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TOP 10: No. 2, Concert series shows off new downtown
When industry boomed, thousands of people mulling around Main Street was an everyday thing. Suffice to say, it’s been a while since “busy” and “downtown” went into the same sentence routinely.
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Limp Bizkit Reunite With Evanescence Guitarist Replacing Borland? - 08 Rewind
According to interweb rumours hot dog-flavored rockers Limp Bizkit have reformed
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Mix rail
ASHEVILLE – The sound has changed at Asheville radio station WOXL-FM/96.5, which has evolved its format from “classic hits” to “light rock.” The station has also rebranded itself as Mix 96.5.
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Hughes, Walsh, Jensen, Romano and Gerrard Set for Ragtime at Astoria Performing Arts Center
Casting has been announced for the Astoria Performing Arts Center's production of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' Tony-winning musical Ragtime, which will begin performances Feb. 5, 2009.
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State of the Union Will Feature Songs by Gwon, Blaemire, Collins and More
State of the Union , which is billed as "a celebration of our nation and its foibles," will be offered Jan. 13, 2009, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
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UK doctors could get Internet post reviews
British patients could soon rate their doctors by posting reviews on an official health service website, says the country's health department.
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Media Day: What’s new in music, DVD
New on DVD Films: “Eagle Eye,” “The Duchess,” “Ghost Town,” “An American Carol” International: “Towelhead” Television: “Nip/Tuck: Season Five, Part One,” “Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season,” “Greek: Chapter Two,” “The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season One” Tuesday’s tunes
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Port Wentworth Elementary delivers new voices to Christmas music program
Family, friends and neighbors crowded into Port Wentworth Elementary School on Dec. 11 expecting the usual student holiday music. What they received was a top-notch choral performance under the direction of John Fell, the school's new music teacher.
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Springsteen-inspired bands top rock albums
Rock music in 2008 was dominated by relics from the past, most returning with respectable albums. With apologies to fans of Kings of Leon and Bon Iver, here are the top 10 rock albums of the year. (Note: Radiohead’s “In Rainbows,” given away in 2007 and released traditionally in 2008, was rated last year, when it topped this list.)
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Troy brass players get extra lessons
District teams up with youth orchestra to offer one-on-one instruction TROY ? Nick Coonrad remembers clearly how he came to play the trombone in fourth grade."I saw a big case and picked it up,'' said Nick, 14, a ninth-grader at Troy High School. In his sixth year playing the trombone, Nick's part of a new program, City Brass, sponsored by the Empire State Youth Orchestra in the Troy City ...
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Naifeh decries Obama parody
NASHVILLE - Democratic House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh is calling on Tennessee Republicans to renounce a former state GOP leader over a music parody of President-elect Barack Obama
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Buffett discovers treasure in Margaritaville
(By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press) It's like the world's biggest beach party, hosted by the world's richest beach bum. The 15,000 fans packing the sold-out MGM Grand arena were enjoying the final concert of the season by Jimmy Buffett, the singer whose popularity and fortune grow greater even as his hair grows grayer. Buffett, who turned 62 on Christmas Day, long ago became an icon of ...
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By ALISSA EATON - aeaton@sungazette.com
One man's dream has taken root in an all-but-abandoned former industrial site, giving growth to an area musical community that taps into the rock and jazz aspirations of youths and adults. "I wanted to form a musical community," said Dave Brumbaugh, founder of the Uptown Music Collective headquartered at 848 W. Fourth St. "I didn't want it to be one school's musical community.
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Home Article
The Former Residence of Song Meiling in Shanghai, also known as Love House, is located in No.9 Dongping Road. It was the dowry of Song Meiling when she married Chiang Kai-shek on December 1, 1927 and now it has been used by the secondary music school affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Sasha's, a western restaurant.
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Coda Jazz Fund wraps up a busy year
In 2008, the Coda Jazz Fund continued to support Kansas City’s jazz musicians. But if the fund, which pays the funeral and burial costs for local jazz artists, is to continue for the long term, it will need the public’s financial support.
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Jimmy Buffett - musician, savvy business dude
It's like the world's biggest beach party, hosted by the world's richest beach bum. The 15,000 fans packing the sold-out MGM Grand arena were enjoying the final concert of the season by Jimmy Buffett, the singer whose popularity and fortune grow greater even...
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Sing loud and proud with new karaoke titles
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) SingStar Vol. 2: Music game. (Developer: London Studio. Publisher: Sony. $59.99 (with microphones) for PlayStation 3. ESRB Rating: Teen). RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Lips: Music game. (Developer: iNiS. Publisher: Microsoft. $69.99 (with...
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Celebrate the new year by treating your ears
It’s never too early to start planning for New Year’s Eve, the annual homage to revelry and pyrotechnics. While parties and fireworks are in abundance all around the valley on Wednesday, tickets to events featuring top musical acts will go fast.
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RjDj Continues To Be The Most Trippy App On The iPhone (And I Love It)
Back in October I wrote about a new iPhone app called RjDJ, which I described as " An Awesome, Trippy Soundtrack For Your Life ". The application includes a set of entrancing songs that go on forever, using the iPhone's internal microphone to 'listen' to the noises and voices heard in your proximity to dynamically create music. It's a bizarre and totally unique experience that you should try ...
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Demand for music down in Q3; paid downloads grow a mere 2%
The percentage of internet users who bought a CD in Q3 fell to 22% from 25% last year, according to an online survey by market researcher NPD. By David Kaplan
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'Hard Rock': Rank VH1's top 10
By Dan Snierson ''Back in Black.'' ''Paranoid.'' ''Whole Lotta Love.'' These are seven others are on the list; put 'em in order
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First Night Excitement Builds
The new year is quickly approaching and First Night preparations have begun! Organizers say the thirteenth annual art celebration will be better than ever--with nearly 100 activities. "Every year we change it up to make it a little bit better," said Southern Tier Celebrates Technical Director Terry Burke. "The visual and performing arts are all honored in it. There's food, there's dancing," said ...
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TechnoKats gear up for ball drop
Who needs New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, when you can watch a ball drop in your own back yard?
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Free Gallery Talk at the Clark Explores Musical Group on January 8
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Take a winter sojourn to Italy to explore François Joseph Navez's 1821 painting, Musical Group, during the Thursday, January 8, Looking at Lunchtime Talk at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute . Danielle Steinmann, assistant curator of education, will present the 12:30 pm gallery talk.
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In KC, it means a lot of things that the live scene is alive and well
For sheer talent, invention and brain-stirring sounds, vibraphonist Stefon Harris’ concert at the Folly Theater in November stands out as the most memorable jazz show of the year. It was hot and cool at the same time, and Harris’ young band, including KC product Logan Richardson on saxophone, was convincing and on all night.
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