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R&B pioneer Jerry Wexler dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rhythm and Blues pioneer Jerry Wexler, who helped build Atlantic Records into a music powerhouse in the 1950s and 1960s with artists like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, died in Florida on Friday at age 91, Atlantic Records said.
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Belinda Carlisle is still on the Go-Go
We really did belong to a club. There were degrees of membership, of course - hey, nice asymmetrical haircut! - but one thing was for certain: if you were lucky enough to have lived through the new-wave music invasion of the early 1980s, Long Island was the place to be.
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Here's what's happening this weekend
The Tallahassee Rollergirls fierce Capital Punishment roller-derby squad takes on The Hustlers (from Texas) when the "Scar Wars: Episode 1" bout gets rolling at 7 p.m. Saturday at the North Florida Fairgrounds. There will be live music by Knock Galley West during halftime.
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St. Marys Man Records Song Inspired By Obama Speech
A Northeast Kansas 18 year old is making a big splash across the globe with his voice, all with the help of a local recording artist. Anthony DeLallo is using music to be heard from the Heartland.
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Biltmore Who's Who Selects Christopher Nemec as an Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry
MEMPHIS, Tenn.----Christopher Nemec, Classical Musician, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes Christopher Nemec's commitment to excellence in many different aspects of the music industry, from the church and local retirement homes, to grandeur concert houses and venues.
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Giddy-Up Gala to feature ‘High Ground’
The Shortgrass Arts and Humanities Council is sponsoring the Oklahoma bluegrass band "High Ground" at the Giddy-Up Gala Friday, Aug. 22, at 5:30 p.m. at the Jackson County Expo Center. SAHC Board members Annelle Barton, Molly Reid, Iva Nell Templer, Robert Guttormsen, Renee Collingwood and Mary Kruska are shown placing posters and preparing tickets for the bluegrass concert. Thisprogram is ...
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The Barbershop Quartet Festival will be Labor Day weekend
Lakeside will host the Barbershop Quartet Festival on Labor Day Weekend to conclude the Chautauqua’s 2008 summer season.
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MUSIC ON TV
WHO Ne-Yo
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Unpaid Child-Support Cases Abound
While the case of a Greenville music minister who owes nearly $400,000 in child support payments to his ex-wife is an extreme case, Upstate social services officials said there are many other cases where parents owe thousands of dollars.
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Support through sports
Misty Cullen is not yet sure whether she'll join in the fun of actually running in Saturday's Run for Friendship, the latest stop on the Gold Country Grand Prix running series.
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Xbox to sell Warner Music videos
Warner Music Group announced it is adding its library of videos to the Xbox 360.
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Chris Brown vents over song leak; talks about working with reported girlfriend Rihanna
NEW YORK (AP) _ New Chris Brown music has been popping up on the Web — and the singer is not happy about it.
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Hip-hop and jazz: Sharing a similar destiny?
It was the music of rebellion and youth. Artists traded witty improvisations onstage chronicling the pain and the promise of being black in America, inspiring inner-city and rural Southern audiences alike in nightclubs and on street corners.
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Kid Rock to perform at Video Music Awards
NEW YORK (AP) _ Kid Rock is returning to the Video Music Awards for another hit performance — and this time it doesn't involve a fistfight with Tommy Lee.
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Producer who coined 'rhythm and blues' dies
The Atlantic Records producer helped Aretha Franklin to stardom and Bob Dylan win his first Grammy. Jerry Wexler, the influential Atlantic Records producer who coined the term "rhythm and blues" before helping shape that music into one of the most powerful musical forces of the 1950s and '60s, died this morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 91.
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Canton gospel celebration planned
Cynthia Goodloe Palmer and the Canton Gospel Music Association will present the fifth annual Canton Gospel Music Celebration and Scholarship Awards at 5 p.m. Aug. 24 at Canton High School, 634 Finney Road in Canton.
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Playing in harmony
SIKESTON -- An area resident is teaching piano in a way that's a bit different from the norm.
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Merchants near city's colleges look forward to August rush from students' arrival
As summer winds down, business speeds up for Wilmington merchants catering to college students - especially at student hangouts like coffee houses and music stores.University of North Carolina Wilmington students start classes Wednesday, while Cape Fear Community College began its fall semester Friday.
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Local garage band makes mark on neighborhood music scene
Maybe it’s the rock ‘n’ roll that keeps them young. But a Wheaton band, that will play at 9 p.m. Saturday at Curly’s, 499 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Glen Ellyn, is bridging the generation gap and giving a few middle-aged musicians another shot at the easy-going feel of the garage band.
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Birdland Jazz Club Announces September 2008 Schedule
Birdland (315 West 44th Street - between 8th & 9th Aves.) is pleased to announce an exciting line-up of extraordinary entertainment for the month of September.
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Producer taps into Bollywood sound
Mississauga music producer Vikas Kohli is making his mark in the Bollywood film scene after producing a song for the Indian movie Mission Istaanbul . Kohli, who owns Mississauga's FatLabs music studio, produced the track Apun Ke Saath.
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Wilson tackles Rock Radio
Mississauga rocker Brad Wilson is taking his sound to the radio. But instead of his music, it's his voice he's bringing to the airwaves. Wilson, who fronts local rock band, SFD, is broadcasting live on Monday evenings as host of The Toronto Rock Radio Show on internet station K94 Rocks.
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Activision Hits Back at Warner Music
Activision's Robert Kotick responds to Warner Music's requests for more royalty money from music...
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Andrew McMahon on His Music and Fighting Cancer
Three years ago, Andrew McMahon was diagnosed with leukemia. On 'The Glass Passenger,' he sings about his experience.
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Packers: Rodgers returns home
SAN FRANCISCO — Spin the menu wheel on Aaron Rodgers' iPod these days, and you come across an eclectic mix of artists in the Recently Played list. Pete Murray. Counting Crows. Jack Johnson. Anberlin. Switchfoot. But as the Green Bay Packers new starting quarterback prepared this week for tonight's preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers, the admitted country music fan knew the perfect ...
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