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MILES TO GO
What’s in a name? Ask on-the-cusp singer Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson It’s not unusual for struggling musicians to seek out members of established bands for advice. For Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, though, things never seem to happen in the usual way.
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Texas Music Legend Joe Ely Sends His DNA and Nobel Laureate Insights into Space
AUSTIN, Texas----Operation Immortality, the project to create a digital time capsule of the human race, has again joined forces with Planet Make-Over, an entertainment driven social network designed to demonstrably reverse the effects of Global Warming.
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A salute to persistent musical theatre writers in 'What's that Smell . . .'
NEW YORK - Somehow they go on - the intrepid performers and writers of musical theatre. Such is the saga apparently told in "What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling," a satiric look at one theatre composer's persistent attempts to make it big.
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Tennessee Trooper Accused of Snooping on Media, Musician
Investigators said he used his position to conduct 182 background checks on people including two journalists and a country music figure.
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Roger Creager
Beer, babes and an undying love for all things Texan are the regular themes addressed in the music of country singer Roger Creager, who’s performing today at Cactus Music and the Record Ranch. The Corpus Christi native has released albums including I Got the Guns and Having Fun All Wrong, featu ...
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Around West County:
Whitney Prickett of Bowie holds Ruby, 9 months, as her sons Baden, 4, and Holden, 6, pet the tail of an almost 220-pound albino Indian rock python named Big Banana’s Brother. Earlier this month, the python and other reptiles were brought to the O’Malley Senior Center for a Grandparents Day event.
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Artful Thursday: Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess is perhaps the most controversial opera in the history of American music, and you can get the lowdown on it when cast members of the Houston Ebony Opera company join the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for a preview and discussion at Artful Thursday: Porgy and Bess. Believe us, there ...
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Judas Priest's Screaming Seer Rob Halford
I'm in Bucharest, Romania, right now, about to leave for a festival gig," relays Judas Priest lead singer Rob Halford. "We're in Turkey tomorrow — it just shows you the reach of heavy metal music!" Though known for his distinctive high-pitched wailing on a slew of essential head-banging track ...
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Mercy Montessori Welcomes Students To Renovations
The $2 million upgrade includes four new classrooms, a library, art and music rooms and expanded child care facilities.
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Underground Soul Sessions
Saturday, Houstonians hungry for mature black music will most likely feel their prayers have been answered — the Arena's Underground Soul Sessions brings not one, not two, but six vocalists from various layers in the progressive R&B strata to town. Leading off is the reigning prince of DIY sou ...
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Top iTunes downloads
Top 10 albums on iTunes Music Store for Aug. 20:
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Village expands Picnic in the Park with tractor pull
SUBLETTE - The healthy young bucks of Sublette can show off their might at a tractor-pull contest at this year's Picnic in the Park festival.
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Baby Einstein(TM) Founder Julie Clark and Jennifer Garner Host 10th Anniversary Celebration
GLENDALE, Calif.----Baby Einstein has been a mom's "must have" for the past decade and today, dozens of giggling babies and parents helped celebrate its 10th anniversary at a special event at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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Christian Brothers Automotive puts customers, service first
Once a customer steps inside the waiting room at Christian Brothers Automotive in Atascocita, he or she is greeted with plush leather couches, relaxing music and a bottle of water. With this welcome, customers might forget they are waiting for their car to be serviced.
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Music Resistance Is Futile: Broken Social Scene eventually will add everyone to the collective
It's not unusual for Brendan Canning to forget their names. They all pop in and out so quickly--who could remember a Betsy from a Jane anyway? They hook up with the band before the show, a friend of a friend or a someone from a local band. The girls come onstage, sing a song or two, filling in for one of the various members of Broken Social Scene--women like Leslie Feist and Metric...
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McCoy's season 2 to start Sept. 25
The second season at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts will feature country music, Shakespeare, "Footloose" and more.
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Springsteen waves his mighty wand over Hershey
HERSHEY — Bruce Springsteen’s latest CD is titled “Magic,” and for a man that many consider to be the greatest songwriter of our time, that word could also easily be applied to his live shows. And that is not said in an attempt to be cute or to offer an easy play on words. Magic — real magic-—is not often seen. It is an experience one senses very few times in a lifetime.
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David A. crushes competition
I'm reversing the order of the posts this week, because the big news is on the download side (you're getting this even before the general music sales post goes up). David A.'s first single, Crush, makes its debut at No....
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TukeeFest ready to get Rockin' in the Park
Rockin' in the Park next month will feature music, bounce houses for children and a rock wall.
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Fulton Ranch hosting Euro Market promotion
Event will feature music and tables filled with handmade pottery, jewelry, paintings and other creations.
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Sarnia's Greekfest set to expand
By OBSERVER STAFF There will be more souvlaki and Greek music than ever before. Sarnia-Lambton’s newest festival, Greekfest, is expanding in response to last year’s successful turnout. Promoters say there will be more food and entertainment, as well as a a Greek art exhibit. The [...]
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Glitter skips London flight and goes to Hong Kong
Disgraced British glam rocker Gary Glitter flew to Hong Kong on Wednesday, airline officials said, after Thai police barred him from entry following his release from three years' prison in Vietnam for child sex abuse.
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Catch band Irish Blessings tonight
Get into the Irish spirit with a music and performances by Irish Blessing from 4 to 5 tonight at the Yorktowne Hotel, 48 E. Market St. in York. Come for the tunes, but stay for the announcement.
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Iron Chef cooks at Grand Ole Opry
As the new host of Food Network's Dinner: Impossible, Iron Chef Michael Symon takes the Grand Old Opry stage as part of the show's season, which premieres tonight. The series tests the skills of respected chefs as they prepare food in intense timed culinary challenges. In the second episode, which airs Wed., August 27 at 11 p.m. Symon joins country musician James Otto to prepare a meal for 300 ...
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“Starry Eyed Surprise” Oakenfold
The man behind the song is famed producer/DJ Paul Oakenfold, who travels the world putting on concerts where he showcases his mixing skills.
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