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2008/08/13
TONY Orlando is often asked by fans to sing his most memorable hits Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree and Knock Three Times (the song he famously performed with fellow Dawn members Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson).
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Kanye West Brings Fatburger to Chicago
Locally based burger chain Fatburger will be opening its first Chicago-area outpost next January, all thanks to Kanye West, who just put out a new puppet lovin' music video this week. West owns KW Foods LLC, which has the rights to develop 10 Fatburgers around Chicagoland . Earlier this year, Fatburger Founder Lovie Yancey died . [Via Chicagoist ]
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Nashville Hosts Gospel Music Convention
More than 4,000 people are attending the 41st Gospel Music Workshop of America convention. Members are affiliated with more than 180 chapters in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean.
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Rivals' fight songs used for motivation
Slogging through its third practice in a little more than 24 hours, Tennessee's football team needed a boost Wednesday morning.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Tiscali |
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As Calendar Girls is turned into a play, the stars reveal: 'Why we're proud to parade our wobbly bits'
Calendar Girls has been turned into a play, and six of Britain's best-loved actresses will be stripping for live audiences across the country. How do they feel about baring all?
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A European Online Cultural Library?
There could soon be a single site for Europe's great culture of art, films, books, music and music — as long as the money comes through.
DesignTechnica |
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The professor's rock history class is back in session
Danny Holiday is returning to the airwaves to teach the history of rock and roll.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Mike Skinner’s hotel demands
The Streets rapper Mike Skinner reportedly demanded a carousel horse, hypoallergenic pillows and music to be played as he entered a posh hotel in Brighton.
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Around the county
QUEEN PAGEANT TAPE TO AIR ON CABLE TV A tape of the Canton Friendship Festival Queen Pageant, held Aug. 9 at the Canton High School auditorium, will air Thursday, Aug. 14, on Canton, Lewistown and Cuba cable Channel 22.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to Open Annex in New York
(New York, 8/13/2008) Record Executive Clive Davis and rocker Billy Joel were on hand in Soho as plans to open a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex on Mercer Street were announced, using a model that the Guggenheim and the Tate London have had success with.
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The smoke on the water grows thicker
The performance by Deep Purple at Tzemach at the start of the 1990s was, by most accounts, one of the most pathetic rock 'n' roll jokes ever seen here.
Haaretz Daily |
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The Closing Bell
Overnight Sensation … The following two items scheduled to post between now and sometime tomorrow morning are for real music fans only. For the rest of you there's Rolling Stone .
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IN BRIEF: Blues Fest coming Saturday
LaSalle’s first Little River Blues Festival will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Griffon Park, adjacent to the city docks on River Road.The festival is co-sponsored by the LaSalle Business and Professional Association and the Niagara Falls Tourism Advisory Board that awarded a grant to the association to host the festival.
Niagara Gazette |
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Making music, making history, again
Making music and making history is so yesterday that Vacaville Christian Schools Radio Symphony has to do it all over again tonight and Thursday. As he did last year for a live-score performance and showing of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis," music teacher and conductor Ralph Martin will lead a 35-member orchestra as the 1927 Academy Award-winning silent film "Wings" unspools on the big screen at
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Symphony season begins Sept. 28
WHITTIER - The Rio Hondo Symphony Association will begin its 76th season of performing four admission-free concerts at 3p.m. Sept. 28, with subsequent shows Nov. 2, March 1 and May 3 at the Vic Lopez Auditorium at Whittier High School, 12417 Philadelphia St.
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Burlington Record Company Owner Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges
BURLINGTON, N.C. -- A Tennesse man who ran a music production company based out of Burlington pleaded guilty Wednesday to trafficking cocaine, United States attorney Julia C. Dudley announced.
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Life is a fairway for Tom Cochrane
By TARA HAGAN The Observer Tom Cochrane may have been leading the pack this week at the Sarnia Golf and Curling Club, but the legendary Canadian rocker says he almost gave up the game for good. “I played junior when I was 12 until about 15, then [...]
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HMSHost and Sammy Hagar Open Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill at Maui's Kahului Airport
A new island-style cafe is ready to offer travelers at Kahului Airport (OGG) a warm Hawaiian "Aloha". Today the airport celebrated the grand opening of Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill, the namesake of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Maui resident Sammy Hagar. The first of its kind, the new full-service restaurant was created by Sammy Hagar and HMSHost, a world leader in travel venue dining and ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Mbira music effective in marketing Zim’s traditions, culture
MBIRA music appeals to a wider audience and can unite people from different backgrounds, Erika Hayashi, a Japanese has said.
The Herald |
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Nightclub honours musicians
SOME Zimbabwean music promoters have realised that for them to reap more, they should feed the musician who is not only an integral part of their industry but a vital cog that helps move the wheel of fortune.
The Herald |
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Times & Star
CHILDREN from Manchester made the Easter trip to Workington to take part in the Cumbria and North Lancs Open Dance Festival in the town’s Carnegie Theatre.
West Cumberland Times & Star |
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Kids enter Boulder's Fringe scene
In its fourth year, the Boulder International Fringe Festival is looking to bring in a new, shorter audience. The festival is introducing KidsFringe, featuring performances for and by young people.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Lyle Lovett loves his life
Klein singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett offers good advice: Enjoy the moment.
Houston Chronicle |
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HMSHost and Sammy Hagar Open Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill at Maui's Kahului Airport
BETHESDA, Md.----A new island-style cafe is ready to offer travelers at Kahului Airport a warm Hawaiian "Aloha". Today the airport celebrated the grand opening of Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill, the namesake of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Maui resident Sammy Hagar.
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