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Composer plans music based on speeches
David Amram, the "composer in residence" at this week's Democratic National Convention in Denver, is famous for creating his own gigs.
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Pagan festival mixes magic and pride
DOVER -- The Rev. Kirk White sat Sunday under a huge tree on Legislative Mall, warning scores who sat in a circle on the ground around him that these are significant times for their faith.
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Piñatas for the kids and music for all
MILLSBORO -- Nine-year-old Prianna Bookman and her brother, Romaro Cobb, 5, never whacked a piñata until Sunday.
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Beach Boy celebrates sea change with music
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Brian Wilson sits on a plush couch in his living room, smiling nervously.
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Sports site venturing into political reporting
A site devoted mainly to college sports and rock music seems the least-likely outlet for news about the upcoming political conventions.
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Recent Sony News
Tokyo, Aug 25, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Sony Music Entertainment Inc. said Monday it has asked Tokyo High Court to rescind the Japanese antimonopoly regulator's order against Sony Music and three other firms on mobile phone-ringtone music download services.
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Music file sharing now adds to the bottom line
After the U.S.
The News Journal |
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PrepArts briefs for Monday, Aug. 25
Fund established in memory of piano teacher
North County Times |
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Milton theatre to present tribute to Gershwin on Aug. 30
David Zipse, a Wilmington native and musician in the Rehoboth Beach area, will bring to Sussex County the production titled, “A Tribute to Gershwin,” to be held at 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Milton Theatre in Milton.
Cape Gazette |
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Bands battle heat , churn out quality show
Interesting images come to mind when the untrained person envisions a battle of the bands. No, it isn't a pair of people firing off rubber band projectiles in a back alley, nor is it a foursome of marching bands beating each other senseless with mallets and trombones in Memorial Stadium.
Daily Nebraskan |
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Old Faint songs thrill Sokol crowd
Once again, The Faint brought an unbelievable show to Omaha's Sokol Auditorium Saturday night. They opened with "Agenda Suicide" from their album "Danse Macabre" and the dancing began. Their stage presence was striking, and the black and white projector screen of their shadows completed the package.
Daily Nebraskan |
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Tracing music firm's history
A FORMER employee of a Winchester firm that celebrates its centenary next year is seeking past and present staff to share their memories. Phil Farlow used to work for Whitwam, which had a music shop in the city's High Street from 1909 until closing on Christmas Eve, 1999.
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HBO: 'Wait and See’ for 'Voyeur’
New York — HBO churned up some buzz here recently by projecting onto the white wall of a Lower East Side apartment building its newest original … series? Music video? Multiplatform diorama ballet?
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A busy weekend in Bayard
BAYARD - There were a lot of happenings throughout the area over the weekend, as people were able to take in Chimney Rock Pioneer Days in Bayard or the 2008 Bluegrass Festival, southwest of town, at the Oregon Trail Wagon Train Camp Grounds.
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Archives
Hooker Fields were home on Saturday night to a spectacle of live music and an abundance of free food - to the tune of $30,000.
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Music festival adds green to grassroots
The grass is always greener, and these days, so too is the grassroots benefit concert.
Colorado State Collegian |
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Review: Adkins goes for simple, Lambert plays it smart
Trace Adkins has a pretty good formula going for him: He finds a simple song with a memorable riff and he hammers it home until it's wedged in your head like, say, an ax. Or the blade of a shovel.
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Master drummers tap to Peace Corps reunion
World-renowned composer Halim El-Dabh conducted hundreds of community members, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and featured drummers in a performance of his Symphony of 1,000 Drums Friday evening in Heritage Park, just north of downtown Fort Collins.
Colorado State Collegian |
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Entrepreneur plans nightclub
BELCHERTOWN - Sonya G. MacPhail likes live music, lives in Belchertown and was frustrated at having to drive 30 minutes or more to hear bands play at a club.
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Crowd goes wild for Cornfest headliner
Twelve-year-olds Melodie Montero and Caroline Humphrey spent three hours Saturday, staking out the tour bus of their favourite punk rockers.
Windsor Star |
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NAMES AND FACES: Francke's Ark disc out in October
Mark your calendar. Detroit singer-songwriter and cancer survivor Stewart Francke will release "Stewart Francke Live and Unplugged at The Ark," -- album No. 10 -- in late October.
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More classic cars cruising, this time in Farmington
CRUISING ON THE GRAND: Didn't get your fill of vintage cars at the Woodward Dream Cruise? Then head to downtown Farmington for Cruising the Grand. Spectators and classic vehicles of every kind hit town every Monday during warm weather for music and cruising. 5 p.m. until dusk, Village Commons Plaza Shopping Center, Grand River and Farmington Road, Farmington. www.motorstatestreerods.org.
Detroit Free Press |
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Nic Mc and Aquamuzic Join Forces to Convert Music into Water
The first online music label to give 100% of its net profits to water projects in the developing world joins with an original and bold electric guitar player, Nic Mc, www.nicmc.com (PRWeb Aug 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1207034.htm
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Rocks on
Touring with Kid Rock always a matter of 'when', not 'if'
Toronto Sun |
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Alternative music for 150,000 in the park
The first Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, which came to a close with Sunday night's Jack Johnson concert, definitely had something to say, and what it said was different than any previous rock concert in Golden Gate Park. Throughout the three days and...
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