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Worthy 'Phantom,' if not as flashy
Two masked phantoms, not one, live beneath the Paris opera house, and each has a musical of his own. One has eye-popping sets, a sung-through plot composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and a crashing chandelier and a record-breaking 20 Broadway years.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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John Fogerty scorches through Musikfest
63-year-old rocker rips through playlist in two-hour set. John Fogerty, the king of swamp rock, came close to playing in a marsh at Musikfest on Sunday night. But a merciful Mother Nature stopped the periodic downpours and drizzle shortly before the erstwhile Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman performed for 3,881 fans at the 6,500-capacity RiverPlace.
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Rock, and more rock
No massive, state-of-the-art summer music festival came to the Philadelphia area last weekend. But on the dates when the Vineland Music Festival was originally scheduled, Aug. 8 to 10, two big-name events were taking place about 100 miles away from here, in opposite directions on I-95.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Hill plays sweet tune for Als
It isn't only the athlete or the leading man who gets the girl. Sometimes that honour goes to the saxophone player in the high school jazz band.
Montreal Gazette |
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Let the music be heard
Looking to avert a backlash from salsa fans, Willie Colón is withdrawing his opposition to the release of additional outtakes from ?Siembra,? the classic album he created with Rubén Blades 30 years ago.
New York Daily News |
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Rain didn't strike sour note with folk musicians
Folk-music people often learned to make do, get by and improvise.
Lansing State Journal |
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Madera musician Jerry Venturi dies at age 67
Longtime Madera musician Jerry Venturi died on Sunday at a Fresno hospital after a battle with cancer. He was 67.
Madera Tribune |
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Sharing the culture
Bette Vidrine really knows how to mix a cultural gumbo. This Lafayette resident recently went to a Scandinavian country and played Cajun tunes on an instrument that historians have traced back to 3,000 B.C.
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser |
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Rolling Stone To Shrink
The iconic music magazine will abandon its distinctive plus-sized format in October.
TheCelebrityCafe.com |
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Elvis Comeback Special
Highest-rated music special now available on DVD.
TheCelebrityCafe.com |
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Brand teams up with Britney
Russell Brand has teamed up with Britney Spears for a new ad to promote the MTV Video Music Awards.
ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Don Helms dead at 81
Don Helms, a renowned steel guitarist and member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys band, died Monday morning at age 81 of an apparent heart attack. Helms performed annually in the Lafayette area at the Tribute to Hank Williams fundraisers for the Liberty Theater in Eunice.
Opelousas Daily World |
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Jonas Brothers' album gets it just right
Jonas Brothers A Little Bit Longer Grade: B+ What the Jonas Brothers accomplish on their third album, A Little Bit Longer (Hollywood), is nearly impossible: Tweaking their songs enough to sound like upstanding pop-rock adults without losing the signature style that won them millions of Disney-loving fans in the first place.
Baltimore Sun |
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Demo organizer makes nice with accused plagiarist Jason Calacanis [Nerdfight]
Shortly after we ran the item about the writer who accused Jason Calacanis of plagiarizing from his TechCrunch50 conference's main competitor, we got this email from Chris Shipley, who has run the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Olympic opening ceremony director says child singer a fake
BEIJING -- The little girl who starred at the Olympic opening ceremony was miming and only put on stage because the real singer was not considered attractive enough, the show's musical director said.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Crowds to blame for BSO's split personality
Differing tastes at Meyerhoff, Strathmore Back in the day, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's summer season at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall steered a fairly straight classical course. Sometimes, there were substantive chamber music programs as appetizers before the orchestral concerts.
Baltimore Sun |
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Quantum Of Solace
The singer plans to release the as-yet-unnamed song to coincide with the global release of Alicia Keys and Jack White's track , who are recording the official theme song for the 007 film.
MI6 |
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Joss Stone - Stone To Record Obamas Campaign Song
British soul singer JOSS STONE is writing a campaign song for U.S. presidential hopeful BARACK OBAMA, according to reports. The star was approached by Obama personally ...
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Detroit news briefs
A judge in Nashville, Tenn., has found in favor of a concert promoter who claims that the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts owes nearly $60,000 for an April 11 concert by Etta James at the downtown Detroit theater.
Detroit Free Press |
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SOUR NOTES
Who let these dogs out? For every classic pop song, hundreds of clunkers crowd the airwaves.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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'Singer of simple songs' sells 50 million albums
When Alan Jackson learned his album sales had reached 50 million, his thoughts turned not to the moments when he had received the industry's highest awards, but to all the years he struggled, wondering if he'd ever be able to make a living in music.
The Tennessean |
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Steel guitarist put lonely in Hank, Patsy classics
Don Helms, whose lonesome steel guitar graced some of country music's most important and enduring records, died Monday at Skyline Medical Center after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Helms was 81.
The Tennessean |
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The Active Role Of The Butler In Today’s Hotel Industry By Osvaldo Torres Cruz
Throughout history, the word “butler” has been associated with service. The definition of “service” in the dictionary reads: Occupation or function of serving the State, an institution or an individual; organization and personnel supplying some public demand; contribution to the welfare of others.
Hospitality Net |
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Olympic child singing star was a fake: ceremony director
Fireworks explode above the the National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest," during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing on August 8. The little girl who starred at the Olympic opening ceremony was miming and only put on stage because the real singer was not considered attractive enough, the show's musical director said.
TODAYonline |
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Church 'fired me because I am gay'
It is clear, the church fired me because I am gay, a distraught music lecturer told the Pretoria High Court.
Independent Online |
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