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Singer Patrick Wolf and his partner beaten up by Madonna's bouncers
Singer Patrick Wolf is not a happy man. The singer has accused the security staff at a recent Madonna concert of assaulting him and his boyfriend for sharing a kiss in public.
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Betty Freeman, Patron of New Music, Dies at 87
Ms. Freeman was one of the most influential patrons of contemporary composers over the last 40 years and long the keeper of a famously gracious musical salon in Los Angeles.
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Pocket-sized music player / mixer to make North American debut
LAS VEGAS - This week's CES show will mark the North American rollout of a handheld device billed as the world's first pocket-sized DJ system.
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Music Review
Shankar Mahadevan was an Indian classical vocalist before he became Shankar. Loy Mendonsa was a jazz-funk keyboard player before he became Loy. Ehsaan Noorani was a blues-rock-fusion guitar player before he became Ehsaan.
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AOL Exec Kevin Conroy Out After Product Empire Dismantled
AOL's EVP of Products and Marketing Kevin Conroy is leaving to take a new position at Univision. This isn't much of a surprise - we speculated on his future back in July when he announced ( internally ) the shuttering of four of his products (Xdrive, AOL Pictures, Bluestring and MyMobile). That still left him with AOL Mail, MYAOL, the AOL client, Userplane and Truveo, among others. But each ...
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Sound Check
This week’s picks in music.Click here to read morehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Richmondcom-Home/~4/504941594
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New Music: Looking Ahead in Early 09
The first week of the year is always slow for new music releases so AP Music Editor Nekesa Moody looks ahead to the first quarter of 2009. (Jan. 6)
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SanDisk player combines aspects of CDs, radio
SanDisk is going after casual, non-tech-savvy music listeners with a new portable player that combines the best aspects of CDs and radio. The Sansa SlotRadio, which is being introduced this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, comes preloaded...
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Apple reduces some prices on iTunes
Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and will make every track available without copy protection. In Apple’s final appearance at the Macworld trade show, Apple’s top marketing executive, Philip Schiller, said yesterday that iTunes song prices will come in three tiers: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. Record companies will ...
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Marimbas make some noise in Young Artists scholarship contest
Two marimba players are among the 2009 Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists scholarship winners, named after auditions last Saturday.
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Apple cuts copy protection and song prices on iTunes
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.
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Soprano Tessa Bonner, 57
A mainstay of London's early music scene for more than 25 years, Bonner performed and recorded with the Tallis Scholars (1,100 concerts), the Gabrieli Consort and Players, The Sixteen, the Taverner Consort, Collegium Vocale, the King's Consort and many other groups.
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Yo-Yo Ma To Appear In Super Bowl Ad "Hyundai Motor Co. will use music by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a Super Bowl XLIII ...
Billboard has learned." Reuters/Billboard 01/05/09
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Betty Freeman, 87, New Music's Fairy Godmother
"As far as I could tell, Betty Freeman did not have a sentimental bone in her body. An arts patron like no other, she supported an extraordinary contingent of important composers… but she immediately lost interest in them after they died.
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Madison County transplant once worked card tables in Las Vegas
When the subject of Elvis Presley came up, Marty Quinn eased up from her chair and walked to the television stand where she pulled out a VHS tape of Presley's gospel music.
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Apple disappoints: No Jobs or big news at Macworld
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple Inc said on Tuesday it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs , the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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Spotlight on homegrown talent
Bragg Creek Performing Arts is used to bringing in artists from elsewhere, but next week, the group will give its stage to local artists.
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands New Yorker 1976 / Color / 1:78 anamorphic widescreen / 110 119 min. / ona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos / Street Date December 30, 2008 / 29.95 Starring Sonia Braga, José Wilker, Mauro Mendonça, Dinorah Brillanti Cinematography Murilo Salles Production Design Anisio Medeiros Film Editor Raimundo Higino Original Music Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Francis Hume Written by ...
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Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket Blu-ray Criterion 1996 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 91 min. / Street Date December 16, 2008 / 39.95 Starring Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Dignan, Robert Musgrave, Lumi Cavazos, Andrew Wilson, Jim Ponds, James Caan, Kumar Pallana.
DVD Talk |
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That's Using Your Noodle
Parent volunteers rolled up their sleeves and served food to more than 100 students and parents ready for an evening of music at Bartels Middle School last month.
Northeast Tampa News & Tribune |
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Riddle contest winner named
Bea Strenger of Ephrata is the winner of the Holiday Riddle Contest.She'll receive a $25 gift card to a local music entertainment store.The correct answers were as follows: Riddle 1, Ephrata Cloister; Riddle 2, Fulton Theater; Riddle 3, Long's Park; Riddle 4, Strasburg Rail Road Museum.Thank.
Lancaster Online |
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On Wednesdays, It's Jazz At Lenny's
Percussionist Don Capone calls it "a work in progress." He is referring to the Wednesday night jazz sessions at Lenny's Latin Cafe.
Northeast Tampa News & Tribune |
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Fifth Annual Under the Radar Festival Begins at the Public Theater Jan. 7
COUNTY OF KINGS, Transition and LIGA, 50% reward & 50% punishment launch the fifth annual Under the Radar festival at the Public Theater Jan. 7.
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Reaching New Heights In The LOFT
The music at Bayshore Baptist can be heard down the hallway of the church's education building.
South Tampa News & Tribune |
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Freshman congressmen Bill Posey, Tom Rooney sworn into 111th Congress
The easy part is done for the Treasure Coast's freshmen congressmen. The 111th Congress, including Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, and Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, was sworn in Tuesday.
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