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DVD: Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul: A Musical Portrait (ArtsHaus Musik). This well crafted documentary offers generous helpings of Zawinul's music while outlining his life and philosophy.
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Max Schaefer: Flagship Studios has closed
Tayside - made of Perth and Kinross, Angus, and the City of Dundee - is no stranger to the creative arts and has had a successful history in cultivating talent in the publishing, design and music industries and is renowned as a breeding ground for innovation and skills.
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to Host Birth of the Cool
Alton, IL, native Miles Davis helped invent the notion of “cool" with his groundbreaking album Birth of the Cool, a recording that also ushered in a whole new school of West Coast jazz.
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Shoreditch Festival Announces Vibrant Music Programme
The Shoreditch Festival, now in its 7th year, has announced one of the most exciting and musically diverse line-ups that will grace any festival all year and it all takes place on The Lift Main Stage and the Rising Tide EQ Stage, on Saturday 16 August in Shoreditch Park - the free opening day of the festival.
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Gatsby Jazz at the American Riviera
Inspired by the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, Barbecue Club Entertainment presents the Gatsby Jazz Festival, Saturday, August 30, 2008, with headlining artist Brian Culbertson.
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Freshman Trombonist Wins 2008 Pitt-Bny Mellon Jazz Scholarship
University of Pittsburgh freshman and trombonist Brandon Hang has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Pitt-Bank of New York Mellon Jazz Scholarship.
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Steely Dan Plans Tour Finale in Santa Rosa
Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen will soon be wrapping up their Think Fast, Steely Dan Summer Tour 2008, but not before two last blow-out concerts in the Sonoma Wine Country!
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Poison - Michaels Pining For Last Rock Of Love Winner
POISON frontman BRET MICHAELS is looking for love in a new series of reality dating show ROCK OF LOVE WITH BRET MICHAELS - even though he's still pining after the last ...
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Japan's Kimura a queen on slack-key
Agnes Kimura has been an ambassador of Island music in her native Japan for three decades, a singer-musician who mixes vocals and ki ho'alu in her repertoire.
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Britney Spears, Jonas Brothers get MTV Awards nods
After delivering one of the worst performances in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears has a chance to be crowned this year as the absolute best.
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Love affair with all things Hawaiian is rewarding
En route to becoming a jazz singer more than three decades ago, Japanese songstress Agnes Kimura encountered a detour — Polynesian dancing — that would ultimately lead to a career playing Hawaiian slack-key guitar.
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'From Chaos' exemplifies the best of 311
During the whirlwind of bad-mood music that filled 1990s airwaves, 311 was one of few acts who toted positive lyrics and survived.
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Blues festival hopes to sail through sluggish economy
The board for the Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest had a five-year plan that the weekend music festival would be standing on its own and be able to break even.
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CRAZY, an Award-Winning Film Inspired by the Life of Guitar Legend Hank Garland, is an Official Selection at the ...
CRAZY, an independent feature film inspired by the tragic life and groundbreaking music of legendary 1950s-era guitarist Hank Garland, is an official selection at the 5TH Annual River's Edge International Film Festival in Paducah, Kentucky, part of the growing cultural and performing arts scene in this historic American river town.
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New shows: Brian Wilson; Alison Brown; Dark Star Orchestra
The ska-pop band that was just in town with The Alarm and The Fixx plays with openers Windstrong at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Truckee Regional Park amphitheater. Tickets are $20, available at Recycled Records, Mad About Music, Joby's and www.renegadeshows.com. Details: 530-583-2801.
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New shows: Stone Temple Pilots; Jakob Dylan; Nelly
The concert features Angel y Khriz, Fulanito Micky, DJ Aldo and DJ Skittlez at 8 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Reno Events Center. Tickets are $40, available through Ticketmaster outlets and fee-free at the Silver Legacy box office. Details: 787-8497.
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Beck's all-new tour debuts in Reno
When he was first popular in the 1990s, singer-songwriter Beck got tagged as the king of irony for his pop-culture strewn style that blended hip-hop and rock with cryptic and humorous lyrics. But it wasn't a title he relished at all.
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Neighbor Islands
√BON DANCE, 6 p.m. Aug. 16, Kamuela Hongwanji; free. 808885-4481. √"GAME FACE," play by Hilo author Zena Zeller, part of the Aloha Performing Arts Company 15th Original Play Festival; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15; Aloha Theatre, Kainaliu; $5; 808322-9924.
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Festival brings weekend of blues (and then some)
Despite its name, The Reno Tahoe Blues Festival actually cuts across musical boundaries. Music fans will note its eclectic roster from traditional blues to full-on guitar rock, from vocal R&B and gospel music.
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Slack-key fest features veteran greats, newbies
Here's the ki ho'alu buzz, from Milton Lau, organizer of Sunday's Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival, and presenter of such events not just on O'ahu but the Neighbor Islands:
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Vinyl-loving roots rocker Big Sandy will perform Saturday in Ventura
That memorable Morrissey Moment has come and gone but Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys rock on, including a gig under the fog Saturday evening at the historic Olivas Adobe in Ventura.
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Carson City marks 150th birthday
Beyond the scores of events, dozens of vendors and multiple venues involved with Carson City's Sesquicentennial celebration starting Saturday, the focal point of the festival will be the city's founders, event organizer Maxine Nietz said.
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Biography
Percussionist, composer, ethnomusicologist and Guggenheim Fellow Dr. Anthony Brown is a seminal figure in the contemporary California creative music scene, directing the Asian American Orchestra in addition to performing with some of the foremost musicians in jazz today.
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EquaTrax Readies First Shared Royalty Platform (SRP) for Entertainment Industry
System is Delivered to Universal Music Group, Available to Other Record Companies & is Ready for Adaptation to Film Publishing & Other Media Companies SRP Consolidates Industry's Backroom Functions for In...
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Mike Gordon: In His Own Words
Mike Gordon is an enigmatic, ultra-creative, quirky, passionate and serious musician who constantly strives to reinvent himself and push the lines of artistic expression.
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