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Local rockers Die-ing to find their audience
Commercial radio gives us every reason to believe that Boston suburbs love straight-ahead hard rock. So it's indicative of a dysfunctional music industry that We're...
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HSC students set for concert
Eighteen of Armidale’s talented HSC Music students preparing for their practical exams next month will be showing Armidale residents just how far they have come next week, with a concert at the Old Teachers’ College.
Armidale Express |
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Uh Huh Her is a pretty picture on paper: Its face is the well-dressed duo of "The L-Word" actress Leisha Hailey and singer-producer Camila Grey. But the music inside the package wears all the marks of a vanity project.
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10:10 a.m. - Musicians wanted for Guam Symphony Orchestra
10:10 a.m., Aug. 20 — The Guam Symphony Orchestra will begin rehearsals – for string players only – for its 42nd concert season at 7 p.m. on Monday at the University of Guam Fine Arts rehearsal room.
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Postcard from the Olympics
The Beijing Olympics Cheerleaders! While you enjoy the commercials on TV when there is changeover or time out, we the audience have the privilege of watching the Beijing cheerleaders. It is men and women. And whenever there is a time out or end of half or a quarter the dance troupe takes over and with popular U.S. rock 'n roll or country music or popular Chinese sing and dance to support them ...
Poughkeepsie Journal |
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Rocking with the Sox: Jon Lester
What musical selections would Jon Lester like to hear in the Red Sox clubhouse? The emerging star pitcher's answer is the sonic equivalent to the variety of pitches...
Boston Herald |
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'The Rocker' plays well
Rainn Wilson stars in "The Rocker," which is funny without falling prey to the bitterness and self-loathing that plagues modern comedies.
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Tenn. trooper accused of snooping on media, musician
A Tennessee state trooper was suspended Tuesday after investigators said he used his position to conduct 182 background checks _ at least some of them unauthorized _ on people including two journalists and a country music figure.
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Tribute to Tamil artistes
THE Tamil Artistes Association of Malaysia (PATM) is organising Hari Seniman Tamil Malaysia (Malaysian Tamil Artistes Day) on Aug 30.
The New Straits Times |
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Response: Reading music is a basic skill that all GCSE students should learn
Response: Denying youngsters the chance to learn staff notation disempowers them, says Elliott Randall
Guardian Unlimited |
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Illness halts Glitter's trip
Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter fell ill during the night and has been taken to a clinic at Bangkok's airport for treatment, an immigration official says.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Tribute to Tamil artistes
THE Tamil Artistes Association of Malaysia (PATM) is organising Hari Seniman Tamil Malaysia (Malaysian Tamil Artistes Day) on Aug 30. The event pays tribute to all Tamil language actors, singers, television personalities, producers and directors.
The New Straits Times |
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Roseanne Cash: Don't speak for Johnny
Singer-songwriter Roseanne Cash says she's appalled by others invoking the name of her father, music legend Johnny Cash, to further their own agendas.Writing on her Web site, Roseanne Cash, a Grammy winner with 11 No. 1 country music singles since 1979, took exception to unnamed people appropriating the memory of her father, who died five years ago. While not singling out anyone in the post, the ...
Moldova.org |
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Review: 'Rocker'
For those who miss "The Gilmore Girls," you can not only catch Alexis Bedel in "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," but now you can also revisit one of the former TV series' subplots in Peter Cattaneo's "The Rocker." The opening date of the film was shifted...
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Debut album launched in Cathcart
THE Cathcart Hall was once again alive with music and toe tapping fun as local musician, Jay Podger presented an entertaining concert to launch his debut album on Sunday.
Bombala Times |
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'The Rocker's' Teddy Geiger finds harmony
The singer whose album 'Underage Thinking' put him on the 'tween radar finds satisfaction on-screen as well. Hiding behind his floppy, jet-black hair, Teddy Geiger looks like any other kid making the uncomfortable transition between teenager and young adult. His shoulders hunched, his hands thrust deeply into his jeans pockets as he wanders through a throng of shoppers at the Grove on his way ...
Los Angeles Times |
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Glasgow tunes into music decision
Glasgow is set to learn if its application to become a United Nations City of Music has been successful.
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Bubba Can Cook is the second annual Music Festival and Barbeque Cook Off to assist with raising funds for the ...
This event was planned to encourage people within Grimes County to assist with scheduled projects within communities throughout Grimes County and keep their donations “here at home” for projects benefiting children, seniors, families, and friends and community projects.
Navasota Examiner |
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A blues explosion on the Southside
From seven local bands to 140-plus Canadian and international acts. Over the past decade, the Southside Shuffle Port Credit Blues & Jazz Festival has developed into not only one of Mississauga’s favourite summer events, but one of the major stops on North America’s blues festival circuit.
Mississauga News |
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Tegan goes solo for side projects
It's a big month for Tegan Quin of the Canadian sibling rock duo Tegan and Sara.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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In the Arts
Local jazz vocalist Chelsea Palermo will appear at Tim McLoone's Supper Club at 1200 Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park at 8 p.m. Aug. 21. Judy Barnett and her band Jazz-A-Teria will be swinging at the hot new spot in Asbury Park on Aug. 23.
Independent |
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Japan warns of iPod nano fire risk
USERS of Apple iPod nanos have been warned of a potential fire risk after two instances in which the popular portable music players overheated.
Irish Examiner |
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Cellular sounds
There is hardly an Israeli artist whose music has not already been matched with one of the cellular operators, be it Berry Sakharof, Yehudit Ravitz, Aviv Geffen and even the late Meir Ariel.
Haaretz Daily |
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Calendar of Events
Today Downtown Rotary Club, 6:45 a.m., IHOP. Strong Woman exercise 9 a.m., music by Williams Brothers Bluegrass Gospel 9:30 a.m., Pitch and Dominoes 1 p.m., music by the Williams Brothers Bluegrass Gospel and the Redell Gang 6 p.m., Pope County Senior Activity Center.
The Russellville Courier |
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Podcast: Music and the brain
Is music just "auditory cheescake" or can it provide deep insights into the workings of the brain and the evolution of language? From the New Zealand haka to raves and dancing birds, James Randerson investigates
Guardian Unlimited |
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