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New summer festival to debut this Saturday at Blackberry Farm
AURORA -- A celebration of food, entertainment and family fun will come to life Saturday with the first annual Celetastity at Blackberry Farm.
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Festival schedule
Friday, Aug. 29
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Turn off the radio, go to the folk fest
My husband Pat likes music and by music, I mean all kinds of music.
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Last Fling expands with Family Fun Land
As if the blinking carnival lights and blaring music stages at Last Fling weren't sensory overload enough, this year's event caters more than ever to those with the shortest attention spans:
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Band brings 'Southern bar pop' to Athens
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Wess Floyd and The Daisycutters - all are synonymous with American rock 'n' roll, but you just might not have heard the last one yet. Wess Floyd and The Daisycutters is a band about friendship.
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New Web Based Music Mastering Service Makes Online Mastering Easier and More Convenient
Innovative, new audio mastering website offers online mastering for bands, labels, and producers. Internet-based company Online-mastering.coms upgraded web interface offers ease-of-use as well as top quality. (PRWeb Aug 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/audio_mastering/online_mastering/prweb1257524.htm
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Rising band brings tour to SoZo
What: Hit the Lights with A Rocket to the Moon, Fireworks, Split Fifty and Nightbeast When: 7 tonight Where: SoZo, 256 E. Beaver Ave. Details: Tickets are $10 at City Lights Records and $12 at the door.
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listen up!
THE VERVEForth 2008 seems to be the year of comebacks: Portishead returned from hiatus with a masterpiece, the Stone Temple Pilots are back touring sold-out stadiums, and even Gwen Stefani was able to deflate her ego enough to reform No Doubt. And now legendary Brit-pop band The Verve has returned to the fold, with vocalist Richard Ashcroft and guitarist Nick McCabe burying the hatchet in order ...
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The Listings
TODAY DJ TRIZ, Suex Effect, K-Macks. Caledonia Lounge, 10 p.m. $6 (21+), $7 (18-20). Benefit for Nuci's Space featuring Grogus and Wrong Way. Georgia Theatre, 10 p.m. $10. Kip Jones. Wild Wing Café, 10 p.m. Free. Kip Jones is often seen as a split between the ruminative acoustic territory of Neil Young and the country-infused rock of '80s-era Steve Earle.
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Well-read band mixes melodic pop and punk
Titus Andronicus Melding catchy pop melodies to a wash of distorted guitars and literate, verbose lyrics, New Jersey's Titus Andronicus have been making waves nationwide with their debut record, "The Airing of Grievances." Fresh out of the gate in April, the album has garnered the attention and praise of critics everywhere, most notably Pitchfork Media, which included the band in a recent ...
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Cowboy poets make audiences feel pull of open trail
PALMER -- Jim Reader and T.J. Casey are the kind of cowboys who still rustle stock, who proclaim their country-folk status with big hats, blue jeans and calloused fingers. Their callouses aren't earned entirely through ranching -- although they say they've got land and livestock in Alberta and Montana, respectively -- but from hours picking out tunes they've crafted on the road or in a pasture ...
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Band conquers rowdy crowd
Augustana plays last night at the first concert held at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. About 1,600 people attended.
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'There is so much positive energy coming from people'
Calling all music lovers. Volunteers are needed for this year's Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, which starts Sept. 9.
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Every little bit Phelps: Swimmer a VMA presenter
LOS ANGELES---- He does comedy, writes books, mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming? Certainly not Michael Phelps -- not anymore, at least. But as a presenter at the 2008 Video Music Awards, all that fresh Olympic bling will certainly help.
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Turn off the radio and go to the folk fest
My husband Pat likes music and by music, I mean all kinds of music. On Sunday mornings, we listen to the eerie Hearts of Space which is a collection of electronic, experimental, new age-type recordings. On Saturday nights, we tune into folk songs on The Midnight Special. He knows the words to multiple Frank Zappa and Grateful Dead songs and keeps up with every band that our teenage sons find ...
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New music, magic acts give Vegas taste of something different
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 (2 a.m.) Two dynamic shows have opened in Vegas — one is music, the other magic. “Hitzville” is a Motown revue loaded with talent led by Jin-Jin Reeves.
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Around Town: Summer Music Series
Merced Mall is hosting its Summer Music Series from 6 to 8 p.m. today. For more information, call (209) 723-3981.
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Food, music and art join forces at Maggie's
Richmond Row is famous more for its nightlife than its art scene, but one multi-faceted club is bringing quality Canadian art to the downtown strip. Maggie's Jazz Club at 478 Richmond St., offers patrons the chance to browse high-end Canadian art or catch a jazz show while they eat or down a pint.
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South D.M. church serves up sweet corn
One of summer’s most anticipated crops was ripe for the picking Saturday afternoon as Christ the King Church and Parish School on Des Moines’ south side held its second annual sweet corn festival. The event featured games, music, bingo and - a signature highlight - free sweet corn.
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If you like fun, then you'll like Last Fling
As if the blinking carnival lights and blaring music stages at Last Fling weren't sensory overload enough, this year's event caters more than ever to those with the shortest attention spans: Little kids.
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American English to hit Ravinia stage
American English, a Beatles tribute band, will include a special performance of music they have saved all summer for their debut Sept. 6 at Ravinia Park's 12th Yea! Highland Park concert.
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Backlot Bash surpasses inaugural year's fest
If there was any sign that the second annual Backlot Bash was going to be a major success, the weather provided it. Before the festival got underway, the sky clouded up some. But when the festival began in early evening, not a raindrop fell.
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'You just have to impose your will'
Culture: Pierre Boulez has done more than anyone to define the idea of what is modern music, writes Tom Service
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Paul August: Looking back on the Fab Four's final concert
It was Aug. 29, 1966, at Candlestick Park, San Francisco. This was the Beatles last live performance, but no one knew it at the time.
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Rockin' the sun down
There is no dance floor quite like sweet, soft grass, and the hilltop venue at Pilot Peak Winery for the Nevada County Land Trust's Stars at the Peak benefit concert last Saturday was superbly set for it.
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