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Civil war cannons in concert
For four decades, the scene has repeated itself at Tanglewood on Parade year after glorious year — and no where else in the country. On a steamy summer's evening, the audience in and around the Shed relaxes in the glow of a spirited classical program.
Berkshire Eagle |
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44th Cambridge Folk Festival
Cambridge is awfully, awfully polite.
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Free summer concerts all over Long Island
'The Sound of Music" has nothing on Long Island, where every summer not only the hills, but the parks, beaches, fields and even parking lots are alive with the sound of music. From bouncy pop to classic rock, from country to classical, and from blues and jazz to world music, you'll find tunes for every taste. And a devoted music lover can find a free outdoor concert every night of the week. ...
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Yahoo to refund some music downloaders
NEW YORK (AP) -- 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.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Excellence on show at Mello-go-roun'
Mello-go-roun', the annual showcase which features the best of the best of festival, this year had as its theme 'Tea Meeting Extravaganza' and under the expert guidance of 'dress to pussfoot' emcees Fae Ellington and Dervan Malcolm, the event certainly delivered.
The Jamaica Observer |
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Iggy Pop - Iggy Pop Tai Chi Keeps Me Fit
IGGY POP has revealed the secret behind his lean and fit physique at the age of 61 - tai chi and a beautiful girlfriend. The veteran rocker discovered the Chinese martial ...
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Gwarimba, Koomboka to stage show before leaving for Malawi
part in the four-day Music Crossroads Inter-Regional Festival. After tonight’s warm-up, the two groups will then proceed to Lilongwe by road tomorrow morning.
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Date Lines
Peeking into Fringe The 17th annual San Francisco Fringe Festival doesn't open until Sept. 3, but for those who've already begun the intricate process of sorting out which and how many of the 48 or so shows to see during its two-week run, help is on the way....
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Poet Gwariwa set to scale loftier heights
GIFT Gwariwa, a Chitungwiza-based performance poet popular for his tribute poem Tamirira Mharidzo dedicated to and featured on sungura musician Cephas Mashakada’s album, Zita Rine Zvarinoreva, has done it again.
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Kannapolis expanding beach music festival to two days, adding Froiday night concert
Staff report After the success of its inaugural beach music festival last summer, the Kannapolis Parks and Recreation Department, in conjunction with ...
The Salisbury Post |
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Ex-Ngaavongwe producer forms own stable
FORMER Ngaavongwe producer Douglas Takawira has formed his own recording stable, running under the name Nicho Tan Music.
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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. Ever since, with intervals off when her three daughters were small, Olson, now 68, has provided music for worship ...
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Economy puts dent in couples' big day
WASHINGTON — Ahhh, the big day — when wedding dreams come true with flowing champagne, live music and the perfect dress by Vera Wang.
The Tennessean |
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Ralph Victor Heino Sr., 91, musician, composer
Until the end of his life, composer and musician Ralph Victor Heino Sr. remained passionate about the arts. Mr. Heino, best-known for his 40-year career with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, died July 26, after suffering a stroke the week before. He was 91.
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Renaissance teen
Student juggles nanotech cancer research, sports, music and community service, and finds time to be a kid If you think today's teenagers are all video-game addicts shuffling aimlessly through malls in droopy blue jeans, you haven't met Jeff Knox.You'd need a program to keep up with the 16-year-old's activities at Columbia High School, but it's the work he's involved in with distinguished ...
Albany Times Union |
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Students load up on free school supplies
After three years, Jada Lundy has become something of an expert on the Mayor's First Day Festival.
The Tennessean |
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Thunderman lives for nature's concerts
Recording the racket is his passion Tad Staples savors summer, especially afternoons when the cumulus clouds pile up before turning gray and ugly. He likes it when the atmosphere above Florida develops late-afternoon rumblings.
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Volunteer List: Answer addiction recovery helpline, drive cancer patients to treatments
Qualified nonprofit organizations may submit Wish List and Volunteer List requests by contacting Catherine Mayhew at the Community Resource Center, e-mail catherinecrc@comcast.net.
The Tennessean |
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Chennai remembers Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer with 100-hour concert
Chennai, Aug 4 : Lovers of Carnatic music here are marking the birth centenary of legendary musician Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer with a hundred-hour concert.
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Blood, sweat, tears - and laughs - at band camp
Not one instrument was played during the first half of Santa Rita High School's eight-hour marching band practice Tuesday, though the rigorous training brought to mind the stirring theme from the movie "Rocky."
Tucson Citizen |
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Documentary maker recollects Johnny Cash
Robert Elfstrom wasn't yet 30 when he took a job documenting Nashville's main Man in Black for the film that would be Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music.
The Tennessean |
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Columbia woman makes musical instruments and art to release creativity
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Pam Fleenor paints pictures and makes music. One feeds her soul; the other satiates her thirst for fellowship.
Southeast Missourian |
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Jessica Simpson wins over country listeners
When Jessica Simpson announced plans to go country after her last pop album flopped, there was a collective eye roll in Nashville. To some skeptics, it...
Seattle Times |
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Theater Review: Teens 'bare' emotions
Nobody takes their clothes completely off in "bare," the new show that opened this past weekend at California Stage. But emotions are naked and raw in the exhilarating Sacramento premiere of the 2000 musical, produced here by the relatively new company Artistic Differences. Morgan Cook, left, Natasha Greer and Netty Carey practice with fellow actor Lucas Blair, foreground, during a ...
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