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Church News for Aug. 20
Words of Life Ministry sponsors music event Words of Life Ministry will sponsor a night of praise and worship featuring worship leader Doug Birk beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday at Holiday Inn Select, 4341 Veterans Memorial Parkway in St. Peters. For more information, call Pam at 636-970-4477.
St. Charles Journal |
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MEDICALLY SPEAKING: Cochlear implants open world of sound to many with hearing loss
I love music. Just the first few bars of a favorite song eases stress and puts me in a better state of mind. I can't imagine life without it.
St. Charles Journal |
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The Weekend Warrior: August 22 - 24
ComingSoon.net's The Weekend Warrior offers a preview of the new releases opening the week of Friday, August 22, starting with Jason Statham in Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of Death Race (Universal), Anna Faris and a cast of hot young actresses in Happy Madison's The House Bunny (Sony), Rainn Wilson's rock comedy The Rocker (20th Century Fox) and Ice Cube's football drama The Longshots ...
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Brian Wilson and Capitol/EMI Partner With Gannett for First of Its Kind Album Premiere Promotion for Wilson's That ...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. , Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Music legend Brian Wilson and Capitol Records / EMI are partnering with Gannett for an exclusive premiere of Wilson's new album, That Lucky Old Sun. From August 22 to September 1 , more than 50 Gannett newspaper and TV station websites, including USATODAY.com, will exclusively offer full streaming audio of Wilson's new album before its September 2 ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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City runs out of hotel rooms
KUCHING: A number of ethnic music enthusiasts from overseas have cancelled their trip here for the Rainforest World Music Festival due to accommodation problems.
The Borneo Post |
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PHOTO ADVISORY -- 'Just Stand Up' Star-Studded Charitable Single
resolution photo is available to accompany the news release, NYW038, 'Just Stand Up' Star-Studded Charitable Single Sets Pace for Stand Up To Cancer Fundraising Campaign, issued earlier today by Island Def Jam Music Group.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Billboard.com -- Tegan's To Do's: Books, Videos, Driver's Ed
It's a big month for Tegan Quin of the sisterly Canadian rock duo Tegan and Sara.
Billboard.com |
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Tuesday's sports shorts
MANISTIQUE - Michael Nagy won the men's championship at Indian Lake Golf and Country Club Sunday, weeks before he even enters high school. Nagy, 15, finished the 45-hole event at 192, three strokes ahead of former champion Rob Ryan and Dave Winkel.
The Escanaba Daily Press |
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Piney Woods To Receive Blues Trail Marker
Piney Woods is added to the Mississippi Blues Trail because of its music education program.
WAPT Jackson |
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Parma Heights: Cassidy slates 'Rocky Horror' auditions
"The Rocky Horror Show" will return to Cassidy Theatre Oct. 24, 25, 31 and Nov. 1. Auditions for the show will be held 2-6 p.m. Aug. 24 and 7-10 p.m. Aug. 26. All the roles are open. Actors must be...
Parma Sun Post |
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Software provides direct link to porn
YOUNG children and teens are being unwittingly exposed to pornography, including graphic images involving children, by using a hugely popular software program that downloads music and videos.
News Interactive |
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Desert Rose Band Is (Temporarily) Back
Aug. 19, 2008 — One of the coolest country bands of the late 1980s was the Desert Rose Band, a group led by ex-Byrds founder Chris Hillman that came together when Dan Fogelberg cut a country album, High Desert Snows. And readers of the comic strip Nancy discovered over the weekend that the group is now "Reunited." Nancy’s character Aunt Fritzi, wore a T-shirt in Saturday’s edition with the ...
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Jerry Douglas "Glides" Into Marketplace
Aug. 19, 2008 — Jerry Douglas titled his last album Best Kept Secret, a rather humorous nod to the fact that while he’s well-known on Nashville’s Music Row, he’s not quite a household name with the general public. That’s begun to change in recent years, in part because when he signed up with Alison Krauss’ band, they agreed to tack his name onto the official banner: Alison Krauss + Union Station ...
Great American Country |
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York's Summerfest is Saturday.
The city of York's 25th Annual Summerfest is Saturday and expects to attract nearly 50,000 visitors. York's main street – Congress Street – will be blocked off for foot traffic from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the street will be lined with more than 100 food and craft vendors, as well as live music and one of the largest classic car shows in the Southeast. Trinity United Methodist Church at 22 ...
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Glen Campbell Finds Songs that Fit
Aug. 19, 2008 — Glen Campbell made a huge career out of picking the right songs to sing, including "Wichita Lineman," "Gentle On My Mind," "Galveston" and "Rhinestone Cowboy." On his album Meet Glen Campbell, out today, he’s covered a wide range of artists, from John Lennon and U2 to the Foo Fighters and the Velvet Underground.
Great American Country |
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Jewel’s Haggard Past Meets Paisley Present
Aug. 19, 2008 — When Brad Paisley invited Jewel to take the No. 2 slot on his Paisley Party Tour, she knew it was a great opportunity for her to show off her country roots to a select audience. What she didn’t know was that it would also be a chance to link one of the genre’s greatest singer-songwriters with one of its current top talents.
Great American Country |
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Jessica Simpson Networks
Aug. 19, 2008 — Jessica Simpson hit the Top 20 with her first country single, "Come On Over," and now it’s getting even more exposure as a musical invitation to TV viewers in ABC’s on-air promotions for the special "CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock."
Great American Country |
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American Classics Fest at Clinton Library
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - The Clinton Presidential Center is sponsoring a festival that will include a barbecue contest, live music and other activities to mark the opening of its coming motorcycle exhibit, the Art of the Chopper.
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Jesse Mccartney Happy with Music Success
Former "All My Children" actor Jesse McCartney says he is pleased to have surprised so many people with his song-writing skills. The singer, who will perform at Nokia Theatre Times Square in New York Tuesday, said he was happy to have shocked those who never anticipated such a "drastic change" from the young actor-singer, Newsday reported Sunday.
Teen Music |
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Staying in tune
I believe that every home has certain essential needs: love, laughter, honesty and toilet paper. Butter and canned soup are also important. Oh, and music. Every house needs music.
Fergus-Elora News Express |
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‘Canton Idol’ will be added to Festival lineup
A new event will be featured at the Canton Friendship Festival this year. It is called "Canton Idol," fashioned after the popular television show, American Idol. The contest will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the festival grounds.
The Canton Daily Ledger |
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Dogs audition for musical tribute
Up to a dozen dogs are being selected to take part in A Song For Jack, a musical tribute to a life-saving dog.
icWales |
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Dean Ween goes fishing
Dean Ween tends to make not-so-serious music with his alt-rock band, Ween. But he's a serious fisherman. And he is documenting his fishing adventures with a series of short films on the Web site, www.brownietroopfs.com .
The Star-Ledger |
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Bono pumps up the volume on new songs
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Rock stars may have to rein in their taste for loud music after a fan overheard U2 frontman Bono listening to tracks from the group's forthcoming album and recorded them before posting the songs on the Internet.
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Music Review: Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Arabia
It's sad when artists (and others) have to leave their native lands to pursue their dreams. World music label Putumayo has explored the Arabic milieu before, with collections of pop, dance music, and electronica from the Arab world. Its new compilation, Acoustic Arabia, shows a softer side of that set of traditions - quiet, but not without variety and pulse. "Arabic" music spans a wide range of ...
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