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Sheryl Crow offers free music to voters
LOS ANGELES - Sheryl Crow is giving away free music — a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote.
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Eddie from Ohio will return to Shenandoah Valley Music Festival
Orkney Springs — The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival will continue its summer season at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 with Eddie from Ohio.
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Tucson concerts
Who's playing now and in future weeks in the Old Pueblo
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New Coldplay Album Set For Release?
The Sun is reporting today that Coldplay are preparing for the release of a surprise album within a year of Viva La Vida hitting stores. Productive recording sessions with Brian Eno has left many more unused songs in the can, which the band are now considering releasing.
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Upstate teacher charged with possessing child porn
Associated Press - August 21, 2008 3:05 AM ET QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (AP) - A former upstate music teacher arrested earlier this year for allegedly having improper contact with children is now...
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Now playing
What's new this week: "Death Race," "Hamlet 2," "The House Bunny," "The Longshots," "My Winnipeg," "The Rocker"
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CD Review: Randy Newman - 'Harps and Angels'
"Harps and Angels" is typical Newman fare in that it's unlike anything else, and while he has ranked for decades among America's best songwriters, with these 10 songs he raises the bar still higher.
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THE PULSE OF ENTERTAINMENT: Award winning jazz guitarist Vernon Neilly releases CD tribute to Stevie Wonder
*Masterful is what comes to mind when I first heard the latest CD release from Smoothie Award winning jazz guitarist Vernon Neilly, “A Tribute to Stevie Wonder: Vernon Neilly and Friends” on Boosweet Records.
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CD Review: Johnny Flynn - 'A Larum'
An accomplished Shakespearean stage actor, Flynn brings a literary bent to his lyrics and a traditional English folk foundation to his sound.
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Country stars duet with Elvis on holiday CD
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Thanks to technology, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride and LeAnn Rimes will be among the country stars performing with the king of rock 'n' roll on "Elvis Presley Christmas Duets."
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Drums have many stories to tell
Hands fall rhythmically onto the taut leather of the djembe as Martin Klabunde leads eight students on a cultural journey near the banks of the Rillito.
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On the Rocks • People are art on Alberta
At the height of summer, Northeast Alberta Street’s monthly Last Thursday art walk attracts thousands of people to a 15-block commercial strip that runs through a residential district. For the July event, the issue of traffic is on everyone’s mind. At the intersection of Alberta and ...
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Slipknot - Slipknot Cancel Uk Festival
SLIPKNOT have pulled the plug on their appearance at a U.K music festival to allow drummer JOEY JORDISON to recover from a broken ankle. The band was due to perform at ...
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Live Music!
HIP-HOP Ice Cube Kanye West may try to lay claim to hip-hop’s crown, but he has to wrest that from Ice Cube’s street-savvy hands. The original gangsta rapper is back with a new album, “Raw Footage.” Tough and unapologetic (and intelligent and ironic), ...
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Hip hop artist Aesop Rock opens up about his latest album, his improved writing
Hip-hop artist Aesop Rock always seems to be ahead of the game, from creating a workout mix for Nike+ to collaborating on a short story with visual artist Jeremy Fish. That's not even talking about his impact on the hip-hop scene. Aesop Rock (Ian Bavitz) has created a following, with releases like "Labor Days" (2001) to "Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives" (2004). He plays Nutty's North Monday ...
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Culture!
MUSIC Oregon Symphony An evening performance by the orchestra is preceded by an afternoon of freewheeling fun. The action begins at 2 p.m. with activities for kids, information booths, food vendors and performances from a variety of musical artists, including Alex Krebs’ Tango ...
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Line between reality, fiction blurs again in comedy "Z Rock"
A comedy called "Z Rock" is the latest series to occupy that overcrowded TV limbo between reality and freely scripted fiction.
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DISNEY'S CORBIN BLEU ON ALBUM #2: 'HSM' star in the studio working on pop/rock/R&B follow up.
*Corbin Bleu, the bushy-haired actor in Disney's "High School Musical" franchise, says he's working on a new solo album to follow up his 2007 debut, "Another Side."
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Longview musician's jazz recording shows a flare for funk
Slip Kevin O’Reilly’s new CD in the player and step back into the jazz-fusion of the ‘70s.
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Latin music takes the stage at weekend concerts
The weekend will offer two Latin-themed concerts: Woodland’s first-ever Hispanic show at Hot Summer Nights on the Plaza concert series on Friday, and the fifth annual Salsa En La Calle mini-festival in Portland on Sunday.
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Flooded with talent
For a while, the Man in Black was the Man in Ventura. Johnny Cash has a local history — he lived in Casitas Springs with his first wife, Vivien, in the 1960s — not to mention a vast repertoire of great songs. Cash died in 2003, but there's no shortage of his music these days.
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Verve goes 'Forth' with reunion CD
Talk of a return to the relative glory days of a decade ago is often hostage to the fortunes of the modern music business, but the reformation of The Verve has its supporters dreaming big.
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Hail to the 'Rainbows'
The breakthrough for Radiohead on "Reckoner" — a song that underwent multiple incarnations on its way to the group's new "In Rainbows" CD — came by way of what Jonny Greenwood calls a "big percussion fest."
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Obituary: Lifelong singer 'Geno' Williams joined Platters in 1970
FRESNO – 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. Eugene "Geno" Williams got his big break in a Fresno garage and toured with the Platters for most of 18 years.
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Rock 'n' roll destiny calls in middling 'The Rocker'
22The first and most obvious is "School of Rock." As a shlumpy, 40ish drummer who missed his shot at heavy metal stardom, Rainn Wilson (fussy Dwight Schrute on TV's "The Office") is pretty much channeling Jack Black here: the volatile man-child outbursts, the intensely pure feelings about rock music and even some of the crazy eyeball stuff all feels way too familiar. And Wilson's character, ...
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