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Fri,22 Aug 2008
After playing a musician in Rock on , director-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar says that the film has changed his attitude towards rock music and he might form his own band.
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Duffy Plans Busy Fall
Duffy wraps up a busy schedule on the North American, UK, and European summer music festival circuit, and looks ahead to the fall.
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Four More Reasons NOT To Watch the MTV Video Music Awards
We love overly enthusiastic press releases that promise the world in the subject heading and deliver... say Fresno instead.
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Otis Redding Live in London and Paris
19-song Otis Redding Live in London and Paris, set for release September 23, 2008 on the reactivated Stax Records through Concord Music Group.
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August 22, 2008
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I report on some (but not all!) of the shows I saw on my recent travels from hither to yon. This week I review the Berkshire Theatre Festival's Noël Coward in Two Keys , the Peterborough Players' Our Town , and the Williamstown Theater Festival's Home . Here's an excerpt.
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Go do it: Sorrels concert benefits theater
Idaho icon and folk music legend Rosalie Sorrels will perform a special concert to benefit Boise's Stage Coach Theatre. She will perform selections from her latest CD "Strangers in Another Country: The Songs of Bruce 'Utah' Phillips," (Red House Records). Phillips, a veteran, hobo, poet and political activist, met Sorrels more than 50 years ago. The two worked together and though they were often ...
The Idaho Statesman |
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Local music scene comes together for Fayard Fest, a good cause
T he link between live music and helping the sick and disadvantaged is strong in South Mississippi. Benefit concerts in this area are common and while they may not solve the immediate problem, the community comes together and provides what assistance it can. The community also gets to have a great party, too.
The Biloxi Sun Herald |
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Manchester Peach Festival Friday
MANCHESTER — The Manch-ester Fire Department 8th Utilities District will be holding its 59th annual Peach Festival on Friday, Aug. 22, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the district office parking lot on the corner of Main and Hilliard streets.
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Archuleta song climbs the charts
David Archuleta's single "Crush" moved to No. 63 on Billboard's Hot 100 after debuting at No. 93 last week, according to this week's print edition of Billboard magazine.
Deseret Morning News |
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Good to go
LAS CRUCES —From a free Randy Travis concert at Pan Am Center today to Deming's Great American Duck Race fiesta and Santa Fe's world famous Indian Market, there's a lot to do in the Land of Enchantment this weekend.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Internacional Sonora Show main event for fundraiser
LAS CRUCES — Cumbia music, dancing, lots of food, raising money for a good cause and celebrating the works of a fellow Las Crucen. Those things and more will be part of an event Aug. 29.
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'Pride' band presents Concert On The Green
LAS CRUCES — New Mexico State University will host a free concert by the NMSU "Pride" Marching Band on Tuesday. The public is invited. The event marks the start of the fall semester and the marching band season.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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'STARS' AND BARS
Are they ready to rumba? We'll find out tonight when "Dancing With the Local Stars" returns for its third "season" at The Shadow, 550 N. Rock Road. The competition runs for five consecutive Fridays and pairs local celebrities with instructors from the Care to Dance studio. The winner, chosen by judges and audience participation, gets a trophy and a check for $1,000 to donate to a favorite ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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BEST BETS
DOWNTOWN JAZZ Get a hit of jazz this weekend. Countybank Main Street Jazz will spotlight the music of Peggy Ratusz and Daddy Long Legs. The show goes on from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the Hyatt Regency Plaza deck on North Main Street. Admission is free. Call 235-5525.
The Greenville News |
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Feeling lucky? This band is
'Party band' Lucky People likes to keep the crowd dancing Lucky People just might be the anti-rock stars. They dress nicely. They show up on time. They play popular cover songs instead of trying to foist their own material on the crowd. But there is one way they're like rock stars: Come see them, and they promise you'll dance yourself silly. "It's all danceable, fun music," guitarist Steve ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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REGIONAL CONCERTS
Wichita • CENTURY II , 225 W. Douglas. Tickets available at www.wichitatix.com , 316-219-4TIX, or Select-A-Seat outlets, 755-SEAT. Raven-Symone, concert to benefit the Envision Foundation, 7 p.m. today. Tickets $17-$29 at WichitaTix. ZZ Top, 8 p.m. Sept. 26, Concert Hall. Tickets $48.50-$500 at WichitaTix. B.B. King, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7. Tickets $69-$129 at WichitaTix.
The Wichita Eagle |
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Symphony prepares 'Lollipops' for young audiences
The Greenville Symphony Orchestra is set for another year of Lollipops concerts.
The Greenville News |
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Let's look at the candidates' top songs list
Well in the ongoing onslaught of media coverage that lets us all know it's an election year, Barack Obama and John McCain both compiled top 10 song lists for Blender magazine.
The Greenville News |
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Rock around the clock, through the decades with The Chaotics
The members of local dance band The Chaotics are living proof that rock 'n' roll never forgets. The group started in the late '50s as The Casuals and by 1960 had morphed into The Chaotics.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Today-Sunday 2008 Wichita Flight Festival, starts 6:30 p.m. today, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Col. James Jabara Airport, 3512 N. Webb Road. Includes air show, Kansas Aviation Gallery, children's activities, static aircraft displays, car show. Tickets $40 for Fri. event (includes Twilight Air Show, concert by Otis Day & The Knights, appetizers, cash bar); $5 Sat.-Sun., ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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NEW EXHIBITS
FSU Museum of Fine Arts: "The Fine Art of Drawing," drawings in both traditional and innovative modes of working from studios around the country.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Hollis debut CD (James) Taylor-made
All the songs on Jay Hollis’ new album are based on true stories.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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‘Wackness’ finds its own hypnotic beat
Blame it on the music — good music. Beats, rhymes and life are the theme of “The Wackness,” an entertaining tale of how a depressed teenage drug dealer and his psychiatrist deal with life’s growing pains.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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Watson to honky-tonk it up at OutSkirts
Baseball and apple pie. Might as well add country music to that.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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Dallas Events, August 22
Editor’s note: Concert tickets can be purchased by phone from Ticketmaster at (214) 373-8000 unless otherwise noted. Purchase tickets online from Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com. Events listed are subject to change without notice. Confirm dates in advance by calling the numbers listed.
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