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Country Music Stars Abound on The Imus Ranch Record
Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam and Willie Nelson are among the artists contributing tracks to The Imus Ranch Record , a CD benefiting the Imus Ranch, a working cattle ranch which hosts children who are afflicted with cancer or other serious blood diseases.
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Britney may get shot at MTV redemption
Britney Spears may get a shot at redemption during this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Widely panned for her glazed-over performance at last year's show, Spears is now in negotiations with MTV to make an appearance at the Sept. 7 ceremony, a spokesperson for MTV said Tuesday.
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Sondheim & Weidman's Bounce Is Now Called Road Show ; Cast Announced
Road Show is the new title of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's new musical — once known as Bounce — The Public Theater announced Aug. 12. The fall Off-Broadway production, directed by John Doyle, will star Michael Cerveris and Alexander Gemignani as the Mizner brothers.
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Hundreds take in Harvest Fest
The Yamhill County Historical Society's second annual Harvest Festival drew between 500 and 750 over the weekend to the new Yamhill Valley Heritage Center complex in McMinnville.
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8-year-old guitar wiz has reason to play the blues
ELKHORN, Wis. - 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...
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'Little House' Musical Will Hit the Road in 2009
A touring production of Little House on the Prairie, the new musical that is breaking box-office records at the Guthrie Theater, is already in the works.
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Jacoby, Hoty, Elder and More Star in Walnut Street's 'State Fair'
Mark Jacoby and Dee Hoty will play Iowa parents who travel with their children to the State Fair - the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, that is - starting Sept. 2 at Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.
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Hats Off! Lloyd Webber's 'Tell Me On a Sunday' Makes Chicago Debut
Bailiwick Repertory, in association with Blue Moon Studio Theater, presents the Chicago premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman musical Tell Me On a Sunday, opening Aug. 11 after a preview Aug. 10.
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'Too Much Memory', a Spin on Anouilh's 'Antigone', Gets World Premiere in FringeNYC
Laura Heisler, Peter Jay Fernandez and Martin Moran are among cast members of Rising Phoenix Repertory's Aug. 9-14 world- premiere production of Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson's Too Much Memory, a theatrical collage borrowing elements of the ancient Greek story of Antigone, as part of the 11th Annual New York International Fringe Festival.
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'Ripcords', a Musical Drama of Post-War Secrets, Reveals Itself at FringeNYC
Ripcords, a new musical drama about war profiteering in World War II, and choices to be made in the 1950s, begins Aug. 10 at the New York International Fringe Festival, for a run to Aug. 24 at the Bleecker Street Theatre.
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T-Mobile Rolls Out Nokia XpressMusic Phone
The Nokia 5610 has a robust music player, 3G-network speeds, a 3.2-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth capabilities.
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Britney in MTV ads, but not confirmed for VMAs
Britney Spears may get a shot at redemption during this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
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Atlanta's Female Christian Pop Trio 'Beloved' Releases Their Third CD: 'Wake The World'
ATLANTA , August 12 / Christian Newswire / -- Atlanta 's own Christian Pop Trio, Beloved , releases their third CD, " Wake the World ", Tuesday, August 19, 2008 nationwide through Infinity Music Distribution.
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Autumn Melody concerts go on without sponsor
VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will again stage the Giai Dieu Mua Thu (Autumn Melody) concerts this year following the enthusiastic response from the audience over the last three years, despite the lack of sponsorship.
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Owensboro’s Multi-Cultural Festival this Saturday
Owensboro’s 10th annual Multi-Cultural Festival takes place this Saturday.
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Conductor vows to help Scotland’s El Sistema revolution
One of the brightest young talents of the classical music world, the 26-year-old Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, will do anything he can to help the Scottish version of El Sistema, the music system that found and developed his talent.
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Superstars coming to North Hampton for Fish House Foundation
NORTH HAMPTON and#8212; Join a superstar roster of musicians and athletes featuring Hootie and the Blowfish next month to have fun and help send kids to college.
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Donate a cell phone, win Martina McBride tickets
Got a spare cell phone and a fondness for country music?
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Pamelia Kurstin Brings Back the Theremin
The electromagnetic instrument the theremin has been making appearances New York's jazz clubs, world music cafes even the Museum of Modern Art. That's because of a new champion of the unusual instrum....
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Wallace shaped Delta's blues
GREENVILLE - Alex “Lil' Bill” Wallace, 83, a revered Delta blues musician and long-time Leland resident, died Sunday at Delta Regional Medical Center.
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Music Review: A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
An indispensable piece in any music lover’s collection, A Tribe Called Quest’s magnificent second album is legendary. Tinged with jazz and vigorous funk, A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory is a true hip-hop classic and belongs in every music lover’s record collection.The second album for the ridiculously skillful Queens hip hop crew, comprised of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and DJ Ali Shaheed ...
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Old musicians want their download money
Four Allman Brothers band members sued Universal Music Group for more than $10 million in royalties from both hard-copy sales and downloadables.
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2008 Baptist Hymnal makes official debut
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The new 2008 Baptist Hymnal made its official debut during a morning worship Aug. 8 at LifeWay Christian Resources' home office in Nashville, Tenn., and again that evening at the city's renowned Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
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Britney Spears, Russell Brand Show Fresh Sense of Humor in MTV Promos
Britney Spears presented her two new MTV promos featuring the pop star and Russell Brand to fuel the rumors she is to return to the stage at next month's Video Music Awards after last year's notorious flop, FOX News reported.
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An old rocker gets digital
When Charles Grimsdale, a British investor, started the Internet music venture OD2 in 1999, he had a hard time persuading large record companies to licence their music.
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