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Hollywood star Cox calls for comedy festival to move out of Fringe to let rest of world in
Brian Cox has called for Edinburgh's new comedy festival to be moved out of the Fringe to allow space for its "international spirit" to return.
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Trumpeter for pioneering Jamaican ska band dies
Johnny Moore, a trumpeter and founding member of the pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae band The Skatalites, died of cancer on Saturday. He was 70.
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It's Okay To Drank Your Drug
We want drugs. Admit it, folks. They work. There may be a million practical reasons why we DON’T do them. It doesn’t mean they don’t work. What if you could be really high, right now? Blissfully unaware of life and death, floating in space, feeling just like Jesus’ son. Would you do it? Hmmmmm… oh but no, of course not, that’s awful even to think about. The consequences are just too ...
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Center in the Square Festival
25 years and counting! The Center in the Square reaches a major milestone and celebrates with the entire community.
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Influential Brazilian singer-songwriter Caymmi dies
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian singer-songwriter Dorival Caymmi, who rose to fame in the 1930s by writing a hit song for Carmen Miranda and became known as the grandfather of bossa nova, died on Saturday. He was 94.
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Sugarland Holds Top Album Slot, Taylor Swift Cops No. 1 Song
Sugarland holds onto the country album crown this week with Love on the Inside , and Taylor Swift reaches the summit of Billboard 's country singles chart with "Should've Said No."
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Influential Brazilian singer-songwriter dies
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian singer-songwriter Dorival Caymmi, who rose to fame in the 1930s by writing a hit song for Carmen Miranda and became known as the grandfather of bossa nova, died on Saturday. He was 94.
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Send to Friend
The Ocean City Pops Orchestra, with artistic director William Scheible, present Melissa Manchester on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. at its historic venue, the Music Pier, located at Moorlyn Terrace and the boardwalk.
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Bolt gives Jamaica its first Olympic sprint champ Gay eliminated in semis
The Caribbean makes its presence known in the 100 meter at the Games Usain Bolt isn't among the many athletes who listen to music with headphones before they compete. His coach, Glen Mills, doesn't allow it, worrying it will interfere with Bolt's concentration.
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Ice Cube: 'N.W.A. changed the rules'
BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Rapper Ice Cube says his former band, N.W.A., "changed the rules" of the hip-hop and rap music scene in the United States 20 years ago.
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Clone Wars is fun but forgettable
You'll know you're in a different galaxy within the first seconds of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which substitutes the Warner Bros logo and theme music for the familiar 20th Century Fox searchlight and fanfare.
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Influential Brazilian singer-songwriter Caymmi dies
Brazilian singer-songwriter Dorival Caymmi, who rose to fame in the 1930s by writing a hit song for Carmen Miranda and became known as the grandfather of bossa nova, died on Saturday. He was 94.
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Proud Spell Bests Music Note in Alabama
In a stirring stretch drive, Proud Spell defeated Music Note by a head in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga.
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Court Rejects Halt in Spector's Retrial
Three days is all the extra time Phil Spector is going to get. On Friday, a California appeals court rejected his lawyers' request to halt the music producer's retrial for the...
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Streetfest arrived on the perfect summer day
On a beautiful August day, the sun is shining, music is playing, and everyone seems in good spirits. It's the perfect day for the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area's (DBIA) annual Streetfest and Vintage Car and Truck Show.
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Hip-Hop and Jazz Sharing a Similar Destiny?
ATLANTA, Georgia -- 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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Jerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91
NEW YORK (AP) _ 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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Australian Jazz Meets Indigenous Music for Unique Show
A MODERN abstract jazz band will combine with indigenous musicians - both traditional and contemporary - at a unique show in Darwin this weekend.
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Anita O'Day 'Jazz on a Summer's Day'
PLOT One of the pre-eminent women of jazz, captured through her music and her reflections on a turbulent, rigorously honest life. BOTTOM LINE Swinging, satisfying portrait of a woman who was among the best at what she did. And whom, after this film, you'd really like to have met.
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Bands from all over battle it out
LINDENHURST – Amidst clowns and carnival rides, the first ever Lindenfest Battle of the Bands rolled its way to a success on the main stage Aug. 3, the final day of the festival.
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'Scoop the Loop' features classic cars
GURNEE – Rock and Roll music blasted while cars were lined up in a field for Gurnee’s “Scoop the Loop” car show.
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Answer the missed taal
It is crucial to educate people about classical music while creating a new generation of listeners. With a number of innovative platforms like television, radio and mobile phones available now, there are various ways one can create a buzz for this genre
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Ginny Wellbrock
TAYLOR MILL— Ginny LeFort Wellbrock, 84, died Saturday, Aug. 16, at Brighton Gardens, Edgewood.
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Virgin Records sues Jared Leto’s band
Hardcore fans of 30 Seconds to Mars aren’t the only ones who want more of the band’s music. Virgin Records has sued the group for $30 million, saying it has failed to deliver.
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Search a song
The hard drive of your computer is so full of music that it seems about to explode with all the Daddy Cools and Shakiras flowing out of its bowels.
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