star Sir Ivan Opens for Destiny's Child Michelle Williams
Singer/philanthropist SIR IVAN is preparing to take center stage at the Metro NY Balloon & Music Festival at Calabro Airport in Brookhaven on Saturday, August 9 at 3:30 p.m. The Billboard Chart-topping recording artist will perform from his new album of 60s favorites, I Am Peaceman.
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Column: Churchville fair touts country living
The Lions-organized Churchville Country Fair will inlude music, games, raffles, auctions, a tractor parade, tractor pulls, races, a 5K walk, chainsaw carvings, car shows, all kinds of food — and fireworks.
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Allied Arts of Whatcom County Presents the 3rd Annual La Bella Strada Arts Festival
Allied Arts of Whatcom County announces the La Bella Strada Arts Festival and the Chalk ArtFest August 9th and 10th on Cornwall Street in Bellingham, Washington.
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Malawi's Biggest Festival. Ever!
Malawi is reaching fever pitch as it prepares for the biggest musical festival ever to hit Africa's warm heart - the Music Crossroads InterRegional Festival (IRF). This one-of-a-kind annual event combines music, people and humanitarian efforts to bring together the best young talents from Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi for southern Africa's greatest music competition.
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NW column: Brockport fest offers arts, entertainment, food
Haven't had your fill of summer arts festivals yet? Then take a trip west this weekend to the village of Brockport for its Summer Arts Festival.
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Long Beach Sea Festival Schedule
TUESDAY Youth Aquarium and Harbor Cruise for inner city youth who signed up at local parks. Call 562-570-3150 or visit www.lbparks.org.
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Pussycat Dolls cover up for Asia performance
The Pussycat Dolls were careful not to launch into any provocative dance routines during the MTV Asia awards in Malaysia on Saturday - insisting they have a new found "respect for the culture" in the country.
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Majida Al Roomi to Open Al Quds Festival
Lebanese singer Majida Al Roomi will sing from Beirut via satellite to open “Al Quds (Jerusalem) Festival 2008” starting this week, Zahi Khouri of the Palestinian company “Yabous Art Production” that is planning the music celebration in Jerusalem said.
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In a Plush Setting, Jay-Z Makes Himself at Home
"I've been to D.C. a lot of times, but I've never been here before," Jay-Z said with a smirk as he surveyed the stately Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Friday.
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Promising 'Adriana' Could Use a Drama Lesson
SANTA FE, N.M. -- The music is brooding, pregnant with feelings left unspoken. Clouds of sound swirl in the orchestra pit, pierced with shafts of light from a solo flute or the touch of a bell. Kaija Saariaho, the Finnish composer, knows how to write for an orchestra.
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Fans of music, meat party one more time
BINGHAMTON -- After grilling a couple hundred pounds of meat and serving 8,000 sandwiches this weekend, the folks at the Lupo's S&S Char-Pit tent Sunday agreed the Spiedie Fest & Balloon Rally Expo was a success.
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Patrick Corbin's 'Conversations': A Powerful Heart-to-Heart
In the pantheon of romantic piano concertos, the Rachmaninoff Second is the mighty Aphrodite: lavish, lush and pretty much guaranteed to sell out concert halls. It is, in a word, sentimental.
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church organist considers her talent a contribution
Sue Olson was a fifth-grader the first time she sat down at the organ to play for services at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Roundup.
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TORKELSON: Religious leaders gather in Denver
"God is as available as a breath," the prolific religious author Richard Rohr was telling an audience of 800 women and men "religious" - that is, Catholic nuns and priests - from across the country.
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