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Texas Music Legend Joe Ely Sends His DNA and Nobel Laureate Insights into Space
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. This alliance aims to unite and mobilize the worldwide gaming community with Planet Make-Over's mission by sending the digitized DNA of Texas Music Legend Joe ...
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He’ll be singing it out for HandiKids
“Singing for a cause” has special meaning for West Bridgewater resident Josh Freitas, who currently is attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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Dave Matthews sax player LeRoi Moore dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LOS ANGELES - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday...
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Chicago - Abba Sing-along To Highlight Labor Day Screenings
Universal may entice fans of the hit musical Mamma Mia! to return to the theaters over Labor Day by presenting a "Sing-Along Edition" in select theaters, complete with the ...
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Music: Xiu Xiu
Sat., Aug. 23... By Chad Radford With Women as Lovers, XIU XIU main man Jamie Stewart constructs a captivating train wreck of damaged pop melodies that swim in the sounds of overdrive and calamity. The Bay Area post-noise troubadour fronts a trio for this go-around Sat., AUG. 23, shouldering a balance of emotionally frazzled emotions with a haze of gorgeous and spooky resonance. Distressed ...
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Music: Willis Prudhomme
Sat., Aug. 23... By David Lee Simmons WILLIS PRUDHOMME is one of the few remaining zydeco musicians who can trace his heritage almost as far back as the music itself. The Kinder, La., native, the son of sharecroppers, was himself a farmer before picking up the harmonica at age 45. He switched to accordion and was tutored by Cajun great Nathan Abshire. His soft vocal strains carry along two-steps ...
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Upcoming: Short List
Remixt , Dragon*Con and more... August 23 Saturday Mint Gallery is celebrating the muselike relationship between music and visual arts with REMIXT, an exhibit showcasing Atlanta's vast music and art scenes. Members of Judi Chicago, Vera Fang and Sealions, as well as other local singer/songwriters and musicians, have contributed mixtapes patrons can listen to via Walkman while perusing artwork ...
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The Rocker: A different drummer
Rainn Wilson marches to his own beat... By Curt Holman In the pop culture pantheon, character actor Rainn Wilson commands a status somewhere between icon, guru and field marshal -- for geeks. Audiences know Wilson for playing cerebral weirdos such as the creepy man-child Arthur on "Six Feet Under" and his Emmy-nominated role as would-be corporate alpha male Dwight Schrute on NBC's "The Office." ...
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
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Coming up
Violet Township Community Picnic, 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, at Pickerington High School Central, 300 Opportunity Way. Registration deadline is Aug. 18. Cost is $20 to rent a table with eight chairs; individual chairs are $3 each. Blessid Union of Souls will headline the live music performances. Call (614) 382-5989.
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‘Idol’ down to 4
TORONTO — Canadian Idol contestants performed music of the Fab Four as the CTV program pared down to the Final Four hopefuls. Toronto’s Mookie Morris was the latest competitor to be eliminated as voters judged them on singing Beatles songs.
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This Just In
Rockin' Hardware Give a whole room, or a piece of furniture, an unusual and affordable makeover with
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Village getting ready for annual Labor Day Festival
There's so much entertainment lined up for this year's Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival that two full-time stages are needed.
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Mariachi in Tucson
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 (10:50 a.m.) Tucson, Ariz., loves its mariachi music.
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Baby Einstein(TM) Founder Julie Clark and Jennifer Garner Host 10th Anniversary Celebration
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. Hosted by Baby Einstein founder Julie Clark, and actress and mom, Jennifer Garner, partygoers strolled, crawled and toddled down a colorful caterpillar carpet toward baby-friendly discovery zones ...
Centre Daily Times |
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John Mayer Talks Music, Not Love
At a concert in Charlotte, he philosophically tells fans that "life is long"
People Magazine |
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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.
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A&A Fish Fry on Friday, Saturday
The Ashland and Adams Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry will be Friday and Saturday at the A&A VFD Fire Barn on Walters Road. The festivities will begin with a meal at 4 p.m. Friday, followed with gospel music at 5:30 p.m., a dunk tank, the National Guard and a silent auction.
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Shoe drive to be added to walk-a-thon, festival
Last year, Becca Mount joined her daughter, Meredith -- then a first-grader at Tyler Run Elementary School in Powell -- in walking to school for the Walk-A-Thon and Fall Festival.
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Kingsburg Idol competition to be part of 2008 Crayfish Festival
"Kingsburg Idol" will be presented in concert on stage at the 2008 Kingsburg Crayfish & Jazz Festival. Contestants will need to complete entry forms at the Kingsburg District Chamber of Commerce. Vocalists are welcome to participate, and for the first year there are no age restrictions.
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Ski Report
Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival presented by Calamos Investments. Five-day music festival held in Snowmass Town Park in Snowmass Village. Performers include: Widespread Panic, Global Noize, The New Mastersounds, John Fogerty, Dwight Yoakam, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Jerry Douglas.
Aspen Daily News |
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Board questions Lab Band bookkeeping
A local youth music program with a national following has suspended its director and is trying to account for discrepancies in its bookkeeping.
The World |
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Hundreds attend funeral service for Alexandria Zoo Director Les Whitt
Les Whitt was remembered today as a man who loved music, loved animals and loved the Alexandria Zoo.
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Jazz and Blues Festival canceled
The Columbus Jazz and Blues Festival, which was scheduled for Sept. 26 and 27, will be postponed until spring 2009, event organizer Brice Miller said, noting the Brice Miller Foundation’s executive board and the Columbus Jazz and Blues Festival advisory committee decided to postpone the event because of “the unfortunate economic situation both locally and nationally.”
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Noxubee County celebrates its blues heritage with marker
MACON — At first glance, Willie King may not have seemed any different from the nearly 100 people gathered near the corner of Green Street and Jefferson Street on a warm Mississippi Tuesday morning.
The Commercial Dispatch |
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Review: Jesse McCartney in concert
Jesse McCartney's new tour leaves no doubt that he is set for a while new level of stardom.
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