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Music Review: Charlie Louvin - Steps to Heaven
Many of the songs strongly evoke an acceptance of mortality without any fear of death. Here’s hoping we’re all doing as well as Charlie Louvin by the time we reach the age of 81, instead of slobbering into our beers, boring the pants off strangers with exaggerated tales of our glory days, and fighting off senility. A recent surge of activity that would put much younger musicians to shame has ...
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Music Review: Leverage - Blind Fire
With impossibly infectious choruses - Finland's Leverage deliver a mighty fine melodic rock album Blind Fire. Our trip around Scandinavia takes us back to Finland for the latest album by local band Leverage. This is a band that can write killer choruses, stadium anthems, and rock songs that are both memorable and highly infectious. So, it was certainly a trip worth taking as the six guys that ...
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Chamber Music Players go out on a high note
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Good fortune graced the final concert of the Staten Island Chamber Music Players -- at 34 years, the oldest professional classical music entity on the Island.
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UOMO Media's Chris Perry Composes Theme Song for CMT Networks' "The Tara Diaries"
TORONTO----UOMO Media Inc. , a multi-channel entertainment and media company, is proud to announce that Chris Perry's song "Call You When I Get There", performed by Tara Oram, is the theme song for the Country Music Television Network's new reality show "The Tara Diaries".
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New 'Magic Flute' has shadows and light
By GEORGE JAHN VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Good voices, masterful music from the orchestra pit, fanciful costumes and comic touches that had the audience laughing out loud were the highlights of Sunday's new production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute."
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Pop Music on TV This Week: Everything's Turning Up Jonas
It is definitely a Jonas Brothers kind of week on TV as their new album hits stores on Tuesday. There are other great performances to view as well. ...
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It's Kollage on the way to Bollywood
In 2006, five young engineers from Kolkata’s Tata Consultancy Services, formed a band. Within two years, they had released an album, won a rock competition in Mumbai and then disbanded. Now, the techies (average age 26) are back together, working on their next album.
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Music Review: The Jeff Gauthier Goatette - House of Return
Fans of free jazz -- experimental and ambient sound -- and fusion will delight in this recent release from these notable musicians. House of Return is violinist Jeff Gauthier's fifth release as the leader of this group. The band includes Gauthier (also producer), Nels Cline on guitar, David Witham on keyboards, Joel Hamilton on bass, and Alex Cline on percussion. As any unconventional music ...
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Radiohead Selects Four Winners of the aniBoom Animated Video Competition
SAN FRANCISCO----Radiohead, aniBoom , the premier independent animation network, and TBD Records have named the winners of the In Rainbows Animated Music Video Contest, as selected by the members of Radiohead themselves.
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OC Music Fest Receives Investment Commitment for $5M and Appoints New Officer
OC MUSICFEST, Orange County's regional music festival, today announces the commitment, arranged by Foland Financial Corp, from a nationally renowned media and public relations firm for an investment in kind of 5 Million US Dollars over the next 48 months.
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For a Nova Scotia Vacation in August & September, Festivals & Events Abound With East Coast Canada Flair
A Nova Scotia vacation slated for August or September of 2008 has a prolific festivals and events schedule to take advantage of. From food and wine to music, this fall's Nova Scotia events and festivals calendar offers a broad variety of choices at venues across the province.
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Kt Tunstall - Tunstall Cant Wait To Wed
Engaged rocker KT TUNSTALL is shocked she is excited about her forthcoming nuptials, because she never thought she would get wed. The Suddenly I See rocker's boyfriend ...
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Isaac Hayes, soul singer and songwriter, dies at 65
Hayes's luxurious, strutting funk arrangements in songs like "Theme From 'Shaft' " helped define the glories and excesses of soul music in the early 1970s.
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Virgin Festival weekend is all over the map
Fans cheer for Lil' Wayne. Over the last three years, the Virgin Mobile Festival has evolved.
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Music loses some of its soul
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose “Theme From Shaft” won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65.
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The Flip Side: Gold club? Carmelo, Phelps hang out in Beijing
Carmelo, Phelps hang out in Beijing C ue the Jaws music.
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Marshall lifts Tait for third time
ROBERT MARSHALL was the last man standing in the Tait Trophy and the chorus of approval from the crowded banking at Colinton was music to the ears of the 15-times Slateford ch
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Pioneer of '70s soul style collapsed at Memphis home
Isaac Hayes, 65, the Oscar-winning soul singer and songwriter whose swaggering "Theme from Shaft" became a signature sound of the 1970s, died Aug. 10 at his home outside Memphis.
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YouLicense Said to Nab $1 Million in First Round
YouLicense , an Israeli start-up that allows users to negotiate licensing terms for their music, has raised $1 million in a first round of funding from the Logia Group and Ofer Media , TechCrunch reported.
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Kanye West, Stone Temple Pilots give amped up shows at Virgin Festival
W hile the first day of Virgin Mobile Festival at Pimlico Race Course was heavy on buzz-worthy critical darlings favoring a retro sound, yesterday was all about star power - the hottest or most celebrated names in pop, rock and mainstream hip-hop.
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Isaac Hayes, 'Shaft' songwriter and Chef on 'South Park,' dies
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, died yesterday afternoon, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. He was 65.
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Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies
Singer/Song writer Isaac Hayes' influence also extended beyond his award-winning music. His trademarked bald head, full beard and muscular frame, often adorned with a multitude of gold chains, made him a fashion trendsetter at a time when most of his contemporaries were sporting blowout Afros. He was also a symbol of black pride, and an activist for civil rights. Later in life, he was the voice ...
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Virgin Festival weekend is all over the map
Three years ago, it would have been another silent summer day at Pimlico Race Course.
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Council orders destruction of noisy neighbour’s CD collection
MUSIC lovers were today warned to turn down the volume after a Cher and U2 fan admitted breaching a noise abatement order.
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RIP: Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes , whose sunken soul vocals helped define a new direction in American music, has died the age of 65
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