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Mark Schwahn inks trio of TV deals
Mark Schwahn is mixing television and music with three new deals.
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Bars plan events for homecoming weekend
Homecoming Week brings a lot of festivity and celebration with it and one of University students' favorite activities is going to the bars on campus. Well aware of that fact, bars are making plans to attract more student and alumni business. "I want to go to Firehaus for sure because they play amazing music," said Payal Bhatia, sophomore in Engineering.
Daily Illini |
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Families gather, in person or in spirit, as annual event approaches
When most students think about homecoming, the first things to come to mind are the parties, football games, homecoming court, music and celebrations that all of the current students are anxious to experience. What is sometimes forgotten is that the event is also about celebrating the alumni of the University, and inviting them to "come home" and see how their school has advanced and evolved.
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Film about daredevils lives' records every crash, spill along the way
You have to love the names: Crash Moreau. Doug Danger. Louis "The Rocket" Re, King Kong Knievel and Rocky Hardcore. No, these are not characters from Marvel comics -- although they do have some superhero qualities. ...
The Nashua Telegraph |
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Hernando's new sidewalks meets disabilities mandate, make Square walking easier
Hernando's Town Square got a minor facelift last week, just in time for this weekend's sixth annual Hernando Music and Heritage Festival.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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'30 Rock' star Tina Fey to write humor book
'30 Rock' star Tina Fey to write humor book
The Standard-Times |
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On Campus: Recital and dedication honors music professor
Angelo State University will honor the memory of one of its most beloved professors on Thursday with a tribute recital and the dedication of the Eldon U. Black Recital Hall.
The San Angelo Standard-Times |
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Artists remain trapped in closet
From time to time, I write songs on my guitar. I neither claim nor aspire to be the next Dylan, but I do enjoy playing. And in the past few weeks, I've rediscovered something I truly love about music: sharing it with other people.
The Daily Gamecock |
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Music Crawl heats up Columbia
Saturday, Oct. 4 could easily be considered the one night a year that Columbia's music scene is on fire. The Free Times Music Crawl brought 30 bands to six stages in the Vista from Fred Durst wannabes from Charleston Blindsyght, to the show-stopper Venice is Sinking from Athens, Ga. The real jewels of the evening were the talented acts from Columbia though. Spanning the musical genre spectrum, ...
The Daily Gamecock |
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Around world in 60 minutes
It would be a difficult thing to summarize the World Symphonic Jazz Orchestra at USC in a single word. "Diverse" seems a good candidate even before the performers themselves take the stage.
The Daily Gamecock |
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Browne is still running, but hardly on empty
The noise at the Santa Monica Pier was deafening — the screech of metal cars on the roller coaster, the laughter of teenagers, the tinny symphony of bells, whistles and buzzers from the boardwalk booths and bass-heavy pop songs blaring from unseen...
The Standard-Times |
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Roky Erickson rocks the Granada Theater
By DARREN WHITE DALLAS — Psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson backed by trippy drone rockers The Black Angels seems like a good idea on paper. Both are from Austin, and in bands like 13th Floor Elevators and Roky Erickson & The Aliens, Erickson laid the blueprint for the psychedelic hard rock that younger bands like The Black Angels have been mining for decades. Unfortunately, though, ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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DHS hosts band competition Oct. 11
DARTMOUTH — The Dartmouth School Music Association (DSMA) will host a U.S. Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) marching band and color guard competition at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Dartmouth Living Memorial Stadium on Slocum Road.
The Standard-Times |
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Group follows O’Donnell to Høstfest
Thousands of fans converged on the three concerts put on by popular Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell at the Norsk Hstfest this weekend, but one group of fans is even more dedicated than most.
Minot Daily News |
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Pitch perfect: KU senior finds balance between music major, job
“There’s no time for partying or goofing off if you want to succeed in this intense competitive field,” says Kansas University senior Tammy Wolkenfeld, 22. “Majoring in flute performance requires a huge commitment to constant practice and a willingness to push yourself.” In addition to studying, practicing, rehearsing and performing, Wolkenfeld works as a part-time server at the Eldridge Hotel’s ...
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Search the Archives
Terri Kujawa, Pitt sophomore, and John Juracko search carefully for the right pumpkin to decorate at Fall Fest on Saturday. Jesse Johnson of Motion City Soundtrack rocks out with his Barack out at Fall Fest Saturday.
The Pitt News |
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Billboard.com -- Coachella Moves 2009 Dates Up Two Weeks
The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is moving its 2009 dates up two weeks to April 17-19, Billboard has learned. The event will take place as usual at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif., with a lineup to be confirmed early next year.
Billboard.com |
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David Byrne
As the principle songwriter for groundbreaking New York band the Talking Heads, David Byrne spearheaded the group's adventurous exploration of a quirky array of sounds ranging from arty funk to polyrhythmic world music while establishing himself as a compelling if quirky frontman.
Bayinsider |
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Madonna gives fans a Sticky & Sweet treat
The most stirring moment during the kickoff concert to Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour came when the Material Girl stood onstage with just her guitar and a few musicians for an acoustic set.
Independent Online |
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Faculty impress with recital of French melodies
Though it is an acceptable trick for most classical vocalists to sacrifice word clarity for musical expression, it is not the case for the art songs of late 19th-century French composers like Claude Debussy and Gabriel Faure.
Brown Daily Herald |
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Business best bets
TVA CEO: Tom Kilgore, president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority, will be the speaker at the Harlan E. Boyles Distinguished CEO Lecture at Appalachian State University at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Free. Call 262-2057.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Celebrating a Leader of Britain?s Modern-Dance Vanguard
The Dance Umbrella festival in London celebrated Richard Alston?s 40th year of creating dance.
New York Times |
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Reverence and Rapture, Expressed by an Organ
If anything could convince a committed disbeliever to question that stance, it might be the organ music of Olivier Messiaen.
New York Times |
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Revolutionary Martyrs and Sinful Sisters
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra gave a wrenching, full-throttle account of Shostakovich?s Symphony No. 11.
New York Times |
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Feeling Modern, City Opera Starts an Itinerant Season
New York City Opera opened what is going to be a modest season, devoid of staged productions, with a very fine concert of notable 20th-century works at St. George Theater on Staten Island.
New York Times |
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