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Al Di Meola to perform in Bucharest in September
The famous guitar player Al Di Meola will perform on September 11 at the Bucharest Palace Hall, the organizer of the event, Amphitrion announces. The prices of the tickets will cost RON 50 to 200, depending on the location of the seat.
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Visual & Performing Arts alumnus has role in Wagon Wheel production
An Urbana teen will take the stage tonight at the Wagon Wheel Theatre in Warsaw in its latest production of "To Kill a Mockingbird." Gabe Hoagland, 14, will play the role of Jem, Atticus Finch's son. The play runs from Aug. 6-16, with tickets still available.
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Google launches free Music Service in China
By Samuel Shen SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc has launched a music search service in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs, while capturing advertising revenue for music providers in a market rife with piracy...
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Biography
For over six decades, saxophone master James Moody has serenaded lovers with his signature song Moody's Mood for Love an improvisation on the chord progressions of I'm in the Mood for Love.
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Great as he is, Sonny Rollins still searching
Sonny Rollins is one of the last of the remaining giants of postwar American jazz.
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Community Calendar
Arts Council of Thomasville to feature first premiere The Arts Council of Thomasville will present the musical "All Shook Up," featuring the music of Elvis Presley. This will be the premiere event of the newly renovated Thomasville Civic Center. Performances will be at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 8, Saturday, Aug. 9 and a matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10.
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Yahoo tunes play outside the box
Fans can see posts from Buddy Guy and Weezer to Snoop Dogg and Trisha Yearwood on an Internet-based forum. Musicians have learned to downscale their expectations for TV exposure these days. Those lucky enough to score any might get a song spotlighted in a TV show or commercial. If they make the cut for one of the late-night talk shows, it's typically one song at the tail end of the hour.
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Deja vu as acts perform classic albums in concert
An unmistakable trend in concert-going is the growing number of acts performing their classic albums in full. Part marketing gimmick, part an act of nostalgia, the performances are above all communal celebrations of the album as an art form.
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Bicyclists pedal through Norway's grandiose outdoors
The average American tourist in Europe boards a bus or train, en masse, to view the countryside through a window - seatbelt fastened - the scenery dashing by at 80 km an hour.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd ready to play old classics
This is one concert where its OK to shout out Free Bird!
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Country stars duet with Elvis on Christmas CD
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Thanks to technology, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride and LeAnn Rimes will be among the country stars performing with the king of rock 'n' roll...
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15-year-old Brighton piano prodigy
A 15-year-old from Brighton is putting New York on the map in the piano world. Harvest Zhang is one of 23 young pianists competing in an...
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Ben Lee wants to be rockin' in his 80s
Australian musician Ben Lee, who hopes he'll still be rocking in his eighties, says he's looking forward to getting into what he calls the "meat and potatoes" of his life.
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Country stars duet with Elvis on Christmas CD
Thanks to technology, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride and LeAnn Rimes will be among the country stars performing with the king of rock 'n' roll on "Elvis Presley Christmas Duets."
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Pensive ballads at heart of Vedder solo show
Eddie Vedder . With Liam Finn opening. Where: Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark. When: 7:30 p.m. tonight. How much: Sold out.
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Upcoming reunions scheduled
Kings Mountain Class of 1988 What: 20th reunion When: Saturday, Aug. 9, 7 to 11 p.m. Where: Cleveland Country Club Details: Heavy hors d'ouevres, cash bar; reunion photos provided by Shelby Camera and Video to be purchased onsite $5 to $10.
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Sewee to Offer Martin Luther King Concerrt
Sewee Entertainment has teamed with the Boston Children's Chorus and Hearst-Argyle-owned WCVB-TV, the ABC affiliate in Boston, to produce and distribute “Raising the Roof!," an hourlong tribute concert in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Sam Mtukudzi to launch album in SA
SAM — the son of music grandmaster Oliver Mtukudzi — will launch his debut album Rume Rimwe in Johannesburg, South Africa tomorrow.
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Kitakyushu, Sony to recycle rare metals
KITAKYUSHU (Kyodo) The city of Kitakyushu and Sony Corp. said Wednesday they will begin recycling rare metals extracted from used digital cameras, portable music players and other small electronics equipment on a trial basis from September. Nonferrous metals such as copper, gold, silver, platinum and palladium are indispensable in making portable electronics equipment. Most of these metals are ...
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Robert Hazard, Philly rocker, dies at 59
Robert Hazard, 59, the Philadelphia-bred rock troubadour who wrote the pop anthem "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," died unexpectedly Tuesday night after surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, his widow, Susan, confirmed today.
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Rocky Horror Mermaid Show
Is our favorite princess movie on its way to becoming a cult film? Later this month, The Little Mermaid will be playing on the big screen for 11 straight nights at the Music Box Theater , but this time you get to do what we all do at home anyway: sing along to the movie. The classic animated film, originally released in 1989 (holy shit, The Little Mermaid is almost 20 years old?), will ...
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The Ventures: still rocking after 50 years
The Ventures have just finished playing 33 songs in the space of two hours in front of some enthusiastic, though seated, middle-aged fans at the Hokutopia concert hall in Tokyo. Kazushi Kojima, who calls himself a "philosopher," is there with his son. He's been attending Ventures shows for 30 years. "My parents listened to The Ventures," he says. "My first musical hero was Tom Jones and later I ...
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Mad about deke-deke-deke
The Ventures' 1962 trip to Japan sparked the "eleki boom." Thousands of young men bought electric guitars and taught themselves how to play. As a movement it worried their elders, who believed such distractions were an obstacle to schoolwork, or worse. It wasn't the first time Western pop music rumpled Japan's social fabric. The short-lived "rockabilly" craze of the late '50s introduced sexually ...
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Roam in Little Italy: Live music at Pastabilities
When people think of live music in Wilmington, they usually tend to gravitate to The Grand, or Trolley Square's bars, or even up the road a piece to Mojo 13.
The News Journal |
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Eye on medal, ear for music, Akhil & Co pack a punch
You'd think that all a boxer needed to gear up for a big competition was a heavy bag (punching bag to most of us) or a sparring partner.
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