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A taste of the country life
SONG lyrics depicting country life will be made available online from next month.
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Zimbabwe: Sam And Wild Tame Jazz Fans
SAM Mtukudzi and Max Wild are spreading their wings in the Southern Africa region with their unique Afro-jazz.
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Music Review: The Band - Rock Of Ages
The Band: Chapter 5. The Band decided to release their first live album in 1972, which was probably a wise decision. Cahoots, released in 1971, was their fourth album of original material in four years and was a weak effort when compared to the classic status of Music From Big Pink, The Band, and Stage Fright. People have argued over the years as to which live album is...
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A rockin' good time, Jersey-style
While there are some plot missteps, Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Season moves a much-maligned genre forward, writes J. Kelly Nestruck
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Theater group encourages local activism
By ERIN LOVETT The Red & Black Ten years ago, a bohemian district in the capital of Lithuania, gained its independence from the country. Named Uzupis, it is the first republic founded as an artistic socialist society. It has been a hub of creation and unique thought and a center for cultural freedom.
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Local coffee shop offers movies, music at once
A quiet atmosphere can help a coffee shop attract a studious clientele, but what about everyone else? Scott Creney, the manager of Jittery Joe's Eastside location, has taken it upon himself to make his store more than just another coffee shop by introducing "Music Movie Night," a free showing held every Tuesday.
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SoZo's to shine with 'Light'
Fans of The Morning Light will get to see the burgeoning music troupe kick off the fall concert season at SoZo's, 256 E. Beaver Ave, at 7:30 tonight.
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Hip-hop big shot lectures
It's tricky to rock a rhyme that's right on time, but tonight at Tate Theatre, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels may just tell his secret. McDaniels, formerly of hip-hop group Run-DMC and who now has a successful solo act, was one-third of what was perhaps one of the most groundbreaking musical acts of the last three decades.
The Red and Black |
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JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む
The reputation of Australia’s spectacular 2000 Olympics opening ceremony has been marred by confirmation the orchestra mimed their performance, local media reported Tuesday.
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'Idol' may give Paula the hook next year
Are Paula Abdul's days numbered as an ''American Idol'' judge? That's not the official line from the producers of the popular Fox series, but the appointment of songwriter and music producer Kara DioGuardi as a fourth judge raised that question Monday.
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Band's music fuses upbeat, melancholy
The Handsome Family's music comes from the gallows. Their lyrics stand alone as poetic works, artfully twisting tragic tales into epic epitaphs. You could imagine each song as a long posting on a gravestone. They keep it simple with guitar, bass, banjo and autoharp.
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Santaolalla taps into rock sound with side group
You might not recognize the name Gustavo Santaolalla but you've definitely heard of him. His scores for the films "Brokeback Mountain" and "Babel" won two consecutive Oscars.
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Folk icon Prine resonates with down-home concert
Throwing out the TV seemed like a dumb idea with the Olympics under way, but it sounded as sensible as carrying a flashlight in the glove box when John Prine played the Atwood Concert Hall on Sunday night.
Anchorage Daily News |
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Win tickets for festival
MUSIC festival season is almost over for another year but there is still time to take in the ambience at North Aston's inaugural Under the Oak spectacular. (26/08/2008 09:46:56)
Banbury Today |
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Fourth `Idol' judge a straight-shooting hitmaker
Kara DioGuardi celebrates being named Co-Songwriter of the Year during the 55th Annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., in a Tuesday, May 15, 2007 photo.
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Music Review: Tito Puente - Live At The 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival
His talent, along with his warmth and pure joy in performing, helped make him a hit with audiences. Another in a series of Concord albums celebrating the Monterey Jazz Festival (previously: Brubeck, Tjader) presents the music of an American-born, but purely Latin music maestro, Tito Puente. It was recorded during his band's triumphant appearance at the 1977 festival, the first of many he would ...
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Music Review: Danny Aiello- Live From Atlantic City
By paying tribute to the greats, Danny Aiello paves the way to greatness himself... this time as a singer. For a large portion of Generation X and Y video game devotees, after a long day of working in the concrete jungle, the ultimate way to unwind is via a rousing game of Guitar Hero or Rock Band -- wailing along with their favorite artists. And for others who are mostly female -- as a natural ...
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Las Vegas Sun
Hawaiian Tropic Zone at Miracle Mile Shops hosts Shoes That Rock fashion fundraiser to benefit the International Academy of Design & Technology’s scholarship fund. There will be two fashion shows featuring the latest Kashi Kicks modeled by the beautiful Hawaiian Tropic Zone girls.
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2ND ANNUAL WEST COAST HIP HOP REGIONAL AWARDS SET: Comedian T.K. Kirkland, DJ Julio and actress Porsha Coleman to host ...
*Los Angeles, CA - It's hip, it's hot and it's back!! The 2nd Annual West Coast Hip Hop Regional Awards will honor the best in the West on Saturday, October 25, 2008, starting at 6:30 pm at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in the downtown area of Los Angeles, CA.
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LOCAL EVENTS
crater girls volunteer coaches — Seeking coaches for the fall program for grades 5-8. Contact Amy at 227-1215 or e-mail ahavice@charter.net. beaver huddle — At Rogue Valley Country Club each Wednesday at noon on weeks of Oregon State home games.
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Violence mars end of carnival
The end of the Notting Hill Carnival was marred when a street mob clashed with the police. More than a million people enjoyed the dazzling spectacle of costumes, dance and music in the capital over the weekend.
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view KARZZZZ movie stills
Bhushan Kumar has set a precedent by deciding to break 3 songs of KARZZZZ in a single week!!! Never before has any music label done anything like this!
Glamsham.com |
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'IDOL' PANEL GETS TUNE-UP
"American Idol" will add top-selling, Grammy- nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi to its noto rious panel of judges begin ning next year, the show an nounced yesterday. "I'm gonna be a straight shooter, say it like I see it and try to help the...
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Piano lessons offered for free
PALMER - Richard A. "Ben" Franklin has been playing piano most of his life. So when the Palmer Public Library recognized him as one of their "platinum patrons" for taking out 1,000 or more items, Franklin, 55, decided to do something for the library in return.
The Republican |
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Adkins goes for simple, Lambert for 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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