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Jerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91
NEW YORK -- Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, said his son, Paul. He was 91.
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Jerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91
NEW YORK - Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, said his son, Paul. He was 91.
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MTV Loves Britney Spears to Pieces
Is Britney Spears feeling some pressure to perform at MTV's upcoming Video Music Awards? Well, the gal definitely has good reason to take to the stage. She's just nabbed a third...
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Producer sues 'High School Musical' star for $5 million
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A music producer has sued Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million, claiming the actress and her father have repeatedly violated a contract and failed to pay him his share of her earnings.
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Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over song in ad
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jackson Browne doesn't want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics.
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Boone's Lick State Historic Site hosts folk festival Sept. 1
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Step back into the 19th century at the Folk Festival on Monday, Sept. 1, at Boone's Lick State Historic Site near Boonesboro. Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Boonslick Area Tourism Council, the event is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
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Hard Core Logo 2 Coming?
Do you think Joe Dick is dead? Think again. At Thursday night's Hard Core Logo tribute show , director Bruce McDonald revealed that he and Hugh Dillon (the Canadian rocker turned Flashpoint actor) have been working on a sequel to the rock mockumentary that gave Dillon his first acting job.
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Mingle Freely
That is, get Mingle , The Saturday Knights' latest all-star party album that is blowing everyone's minds in the music world and beyond, for free right now. Go to music blog Seattle Subsonic for the download link, and do it now, because soon Seattlest's favorite hiphop/rock/?!! album of the year will cost you money again! Our favorite tracks: "Dog Star," "Private School Girl," and "Nobody ...
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The KUT on-air personalities behind the music
Aside from death metal, crunk and "Stairway To Heaven," you're likely to hear just about anything on KUT. Austin being Austin, there's a lot of y'alternative, indie rock and singer-songwriter stuff. But there's great blues and rhythm and blues, electronica, you name it.
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Musician Jackson Browne Sues McCain, GOP
Jackson Browne, a musician as well-known for his music as his support for Democrats and liberal policies, doesn't want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics.
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KUT's 50 years of not playing the hits
University's radio station built listener loyalty by sounding like Austin, delivering story behind the music.
Austin American-Statesman |
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Britney Spears Nominated for Top MTV Award
Whatever their reasoning, MTV fans clearly want to see Britney Spears take the Video Music Awards stage again.
Hollywood.com |
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Zimbabwe: Zhakata Takes Zora to Rural Communities
THE empowerment drive seems to have caught up with everyone, including Zora musician Leonard Zhakata, who for the past months has taken his music to rural and marginalised communities.
AllAfrica.com |
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Block Party time again!
Friday, August 15, 2008 at 2:44 p.m. Downtown is the place to be tomorrow night for the 13th Annual Center City Block Party. The gates open at 4:00 p.m. with music, food, and fun.
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Rockingham gets arts council grants
The N.C. Arts Council will invest $80,914 in grants for arts programs and projects in Caswell, Person and Rockingham counties in 2008-09. Three organizations in Rockingham County were awarded grants.
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DREAM CRUISE EVENTS LISTING
TODAY A Champagne Cruise will be 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. will be at Westborn Market, 27659 Woodward Ave., Berkley. There will be a taste fest with food from area restaurants, live music by the Jerry Ross Band, a preview of the Woodward Dream Cruise, silent and live auctions and champagne.
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John Rich's McCain Song to Be Featured at GOP Convention
John Rich's music video for "Raisin' McCain" will be featured during the Republican National Convention taking place Sept. 1-4 in Minneapolis.
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Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts Sing Out From Greeting Cards
Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and a dozen or so other country artists are reaching new fans through "sound cards" designed, licensed and distributed by the Hallmark greeting card company.
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Local songwrite brings Cruisers 'Hot Rod Molly'
Woodward Dream Cruise music keeps rolling out of Jerry Czykalowskyj. Last year, Czykalowskyj (chick-a-low-skeh) -- a Sterling Heights resident who also has a home in Independence Township -- wrote "Festival of Wheels," a rocking ditty that pays tribute to the Dream Cruise.
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Shoals Music Legend Jerry Wexler Dies at 91
Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats and founded the "Muscle Shoals Sound Machine, has died at the age of 91.
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Foggy start to this year's Balloon Festival
LEWISTON - An early morning fog cleared just after 7 a.m. Friday, opening up the sky for a crew of waiting balloonists to kick off the 16th Annual Great Falls Balloon Fest.
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LL Cool J sees more music projects in his future
ATLANTA (Reuters Life!) - Rapper-actor LL Cool J finished his last album under a contract with Def Jam Records that spanned two decades, but told Reuters it was not likely to be his final music project.
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Musician looking to simply play ‘his music’
Local folk musicians will take centre stage for Fort Saskatchewan’s first ever Folk Night this fall. The event will take place Oct. 24 at the Shell Theatre in the Dow Centennial Centre and will showcase guitarist Joe Nolan along with several others.
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That Resurrected Feeling: The Hold Steady @ 9:30
Rock 'n' roll has always been lousy with dudes who dance like women, but Craig Finn — the high-school-math-teacher-lookin' frontman of The Hold Steady, as if you didn’t know by now — is possibly the only guy in the game who dances like a five-year-old girl. That is: Elbows in. Forearms out. Knees high. Eyes squinted shut. Beatific grin. Jazz hands all over the place. Most of us are only ...
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Rocker Jackson Browne sues McCain over a song
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock star Jackson Browne has sued U.S. presidential candidate John McCain for copyright infringement, accusing the presumptive Republican nominee of using the singer's 1977 hit "Running on Empty" in a campaign ad without permission.
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