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Dido back with album after 5 years
British singer-songwriter Dido is releasing a new album after a five-year absence from the music world, her U.S. record company said Friday. Her new effort is called Safe Trip Home and is set for a Nov. 4 release. It was recorded in Los Angeles and London and co-produced by Jon Brion, Ark (the new production company of Rollo Armstrong) and by Dido, Artista Records said in a release.The record ...
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Biography
Simon Strauss is a versatile guitarist whose virtuoso performances were first remarked in jazz clubs, along with his brilliant adaptation and improvisation skills.
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Personal Thought: Remembering Bismillah on canvas
As a mark of respect to the great son of India, a unique homage was organized through an exhibition of oil paintings - depicting the person and his music.
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Guam Music challenges judge's qualifications
Guam Music yesterday filed motions to prevent revocation of its licenses to operate amusement devices that also challenged the appointment of Superior Court of Guam Judge Pro Tem Robert Klitzkie.
Pacific Daily News |
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New faces seen at Hall
Hall High School has six new staff members this year. Amber Backus will teach band and contemporary music. She comes to Hall having taught previously in the DePue school district instructing vocal and general music.
La Salle News Tribune |
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'Great Firewall of China' Blocks Apple's iTunes Store
China may be open to the Olympics, but it has shut off access to Apple's iTunes Store -- apparently because of a new album dedicated to Tibet. According to the album's sponsoring organization, more than 40 Olympic athletes from North America, Europe and China downloaded it "as an act of solidarity with Tibet" before the shutdown.
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Billboard.com -- Heavy Hitters Grace Negro League Benefit CD
By combining music, social consciousness and philanthropy, Stadium Entertainment wants to shepherd a new business model designed to also capture and engage music consumers. The first project under its banner is the compilation CD "True to the Game."
Billboard.com |
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Local, national talent to perform at Clinton Arts and Music Festival
More than 40 regional, local and national bands and musicians will perform in various genres at 10 locations from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday in Clinton’s village center as part o fthe Clinton Arts and Music Festival.
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Show 'em what you got
Calling all kids, calling all kids. Talents of all kinds are welcomed on Saturday. Come actors, musicians, poets, comedians. “There are more David Cooks here in Blue Springs,” said P.J. Hill, president and CEO of BBG Productions in Blue Springs. “Maybe one of them is your child.”
The Examiner |
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Hurray Holding shares rise after 2Q earnings bump
(AP:SEATTLE) U.S.-traded shares of Hurray Holding Co. rose Friday after the Chinese provider of ringtones and other music products reported second-quarter earnings increased more than eightfold.
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MacLeod, Borden and Tatar to Star in Los Angeles Kiss of the Spider Woman
Directed by Nick DeGruccio with choreography by Lee Martino, the "intimate chamber production" — featuring a six-member orchestra — will begin previews at the Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles Sept. 18 with an official opening scheduled for Sept. 26. Performances will continue through Oct. 26.
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At DNC, celebrity performers need to be on message, too
Barack Obama may have Ludacris on his iPod, but the rapper can't show his face at the Democratic National Convention after his ugly attacks on Hillary Clinton and John McCain in a recent song.
New York Daily News |
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A Streetcar Named Desire , with Cate Blanchett, to Play Kennedy Center and BAM
The forthcoming Australian production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, will be seen in the United States at both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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Fall Festivals in Kentucky
Before we know it, September will be upon us and children will be settled into their school routines with practice, games and studies. In Kentucky, it's the season of fall festivals. Attend a festival that will fit your interests or spark a new one.
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Festival firework tickets on sale
The final allocation of tickets for the Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert go on sale on Sunday morning.
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Dido back with album after 5 years
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- British singer-songwriter Dido is releasing a new album after a five-year absence from the music world, her U.S. record company said Friday.
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Chamber Music Mystic launches third season with four concerts
Chamber Music Mystic will launch its third annual Summer Music Festival with a series of four diverse concerts Aug. 28-31 at the Mystic Arts Center, 9 Water St., Mystic.
Westerly Sun |
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TV veteran Peter Taylor attacks ratings-chasing documentaries
Edinburgh TV Festival: Documentary-maker Peter Taylor has criticised broadcasters for being obsessed with ratings and focusing on too narrow an agenda. By John Plunkett in Edinburgh
Guardian Unlimited |
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Updated 8/22: Grayslake Summer Days Parade winners announced
Grayslake Summer Days organizers announced the winners of the 2008 Summer Days Parade. The Aug. 17 event was themed "Grayslake Goes to the Olympics."
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Organization Day gives Fort Myer workers a day at the beach
Leis were the order of the day last Friday, when the Fort Myer Military Community held its annual organization day. The area behind Spates Community Club was turned into a luau (although more grass than sand), with buffet tables, horseshoe pits, a DJ and a volleyball court.
DCMilitary.com |
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Voters Can Get Free Sheryl Crow Songs
A new track and album from Sheryl Crow are available to those who want to rock the vote.
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Icy 'River' flows very slowly, & boringly
"Frozen River" won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and it's a film very much in the Sundance style. It's earnest. It's socially concerned. It's about people who are struggling. And it has a soundtrack consisting mainly of an acoustic guitar gently weeping in an echo chamber. The echoing guitar makes everything in the movie seem lonely indeed, not to mention very distant, as though everyone ...
Philadelphia Daily News |
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A mixed response for the Cleveland Orchestra in Salzburg from an American critic
The Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Most have been riding a wave of glowing reviews while at the Salzburg Festival in Austria. But one critic, Jay Nordlinger of the New York Sun, was hot and cold on the orchestra's opening concert the other night at the Grosses Festspielhaus.
The Plain Dealer |
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Hurray Holding shares rise after 2Q earnings bump
U.S.-traded shares of Hurray Holding Co. rose Friday after the Chinese provider of ringtones and other music products reported second-quarter earnings increased more than eightfold.
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Tony Gulizia Trio performs for Jazz at the Market in Vail
VAIL, Colorado — Tony Gulizia is a name that is familiar to many. Whether as a faithful presence entertaining at the Grouse Mountain Grill, as the leader of ‘Jazz Goes to School’ for 4th and 5th graders, as band leader or pianist, everyone seems to know Tony.
Vail Daily |
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