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"Jazz With Steinbeck" slated for Sept. 17
The Monterey Jazz Festival and the National Steinbeck Center are proud to present the fourth annual Jazz with Steinbeck concert and dinner, which takes place Sept. 17, 2008 from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the National Steinbeck Center, One Main Street, Salinas.
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American themed music at the bandstand
Marion Concert Band continues its Monday evening concert series with a program of American popular music, at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 11, at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand on Island Wharf, located off Front Street.
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1:45 p.m.: Lapel band delivers energetic performance
INDIANAPOLIS -- Dance steps, chants, dancing tuba players. The Lapel High School marching band makes no excuse for being a crowd-pleaser. "You better believe it's all calculated," said director Gregory Scott.
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Israeli president posts peace song on Web site
JERUSALEM (AP) — 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."
The Post-Standard |
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Gnarls Barkley: Open-heart surgery
Cee-Lo Green offers silver lining behind 'The Odd Couple's' moody blues... By Ben Westhoff Ten years from now -- or whenever it is we finally come up with a name for the decade we're currently living in (my vote is for "the aughts") -- no musical act will better epitomize the sound of the times than Gnarls Barkley. With the duo's predilection for genre hopping (hip-hop, R&B, indie rock, gospel), ...
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
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The Hold Steady Stay The Course
Shaving, Breaking Away, and good, clean rock 'n roll. August 6, 2008 - You can tell a lot about a man by how often he chooses to shave. For example, Fidel Castro is said to believe one would lose a total of 10 working days a year from the accumulated time it takes to shave on a daily basis.
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13 the Musical Is Now Also a Novel, With a Musical Surprise Imbedded
The Broadway-bound teen-driven musical 13, beginning previews Sept. 16 at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is available in a different form — as a novel for kids — in bookstores now.
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Israeli president posts peace song on Web site
Wed, Aug 6, 2008 (10:39 a.m.) 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."
Las Vegas Sun |
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Van found, instruments gone, Iggy Pop still rocks
A stolen rental truck that contained guitars, microphones and amplifiers belonging to Iggy Pop and his band was recovered -- but the instruments were long gone.
Detroit News |
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Randy Elmore teaches music class — Click to watch video!
Randy Elmore of Cleburne is one of the hottest swing fiddlers in the world. He’s won more than 500 fiddling contests and has held his own training camp for 8 years straight. At age 20, he was the youngest fiddler ever to be named Texas state champion.
Cleburne Times-Review |
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Le Diamant Brut: Cheap Time & Alexander's Dark Band
Image from MySpace ALEXANDER’S DARK BAND What’s the Deal : You know those album covers that look too interesting to pass up. The ones where you pretty much know that you’re not going to like the music within, but you just have to listen to it because the cover art is just so enticing. Well, Alexander’s Dark Band wrote the book... or at least co-authored it or was the inspiration ...
Austinist |
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City pair wins country showdown
WEST ALLIS - Two sisters from Watertown won the 27th Annual Wisconsin Country Showdown competition Thursday evening during the opening day of the 2008 Wisconsin State Fair.
Watertown Daily Times |
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Just a Minute With: Stone Roses' Ian Brown
Ian Brown was lead singer of Manchester-based indie band the Stone Roses, which formed in 1984 and are considered one of the pioneers of the northern English city's "Madchester" music scene.
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Albert Lea Tribune
David Courey will perform Gospel, John Denver and Eagles music in the green space between Fountain Street and the parking lot at the Albert Lea Farmers Market today from 4 to 6 p.m.
Albert Lea Tribune |
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Review: Song Summoner, an RPG on the iPod
To date, I would have to say that the whole games-on-the-iPod thing has been a disappointment. It was an valiant attempt, but the combination of the small screen and a scroll wheel never did the trick for most people. The iPhone has upped the ante with a larger screen and–the killer feature–tilt sensitivity, but iPod [...]
Geek.com |
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Rock the Bag
A new study by the Texas Department of Transportation reveals nearly all Texans know they shouldn't 'mess with Texas,' but more than half are doing it anyway.
Odessa American |
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Disaster-Relief Benefit Festival Goes Bust
CLEAR LAKE (AP) - A music festival designed to benefit victims of this year's natural disasters wound up with more bands than fans. The "Better Than A Dream" music festival began last Friday and ended Monday.
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Pencil This In
EVENT: It's Union Hall's turn to bring music, and more, to the bridge. As part of the Music at the Bridge series the venue invites you to enjoy "an evening of live music and comedy" with their very own Secret Science Club event in addition to live sets by the French Kicks, Headlights, Tiny Masters of Today. The night is hosted by comedian Dave Hill, and as usual "Brooklyn Brewery sells ...
Gothamist |
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A very indie Urian
MANILA, Philippines—For the fourth straight year, independent movies dominate the Urian awards, given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino, the country’s oldest critics’ group.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Saint Heaven to Kick Off Village Theatre Season; Tickets Go on Sale Aug. 13
Tickets for the Village Theatre staging of the new gospel musical Saint Heaven will go on sale Aug. 13.
Playbill |
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Ellyce Field: Fun family picks for the week
This week, it's time to believe in magic at the Marquis Theater, check out old-time music and craft demonstrations at East Lansing's Great Lakes Folk Festival or go back to the 1700s in Michigan at Colonial Kensington. Then it's the Wiggles at The Palace next week!
Detroit News |
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Apple Keeps Music Sales Lead
Apple holds off Wal-Mart in music sales, but Amazon is fast moving up the charts.
PC World |
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17:16 (BST), 06/08/2008 The Leisure Lab Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS 05-08-08 [The Leisure ...
[The Leisure Labhttp://www.theleisurelab.co.uk] is a new website from Haymarket Consumer Media that reviews the latest games, movies and music.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Cruisin' MotorCities: Woodward Dream Cruise Day in Downtown Detroit Brings Spirit of Cruise to Heart of The Motor City
On Thursday, August 14th, just two days before the Woodward Dream Cruise, Detroit will host a never-before-seen festival and street fair that combines our collective passion for Tiger Baseball, cruisers, great music, food and drink in a lively setting in the heart of Detroit.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Rouse Music
AMONG THE seven new orchestral works heard during the first weekend of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, one stood head and shoulders above the rest.
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