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Folk-Hop Nation for President
It’s a parody and a viral marketing gimmick, but if you watch the “Folk-Hop Nation 2008” video on YouTube, you might find yourself wishing the socially conscious folk-rock and hip-hop hybrid fronted by Justin Smith actually could run for president.
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Recommended Music: Eek-a-Mouse, Alejandro Escovedo, The Gipsy Kings, Wild Weekend power pop festival, KVRX Back to ...
Eek-a-Mouse. Ripton Hylton is his given name, but the reggae world knows this 6-foot-6-inch artist by his nom de rodent, by which he continues to toast and DJ to crowds around the world. 9 p.m. Flamingo Cantina, 515 E. Sixth St. 494-9336.
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Fall Creek Falls State Park's Mountaineer Folk Festival Slated For Sept. 5-7
Fall Creek Falls State Park will host its 30th Annual Mountaineer Folk Festival on Sept. 5-7, offering a weekend of traditional music, country cooking, pioneer demonstrations and more than 100 craft booths.
The Chattanoogan |
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Slow Food Nation celebrates good, clean and fair food
Largest food festival in American history will launch this weekend in San Francisco.
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Back Row Film Series Concludes With World Premiere And Live Music
The Arts & Education Council will conclude its 2008 Back Row Film Series with the world premiere of "Green Light on the Southern: The Life and Times of Norman Blake," accompanied by live "old time" music and remarks from filmmaker Barry Cammon.
The Chattanoogan |
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MakeMusic Announces SmartMusic's 1,000th Concert Band Title
MakeMusic, Inc. (Nasdaq: MMUS) announced today the addition of the 1,000th concert band title to their continually expanding SmartMusic repertoire library. In addition to concert band titles, this library cumulatively includes 89 jazz ensemble titles and 168 orchestra titles, and covers all levels of difficulty, from beginning to advanced. Each of the 1,257 titles provides an audio recording of ...
Centre Daily Times |
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China Mobile to Unleash 3G Next Year
The cracks in China's 3G dam are really showing now as China Mobile Communications Corp. preps a large-scale launch of the country's own TD-SCDMA technology by the end of June next year.
Unstrung.com |
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Polaris Gala Performers Revealed
Finalists Black Mountain, Basia Bulat, Kathleen Edwards, Holy Fuck, Plants And Animals, Shad and Two Hours Traffic will perform at the third annual Polaris Music Prize gala at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre on Sept. 29.
ChartAttack.com |
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Charles in charge
A mainstay of the modern and avant-garde New York jazz scene in the 1950s, vibist, composer and producer Teddy Charles left the musical limelight for many years. He captained cruises on his yacht, he performed now and then.
The Star-Ledger |
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Xbox Fall Game Lineup Rocks Hard
X'08 Canada recently gave video game developers the opportunity to showcase their upcoming titles to the staggering amount of media members who now cover the multi-billion-dollar-a year-industry.
ChartAttack.com |
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Polar Bear Club: Tacos Over Swimming
You'd be surprised at the great lengths that people will go to in order to get a "Fries Supreme" from Taco Bell. For Polar Bear Club guitarist Chris Browne, getting to sample the tasty side dish — which isn't available in the U.S. — is motivation to "make a run for the border" for gigs in Canada this week.
ChartAttack.com |
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Final Fantasy Releasing Two EPs
Final Fantasy will finally follow 2006's Polaris Music Prize-winning He Poos Clouds with two EPs this fall.
ChartAttack.com |
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Music might help soothe what ails the masses
After three days of anti-abortion, anti-war, anti-laws, anti-capitalism and, well, anti-just-about- anything-else-you-could-think-of displays, thousands will gather today to celebrate something they aren't against: music.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Guitar Praise: Guitar Hero Minus the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll [Christiantech]
When you siphon the antiestablishmentism out of rock 'n roll, you get one of two things—Christian rock or The Jonas Brothers. Neither is the most ideal listening situation. Still, we're not...
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All that Jazz!
Over the years, The Rex Rozario Quintet has built up a reputation of a band of serious musicians who play with considerable virtuosity.
Deccan Herald |
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In Brooding Mood
Whatever happened to the City's rhythm divine? "It's with great anguish that I discovered that the music scene in Bangalore is dead," declares Bangalore-bred MTV VJ Nikhil Chinappa, unequivocally.
Deccan Herald |
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Paul McCartney gig revives Israeli Beatles tale
An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth.
The Kansas City Star |
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THE BURNING BLOG: More Men Without Pants
Day Five at Burning Man (read all Burning Blog posts here) BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada – A Burning Man Haiku Searing sun beats down Saline dripping from my nose A guy without pants —Ashland’s Michael Kerr The thing most people love about Burning Man is the people. Nowhere on earth is there a more concentrated burst of raw creativity. And nearly every endeavor is undertaken for the noblest of ...
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Thursday Night's Music, Clintons Meet With Biden
Will.i.am will perform at Invesco field tomorrow night. [ CNN ] But so will Stevie Wonder! [ Ben Smith ] Rendell denies a report that he had anything to do with the Biden pick. [ PolitickerPA ] The Clintons and Joe Biden met privately last night. [ Huffpost ] Robert Novak came out of retirement to write a column warning about the disaster that would ensue from a ...
The New York Observer |
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Three Academy Award Winners Produce Tribute to Veterans for Democratic National Convention Tonight
James Moll, Emmy winner and an Academy Award winning filmmaker for "The Last Days," Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, the Oscar winning producers of "American Beauty," produced the seven minute tribute to the country's veterans to be shown Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention.
Centre Daily Times |
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Rap mogul 'Suge' Knight arrested for drugs, assault
Police say rap music mogul Marion (Suge) Knight is in a Las Vegas jail on drug and assault charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife.
CTV.ca |
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MakeMusic Announces SmartMusic´s 1,000th Concert Band Title
MakeMusic, Inc. (Nasdaq: MMUS) announced today the addition of the 1,000th concert band title to their
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Bill O'Reilly dance mix rocks the house [Clips]
Look, I used to be a professional musician. And basically, most mashups, remixes, and other Music 2.0 just doesn't work. All brain, no booty. But this remix of Bill O'Reilly's most awesomely human... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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‘Suge’ Knight arrested in Vegas drug, assault case
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 (1:27 p.m.) Police say rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is in a Las Vegas jail on drug and assault charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife.
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FBI Arrests Blogger in Guns N' Roses Album Leak
Sam Gustin says: Welcome to the jungle.A 27-year-old blogger named Kevin Cogill was arrested today on charges that he illegally posted nine songs from Guns N' Roses' forthcoming album on the internet.Law enforcement officials -- including FBI agents -- busted Cogill this morning at his home in Culver City, California.
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