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Jazz lover starts his own online radio station
When Tony Frank isn't working the door at The Shelter Cocktail Lounge or playing a mean trumpet at the Armitage Wine Lounge and Café, he runs tucsonjazzradio.org, an Internet radio station dedicated to exposing local and national jazz talent to the online world.
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Music of Bollywood film '1920' released in Mumbai
Mumbai, August 13 : The music release of the Bollywood film '1920', a love story with a twist of horror, took place in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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Barenboim Brings Israeli, Palestinian Players to London's Proms
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Palestinian violinist Tyme Khleifi was 14 when, having played a few movements of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, she was recruited by Daniel Barenboim for his West- Eastern Divan Orchestra of Arab and Israeli players.
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Free RCougar download available
The annual HoCo Festival at Club Congress is a three-day celebration of Tucson music that's become a Labor Day weekend tradition (Aug. 29-31).
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Rollicking fun on Sundays
Outside, the pool is filled with bikini-clad women and tattooed men. They're playing volleyball and sipping Bud Light Lime under cabanas while DJs spin house music.
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Facility at Ventura College produces alternate-text materials
In a few weeks, Rachel Flowers, 14, will enter Hueneme High School. Blind virtually since she was born three months prematurely, the diminutive teen and music prodigy from Oxnard will face challenges finding her locker and classrooms. But once in class, she will have the same opportunities to learn as her classmates, now that an alternative-text production center in Ventura has transcribed ...
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MITCH ALBOM: China's tiny gymnasts in service to the gold
BEIJING -- What did you expect? Any country that would lip-sync out a 7-year-old singer because she wasn't cute enough for the opening ceremony wouldn't hesitate to use underage children to capture gold medals. That's a no-brainer.
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In brief: Family Dates (8/14/08)
ML&P Customer Appreciation Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. today, Municipal Light and Power, 1120 E. First Ave. The customer service division will show its appreciation to customers and community with free information on energy conservation, safety, activity booklets for kids and brochures. There will be music by Icy Siesta, food, drinks, balloons and door prizes. (263-5277)
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NYC to open Rock Hall of Fame
New York City is to open its own version of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the aim of boosting tourism and honouring the artists and music venues that formed the city's impressive rock history.
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From the stage to the gameroom and back to the stage
'Guitar Hero 3' proves to be a popular draw at community fairs. read more »
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Don't box Billy Bob in
Thornton heads to Ottobar midweek not as an actor, but as a musician F irst came the drum set at age 9, then a sweet gig performing for the local parent-teacher association. He opened for Hank Williams Jr. with a cover band, worked as a roadie for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, put out four solo albums and took a skyward trajectory on the Americana charts with a recent group album.
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Velvet-voiced Baker could try jazzing it up
A nita Baker has never really been a jazz singer. But she could be; she certainly has the chops. Over the years, the Ohio-born, Detroit-raised singer-songwriter has performed at jazz festivals around the world. On her six studio albums, all of which have at least sold gold, Baker has flirted with jazz. But in her 25 years as a recording artist, she has yet to take the plunge into the genre. What ...
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State-of-the-art rock
The title of the final song Radiohead played to finish off its dazzlingly dynamic show at the sold-out Susquehanna Bank Center on Tuesday spoke to the exactitude of the performance that preceded it: "Everything in Its Right Place."
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There wasn't much incentive to check out Amplify, the mini-music conference hosted by Jillian's and a handful of downtown music venues.
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Local artist receives fascinating commission
Local resident artist Tatiana Rhinevault received a unique and unexpected commission last week. She was tasked with making a painted guitar for Madonna's 50th birthday celebration.
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Phil Spector Wants Time to Appeal Decision
Attorneys for music producer Phil Spector have asked for an indefinite stay of his second trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson so that they can appeal the case...
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Oakland Film Festival
(0 mins, No Rating, ). How his Another Planet Entertainment beat the competition to host the epic Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. The weekly podcast that lets you hear the music we write about.
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Afghan Raiders know they can't maintain their hype-fueled joyride without looking at the road ahead
Since The Killers first hit the top 40 charts four years ago, Las Vegas's music scene has been looking for the next big thing to come out of its gritty karaoke lounges, downtown dive bars and back-alley venues -- usually with little success.
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Church wants to 'walk the path of love'
A Pretoria church is defending a damages claim brought against it by their former music teacher.
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Flesh & Blood
(66 mins, No Rating, ). How his Another Planet Entertainment beat the competition to host the epic Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. The weekly podcast that lets you hear the music we write about.
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CRITIC'S CHOICE
The 802 Tour Sam Amidon plays with a variety of musicians, including his co-headliners Doveman and composer NicoMuhly, but it's his own work as a folk singer that's most impressive. He takes traditional songs, usually from the Appalachians, and sings them in a way that's ...
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NEW ZOEY
'ZOEY 101" star Victoria Jus tice has won the tween-TV sweepstakes - inking a deal that may turn her into the next "Hannah Montana." Nickelodeon signed Justice to an overall talent and music deal that will include a comedy series and record albums...
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Riffage: Here come the summer-ending music festivals
From the BandsOfTheBay show to Outside Lands, there's a ton of big concert coming in the next few weeks.
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MARK STRYKER CLASSICAL+JAZZ HIGHLIGHTS: Saxman Jeff Marx heads to an offbeat venue
Tenor saxophonist Jeff Marx, a born-and-raised Detroiter who paid his dues in San Francisco and New York before settling in Chicago, has been a regular visitor to his hometown in recent years. Typically, he drops into Baker's Keyboard Lounge or Cliff Bell's for a one-nighter. Those are ideal showcases for his brand of intense, modern mainstream music that draws from the lessons of John Coltrane, ...
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RACHEL MAY LOCAL MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS: Autumn will be hot for soul man Amp Fiddler
Turning it up and turning it out. A couple of honors and a new album are on the horizon for one of Detroit's most prominent soul artists.
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