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Oh baby, from country music to Picasso
Sunday Rose Urban Kidman gets an early grounding in a wide range of arts - including the best of Paris.
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The P&H field guide to the 2008 radio festival season
The radio station-sponsored music festival is typically a pretty gruesome beast, where joyless artists rip through that season's
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Folk Music Legend Odetta Dies
The influential, Grammy nominated singer dies at age 77.
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Tubas ring in the holidays at Nathan Phillips Square
Every year for the last 17, the first Wednesday of December fills Nathan Phillips Square with all sorts of brass instruments. This year is no exception as hundreds took part in the 17th Annual Holiday Tuba Festival and Choir Sing-A-Long outside City Hall.
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"Twilight" Chick To Play Joan Jett
Stewart has been cast as the female punk rocker in The Runaways , a biopic about Jett's first band, which will be written and directed by Canadian music video director Floria Sigismondi (Muse, Interpol).
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Memphis Man Sues Dixie Chicks For Libel
Country music band the Dixie Chicks are being sued for defamation in Pulaski County Circuit Court over statements the band's lead singer made about the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys murdered in Crittenden County in 1993.
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Settlement Music School Gives Final Tribute to "The Settlement 100"
PHILADELPHIA----Settlement Music School: WHAT: Champagne Brunch, Ten Performances broadcast Live on WRTI-FM 90.1 hosted by Classical Morning Host David Conant and Settlement Music School Executive Director Robert Capanna.
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New video promoting Music City unveiled
Nashville leaders have unveiled a new video designed to "sell" Music City.
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Atlanta Pops Orchestra brings ‘An Appalachian Christmas’ to Chipola College
Tickets are now on sale for the Chipola College Artist Series event, “An Appalachian Christmas,” performed by the Atlanta Pops Orchestra on Monday, Dec. 8.
Jackson County Floridan |
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Performing arts center opens Thursday at former cinema site
Fountain Valley's Star Performing Arts Center is intended as a centerpiece for multicultural performances in Orange County.
Orange County Register |
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Amazon challenges iTunes with rival music download store
Apple’s iTunes music store faced a new challenger yesterday as Amazon introduced a rival online MP3 service with knockdown prices.
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Apple playing unfairly over iTunes?
Apple stands accused of unfairly blocking rival software makers who want to sell music for its iPhone.
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Arts News in Brief Dec. 3
The Church of Truth is hosting a night of new world music, ancient sacred poetry and a whirling dervish on Friday, Dec. 12. The featured performer is Saffron, backed by Niel Golden on percussion.
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Easton teen making music
At just 16 years old, Sam Protentis is the newest and youngest member of a local “cultural gem,” the 61-year-old Brockton Symphony Orchestra.
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Grease Revival Will End Broadway Run in January 2009
The Tony-nominated Broadway revival of the '50s-set musical Grease will play its final performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre Jan. 4, 2009, according to a box office representative.
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Tuba Christmas concert is Sunday
The Iola area Tuba Christmas will be offered to the public at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public and will be conducted by Ed Lammers, director of bands at Allen County Community College.
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So long, farewell von Trapp hotel
The Austrian city of Salzburg block plans to turn the former mansion of the von Trapp family, made famous by The Sound of Music, into a hotel.
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Retirement doesn't stop music teacher from doing what he loves
Retired music teacher Bruce Norris, who taught many years at West Harrison, volunteers at Lewis Central High School three to four times a week. Photo: Rolisha Davis
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Veteran country star Alan Jackson honoured with his own CMT special
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A veteran star being saluted by a bunch of hot new ones - Alan Jackson knows this can be trouble.
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Country star Alan Jackson honored with CMT special
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Alan Jackson knows that typically an artist is dead or his career is over when a group of hot new stars get together to salute a veteran like him. Jackson, McGraw headline '09 Country Thunder
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Born: December 31, 1930 Died: December 3, 2008
Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century starting in the folk revival of the 1950s,died on Dec. 3, 2008, She was 77.
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CAM Jazz Announces 2009 Releases by Martial Solal, Francesco Cafiso, Enrico Pieranunzi, Edward Simon, Kenny Wheeler ...
In the course of just eight years, CAM Jazz has become an independent record label of international prestige. Among the achievements in its eight years are four consecutive GRAMMY nominations (2006, 2007, 2008) for Kenny Wheeler, Diego Urcola, Paul McCandless and Mark Walker (both of Oregon).
All About Jazz |
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Glenview Planner
The 25th Annual Holiday Song Fest, a program of choral music performed by 10 senior center vocal groups, will be presented Wednesday, Dec. 3 from noon-2:30 p.m. at Glenview United Methodist Church, 727 Harlem Avenue, Glenview. The public is invited to this free event.
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Lions song lyrics must be the blues, eh?
Free Press agate chief Bernie Czarniecki has been so moved by the Lions' season that he came up with these song lyrics, to the tune of the "Twelve Days of Christmas."
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Enjoy 'Heart-Warming' Night of Music, Charity Dec. 20
A Toy-ful Celebration Holiday Concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20 in Glenview Community Church, 1000 Elm Street. The family-oriented Christian congregation welcomes the community for an hour of holiday music.
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