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8-year-old guitar wiz has reason to play the blues
And what, you might ask, would a kid not even in the third grade have the blues about? The state of Wisconsin for one, and some possibly jealous older musicians for another.
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About Tonight
Photo by glass window READING: D.C.'s own George Pelecanos is at Politics and Prose to talk about his latest novel, Turnaround . It's a sure bet the house will be packed, so get there early to make sure you get a seat. 7 p.m. MUSIC: Fans of alt-country singer-songwriter type tunes will be well served by Three Stars alums The Moderate and John Bustine on the Black Cat ...
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Philly Orchestra to perform outside at City Hall
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Orchestra is going to end its summer Neighborhood Concert season with a first: The orchestra will perform at Dilworth Plaza on the west side of City Hall.
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Local calendar, August 12
TONIGHT Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival presents Hip Pocket, 8:15 p.m. at the Redlands Bowl. Community Sing at 7:15 p.m.
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Mobile Content Bits: Zed-Koch, Nappy Boy Digital; Handango Sells EA Games; ICO Broadcasts Cartoons
— ZED Strikes Distribution Deals: Mobile entertainment company Zed has struck two exclusive distribution deals, one with rapper T-Pain's independent digital-only label, Nappy Boy Digital, and the other with independent music company KOCH Entertainment.
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Philadelphia Orchestra To Play At City Hall
The Philadelphia Orchestra is going to end its summer Neighborhood Concert season with a first: The orchestra will perform at Dilworth Plaza on the west side of City Hall.
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UK ISP's New Music Service Will Pay Labels For 'Illegal' Downloads
One of the UK's top ISPs is preparing to launch an unlimited music service that would see it pay record labels for songs illegally downloaded by its customers, paidContent.org can reveal.
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Salem schedules HarvestFest for September 13
Salem’s first annual HarvestFest is scheduled for Sept. 13. The event will celebrate the end of the growing season with local food, music, art and activities for the entire family. The all day festival will showcase the farmers, artists, organizations and groups that make Salem special.
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Baldwin-Wallace inks property swap with church
The deal with First Congregational United Church of Christ is part of the school's $15 million plan to expand and renovate space for its Conservatory of Music.
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One Man's Quest to Digitize Rare Vinyl, 78 by 78
Cliff Bolling didn't realize what he was getting into when he picked up a copy of the first record he ever owned and realized that there was a world of music trapped on 78 RPM records. Now he's digitizing and uploading his entire collection, sharing a trove it is virtually certain nobody would have ever heard again.
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The creative minds of Radiohead have lent their compositional skills to a new film based on a Chuck Palahniuk novel, Choke . Director Clark Gregg knew that Palahniuk listened to Pablo Honey while he wrote Choke , thus leading to the initial collaboration of Radiohead composing a song for the ending credits.
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It was clear that fans of Eva’s music wanted a new album but it was important to us that any new record was made up of songs that had not been heard before and that were of a high quality. We are really pleased with the album, it is long overdue.‛
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Music Review: Trey Gunn - Music For Pictures
Explore the amazing world of Trey Gunn - and discover something of the man and yourself along the way Trey Gunn’s musical journey has been a fascinating one. Perhaps best known for his work with King Crimson and for being quite possibly the world’s leading exponent on touch guitar, he now divides his time between solo work, writing scores for film and television, and running his own multi-media ...
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METS BLOG: Who should take the mound in the ninth?
Well, at least no one suggested a funeral march to be played when Aaron Heilman emerged from the bullpen. I guess that I jumped the gun, believing that Heilman would last out the week without Billy Wagner and we could happily conjecture on what music should accompany his arrival to the mound.
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The Ridgefield Theater Barn is auditioning performers for
Ridgefield 300: A Concert Celebration , which will take place on Saturday, Sept. 20, in Ridgefield.
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CSU Schwob School of Music becomes an all Steinway school
Steinway & Sons pianos took center stage Tuesday at RiverCenter for the Performing Arts.
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Seen Not Heard: Girl Switched at Olympics
Little girl who actually sang song axed in the "national interest."
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Sports briefs; August 12, 2008
Valet bike parking to be offered at festival AUGUSTA — The Bicycle Coalition of Maine will offer valet bicycle parking at the American Folk Festival in Bangor on Aug. 22-24.
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Biography Gerry Mulligan grew up in Philadelphia and first learned piano, which he played occasionally. While in his teens, he wrote arrangements for Johnny Warrington's radio band (1944) and played reed instruments professionally.
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Musicians get taste of Elvis fame
Country recording artist Ronnie McDowell was one of the first people to do a tribute to Elvis Presley following his death.
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Hank Williams band member Don Helms dies at 81
By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Don Helms, a renowned steel guitarist who played in Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys band and on country classics by Patsy Cline and Lefty Frizzell, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 81.
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Around Crofton:
The Snedecor family from Crofton is definitely a musical family. From left: Jim Snedecor, Erin, Phil and Jan. Ten-year-old Jim plays bass at Crofton Elementary, 17-year-old Erin plays the cello, Phil (dad) plays the trumpet and Jan (mom) plays the clarinet.
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Hank Williams band member Don Helms dies at 81
Don Helms, a renowned steel guitarist who played in Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys band and on country classics by Patsy Cline and Lefty Frizzell, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 81. Helms died Monday in Nashville at Skyline Medical Center, said Michael Thomas, a director at Forest Lawn Funeral Home. Helms, of New Brockton, Ala., was an original member of Williams' Drifting ...
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The Gateway to Kadayawan
THE hustle and bustle in the streets of Davao City intensifies as Kadayawan Festival, a yearly thanksgiving celebration for a bountiful harvest and other blessings received, is nearly approaching.
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Music Review: Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge and Hendrix In The West
Jimi Hendrix: Chapter 7. Rainbow Bridge was released in October of 1971 and was the second album of left over studio tracks to be issued following Jimi Hendrix’ death. The tracks contained on this album, when combined with those on his previously released The Cry Of Love, completed the finished songs that were to be released on Hendrix’ planned, but ultimately...
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