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Pickup lines, more highly evolved
SONGS OF SEDUCTION "Evolver" John Legend (G.O.O.D./Columbia) Leave it to John Legend to use global warming as a seduction tool. In "Quickly," from his new album "Evolver," the neo-soul singer-songwriter-keyboardist runs through a litany of woes affecting the human...
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MUSIC REVIEW: Lucinda's happiness is ruining her music
LUCINDA WILLIAMS'Little Honey'(Lost Highway)What's this' A happy Lucinda Williams' Lord knows, that's a concept that takes some getting used to. Maybe that's why I find it so hard to get used to her ninth studio album, 'Little Honey,' which finds the 55-year-old singer tattooed with a love jones.
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Decatur street musician Guitar Red cuts his first CD
He's been a fixture for years on the Decatur Square and a few other corners around town, a homeless street musician recognized for his bluesy warbles, his wide grin with the missing teeth, his insistent personality, his messy arrests for public drunkenness.
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Parton remains a down-home, protected treasure
ORLANDO, Fla. Dolly Parton is down-home, or so I am told.Oh, she absolutely looks that way on TV and in concerts. She's an adorable treasure - and I mean that!
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'Wii Music' game falls flat
Nintendo's 'Wii Music' invites players to pick up their wireless remotes and strum, toot, bang and drum their way through improvisational jam sessions using more than 60 virtual instruments on which there can be no wrong notes, no mistakes.
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The Nu Testament
Brian "Head" Welch played guitar for notorious nu-metallers Korn for almost 12 years until he found faith and dedicated his life to Christianity in 2005. His debut solo album Save Me From Myself, released Sept. 9 on Driven Music, is his first release as a solo artist and a born-again Christian.
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UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News
'Desperate' actor Gale Harold out of ICU ... Ferrell reprises Bush role on 'SNL' ... $5M bra created for Victoria's Secret ... Zeta-Jones may star in 'Cleopatra' musical ... News from United Press International.
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Are you ready for a good duet?
First show in Lennox Performing Arts Series lineup scheduled for Monday at First United Methodist
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I'm From Barcelona Hit the Road, Hold Remix Contest
Militia-sized Swedish band I'm From Barcelona will hit the road tonight (October 24) in support of their new album, Who Killed Harry Houdini? . In addition to the tour, IFB are holding a remix contest for Houdini track "Music Killed Me". To participate, all you have to do is head to the band's MySpace , read the instructions, download the file with all the song's parts, and ...
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Music: True Agent of Globalization
I stood on the broad stage, feeling very alone, my bandmates invisible behind me. The five of us are often packed on stage elbow to elbow.
YaleGlobal Online |
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Bands at New York's CMJ music festival eye economy
Band members and music industry professionals cast a wary eye on the slowing economy this week as they gathered at the College Music Journal's annual music festival in New York.
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Michael McCurry named worship leader at West End
Michael McCurry has joined the ministry staff at West End Baptist Church as Worship Leader. His responsibilities will include leading and working with the praise team, praise band and adult choir. He will oversee all things pertaining to worship and music.
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Country music star Carrie Underwood sees new wax figure of herself in New York
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Country music star Carrie Underwood now has a double.
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Apollo and Columbia University announce project to preserve the Harlem theater's legacy
NEW YORK (AP) _ Columbia University and the Apollo Theater Foundation plan to create an oral history of the famed Harlem theater that launched the careers of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and other music legends.
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Festival celebrates sweetness of life, honors Latin cultures
The event, which celebrates Dia de los Muertos, features the music of Latin America, along with documentary films, lectures, Aztec folktales, mask making, ballet folklorico, traditional family altars and more.
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Laissez les bon temps roulez!
With colorful masks, spirited music and a Mardi Gras theme, Permian High students prepared for their football game tonight with a pep rally this morning in the school field house.
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Hip Hop legends, Wu Tang Clan , are dusting off those mics and getting back on the road. The saga continues in Portland at the end of November and wraps up in the middle of January.
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New Music: Mos Def: "Life in Marvelous Times" [Stream]
"May you live in interesting times," goes the saying traditionally attributed to a Chinese curse. Mos Def has a better idea. On Election Day digital single "Life in Marvelous Times", from forthcoming Downtown record The Ecstatic , he argues that "we are alive in amazing times," backed by martial horn fanfares and widescreen blip-swoops aiming (I guess) for something marvelous. First ...
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Florida concert promoter puts out welcome mat
For years, music fans have been frustrated that South Florida's concert scene is overshadowed by the bigger markets of New York, Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles.
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Museums, galleries pumping up the cool factor
A hot summer night in North Miami, and if you were young and prowling to do something really, really cool, you paid your five bucks and -- undeterred by velvet ropes and glaring doormen -- melted right into the 200 or so GenSomethings twitching to the music of This Heart Electric, Captain Speedbanger, Down Homre Southernaires and Lemon Hill.
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Straylight Run takes it to the fans
For Straylight Run, the music business has been a decidedly mixed bag.
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The Doc Who Loves Adventure
Some of you know Dr. Steven Banks as a local orthodontist. But did you know that he originally began studying music? He has a degree in composition from Roosevelt University.
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Religion briefs, Oct. 24, 2008
ADA — Harmony Church will host Trunk or Treat Saturday, Nov. 1 from 6-8 p.m. at 224 SE County Rd. Instead of going door-to-door, trick or treaters will go from trunk to trunk in the church parking lot to get candy from the folks at Harmony. Hot chocolate will be served.
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Tech Watch: Music on Facebook; Bill Gates's Rumored Think Tank; Amazon's Q3 Earnings Bad, But Good
Facebook may launch music service to rival MySpace's; Bill Gates working on a Think Tank; and Amazon posts earnings just short of Q3 targets.
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Bands at New York's CMJ music festival eye economy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Band members and music industry professionals cast a wary eye on the slowing economy this week as they gathered at the College Music Journal's annual music festival in New York.
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