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Musharraf chills out on first day out of office
ISLAMABAD: Pervez Musharraf spent his first day out of office as Pakistan’s president catching up with his family and friends - and listening to old Bollywood songs by Mohamed Rafi.
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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 also was barred, a British foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
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AP Exclusive: Crow offers free music to voters
Sheryl Crow is giving away free music - a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote.
Centre Daily Times |
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Local bands to battle at Griffin Festival
A NEW Battle of the Bands competition will be held as part of the festivities for the 20th Griffin Festival of Arts and Crafts.
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Indonesian community celebrates its national day in Sana’a
SANA’A, Aug. 17 — The Indonesian community in Yemen celebrated their country’s national day at the Indonesian ambassador’s residence in Sana’a with the performance of traditional music and dance. They began their day with a flag-raising ceremony.
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Rock star Steve Balsamo impressed by £2m arts centre
THE curtain will be raised on a £2m arts centre in South Wales next week. The new complex at Neath Port Talbot College includes a purpose-built theatre with space to exhibit art and photography and will house a centre of excellence for students in drama, dance, musical theatre and popular music.
icWales |
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US country singer Kenny Rogers turns 70
New York, Aug 21 : US country singer Kenny Rogers, whose hits like Lucille and Lady capitulated him to the top of both pop and country charts, turns 70 Thursday.
New Kerala |
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Having fun with rubbish
YOUNGSTERS made music from rubbish and created artwork out of bottles in a Creative Recycling summer school.
icWales |
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AP Exclusive: Crow offers free music to voters
Sheryl Crow is giving away free music - a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote. The Grammy Award-winning singer announced a plan Wednesday to give a digital copy of her album "Detours" to the first 50,000 people who register three friends to vote. "I hope people wake up and emotionally engage in issues," Crow told The Associated Press in a ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Calendar -- Ankeny
Bike Night. 5-11 p.m. today. Music by DJ 6-11 p.m. with Urge Entertainment. Tonic Bar, 2785 N. Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny. 965-5423; toniciowa.com.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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W.D.M. church holds tots' classes
St. Mark Lutheran Church is accepting applications for its Tiny Tots classes for children 5 years old and younger. The free music classes are at the church, 1115 Grand Ave., on Thursdays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m. and on Fridays at 10:30 a.m.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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W.D.M. man uses music to aid cancer research
West Des Moines resident Michael Allen and the 20-member Free to Worship Choir will present a concert Aug. 30 to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in honor of Allen's late mother, who died from cancer.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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Cleveland Orchestra praised in Europe
The Cleveland Orchestra makes a fabulous pit orchestra, according to European critics. Here are excerpts from their comments about the orchestra's playing for the Salzburg Festival's first production of Dvorak's opera Rusalka. In total, the orchestra will play five sold-out performances of the opera, in addition to giving three concerts at the festival as part of its current European tour.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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AP Exclusive: Sheryl Crow offers free music for voter drive
Associated Press - August 21, 2008 2:04 AM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sheryl Crow is giving away free music - a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to...
KSBY San Luis Obispo |
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Hip hopping past the age gap
Dana Jodouin was a dancer years ago, but it’s like riding a bike, she says. “It didn’t take long to get back into it.” Jodouin, 42, is one of more than 20 adults who have thrown themselves into the bump and grind of hip hop this summer [...]
The North Bay Nugget |
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B3 Sides will end 2008 Summer Concert Series tonight
Mountain Home's 2008 Summer Concert Series continues this Thursday, Aug. 21, featuring the jazz band B-3 Sides for the season's fourth and last free concert in Carl Miller Park.
Mountain Home News |
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Ballard names Lowry as new Indy Parks director
Stuart Lowry has written children's books, created a cross-country course at White River State Park and led programming efforts at The Children's Museum and Conner Prairie.
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Italian singer adds new facet to Rabindra Sangeet
By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi, Aug 21 : Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's music transcends geography and culture. For Italian singer Francesca Cassio, a blue-blooded Roman, it is both a passion and vocation.
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Jazz Download
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There Would be No Jazz without Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Jazz as an American artform would never have evolved without Louis Moreau Gottschalk. A phenomenon in his lifetime but relegated to the status of parlor pianist today, Gottschalk nevertheless was the complete package: talented, good looking, highborn.
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Benny Golson: Along Came Benny
Benny Golson, tenor saxophone stylist and jazz composer of first rank, refuses to rest on his laurels. At almost 80, he's an elder statesman of jazz who could easily cruise and live off the royalties of “I Remember Clifford,” “Whisper Not,” “Along Came Betty” and others among his 300 compositions.
All About Jazz |
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Drop It
At just 29 years of age, Corey Wilkes has emerged as the next big thing in the trumpet world. This isn't a career path similar to Wynton Marsalis, nor Roy Harper, for that matter. Wilkes, an Illinois native, may be the reincarnation of the master, Lester Bowie.
All About Jazz |
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Tabligh
From his seminal days in the late sixties as co-founder of the Creative Construction Company with fellow AACM members Leroy Jenkins and Anthony Braxton to his ethno-musical investigations with his Nda-Kulture ensemble, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has explored a dizzying array of musical genres and styles.
All About Jazz |
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Ellipses
Irish guitar wunderkind Mark O'Leary has now set his sights on the jazz-fusion element, to complement his already expansive improvisational vernacular. This 2008 effort might open up a few more doors for an artist who possesses the goods to go anywhere he darn well pleases.
All About Jazz |
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Trauma
Trauma originally came out in 2001 as a double LP set on drummer Weasel Walter's ugExplode label.
All About Jazz |
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