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Local dulcimer group to perform concert today
Living in the flatlands of Louisiana doesn't bar music lovers from enjoying mountain music.
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Homesick and jobless, Lev looks to London
THE ROAD HOME: A Novel. Rose Tremain. Little, Brown. 432 pages. $24.99. If life truly is all about the journey, then we're fortunate to have Rose Tremain as our guide. Named one of Granta's best young novelists of 1983, Tremain showed us 17th century Denmark in the Whitbread Award-winning novel Music and Silence and took us to New Zealand during the 19th century gold rush in The Colour. With her ...
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Gaining the brass ring
Corey Hamilton's tuba is 4 inches wider than he is.
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On a mission to share her love of music, art
Havre de Grace resident is a member of Arts Council Mary Boehly has a kaleidoscope view of culture.
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The 7th annual Zydeco breakfast held downtown
OPELOUSAS - The City of Opelousas presents the 7th annual Zydeco Breakfast under the Oak trees surrounding the historical St. Landry Parish Courthouse from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Aug. 30 in downtown Opelousas. Enjoy live zydeco music beginning at 8:30 a.m. by Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys.
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Neighborhood reunion in the works
One of the purposes of the Eastlawn Drive-Miller Avenue-Broad Street neighborhood reunion, said the event’s organizers, is to share a little bit of what they had growing up with future generations.
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Muslims, government on opposite sides in Morocco
CASABLANCA, Morocco — This is an overwhelmingly Muslim country, but you wouldn't know it from the music festivals.
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Five Things I Have To Have Now
At age 84, Baltimore Colts' Hall of Fame defensive tackle Art Donovan says he doesn't need a lot. Since retiring from football in 1962, he has been an author, country club owner, speaker and TV commentator. Today he lives with his wife, Dorothy, at the Valley Country Club in Towson, which they own. "It's right up against [Interstate] 695. ... The traffic sounds like music. ... It takes me back ...
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Give underrated composer a listen
On anniversary of his death, a 30-CD set offers a wealth of Vaughan Williams' music L ooks, as everyone knows, can be deceiving. Consider Ralph Vaughan Williams - well-fed and rather rumpled in his favored thick, three-piece suits; hair usually a bit mussed. One wag thought that the eminent English composer suggested a farmer "on his way to judge the shorthorns at an agricultural fair."
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Sunday Supper: Jazz up some scallops
Thinking of taking in some jazz, but can't make it to the annual Detroit International Jazz Festival next weekend? How about jazzing up silky, sweet scallops? Set the music, set the mood and set the table.
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FEELING GREAT: Moms join kids' Guitar Hero jams
Kelly Gilling is almost ready to go on tour. She's jammed onstage with Slash, bowed proudly to a standing ovation and even attempted an encore or two. Never mind the laundry and the back-to-school shopping. Kelly, a 38-year-old mom of three, is busy playing Guitar Hero.
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Newark Post - Newark, DE > Archives > Events > Events
LIVE MUSIC 9:30 p.m. Spark Summer Series with Ian Walsh & 61 North. Deer Park Tavern, 108 W. Main St., Newark. Info, 369-9414. CONCERT 6:30 p.m. Featuring The Oompah Band. Food for sale. Bring you own lawn chair. Newark Senior Center, 200 White Chapel Drive, Newark. Info, 737-2336.
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Upcoming shows at Emens, Muncie Civic Theatre and the Muncie Symphony Orchestra
The Rat Pack is Back • 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 • This spirited tribute recreates one of the famous "Summit at the Sands" hotel shows by the "Rat Pack:" Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Joey Bishop. Hits will include That's Amore, Fly Me to the Moon, Mr. Bojangles and many more. • Tickets: $46, $39, $31 and $29 for adults; $25 and $20 for youth (age 18 and younger); $40, $35, $30 and $27 ...
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Sounds of blues fill Troy
TROY - Poestenkill resident Elizabeth Abbott made the trip to Powers Park Saturday afternoon for the Take Me to the River Blues Festival because she is a fan of all kinds of music - and because the event was free.
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CD review: Irma Thomas, 'Simply Grand'
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Pianos have always played a large role in the music of the queen of New Orleans R&B. On her latest album, the redoubtable Irma Thomas tries out a variety of elegant material with guest piano players on sumptuous grands: Dr. John,...
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Songwriter Darrell Scott releases collection of 'modern hymns'
"Covers records" — albums where singers perform songs written by others — have been popping up all over the place lately. Still, it's likely to strike some as odd that Darrell Scott, an award-winning songwriter who has supplied major hits to everyone from Tim McGraw to the Dixie Chicks, also has gotten in on the act.
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Summer bounty featured
DEERFIELD - The Deerfield Land Trust used to hold a summer festival yearly, and the Franklin Land Trust would hold a recreational bike ride annually.
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CD review: Gustavo Dudamel, 'Fiesta'
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) "Fiesta" is a busman's holiday for Gustavo Dudamel, the Venezuelan conductor whose moon-shot career has landed him the music director's post at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He'll take over next year, at age 28. In this program of...
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Mississippi runs strong in new Steve Azar album
His song "I Don't Have to Be Me (Til Monday)" is an end-of-week staple on country radio, but singer Steve Azar hopes his new album Indianola will spawn even more popular tunes. Azar wrote or co-wrote every song on Indianola, which he released in May on his own independent imprint Dang/Ride Records.
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Honors for gospel's Beatty reach international levels
Published: Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. An all-star gospel music celebration is planned for Arthur "Bob" Beatty to honor his induction into the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Industry Buzz
"SECRET" MISSION: In the new biopic "What We Do Is Secret," actor Shane West embraced the role of Germs lead singer Darby Crash with so much conviction that bandmates of the Los Angeles punk rocker, who killed himself in 1980, re-formed the group for a...
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Fall Arts Preview: November
THEATER Rita Moreno: A showbiz legend, Tony, Oscar, Emmy and Grammy winner Rita Moreno makes her Rrazz Room debut with "Little Tributes," a new musical revue of old standards, forgotten chestnuts and new works. Nov. 4-23. Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason...
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Composer gives 'Bonesetter' a Western voice
It began as a 50th birthday gift for a friend. When composer Stewart Wallace wrote a swatch of music for three female voices six years ago, all he meant to do was celebrate San Francisco novelist Amy Tan on the joint occasion of her big birthday and the...
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Fall arts lineup as bold as Bay Area expects
When King Britt, Ziggy Marley, Spearhead and other pop music notables gather at Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow on Sept. 6, Michael Franti's Power to the Peaceful Festival will mark its 10th anniversary. Later in the month (Sept. 26-28), at Fort Mason's...
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New Homestead charter school to center on the arts
When Samantha Schwartz reads to her first- and second-graders, she may have them express the tale through drawing or music -- or even dancing around the room. Or when they study the solar system, she may have them learn and act out their movements in addition to filling out a diagram.
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