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Warner Music buys Spanish artist-management firm
Warner Music has bought a majority stake in a Spanish company specializing in artist management as it seeks to expand alternative sources of revenue to compensate for falling CD sales.
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Updated 8/12: Senior plans concert for awareness in Uganda
Hinsdale's Katie Bush-Johnson thought music would a great way to unite a community and raise awareness of displaced children in Uganda.
The Doings Hinsdale |
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Old favorites at Yolo Fair
Local musicians and dancers will provide fun for everyone at the Yolo County Fair. Some fair events started this morning, but the real action starts opening night Wednesday.
The Daily Democrat |
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Pencil This In
EVENT: PopRally at MoMA presents the Art of Dissent tonight. "For many artists, politics are an essential component of both their art and their interactions with community and commerce. In this panel, artists and musicians discuss how politics and art mix in their work and working processes." Tonight join Justseeds , Paper Tiger and Ted Leo! A cocktail reception follows the discussion. ...
Gothamist |
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Olympic opening featured lip sync, digitized fireworks
Parts of last Friday’s spectacular Olympic opening ceremony that wowed the world actually were too good to be true. Organizers admitted Tuesday that the adorable little girl with the pigtails and red party dress who delighted the audience singing an "Ode to the Motherland," lip-synched the song.
Canada.com |
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Benefit car show raises $50,000 for Troy museum
Unlike with the gridlock during construction on I-75, the Troy Traffic Jam brought smiles from car enthusiasts who attended the event that was billed as having "chrome, muscle and music." The event raised $50,000 to benefit the Troy Historical Society Heritage Campaign to relocate and restore the historic Johnson Niles house to the Troy Museum & Historic Village site at 60 W. Wattles. The house, ...
Troy Eccentric |
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Jewish Community Foundation Announces Cutting Edge Grants Totaling $1.6 Million
The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) today announced it has awarded $1.6 million through its Cutting Edge Grants Initiative to seven local nonprofit organizations. Two of the largest awards, $250,000 each, went to Vista Del Mar's Nes Gadol, a bar and bat mitzvah preparation program for special needs children, and the NextGen Engagement Initiative (NEI) of the Jewish ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Tonight in Aspen: free music
ASPEN - A free show featuring local acts the Friendly Dictators and American Relay at Belly Up Aspen highlights Tuesday's entertainment scene.
The Aspen Times |
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Basalt River Days returns Aug. 15-16
BASALT - Basalt's River Days Festival will feature a new twist when it returns to town Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15-16.
The Aspen Times |
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Official: Olympics opening ceremony song faked because girl not pretty enough
BEIJING (AP) _ A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said — the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games.
AM New York |
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GR Symphony names new president, CEO
A former member of the Grand Rapids Symphony has been named as its president and CEO, replacing Melia Tourangeau, who left the GR Symphony in April to become president and CEO of the Utah Symphony and Opera in Salt Lake City.
MLive.com |
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Chesney lights up final Saints practice
JACKSON - While the New Orleans Saints said goodbye to Millsaps College with their final training camp practice for 2008, they were able to say hello to a country music superstar.
The Vicksburg Post |
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Las Vegas Sun
Live music and an extensive list of drinks. Mondays at 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Playing along
PARKERSBURG --- As the city moves forward following a deadly and destructive storm, some residents are turning to music and history for entertainment, comic relief and a perhaps a lesson or two.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier |
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Child singing star was a fake
The little girl who shot to fame after singing at the Olympic opening ceremony was miming and only put on stage because the real singer was considered ugly, the show's musical director said.
Stuff |
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Grove Labor Day jam
The Jana Jae Fiddle Camp and Music Festival is bringing musicians and entertainment to the Grand Lake area over Labor Day weekend. All events are at Snider’s Camp, located just south of Grove on the beautiful bank of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees.
Grove Sun Daily |
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Texas Court Tells RIAA to Bend on Damages
A San Antonio court has ruled that Whitney Harper, a now college-age woman sued by the RIAA for using Kazaa to download music when she was 16, was indeed an "innocent infringer," dropping her penalty to $200 per infringement instead of the RIAA's desired $750, asked for in a request for summary judgment. The court ruled that the plaintiffs had not introduced any facts to the court that ...
Austinist |
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Vanessa Hudgens Slapped With $5M Suit
Music producer claims the "HSM" star failed to pay him his share of earnings.
ABC News |
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Filming in extremes
Bend-based Rage Productions, owned by Sky Pinnick, 30, creates everything from music videos to extreme skiing films to local TV and radio commercials.
The Oregonian |
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Chinese rush to download Olympic theme song: report
Millions of Chinese mobile users rushed to download the Beijing Olympics theme within hours after it was performed at the opening ceremony, state media said Tuesday.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Chinese rush to download Olympic theme song: report
Millions of Chinese mobile users rushed to download the Beijing Olympics theme within hours after it was performed at the opening ceremony, state media said Tuesday.
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Turn Your iPhone or iPod Touch Into a Multi-Room Wireless Music Remote [Music]
For a cool $1000, you can buy the Sonos Bundle 150 and wirelessly play music from a single remote control in two separate rooms in your house. On the other hand, for about $100 or less if you've...
Lifehacker |
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Bandsintown Shows Local Concerts of Your Last.fm, iTunes Favorites [Music]
Free concert-finding site Bandsintown offers a convenient tag-cloud-style list of upcoming live concerts in your area. That's helpful enough, but the site can also filter and highlight shows based on...
Lifehacker |
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Producer sues Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million
A music producer has sued Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million, claiming the actress and her father have repeatedly violated a contract and failed to pay him his share of her earnings.
AP via Yahoo! Philippines News |
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Amie Miriello performs
(WTNH, Aug. 12, 2008 12:30 PM) -- Connecticut native Amie Miriello joined News Channel 8 @ Noon to perform her new song, "I Came Around".
WTNH-TV New Haven |
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