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Alumni spanning 40 years take the stage for tribute
Dan Sherman and Tom Burnett had trouble holding back tears on Saturday as their former Quincy High School music and theater students took them on a trip down memory lane.
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'Spanish Twelfth Night' features medieval, Spanish composers
Music by medieval and Renaissance Spanish composers will be featured in "A Spanish Twelfth Night," a concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph.
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Ball combats obesity, promotes literacy
CORPUS CHRISTI — Parents and kids will want to save this date. On Jan. 10, the Junior League of Corpus Christi will have its Festival of Fairy Tales from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for children and a Fairy Tale Ball from 8 p.m. to midnight for adults.
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A fresh start
He's written and performed some of the greatest rock music ever produced, but at the age of 61, there is a freshness to Gregg Allman that goes beyond his music.
The Standard-Times |
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RNC chairman appalled over Obama parody sent on CDs
By NATASHA T. METZLER WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican National Committee said Saturday that he is "shocked and appalled" that one of his potential successors sent committee members a CD this Christmas featuring a 2007 song called Barack the Magic Negro. In the wake of RNC Chairman Robert "Mike" Duncan’s admonishment, former Tennessee GOP leader Chip Saltsman said party leaders ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Song on Obama spawns squabble
A Nashville man seeking to become chairman of the Republican National Committee has stirred up a national controversy by sending out a Christmas gift that included the satirical song "Barack the Magic Negro."
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Music Listings
The Bop Club - . Sundays. Bel Air Club 6195 Macon (Bartlett) 388-1474. David Bowen - . Sun., Dec. 28, Mon., Dec. 29, Tue., Dec. 30, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Fri., Jan. 2 and Sat., Jan. 3, 2:30-6:30 p.m.
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Music: Slicked Hicks
With: Taylor Hicks Fri.-next Sun. When: 7:30 p.m. Tue. & Thu, 2 p.m. Wed., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., 1 & 6:30 p.m. next Sun.
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Sounds of the season
As he has for decades, Len Charney continues to make beautiful holiday music with his accordion. Most recently, Charney played at the St. John the Evangelist Parish Community Altar & Rosary Society Christmas dinner. See photos on page 20.
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It's time to hand out the dummies
As we say each year at this time, television has its Emmys, music has its Grammys and sports has its dummies.
Evansville Courier & Press |
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MUSIC VIDEO: ‘Dem Phones Dem Phones Dem iPhones—Hear the Word of the Lord’
A recreation? A mashup of old video and new audio? Whatever, it’s great! And true!
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |
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Life has been rough as a longtime Lions fan
Grand Rapids Press music critic and entertainment writer John Sinkevics is a lifelong Detroit Lions fan and longtime season ticket holder, which naturally makes most people question: a). his sanity, b). his judgment, and c). why he hangs onto those Honolulu blue T-shirts he can't wear outside his house due to the public humiliation.
The Flint Journal |
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Best concerts of 2008: Kanye vs. Rage
The top two choices were clear, but then it was all a wonderful blur.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Benefit gospel concert slated for December 31
Happy holidays and have a wonderful new year! New Year’s Day is just around the corner and I hope that it brings good things to everyone. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know that I did and I am so thankful for my family. It was great to have them all at my home.
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise |
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News Years Party
It's still December, but that didn't stop some kids from ringing in the new year,a little early. The Mandan Community Center hosted the third annual Kid's Rockin' New Years Eve Party this afternoon. For just five dollars, kids of all ages spent five h
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Rock ‘n’ roll stars return for First Night Salem festivities
SALEM -February of 2009 will mark the 50th anniversary of the death of musical stars Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Richie Valens. The legends of the early days of rock 'n' roll were together on a small chartered plane, which crashed on a snowy night in Iowa.
Lisbon Morning Journal |
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Moog music finds international success as small manufacturer
Only a few businesses inspire such fierce loyalty that their customers tattoo the name of the company on their bodies. Harley-Davidson comes to mind as one. Another is Moog Music, local manufacturers of legendary keyboard synthesizers and effects pedals for various instruments.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Grand entrance
Somewhere the ghost of Pablo Elvira is smiling. Eighteen-year-old Peter Mortenson of Bozeman was rehearsing Saturday morning on the Ellen Theatre stage for the coming-out concert for his first CD album, called “Songs from Pablo’s Attic.”
Bozeman Daily Chronicle |
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MP3 player lights rescuers' way to missing skiers
SAVOGNIN, Switzerland - Swiss rescue officials say they have found two missing skiers after spotting the light from their MP3 music player.
Muzi |
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Pats Playlist: Junior Seau
When veteran linebacker Junior Seau isn't tackling opposing players - or being sideline-tackled by fans gone wild - he likes to mellow out to music that suits his adaptable...
Boston Herald |
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Year in review: Arts flourished in ’08
The bad economy has come for a visit, but despite that, 2008 was a good year for the arts in Columbia: nnn The S.C. Philharmonic hired Morihiko Nakahara as its new music director. He was the unanimous choice and as one selection committee member said, “No one else came close.” Along with being a dynamic musician, Nakahara has quickly become part of the Columbia community, showing up at ...
The State |
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Choices for memorable classical performances in Cleveland this year
Jeanette Sorrell at the keyboard with Apollo's Fire: 2008 was another banner year. The economy tanked, the housing market collapsed, and the financial and automobile sectors went begging for bailouts. But in terms of classical music, the year 2008...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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Leaders aim to restore life to Hill District jazz scene
From Prohibition to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., diverse crowds danced, drank and mingled into the night in the Hill District. They were entertained by world-class jazz performed by local heroes such as Billy Eckstine and icons including Duke Ellington
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Dick Goodwin strikes up the band
The band rehearsed just once, the day of the show. But the conductor knew what he was doing, as did the rhythm section. And the piano player was terrific. So was Aretha Franklin, who turned out to be a fine piano player herself. “The couple that she played on were not easy tunes, and they weren’t in easy keys,” Dick Goodwin says of Franklin’s performance at the 3 Rivers Music Festival in 2006. ...
The State |
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What's That Smell , a Comedy About Musical Comedy, Ends Off-Broadway Run Dec. 28
Tony Award nominee David Pittu's critically acclaimed world premiere comedy with music, What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling, ends its commercial Off-Broadway run Dec. 28 at 8 PM at New World Stages.
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