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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Savoring a Few of the Good Things That 2008 Brought
Bad as 2008 may now seem in retrospect, we are daily assured by the "experts" that things will surely only get worse. But not everything in the past year went all to hell. In music, at least, there were some bright spots and even a few inspiring moments.
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Fine form
The recent production of horror contemporary dance A Delicate Situation showcased some of the finest dancers in the country.
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Cowon issues first firmware update for S9 PMP
Yes, already. Before the 8GB S9 has even had a chance to become available , Cowon has already issued the first firmware update for its hot little PMP. If you're one of the earliest of adopters , you may want to give this one a download / install before flinging your device upside the wall. Just to name a few, the patch fixes bugs when changing boundary settings for music playback, ...
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Entertainment Weekly names Framing Hanley's "Lollipop" year's worst single
"How in the name of Lil Wayne did anyone possibly think the world needed a whiny mall-rat rock cover of his hypnotic summer hit?" say Entertainment Weekly music critics Leah Greenblatt and Chris Willman. The two have put Nashville rock group Framing Hanley's cover of Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" at #1 on their list of the "5 Worst Singles of 2008. " Apparently, they hate the group's work so much, they ...
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Taking to the skies
It’s been a while, but judging from what musician extraordinaire Alex Peters has in store for his listening audience, it’s worth the wait.
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Tradition is strong at Northwest Boychoir
The Northwest Boychoir winds up a series of eight concerts through the Puget Sound area with a massive dose over the weekend and final event Tuesday night, with the Northwest Sinfonietta, at Benaroya Hall.
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Latest News
Irish rockers U2 have named their new album No Line On The Horizon, and will release it worldwide in early March, their label said.
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Art show and sale at Caffe Lucca, Sunday in Montara
Sunday, December 21, 2008, Art Show/Sale, Caffe Lucca, Noon to 5 p.m., Hwy 1 at 8th Street, Montara, 728-5229 Claire of Eclarity: one-of-a-kind necklaces, earrings, bracelets & rings from silver, natural stones and beads Gaia Essentials: pure, botanical skin therapy products Ana Perez: hand-crafted, decoupage bath accessories Tede Shawls: Woolen shawls from Nepal Live acoustic music
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Kid Rock Joins BamaJam Lineup
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Neil Finn to headline Womadelaide 2009
CROWDED House frontman Neil Finn will headline next year's Womadelaide festival, it was announced today.
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EcoTrack 11: Concert tickets give back to environment
For a small fee, companies partner with providers who plant trees or invest it in clean energy projects.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Bangalore has never had a dearth of music concerts. The City has witnessed performances by musician belonging to every genre There will be a one-day workshop on Dhrupad singing (Hindustani style) will be held on January 23. The workshop will be conducted by Ritwik Sanyal, Dean and Head, Faculty of Performing Arts, Banares Hindu University at Purandara Bhavana.
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SING ALONG MERRILY!
It’s the time of the year to deck the halls with balls of holly. Yes, the much awaited season of Christmas is here. No festival is complete without festive music. And during Christmas, it’s all the more so.
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Mr Tambourine Man goes orchestral
An orchestral version of Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man will launch an ambitious new project at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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Rock of Ages to Arrive at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre in March
The new 1980s-set Off-Broadway musical Rock of Ages will transfer to Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre, the current home of the Grease revival, in 2009. Previews at the Atkinson will begin March 20, 2009, with an official opening scheduled for April 7.
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SING ALONG MERRILY!
Music concerts Bangalore has never had a dearth of music concerts. The City has witnessed performances by musician belonging to every genre A place for women-bonding An afternoon with Soni Razdan, the well-known actress and film director had a wide cross section of Bangalore's ladies treated to a well-chosen book reading session at The Mother Tree, a space in Indiranagar especially dedicated to ...
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Denver Catholic school music teacher busted in Internet child-sex sting
A music teacher at two Denver Catholic schools was arrested after e-mailing graphic photos to an undercover officer posing as a young girl during an Internet sting operation.
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Orr Street Studios director hopes to fuel community interest
COLUMBIA — Elaine Johnson was 19 when she bought her first piece of art for $50 and a bicycle. She still owns the piece, an acrylic self-portrait of the artist, Johnson’s friend, Suzanne Steffens. Sepia, purple, yellow, browns and blues fill the 4-by-3-foot canvas and are echoed in the zigzags of the artist’s dress, speaking of the colors and details of New Mexico. These days, it is propped ...
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Country Singer Tries to Commit Suicide
Country crooner Mindy McCready was taken to a Nashville hospital after she tried to kill herself.
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Deceased Anime Singer Eri Kawai Releases a Farewell Album
Yokohama, Japan - December 17, 2008 - Many have grown up to Eri Kawai's sweet singing from numerous anime titles. Throughout her lifetime she has built an impressive resume of theme songs for anime titles as well as a respectable number of solo releases.
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Dazzling laser display wows Doha audience
By Sarmad Qazi THE Doha Corniche wore a futuristic look yesterday when the switches to giant laser beams, water fountains and music, installed on a 4.5km stretch were turned on as part of the National Day festivities.
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Hanukkah in Andover: Listing of events
Temple Emanuel 7 Haggetts Pond Road On Friday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m., Temple Emanuel of Andover will hold its annual Chanukah Night of Music with special musical guests, a capella group, Honorable Menschen.
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Luomo, 'Convivial' (Huume)
On his fourth album, Luomo (a.k.a. Sasu Ripatti, the Finnish electronic minimalist who also records as Vladislav Delay) stays true to the course he began with 2000's Vocalcity , which announced itself as "the next chapter in house." Dub-disco bass, wax-paper drum hits, and powdery synthesizers chug away, channeling an alternate '90s where nobody forgot how to dance. But his songwriting has ...
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Year in music: Artists and trends that were on target
Huge hit or major miss? USA TODAY's music writers single out the best, the worst and the peculiar from 2008.
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Our top five albums of 2008
These albums scored big with our music critics.
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