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Kenny Chesney gets another chance at Saints camp
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- There may have been a time when country music star Kenny Chesney never thought he'd be catching passes and punts at an NFL training camp. But Chesney has demonstrated a willingness to do whatever it takes to get on the practice field with the
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Olympic organizers reveal lip-synched child performance
China's flamboyant Olympics opening ceremony on Friday has lost some of its lustre, following an official's revelation of lip-synching at the over-the-top event.
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Shams Band plans concerts in US
Iran - Concerts Shams Music Group led by Keikhosrow Pournazeri will perform concerts titled 'Molana's Songs' and 'Peace' in the US in late September.
Islamic Republic News Agency |
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Olympic Singer A Fake
The little girl who appeared on stage to sing a patriotic Chinese song at the Olympics opening ceremony was not the actual singer, the show's musical director ...
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Diana Krall to Enthrall Jakarta
From June to the end of year 2008, Diana Krall is scheduled to perform in a number of festivals including Jazz a Vienne in France, Jordan Festival, Gent Jazz Festival in Belgium, North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, Jazz Open in Germany, Live at Sunset in Switzerland and Outdoor Festival in Norway.
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VP Records Releases Saxophonist Tony Greene's "Midnight Blue"
Saxophonist Tony Greene's new album Midnight Blue is completed and the world will be treated to Greene's continuing musical journey.
All About Jazz |
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Guillermo Klein is Accessible at Newport
With his long-running large ensemble Los Guachos, Klein's intuitive, unforced hybrid of big band jazz, Argentinean folk rhythms and the modern classical idiom have won him devotion from many of today's hottest jazz musicians.
All About Jazz |
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William Parker's New CD, "Double Sunrise over Neptune," Released Today
Arts for Art, Inc., in cooperation with AUM Fidelity, is pleased to announce the August 12th release of bassist/composer William Parker's new orchestral recording, Double Sunrise Over Neptune (AUM047), the third in a three-part series documenting the world premiere performances of specially commissioned works at the 12th annual Vision Festival in June 2007. This series, which also includes The ...
All About Jazz |
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Judge Buys 'P2P Equals Web Radio' Argument
Raise your hand if you think downloading music from file-sharing service Kazaa is just like listening an Internet radio station? No? Anyone?
All About Jazz |
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Mercury Prize Nominees 2008 - The Best In British Music
Each year the Nationwide Mercury Prize celebrates the best in British music by giving an award to recognize the highest quality album of the year. The shortlist for this...
About.com |
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Legendary Allen's Reaches 1 Year Anniversary of Grand Re-opening
What do Zell Miller, Lewis Grizzard, Michael Stipe, Mike Bobo, the B-52's, and countless others who have visited Athens, GA all have in common? After Allen's Hamburgers closed its doors in 2004, Athens lost a 50 year tradition of cold beer, greasy burgers, and live music. Some say that Athens' robust music scene got its start in the Normaltown district at Allen's on Prince Ave. Last summer, two ...
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Sorry little girl, you are too ugly for the Olympic opening ceremony
In the quest for perfection during the Olympics opening ceremony, another boo-boo has been revealed. It seems that pig-tailed seven-year old Lin Miaoke who "sang" "Ode to the Motherland" during the Olympics opening ceremony was actually lip-syncing! That's no surise to anyone who watched the ceremony ... but this part of the story might be: Lin Miaoke wasn't even lip-syncing her own song. ...
Shanghaiist |
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Boosh duo are Mightier than ever
Following the sellout success of their debut live tour, bizarre comedy duo Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh return to the stage with their glorious mix of music and comedy.
Express and Star |
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Concert Review: Virgin Mobile Festival, Pimlico Race Track, Baltimore, MD, 8/9/08 and 8/10/08
Virgin Mobile Festival 2008 turns out to be the best one yet with Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails headlining. Three time’s a charm some may say and when it comes to the Virgin Mobile Festival 2008 (Virgin Fest), I could not agree more. Setting camp on the Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore once again, with an impressive line up that seemed to one up last year's, the Virgin Fest was in full force. ...
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Allman Brothers Band sues record company for $13M
The Allman Brothers Band has sued a record company to demand a bigger cut of recordings sold through third parties such as Apple's iTunes music service.
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Shenzhen City Rocks with butter's T-Back Party
Every night in Shenzhen, the crowd has thousands of reasons to fire butter's dance floors. This time, it's The "butter butt" T-Back Party.
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Banned From Radio. Edgy Country Rock Band Finally Gets Heard by Millions at UFC 87
Dry County, an independent country rock band that has developed an underground and cult-like country music following, finally broke through mainstream barriers with the debut of their hit single "Waitin On Hank" at UFC 87. [PR.com - August 12, 2008]
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For immediate release: the arts are marketable
My friend Meg joined me at the exceedingly lovely Mostly Maux Arts Festival's presentation of Ravel, Faure and the-man-of-the-two-hours on Saturday night.
Arts Journal |
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Napster Posts Larger Loss Than Expected
SEATTLE, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Napster Inc posted a bigger quarterly loss on Monday as the number of its paid subscribers declined, and the online music service predicted revenue to be mostly flat in the current quarter.
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Alex and Alison, sitting in a tree: Kills singer talks Arctics collaboration
The Kills ' Alison Mosshart has told NME.com about a song she recorded with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner
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Wayne County Community College District's Downriver Campus Presents the 6th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival
Wayne County Community College District's Continuing Education Division presents the 6th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival. This event will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., at the Downriver Campus, located at 21000 Northline Road, Taylor, MI. 48108.
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8-year-old guitar wiz has reason to play the blues
When Tallan "T-Man" Latz was 5, he saw Joe Satriani playing guitar on TV. "I turned around to my dad and said, 'That's exactly what I want to do.'" Three years and countless hours of practicing later, 8-year-old Tallan is a blues guitar prodigy. He's played in bars and clubs, including the House of Blues in Chicago, and even jammed with Les Paul and Jackson Browne. He has a summer of ...
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China: Cuter Girl Lip-Synched Opening Song
BEIJING -- Another example has emerged of China's desire for a perfect Summer Games with word that a song sung at the opening ceremony was lip-synched.
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Music releases 8.12
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The News Journal |
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Ra Ra Riot
What? In navigational terms, a rhumb line is a path of constant bearing. Given Ra Ra Riot’s brief but turbulent history, it seems only fitting they name their debut after a fixed point that won’t let you lose your way. That much is true of The Rhumb Line , out August 12 on Barsuk. Here, the chamber-pop outfit expertly guides its mischievous, youthful interpretation of indie rock around ...
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