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Singer-Songwriter Issue: Rupa Marya leads the charge toward boundary-busting pop
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
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Busy few days end on high note
Music students at St John's College are still floating on cloud nine after successful performances at the City of Orange Eisteddfod and Dubbo Jazz Festival.
Daily Liberal |
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Cops: Musician Among Targets of Snooping Trooper
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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NYC hosts 9 bicycle racks designed by Talking Heads singer and bike enthusiast David Byrne
NEW YORK - Musician, artist and bicycling enthusiast David Byrne has designed nine unusual bike racks that have been installed around New York City. The Department of Transportation says the artistic installations by the Talking Heads singer are meant to spark interest in bicycling.
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Israel Fears a Thief Stole Bits of Its Musical Legacy
In Israel?s national library, the search for missing musical archives is just getting started.
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Memorial exhibition set Friday
Tickets are going fast for the fireworks and musical extravaganza to be staged in memory of Capt. Erick Foster, who was killed in Iraq last year. Tickets sales are in the 3,000 range for a fireworks and musical extravaganza set for Friday at the Oil City High School football stadium.
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Music Review: Don Rimini - Kick 'N Run EP
Don Rimini's introduction on Delicious Gutter is a pleasing EP. Don Rimini probably wants to kick your ass. Like a mafia linchpin with an infatuation with sick club beats, Don Rimini comes off as a sort of Scarface-meets-Moby type. He’s bad, mean, and lethal.“You’re chillin’ with the Don Rimini, bitch,” he tells us in between songs on his Kick ‘N Run EP.With a sort of...
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Movie review: ‘The Rocker’ rolls to mediocrity
"The Rocker," which opens in theaters Wednesday, is the cinematic equivalent of elevator music: bland, occasionally entertaining and, once it's over, utterly forgettable.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Nick Moss Produces Magic Slim & The Teardrops' Midnight Blues , In Stores Sept. 9
James Cotton, Lonnie Brooks, Lil' Ed, Otis Clay, and Elvin Bishop also cameo on Magic Slim's latest... Magic Slim & The Teardrops have enlisted an all-star cast of blues musicians to help them with their new album Midnight Blues, due in stores September 9 from Blind Pig Records.With multiple Blues Music Award-nominee Nick Moss producing, the 71-year old Slim and his band was joined by the great ...
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Activison-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Fires Back at Warner Music
Says Warner exec's comments "one-sided" and not "respectful of how much we've done."
1up.com |
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Yosi, banda at ukay
Ka-blog! brings you the hottest issues and coolest gigs for teens this Saturday. Mico examines the prevalence of smoking among teens, Monica becomes groupie for a day to bands like Callalily, Urbandub and Rocksteddy while Andrea goes on a shopping trip at ukay-ukays. Visit the Ka-blog! blog .
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Spector retrial in October
Phil Spector will go on trial again for murder in October. His trial last year was declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict. The legendary music producer was arrested in 2003 after actress Lana Clarkson was found murdered at his Los Angeles mansion.
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Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili seems to take over TV news
It's been hard to miss the besieged leader on U.S. news shows, railing about Russia's invasion of his country. He is the leader of a small country that was, until recently, not on the radar for most Americans. But it's been hard to turn on a news channel this month without encountering the angry, brooding glare of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, railing against the Russian troops ...
Los Angeles Times |
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New Album Releases 08/19/08: Staind, Stereolab, The Stills, Dandy Warhols, Juliana Hatfield, Glen Campbell, Ice Cube, ...
Is there still a market for the sour power ballad? I have to admit that I'm not really much of a fan of what Staind does. Personally, I think the sort of grungey "angst rock" these guys specialize in has never really been improved upon since Layne Staley perfected it with Alice In Chains more than ten years ago now.The thing is though, millions of fans disagree with my viewpoint on...
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Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies
Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group's founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died Tuesday from injuries he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June. He was 46.
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Mandy has gone from the basement to her first CD
BROOKFIELD — Mandy Atkins has come a long way since playing guitar as a child in her parents’ basement, in an area that was set up with a make-shift public address system.
The Truro Daily News |
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Big Country to perform at Kapunda
The Big Country Choir will sing at Anlaby Homestead as part of the Anlaby Quadrangle Series with Maggie Beer and Jonathon Welch in “Enchant Your Senses”.
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Women's beach volleyball: What's not to love?
In an oversized sandbox in Beijing Tuesday morning, four women in tiny bikinis jumped around as a DJ screamed over dance music, fans drank beer, Chinese cheered for imperialist Americans and a couple dozen cheerleaders danced suggestively.
Miami Herald |
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Country star chats with just about everyone at Blyth
A drizzly afternoon in Blyth was made shiny and bright by the appearance of country music star Lee Kernaghan on Sunday.
Northern Argus |
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Ex-Bear Stearns Banker Bets on Beijing Rock as CD Sales Jump
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- It's midnight at the Beijing bar D-22 , and Michael Pettis, a 50-year-old American, is rocking to the thumping drums and screaming guitars of the band Rustic.
Bloomberg.com |
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Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Beyonce and Fergie Team Up For Charity Song
Some of the biggest ladies in music have teamed up to record a charity single together called ‘Just Stand Up,’ with proceeds going to the Stand Up to Cancer campaign.
Undercover |
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Re-Broadcasting Michael White Quintet 'S Music and Interview on Ckcufm "Now's the Time"
Tune into Now's the Time on Thursday, August 21st as host Andrew Forbes presents the music of the Michael White Quintet , as well as recordings spanning Michael White's career, and an interview with the musicians.
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Park City Jazz Festival's Education Day Schools Listeners in Soul
Improvisation, loud music and public displays of affection are generally frowned upon in the confines of the classroom and it may be fair to say that, for this reason, jazz music has been at odds with book learning since the first boy band beat out the first note of ragtime on the first dance floor in the 1800s.
All About Jazz |
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Jazz.FM91 Launches Internet Radio Streams
JAZZ.FM91 is pleased to announce the launch of three new, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, commercial-free internet radio streams dedicated to great jazz music.
All About Jazz |
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Apple Says Battery Problem Caused iPod Overheating
SEATTLE -- Apple Inc. said Tuesday that batteries from a single supplier are to blame for the meltdown of some models of its tiny iPod Nano digital music player.
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