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Vermont women, music and peace
MONTPELIER -- "Peace through Music: Vermont Women Making a Difference" will be celebrated on Monday, Aug. 18, at 7:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Church on Main Street This unique event combines live musical performances with historical narrative on how Vermont women have created "bridges of peace through music." ...
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P. Diddy’s sex medal
Music mogul P. Diddy claims he could win an Olympic gold medal for sexual stamina.
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Spectacular music and art awaits Dressing art Getting up to date Symphonic charisma
ontreal, just like everywhere else, is gearing up for the 2008-2009 season, but the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal is planning a truly spectacular year of concerts. There is also a pair of must-see exhibits that won't be up much longer, one at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the other at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art. ... - By Jim Lowe Times Argus Staff
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Waterfront revelry
Burlington's waterfront will be a veritable music festival this weekend, as three big-time evening concerts and an assortment of free daytime performances will serve to enhance the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival, which runs today through Sunday. Here's a closer look at the nighttime action: ... - By Tom Huntington Arts Correspondent
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Debut album delivers authentic Vermont country flavor
ark Forgette of East Barre is not a performer most of us have heard of, yet his CD "Green Mountain Memories" is an album that could bring him to the attention of many Vermonters. This is a CD of acoustic country music with Vermont themes and sensibilities -- and a lot of sincerity. ... - By Art Edelstein Arts Correspondent
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Joe Davidian Trio proves traditional -- and original
Montpelier's gift to jazz piano, Joe Davidian, has matured into a superb musician and composer whose work has already graced several albums. Recently, he was the accompanist to Stowe-based singer Taryn Noelle, but his most recent work is with bassist Jamie Ousley and drummer Austin McMahon. Together, the Joe Davidian Trio has released "Silent Fire," a fine new jazz recording of mostly original ...
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Local orchestras set to begin new seasons
Though the Macon Symphony Orchestra won't open its Masterworks Series until mid-September, thank heavens we won't have to wait that long for a night of good music.
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Counting Crows jaunting on 'Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings' and other days
To hear Dan Vickrey, the lead guitarist for Bay Area band Counting Crows, tell it, "Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings" is meant to approximate the jubilant feelings of Saturday evenings juxtaposed with the regrets that come when you wake up on Sundays. It's a contemplative record, a disc that marks the first album from the very popular group since the multiplatinum "Hard Candy" came out in 2002.
New Haven Register |
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Which comes first, the words or the notes?
The greatest operas marry marvelous music to moving stories
Contra Costa Times |
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Gloria plans celebration of greatest hits
Miami's own Gloria Estefan will break her four-year hiatus from South Florida stages with a show at 8 p.m. Oct. 24 at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood. Earlier this week, she told The Miami Herald that the show will be a celebration of her greatest hits and ''a fun party from top to bottom.'' Tickets go on sale at noon Friday and range from $97 to $252. Two ...
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Music For Youth: Effort under way to keep music in schools
"We're in a real pickle." "This is a bad situation." Those are the words of a Ukiah Unified School District employee and a local musician.
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Jackson, Montgomery Gentry give Sony reasons to celebrate
Music Row celebrated the successes of two Sony BMG Nashville artists this week: Montgomery Gentry earned two parties to honor No. 1 "Back When I Knew It All," and a massive gathering at Vanderbilt's Student Life Center feted Alan Jackson, who recently reached the milestone of 50 million records sold.
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Briefs
Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group was sued for allegedly cheating members of The Allman Brothers Band out of some $10 million in royalties on music recorded from 1969 to 1980. Band members Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanson alleged Universal is paying only a "small fraction" of the royalties due them for digital downloads of their songs and is refusing to negotiate ...
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Google launches free music search service in China
LOS ANGELES — Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has launched a music search service in China that allows users to access music legally online in a forum backed by some record labels and supported by advertising revenue.
The Tennessean |
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Road trip! Rock hall of fame to open NY branch
NEW YORK -- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is going on the road to New York -- the city that spawned hip-hop and gave Bob Dylan and the Ramones their start.
The Oregonian |
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Sound of the future
It's more like a rehearsal for the future than a typical summer music camp.
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Biography
The multi-faceted talents of pianist-organist-lyricist Doug Carn began to emerge onto the contemporary African-American music scene during his teenage years. His group the “Nu-Tones” played a variety of dances, proms and club dates during his high school years in St. Augustine, Florida.
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Rap duo adds promotional services to music shop
At least 3,100 music retailers have closed their doors since 2003, according to the Almighty Institute of Music Retail.
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Family Fun
The Boulder International Fringe Festival lets almost any artist have a day in the sun, so this year kid artists get a mini-festival of their own.
Denver Post |
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Boulder International Fringe Festival plays with fire
Topics don't get much hotter than sex and politics. Which means the fourth Boulder International Fringe Festival will be steaming. It's loaded with offerings about both, even in the same shows.
Denver Post |
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Kids' musical march to step off Saturday
Children of all ages are invited to a storytelling and music session planned for Saturday morning at the Wales Street Commons at the Masonic corner. ...
Rutland Herald |
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Pilots Back On Stage
It's been five long years since we last saw an intact Stone Temple Pilots on stage, but, if you ask the rock band's lead singer Scott Weiland, it was bound to happen.
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Today on the presidential campaign trail
IN THE HEADLINES Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over use of song in ad mocking Obama's 'tire gauge' remark ... Troops donate more campaign money to Obama than McCain, despite McCain's military record ... A banished adviser stops by to see McCain in a warmer clime ... --- Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over song in ad LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jackson Browne doesn't want John McCain ...
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King band draws too big a crowd in China
BEIJING -- Chinese police canceled a concert Thursday by the Martin Luther King High School band at the Great Wall, telling bandleaders that a growing crowd posed a security threat.
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Aspen Santa Fe puts spin on ballet
BECKET, Mass. ? The dancers of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet can do something fabulous: They can take ballet, the prettiest dance form there is, and make it funny, fast, twitchy, determined, grounded ? in short, everything but pretty.The company holds dual citizenship ? not just in Colorado and New Mexico, as its name indicates, but also in the worlds of classical and contemporary dance. Speaking of ...
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