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The art of the cover song and more with D.D. Freels
Musician knows just about any song you might request
Pensacola News Journal |
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Sheepdog trials will start today in Hotchkiss
For a small town festival that’s a bit out of the ordinary, Hotchkiss will sponsor the Fifth Annual Sheep Camp Stock Dog Trials today through Sunday.
The Daily Sentinel |
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SLEAZY DOES IT
WHERE were you in '76? If this new CBS drama about sex in the '70s is to be believed, then you were probably having sex with your neighbors, thinking about having sex with them, or engaging in care-free orgies with whomever you happened to run into at the swingers' party across the street. And if you weren't gazing lasciviously at your neighbors, you risked being seen as the neighborhood square. ...
New York Post |
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Lincoln Center honors late Charlie Christian
World-class jazz guitarists recently honored the musical contributions and legacy of the late Oklaho
The Oklahoman |
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'Our Story' covers many chapters of man's life
The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation¿s 74th annual This Is Our Story is scheduled for Thursday, May 8, at 7 p.m. at Roberts Stadium. The program highlights the numerous instrumental programs offered to students in the EVSC.
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Arts offer educational foundation
Imagine a life without the arts. There would be no entertainment, music or visual imagery. There would not be any photographs, colorful advertisements, paintings or video games. It would be a dull, lifeless world. We would once again be living in the Dark Ages. However, what advanced society out of the Dark Ages and into the Renaissance? The arts.
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Symphony patrons NISO applaud takeover by arts board
In addition to cheers for guest artist Shirley Jones, those attending Thursday evening's concert by the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra applauded the proposed management takeover - and possible future merger - of NISO by the South Shore Arts board.
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Warner Music Group loss widens
LOS ANGELES - Warner Music Group Corp., whose artists include R.E.M., Madonna and Green Day, said Thursday that higher costs and a shift to digital music resulted in a wider second-quarter loss and it suspended dividends.
East Valley Tribune |
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Black Keys deliver at Beachland
West Akron blues-rock duo the Black Keys is riding the wave of glowing press and sold-out shows that has followed the release of its fifth album, Attack & Release, which debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard charts.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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ALSO SHOWING Cleveland ...
ALSO SHOWING Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque — (Aitken Auditorium, 11141 East Blvd.; 216-421-7450) The Way I Spent the End of the World, 7:30 tonight; Stuff and Dough, 9:40 tonight; 12:08 East of Bucharest, 5:30 p.m. Saturday; Smiley Face, 7:20 p.m. Saturday; Diary of the Dead, 9:10 p.m. Saturday, 9:20 p.m. Sunday; The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, 6:30 p.m. Sunday. $8; $13 for two films a ...
Akron Beacon Journal |
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TCM paying tribute to Sinatra — all of him
It will be 10 years on Wednesday since Frank Sinatra closed his ol' blue eyes for the last time. The singer who started as the swoon king to bobby soxers of the '40s became a legendary entertainer with more than 70 movies and hundreds of evergreen songs to his credit.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Major savings on online resources for UK schools due to new Becta-JISC deal
A Becta-funded initiative called 'JISC Collections for Schools' has been launched to give UK schools access to millions of online images, newspaper archives, dictionary entries, and art, music, history and science resources for a fraction of the original cost.
PublicTechnology.net |
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Cicadas to emerge soon to make their music
A brood of cicadas, those loud, red-eyed bugs that infested the region four years ago, will soon emerge again in some parts.
Middletown Journal |
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Portrait of Heath Ledger wins Australian art award
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Music Listings
Dueling Pianos - . Thursdays-Saturdays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. O'Sullivan's on Beale 183 Beale (Beale Street) 522-9596.
The Memphis Flyer |
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Mick Hucknall Covers Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Simply Red's Mick Hucknall is about to release a tribute album to Bob by 'Blue' Bland. On 'Tribute To Bobby', Hucknall has covered 12 songs, dating back to Bland's first No. 1 R&B single 'Farther Up The Road' from 1957.
Undercover |
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Lithuanian Zappa zealots pitch new tribute to the rocker
BALTIMORE - Frank Zappa, who sang about "Plastic People," has been cast in bronze. Again. In 1995, a quirky bunch of Lithuanian artists and intellectuals managed to erect a bust of the eccentric rocker in Vilnius, the capital of the former Soviet republic. Now, they want to place a replica in Zappa's home town.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Get jazzed
ALTON - Jazzing it up in the birthplace of Miles Davis is easy on the ears. Bossanova Restaurant and Lounge's owner Russ Smith, a jazz aficionado of sorts, features jazz musicians every Friday night.
The Telegraph |
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Teacher of Year plays joyful tune
SUMMERVILLE —Timothy Thompson, a music teacher who was named Dorchester District 2's Teacher of the Year on Thursday, said he started teaching when he was 9 years old.
The Post and Courier |
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Readers' Choice Awards New York City
When Lauren Kruse switched from majoring in biology at Chicago's Loyola University to drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, she found Gotham full of opportunities to learn her craft: "There are so many good schools and classes. You can study, study, study.
Backstage.com |
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Man arrested after pawn shop gets Reeves gear
DETROIT -- She wasn't exactly dancing in the street, but Motown diva Martha Reeves was pleasantly surprised Thursday when city pawn shop owners came forward with some gear stolen from her childhood home this week.
Detroit News |
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Cultures Harmonize
SAN BENITO - Erupting from an instrument closet, 12 teenage boys and young men wearing navy blue traditional Spaniard garments clapped their hands and shouted as they approached microphones for a morning of music and a cultural exchange with high school students.
Valley Morning Star |
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Island educator to join symphony
A longtime Hilton Head Island educator is leaving her post to join the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra.
Island Packet |
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Articles for Thursday, May 8, 2008
One bourbon. One scotch. One beer. One Roaring Fork Valley law enforcement training session? Yesterday afternoon, several municipal employees got snockered on the clock and failed drunk-driving tests before calling it a day.
Aspen Daily News |
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Community News Briefs
LONG BEACH: Bixby Bandshell reopening party
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