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Shania Twain aims for a comeback with surprise appearance at CMA Awards
DARRON CUMMINGS/AP PHOTOShania Twain at Wednesday's CMA Awards Shania Twain, who has been out of the public eye for years, even before her recent high-profile split from music producer Jeff "Mutt" Lange, reemerged at the CMA Awards Wednesday night to...
The Star-Ledger |
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Music director Harris Jayaraj parts ways with director Gowtham Menon
The bond between a music composer and the director is vital and once it's lost, it is difficult, said popular music composer Harris Jayaraj here Thursday as he announced the end of his professional association with ace director Gowtham Menon.
Calcutta News |
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Carrie Underwood excited, nervous on co-hosting CMA Awards
Oklahoma singing sensation Carrie Underwood didn’t make the Country Music Association work too hard to rope her into co-hosting tonight’s CMA Awards with fellow star Brad Paisley."They didn’t have to do much roping,” the Checotah native said with a laugh during a recent phone interview. "Brad and I have been paired together on a lot of stuff, and we have a really good chemistry. He’s definitely ...
The Oklahoman |
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SeattleNoise: Andrea Wittgens
SeattleNoise: Andrea Wittgens, singer-songwriter.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Lisa Biales plans 'extravaganza' to celebrate new CD release
Lisa Biales is turning out to be one of the area's most prolific singer/songwriters.
Dayton Daily News |
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Norman and Brown's Trumpet of the Swan to Feature Bates, Kennedy, Thomas and Willard
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present a limited engagement of The Trumpet of the Swan: A Novel Symphony Dec. 4-6 in the Eisenhower Theater.
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City Paper Round Up
Fascinating profile of local performer Stoya . Don't worry, we know you know who she is. We wonder what would happen if she met up with folks at the Improv Festival … And yet another artist from South Philly , just a slightly different medium. Who gets to decide how to use abandoned buildings ? And why is so much abandoned property just hanging around? We haven't hit ...
Phillyist |
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Bootsy Collins' Charity To Get 25 Guitars For Needy Kids
Bootsy Collins will accept the generous gift, as well as sign autographs, at the new Guitar Center Cincinnati on Kemper Commons Circle between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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Johnny Marr Guests on John Frusciante Album
He's a member of Modest Mouse . He's in cahoots with the Cribs . He's a college professor . He recently remastered a bunch of his legendary old band's songs for a new compilation . And yet, something about Johnny Marr 's schedule screamed to him, "Not busy enough!" Thus, Marr has filled the void in his creative life by getting involved in a variety of new projects. First, ...
Pitchfork |
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Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With 'Country' Awards
Country Music Awards gives ABC average 5 rating/13 share to lead Wednesday, according to overnight ratings.
Broadcasting and Cable |
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Music: 'The Best of Bond ... James Bond'
"The Best of Bond ... James Bond" instead offers a compilation of some of the theme songs performed in the past 40-plus years.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Music Review: Taylor Swift-- Fearless
Taylor Swift’s Sophomore album is a success. Taylor Swift’s newest album, Fearless, which came out Tuesday, is crushing all the charts. The eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter now has 13 of the Top 15 songs on iTunes’ Top Country Songs chart, including the entire Top 10. If that wasn’t enough, Taylor also has two songs in the Top 15 of Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100...
Blogcritics.org |
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Ratings: CMA Awards, Bones Make Beautiful Music
This Wednesday, as ABC's broadcast of the CMA Awards averaged 15.87 million total viewers, making it the night's most-watched program across all time parts:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Geldof gets taste of NZ music
Sir Bob Geldof will be treated to a taste of Kiwi pop music on his visit to New Zealand. The Boomtown Rats star and humanitarian is in Auckland to speak at a charity dinner for the Manukau Community Foundation at Sky City.
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Daphna Rahmil
Daphna Rahmil is an award-winning songwriter who paints vivid pictures of the world as seen by a woman coming into her own. Her music is rich and often unpredictable as she moves easily from style to style, defying any one genre.
All About Jazz |
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Missing a Lost Loved One?
If your answer is yes and you wish you had a soundtrack for how you're feeling, look no further than John Richards' show this morning on KEXP. It's the anniversary of his mother's passing, so he's been playing a lovely music-to-make-you-cry mix all morning. Selected songs include: "Casimir Pulaski Day" by Sufjan Stevens, "When You Leave" by Maps, and "Hallelujah" as sung by Jeff Buckley. Audio ...
Seattlest |
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Battleground Virginia: A Santa Monican’s Election Night Story
It is now common wisdom that Barack Obama won the presidential election due to his brilliant campaign strategy, which in large part depended on his organization’s ability to put boots on the ground in key states.
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Bootsy Collins' Charity To Get 25 Guitars For Needy Kids
At Guitar Center's reopening Thursday night, the store will present 25 guitars to Bootsy Collins' Cincinnati USA Music Heritage Foundation. The newly formed foundation will find a home for those guitars with needy kids.
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Arts & Entertainment:
A rare event is coming to the Bay Area this next week. One of cinema’s greatest works of art will screen twice—once at San Francisco’s Castro Theater and once at UC Berkeley’s Hertz Hall—accompanied by 200 singers and a 24-piece orchestra.
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Arts & Entertainment:
Oakland East Bay Symphony will premiere an unusual commissioned work by San Francisco composer Nathaniel Stookey, Zipperz, with a libretto by Dan Harder, also of San Francisco, to be sung by Berkeley-native Eisa Davis and Manoel Felciano, both recently featured on Broadway in New York, at the opening night of the Symphony’s 20th anniversary season, this Friday at 8 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre ...
Berkeley Daily Planet |
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Milwaukee's old school
WATERLOO --- The newest beer in the Cedar Valley has an old name. Schlitz returned Wednesday with classic rock fanfare, a caravan of vintage cars and gussied up "gusto girls."
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier |
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In the next 24: Music and dance
A TOUCH OF BRASS: Enjoy a free concert of the Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble at 6 p.m. Friday at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University. 387-4667 or www.wmich.edu/music. FALL INTO DANCE: Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers hosts its fall concert at 8...
The Kalamazoo Gazette |
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Classical pianist to present guest recital at UWSP
A Wisconsin Rapids native and past recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Laird Leader in the Arts Award will present a guest piano recital at UWSP on Thursday, Nov. 20. John Milbauer, an assistant professor of piano at the University of Arizona School of Music, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Michelsen Hall in the Noel Fine Arts Center. The recital is free and open to the public. ...
Stevens Point Journal |
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Drummer Mitch Mitchell Dies
Mitch Mitchell , the innovative drummer who anchored the Jimi Hendrix Experience , has died at the age of 62. Mitchell passed away on November 12 in Portland, Oregon of natural causes.
All About Jazz |
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Community Calendar
NCRT presents “She Loves Me,” a heart-warming musical. Opening night is Nov. 13 with champagne reception after show. Performance is a benefit for cast and crew.
The Humboldt Beacon |
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