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Boy Band Apart
IN SAN JOSE Stage Company's musical revue Altar Boyz , a Christian, specifically Catholic, boy band performs its tour's "last stop" at the corner of parody and blasphemy.
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Israeli president posts peace song on Web site
There's a new songwriter in cyberspace: Israeli President Shimon Peres. And composers from countries including Iran are writing music for the lyrics to his song, "Ray of Hope."
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This 1998 neorealist drama set in Madrid contrasts the tourists' vision of sunny Spain with the life inside the concrete towers ringing the city. It's August, and whoever can afford it has headed to the beaches.
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Israeli president posts peace song on Web site
There's a new songwriter in cyberspace.
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Letters from our readers
Pink and green There's a lot more going on in Nashville, as far as music goes (" Oh, What a Mangled Web We Leave ," July 31). People care about their music and work hard at develop...
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Ain't Miss Beehivin'
"Miss Beehive" leads off Howard Tate's new full-length Blue Day with a Chess Records groove made humorous by Nashville producer Jon Tiven's riffing saxophones—and that's appropriate, since it's a funny song. "Everybody knows she's putting something up her nose / And she don't want to...
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Defying Gravity
If The Duke Spirit were ever serious about being hardline analog purists, they got over the idea quickly. "It came out of necessity, in a way," explains guitarist/cofounder Luke Ford. "When we first started, we were really adamant that we wanted to work on tape and use certain gear." ...
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WHEN a Porsche passes by, there's no doubt the car is a Porsche. But when you shop on eBay or visit a vendor of questionable repute, do you know if the clothing you're buying is the real deal? It is driving me crazy to see so much fashion fakery out there.
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New Sonos Software Gives Free Music to Customers
Sonos announced new software for its multi-room music systems that gives free music to customers. Sonos says that after customers register or upgrade their system to Sonos 2.6 they will get $200 in free music. Sonos partners providing the free music inc...
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Cut off and Unhinged
Holed up in a hunting cabin in the Wisconsin wilds, chopping pine in the dead of winter and spending listless hours hunched over his worn acoustic guitar, Justin Vernon got his brush with the muse only after losing what music he had left. With his PowerBook accidentally wiped clean of its memory,...
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Chris Parish Vail CO, Colorado
Imbedded in the massive crowd at Lollapalooza this past weekend, Edwards resident snaps a shot of the sea of people at the three-day event. Wilco frontman, Jeff Tweedy, performs on the kiddie stage the opening of day of this year's Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago.
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May the Road Rise to Meet You
S moking. Drinking. Gambling. Courting. Roving. Fans of one or all of the aforementioned will enjoy Clean Cabbage in the Bucket (Llumina Press, 414 pp., $21.95), a collection of road stories edited by Dennis O'Rourke, a Nashvillian and veteran Irish musician. O'Rourke and his co-cont...
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Taste of Home contest
The folks at the Taste of Home cooking magazine tell us that the Minneapolis/St. Paul area is its top subscriber market, so they're expecting lots of entries from here in its America's Best Loved Recipe Contest.
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Saxophonist Donny McCaslin to Release New CD "Recommended Tools" on Greenleaf Music
Recommended Tools is the 7th release from 2008 Downbeat Rising Star Poll winner Donny McCaslin. It is also his first for Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music label. “I asked Donny McCaslin to write and record the Great American Tenor Trio Record, half jokingly.
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Dunedin music on the air
Dunedin music is the subject of a half-hour documentary on Radio New Zealand National this weekend. Musical Chairs examines the University of Otago's contemporary music course, run by Verlaines frontman and classical music scholar Dr Graeme Downes.
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Orff's offering on huge scale
One of the larger concerts to be seen in Dunedin will be held in the Dunedin Town Hall this weekend, when the Southern Sinfonia performs German composer Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
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Scenes from Music Fest
The Warrenton Music Fest was Saturday at the Warren County Fairgrounds. Warrenton Recreation Director Patrick Randolph said about 700 people came out to the event, and he plans to host another concert event next year. He said Warrenton band Whitney Screams was the most popular set of the evening.
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Cape Verdean Festival features fun, food, flair
With all of the vendor spaces sold out, and the entertainment lined-up, the weekend promises to bring a lot of people down to the village on Saturday, Aug. 9. Last year, the Cape Verdean Festival brought people in droves to listen to Cape Verdean music, eat Cape Verdean food and shop for items with Cape Verdean flair.
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Tan Dun: Harmonizing music with athletics for the Olympics
Writing music for a major athletic event presented the composer Tan Dun with challenges that commissions for concert halls and opera houses do not.
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What's happening?
A dinner, concert and silent auction will be held Saturday, Aug. 9, at Countryside Community Church, 1436 Deerfield Road. Dinner, sponsored by Olive Garden, will be 6 to 7 p.m., with the concert following dinner until 8:30 p.m. The musical performance will be John Stone & All Things New and special music by Kelly Turner.
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Festival celebrates famous journalist
The Dana Volunteer Fire Department is an integral part of the Vermillion County community.
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Happy as a clam
For wine, clams, gas and eats... By Anita overcash AUG. 6 -- Wine Tasting. Every Wednesday, you can enjoy a flight of three different wines and a complimentary cheese tray at Reid's Fine Foods. $7.50. 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Reid's Fine Foods, 225 E. 6th St. 704-377-1312. www.reidswine.com. AUG. 7 -- 4th Annual Clam Jam. This jam offers a whole lotta clams, prizes, giveaways and live music. You can ...
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Comprehensive Cancer Institute Patient Celebrates His Triumph Over Bone Cancer with Unique Album
One year to the day after Charlie Lustman learned he had cancer, he turned to the medicine he knew best: music. The result was a dozen songs on an album called "Made Me Nuclear," which traces the tale of his personal battle with cancer, from the phone call giving him the news of his diagnosis to his heartfelt thanks to all who supported him through his journey to recovery.
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Lammas celebration on Western Lawns
THE EASTBOURNE Lammas Festival returned to the Western Lawns at the weekend. (05/08/2008 17:51:04)
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Anti-War Concert in Fayettville and Camp Lejeune
A group of veterans who oppose the war in Iraq are using music to make a statement. Members of “Iraq Veterans Against the War” are hosting a concert in Fayetteville, near Fort Bragg.
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