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Performer’s showcase
Pianist Eleanor Perrone give a recital today at 11 a.m. at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. She will be performing Handel’s Suite VII in G minor, Brahms’ Four Piano Pieces, op. 119 and Granados’ Three Spanish Dances. Tickets for recital including tour are $17. 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah. 914-232-1252.
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7digital first to sign up big four to unrestricted MP3
A UK start-up has stolen a march on digital music rivals iTunes and Amazon in Europe. By Owen Gibson
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Making Science Fun
It’s not often that the words rap music, animation, and science are mentioned in the same sentence, but a science Web site is hoping to get kids excited about the subject by bringing all three together.
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Reservist was outgoing person who loved music
EL PASO -- The family of a U.S. Marine reservist found dead in Jurez last week remembered him as an outgoing, lively person who loved cumbia music and Mexican corridas, and loved to dance.
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PLAY: St. Louis Music Festival hits the Loop this weekend
Now in its second year, PLAY:stl Music Festival will take over the Delmar Loop again, beginning officially on Thursday, Sept. 18 and ending Saturday, Sept. 20. This year’s festival features 99 artists spread out over eight stages.
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Betcha can’t see just one
So many college professors maintain that their classes are the most important you will ever take, and assign coursework accordingly. While chatting with Rob Henke, the Performing Arts Department (P.A.D.) Chair at Washington University, a clear disdain for this sentiment sets him apart.
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David Myers: Cameraman To The Rock Stars
Of the film documenters of rock's history, cameraman David Myers was the one truly at the epicenter of rock film nirvana. Just one of Myers' major friends and filmic collaborators was Bob Dylan, who in April 2008 received an honorary Pulitzer Prize , cited for his ”profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.”
All About Jazz |
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Art Cinema
Danish multi-instrumentalist Robin Taylor might be considered a modern day professor of progressive rock. He fuses the best of the past while instilling a sense of newness into his expanding discography.
All About Jazz |
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Heat Wave
As her fiftieth birthday nears, pianist Satoko Fujii continues to release recordings at a furious pace. However, despite always extending her compositional and improvisational language, her musical personality remains recognizable by its unique mixture of melody, rhythm, freedom and structure.
All About Jazz |
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Sketches of MD: Live At The Iridium
Alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett gives listeners a kaleidoscopic view of his music in this fun live recording. A post-bop saxophonist who performed with Miles Davis during the trumpeter's later fusion/funk years, Garrett has since gone on to make his own name as one of the fiercest players around.
All About Jazz |
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Book lovers in Kerala are in for a treat as the first Kovalam Literary Festival is set to get off to a star-studded start at the sprawling Taj Green Cove on the picturesque Kovalam beach next month.
Deccan Herald |
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Another DVD Looks At Dylan's Jesus Years
Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years: Busy Being Born... Again!, a new film from director Joel Gilbert takes a closer look at this period of Dylan's music.
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Country Jam to raise money for needy children
Pat James and his wife, Barbara, haven’t let a Christmas go by in more than three decades when giving gifts to strangers wasn’t on their minds all year.
Rockford Register Star |
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Alicia Keys Is Not The Other Woman
Alicia Keys was not the other woman behind the break-up of music producer Swizz Beatz and his wife of five years. The New York Daily News states that Swizz’s wife Mashonda “has had enough. She put her career on hold to be a wife and mother.
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Chico celebrates El Dia de la Independencia
Smells of simmering carne asada from taco trucks filled the evening breeze as live mariachi music played across the street on the main stage of the City Plaza, providing an enchanting scene to celebrate Mexico's Dia de la Independencia on Sunday. For senior Javier Garcia, neither Dia de la Independencia nor Cinco de Mayo, which many misinterpret as Mexico's independence day, were ever celebrated ...
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Bennington blasts Vmas
Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has lashed out at the organisers of the MTV Video Music Awards for turning the prizegiving into an annual mess.
world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Candy Apple makes sweet, sultry music
Cafe Coda offers more than tasty breakfasts for hungover undergrads. The small eatery hosted a free show Sept. 10 featuring some of the best musicians Chico can provide. Hipster guys with long hair and tight jeans mingled with punk rock girls sporting Mohawks and black leather chokers.
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Bear Hunter will growl for new fans, foes
These days it seems all musicians lead a double, or even triple life. It's hard enough to keep up with one band let alone two, but that's what nearly all of the members of easy-listening rock band Bear Hunter have achieved. Lead singer and baritone guitarist Maurice Spencer has been playing in his band, Bear Hunter, for about five years, but he and his bandmates didn't want to limit their ...
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Rock veteran plays hits
Chico Performances continued its tradition of presenting high-class entertainment with worldly talent in Laxson Auditorium on Saturday night. Seminal '60s singer-songwriter Janis Ian played a selection from her illustrious career, reaching into her near 300-song library and playing an assortment of tracks and shared life experiences and stories.
Orion |
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Pendulum Ensembles -- 09/17/08 at Grusin Music Hall
Pendulum Ensembles -- 09/17/08 at Grusin Music Hall
Rocky Mountain News |
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World percussion festival goes with a bang in Ha Noi
VietNamNet Bridge - Forty-five artists are taking part in an international percussion music festival that started Monday in Vietnam. The festival, titled Cracking Bamboo, saw participants gather from Asia and Europe in Ha Noi from September 15-22.
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Vivendi CEO Sees Resurgence of Music Industry; UMG "Next Surprise for Our Investors"
Hope springs eternal in music, and it seems, in the music industry as well. Jean Bernard Levy, the CEO of Vivendi (EPA: VIV) (which owns the biggest label Universal Music Group), told FT that he sees a new age of revenue growth, especially with digital and mobile sales. He cites Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) Comes With Music, Apple's (NSDQ: AAPL) efforts and now MySpace Music as reasons for optimism, ...
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Chibuku Road To Fame finals cancelled
CHIBUKU Road To Fame — one of the biggest music talent competitions in the country — has been cancelled.
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Luvisi brings precision to preludes
From J.S. Bach to Frederic Chopin to Dmitri Shostakovich, the notion of what "prelude" means for the piano has been an object of endless fascination and myriad possibilities. In that context, then, it was logical that a pianist as intellectually curious as Lee Luvisi would one day apply his fingers to Shostakovich's 24 Preludes, Op. 34.
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Jazz Cabaret at library
BRIDGETON - Bridgeton Library will host a Jazz Cabaret presenting the Brian Betz Trio on Friday, Sept. 26. Featuring Brian Betz on guitar, the trio also includes Mark Pzybalowski on bass and John Guida on tenor sax.
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