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Experience It Foodstock
Team Brick was on hand last Sunday when four great bands hit the stage for the Foodstock benefit concert Brick co-sponsored at Toad’s Place in Richmond.
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Eugene 'Geno' Williams, Jr., performed with The Platters, dies at 64
It came as no surprise to his family when Eugene "Geno" Williams Jr. was signed to a contract with 1950s rock 'n' roll legends The Platters in 1970. His sister, Shirley DeJean of Fresno, said a love of music came naturally and early for Williams, who grew up in a large family in Fresno. He died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 5 in Las Vegas at 64. "He started singing in the highchair," she said. ...
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No borders!
Singer-songwriter Rupa Marya leads the charge toward boundary-busting pop
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Chill, Throwback, and Makeup Music
I thought it was pretty good, but it’s not like I haven’t heard it before. It’s pretty repetitive. It sounded kind of like “Pass the Dutchie” but in a different key. It sounded like San Diego surf rock.
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Eugene 'Geno' Williams, Jr., performed with The Platters, dies at 64
By PAULA LLOYD It came as no surprise to his family when Eugene "Geno" Williams Jr. was signed to a contract with 1950s rock 'n' roll legends The Platters in 1970. His sister, Shirley DeJean of Fresno, said a love of music came naturally and early for Williams, who grew up in a large family in Fresno. He died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 5 in Las Vegas at 64. "He started singing in the highchair," ...
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Celebrating album release
Hundreds gathered at Hillcrest Baptist Church Saturday night to enjoy a night of country music and young talent during “The Springs” album release party and concert. Lamar Morris and local band “84 West” started off the night with classic and new country hits.
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Concert coordinated by student benefits charities
A concert featuring four local bands will help raise money for the community - and maybe earn a local college student an A.
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Call to Musicians: Submissions for Buckley Tribute Open
8th Annual Jeff Buckley Birthday Tribute Saturday, November 15 Lamberts ( ) Benefiting RoadRecovery.org [ info ] [ tickets ] Jeff Buckley's name is one of the most recognizable in the music world, a remarkable feat for a guy who released only three full-lengths (one was live, one was posthumously pieced together from his in-progress My Sweetheart the Drunk sessions) and died at ...
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A must-see movie for musical gamers
So far I'm really enjoying Reformat the Planet, a documentary about the creators of chiptunes, or music made from video game systems. Pitchfork.tv is hosting the doc for one week, so watch it while you can. It amazes me to...
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Church moves revival indoors, lowers volume
Living Stones Fellowship church members were singing, dancing and praying during Tuesday's youth night like any other night during its month-long revival. Only this time, they did it indoors. Neighbors complained recently about the loud music emanating from the revival tent in the church's parking lot. City officials, who had issued a permit for the tent, ordered the church to move the revival ...
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Pick of the Week 8.21
BOOK TOUCH ME, I’M SICK: THE 52 CREEPIEST LOVE SONGS YOU’VE EVER HEARD Tom Reynolds / Chicago Review Press Let’s get this straight: Reynolds is not a Christgau. He’s not even a Bangs, even though he tries so very, very hard.
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Fischer's Fab 10
Far be it from The Beat to begrudge the success of the Jonas Brothers. As the father of a 10-year-old daughter, we get the appeal. Heck, without catchy, sing-along songs, they could be as cute as you want and it wouldn't matter.
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Paul Reed Smith Guitars adding jobs with manufacturing expansion
Maryland has issued a $10 million bond to Paul Reed Smith Guitars to help fund an 84,000-square-foot expansion at its manufacturing facility in Stevensville.
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About Tonight
Photo by Jing a Ling MUSIC: Tickets are still available to catch renowned Def Jux rapper Aesop Rock at the 9:30 Club . With Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, and openers Yak Ballz & Grayskul. $20, 7 p.m. READING: Daniel Levitin and songwriter and record producer Parthenon Huxley , aka P.Hux, believe they can explain The World in Six Songs — the musical representatives of ...
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New music academy offers lessons and life skills
“We’re excited to be in Marion to help out with the supplementing of education,” Crescendo Music Academy co-owner Cleve Dorsey said during the new academy’s Aug. 5 grand opening. For those interested in signing up for lessons, call (843) 423-9100.
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Reflections on a Great Musician
Orlando Cole, the great American cellist born on Aug. 16, 1908, just celebrated his 100th birthday. His career has bridged two centuries of music-making.
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Disgraced singer Glitter refused entry to Hong Kong
Disgraced British glam rocker Gary Glitter has been refused entry to Hong Kong after arriving from Thailand where he was also barred, a British foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Bridger Hunt: Music part of firework-injured boy's healing
Posted: 12:39 PM- Music is becoming a part of Bridger Hunt's recovery. A music therapist visited the 11-year-old Orem boy in his Primary Children's Medical Center room Tuesday to sing the "I hate the hospital" song.
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MusicMakesFriends strikes chord with Warner
Europe's online music-driven social networking site MusicMakesFriends.com has struck a deal with Warner Music International.
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Gary Glitter rejected by Thailand, Hong Kong
CONVICTED pedophile and former glam rocker Gary Glitter has failed in his attempt to enter Hong Kong.
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Special event trains to run when Titans play
The Music City Star "Game Day Express'' tickets are now available for special event trains to run on dates the Tennessee Titans have September home football games.
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Heather Dale
A barn may seem like an unlikely place for a Celtic concert, especially on a very rainy evening, but Heather Dale, a Toronto bred singer-songwriter, quickly turned the Cornell family’s renovated barn into a warm and inviting environment last Tuesday evening (Aug. 12). Every concert usually has a warm-up band—and the “concert in the barn” was no exception. With the rain rhythmically beating ...
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UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News
Glitter claims heart attackBANGKOK, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Former rocker Gary Glitter claimed he was having a heart attack while at the Bangkok airport and refused to board a flight to Britain, the BBC reports.Glitter was on his way from Vietnam, where he spent nearly three years in prison for sexually abusing two girls.Vietnam deported Glitter, 64, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, after ...
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Davis, Wooten, Anderson, Cahoon and More Cast in NYMF's Bonnie and Clyde
Casting has been announced for the New York Musical Theatre Festival production of Bonnie & Clyde: A Folktale , which is billed as a "side splittin' toe tappin' gun totin' musical."
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Symphony aims to net final players by month's end
With its inaugural concert season coming in October, the New Albany Symphony Orchestra is hoping to net its final round of musicians during Aug. 28 auditions.
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