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Yukon celebrates its famous sons
YUKON — Yukon is a city that hasn't forgotten its celebrities. The two most notable are country singer Garth Brooks, who grew up in Yukon, and cowboy actor Dale Robertson, who has made his home here. Both of their names are part of city landmarks. Brooks is the headliner on the city's water tower, above recognition for Yukon High School's championship teams. Yukon's community center is named ...
The Oklahoman |
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Garth Brook's music and awards
Garth: The discography •Garth Brooks, 1989 •No Fences, 1990 •Ropin' the Wind, 1991 •Beyond the Season, 1992 •The Chase, 1992 •In Pieces, 1993 •The Hits, 1994 •Fresh Horses, 1995 •Sevens, 1997 •Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas, 1999 •Double Live, 1998 •Scarecrow, 2001 •Garth Brooks: The Limited Series, 2005 •The Lost Sessions, 2005 •Garth Brooks: The Entertainer, 2006 Garth: The Awards ...
The Oklahoman |
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Sony shares rise after Sony BMG deal
Shares in Sony Corp traded higher on Wednesday after the electronics maker said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Bertelsmann’s 50% stake in their Sony BMG music joint venture for around $900 million.
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MUSIC CALENDAR
• The Mambo Jazz Kings play Saturday, Aug. 9 at Greek Bros., $7 cover; Charlie Robison plays Friday, Aug. 15, $15 cover; and Horizon plays Saturday, Aug. 23, $6 cover. ( http://www.greekbros. com/Entertainment.php).
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Marshall Band to perform Aug. 8th
A new performer to Rosenberg's concert series will take control of the Hot Summer Concert stage on Aug. 8 - Sheila Marshall. A native of Nacogdoches, Marshall has developed what she calls "a voice true to her surroundings" heavily influenced by gospel, rock and roll and country music. She performs 50 weeks a year including touring Asia where she performed for U.S.
El Campo Leader-News |
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Emmis Interactive products now being sold a la carte
INDIANAPOLIS » Emmis Interactive, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp., has started selling its Web-based products, tools and games to media outlets a la carte. In the past, they were sold only as part of larger, packaged platforms. The products include Emmis' iTunes Storefront and Soundboard, which turns a broadcaster's music testing into an interactive experience for ...
The Indianapolis Star |
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DOH, anti-tobacco advocates urge Eraserheads to nix cigar sponsor
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH) and tobacco control advocates on Wednesday appealed to music group Eraserheads to reject a cigarette manufacturer"s sponsorship of its much awaited reunion concert on August 30 in Manila.
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Elvis, Beatles tributes rock grandstands
MANSFIELD — It wasn't Elvis, but many women said Mike Albert was the next best thing as they packed the grandstands Tuesday night at the Richland County Fair.
Mansfield News Journal |
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Edmond In Brief
Piano concert will honor late professor University of Central Oklahoma faculty will honor a former piano professor with a benefit concert on the one-year anniversary of his death. The concert in honor of Wendell Ralston will be at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17 at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E Fifth St. Admission is free, but donations will go toward the UCO master class series fund. Tess Remy-Schumacher will ...
The Oklahoman |
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Opening ceremony unthinkable without music
LONDON: Imagine the Olympics Games void of music - the raising of the Olympic flag without the Olympic hymn, the parade of nations in a hushed stadium and synchronized swimming to the sounds of silence.
Gulf Times |
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Country music legend Reg Lindsay dies
One of the giant's of Australia's country music industry, Reg Lindsay, has died at the age of 79.
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Shock rock: The Taser that plays MP3s
Deborah Kerr in The King and I recommended whistling a happy tune when afraid, but now fearful Americans can sing along to their favourite tracks while shooting anyone who causes them consternation with a 50,000-volt electric charge.
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Honored pianist recalled
Wilkes-Barre native Louis Teicher, half of the piano duo of Ferrante & Teicher, died of a heart attack Sunday in North Carolina. He was 83.
Times Leader |
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1234 and the crowd wants more of Feist
Leslie Feist is heralded worldwide for her whispery vocals. People should start shouting about her guitar playing. It keeps getting overlooked in all the hype and it shouldn’t.
Vancouver Province |
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Garrett Cheen/Daiy Inter Lake
Violinist Ilana Setapen, left, and violist Paul Coletti, center, both of New York, rehearse Joaquin Turina’s “Piano Quartet in A Minor” with pianist Roger Wright, of Los Angeles, and cellist Lucas Poe-Kiser, of Missoula, at Whitefish Middle School Auditorium on Tuesday.
Daily Inter Lake |
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Big Bear's Hall gets Olympic sendoff
BIG BEAR LAKE — Ryan Hall has dreamed of competing in the Olympics ever since he started running. More than a decade later, the lanky 25-year-old is heading to the Beijing Olympics as the fastest American-born marathoner, expected to bring back a medal for his country.
Desert Dispatch Online |
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Rod Stewart unhappy at Ronnie Wood
Rod Stewart is unhappy Ronnie Wood still thinks he is tight with his money. The Scottish rocker denies his former The Faces bandmate’s claims he doesn’t like to splash his cash, insisting he is “careful” not mean.
Undercover |
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Radiohead creates rainbows of song
A decade ago in the documentary Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy, the Oxfordshire quintet seemed to be collapsing under the weight of its newfound rock-star status afforded by its breakthrough album, OK Computer, often looking bored and miserable during interviews, exhausted by the traveling and generally appearing unhappy.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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VISTA: 250 turn out for National Night Out walk
VISTA ---- Undaunted by Tuesday's early evening heat, about 250 residents, business people and members of law enforcement marched against crime in a two-mile loop around Vista. Many walked in a team and wore T-shirts representing their organizations.
North County Times |
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Jamey Johnson Lives Country Music "In Color"
Jamey Johnson's album, That Lonesome Song , sounds like it could have been pulled from the vault of a 1970s recording session in Nashville.
cmt.com |
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Hacker to perform at festival
Melissa Cason mcason@frankincountytimes.com
The Franklin County Times |
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Poetry lovers share their craft
Their words spill out and fill the room with tales of joy, despair and gloom Lynn Fetterolf's stuck in the Middle East Steve Klinedinst writes in search of peace Each month they gather at the store, amid the books and music and more They read their verse, one at a time They
York Daily Record |
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This week
What: The hip-hop music pioneer and his wife Justine Simmons -- whose family stars in the MTV reality series 'Run's House' -- discuss and sign 'Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America's Parents.'
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Accident paves way to restaurant
Put yourself in this scenario. You're a truck driver. Your life is hauling a big rig across country. You love it and you're earning a good living doing it.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Blues & Brews at Stan Hywet
By Lisa Abraham Beacon Journal food writer It's a big weekend for beer drinkers.
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