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Songwriting is a dance for Sugarland
Sugarland'srecently released Love on the Inside has topped both the country and pop album charts, and produced the hit "All I Want to Do." Those aren't the duo's first successes — Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush have sold more than 5 million albums and had previous No. 1 hits "Settlin'" and "Want To," and No. 2s "Baby Girl" and "Something More."
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CD Reviews: The Trophy Fire - Rock
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) When two guys meet in a philosophy class at the University of San Francisco and go on to form a band, I guess you have to expect lyrics such as "Society can burn into disharmony," from "Jenny Under House Arrest," and "You can't fix...
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CD Reviews: The Play Of Daniel - Classical
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) In this vibrant recording, the Dufay Collective excavates "The Play of Daniel," a liturgical music drama that dates to the 13th century. Authorship of the work, which illustrates two episodes from the biblical Book of Daniel, is...
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Raphael Saadiq revives Motown sound
Raphael Saadiq doesn't much care for the term "neo-soul," a name that's been applied to music made by such singers as Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, India.Arie, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Maxwell, Jill Scott and Saadiq himself. The style mixes elements of old-school...
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Bands at the Outside Lands Festival
ALO Or, more properly, Animal Liberation Orchestra. The creative San Francisco musical collaborators in this group just released their third full-length album, "Roses and Clover," on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records. Twin Peaks, 1 p.m. next Sunday. Nicole...
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Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
When booking the more than 60 acts to appear at the first Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, producers avoided picking bands just because they might be popular. "We wanted what I call 'credibility acts,' " says Gregg Perloff, founder of Another Planet...
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Biography
With the release of, Live Times Five / Quinteto Yo, Canadian-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Stone consolidates a solo recording career long in the making.
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'Tedheads' follow young 'Rocker' star
In "The Rocker," Teddy Geiger makes his feature-film debut as Curtis, a temperamental teenager who pours his feelings into a little black book of rhymes. "He's pretty much me," says Geiger, an actor-musician whose first album, 2006's "Underage Thinking,"...
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This Week
S MUSIC DONNA SUMMER The queen of disco takes another bow in the Bay Area and, while she's bound to get her fans on their feet with some of the hits that made her famous - "Love to Love You Baby," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and, of course, "Last Dance" - she'll...
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An Inside Look at Outside Lands
Today's cover story is big. You'll find just about everything you ever wanted to know about the first Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park, all in a handy eight-page pullout guide. Learn about the headliners - Radiohead, Tom Petty and the...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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'Out of Many, One' to celebrate Jamaica's diverse culture
The Jamaican Folk Singers will be staging its 2008 Concert Season, "Out of Many, One" from September 5 - 14 at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, in celebration of Jamaica's diverse culture, which makes us "Out of Many, One".
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Upcoming PiruFest's art wall requires community's talents
On Aug. 30, a popular wall for graffiti will become a community art piece at the eighth annual PiruFest, organizers said. "This year, we will focus our celebration with an emphasis on youth," said Andy Arias, one of the festival's organizers. "We will utilize a youth art club to help paint our community wall."
Ventura County Star |
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Chester Smith was something special to TV, radio
Just before noon one day in 1956, Chester Smith brought members of his band into Luis Fregoso's El Faro Mexican restaurant on McHenry Avenue. The country-western and gospel singer ordered the El Faro Special combination plate, which included chile relleno, taco, beans, rice and salad.
Modesto Bee |
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Krakow is an old city that feels young
The city in Poland has never been bombed, so its ancient landmarks still stand. But it also feels like a college town, with more than 100,000 students and the sounds of music filling the streets.
Inside Bay Area |
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'Hairspray' is no drag for star Paul Vogt
Sacramento may not be as hip as San Francisco or as glamorous as Los Angeles, but Paul Vogt is here to say that the Great White Way has nothing on our Music Circus. Paul Vogt plays Edna Turnblad in the 1960s-era comedy "Hairspray," the final production in the 2008 Music Circus summer season.
The Sacramento Bee |
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State museum photo exhibit offers 'Dose of Rock 'n' Roll, Pinch of Country'
Photographer Nancy Lee Andrews shares rare glimpse into era of rock music.
The Tennessean |
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Alabama win is Spell-binding
Racing's purest, pulse-pounding essence is this: "My horse can beat your horse." That simple concept was laid bare through the Saratoga stretch Saturday in the $600,000 (Grade I) Alabama as Proud Spell beat Music Note by a head.
New York Daily News |
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Get involved...
THE Duke of Argyll has a personal checklist of rock bands he is planning to watch at this month's Hydro Connect music festival.
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Techno-trash doesn't have to end up in landfill
I buy more music and movies online and my CDs, videos, cassette tapes and even some DVDs are now just taking up space on the shelf. How can I recycle old media materials?
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Beck, Banhart often bring the bizarre
What can be expected from a Beck concert? It's unpredictability. Beck, shown at a concert in Switzerland in June, is known to take his shows in odd – and fun – directions. The ever-accommodating Larry the Cable Guy returns to the Reno Events Center on Saturday.
The Sacramento Bee |
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Area artist paints guitar for Madonna
Local artist Tatiana Rhinevault displays the reverse side of a guitar that she painted as a gift for Madonna’s 50th birthday.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
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Jolt from the new
Want to know where the brave new world of classical music is to be found? Gustavo Dudamel, above, conducts the L.A. Philharmonic this season and takes over as music director next season. The orchestra plays at Walt Disney Concert Hall, left, downtown. Sergerstrom Concert Hall
The Sacramento Bee |
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Mechanicville honors Virgin Mary, celebrates family
MECHANICVILE - Thunderous booms of early morning fireworks shook the city Saturday as the Assumption/St. Paul Parish celebrated the 105th year of the Festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Troy Record |
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Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over song in campaign ad
LOS ANGELES -- Jackson Browne doesn't want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics.
Provo Daily Herald |
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Your craft can make money on a Web site
Are you a budding musician or photographer? Do you have a knack for handicrafts? Then why not make some money off of your talents? You can, thanks to the Internet.
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