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Let's Go NZ : New year goes local
Matariki down south Southland's Matariki Festival incorporates music, drama, black light theatre and fire performance that will enchant the whole family.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Live Music Capital of the World lives up to its label
AUSTIN Ethnically centered music festivals are popping up like never before in Austin, giving resident artists more and more opportunities to share their craft locally.
News 8 Austin |
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Live Music Capital of the World lives up to its label
Ethnically centered music festivals are popping up like never before in Austin.
News 8 Austin |
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Live Music Capital of the World lives up to its label
Ethnically centered music festivals are popping up like never before in Austin, giving resident artists more and more opportunities to share their craft locally.
News 8 Austin |
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The Kid
"At 15, he went to Harvard. At 19, he had a degree in government and politics. At 29, Ryan Leslie is a budding hip-hop mogul," and a model for a new era in the music business.
Arts Journal |
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At 81, violin virtuoso exhorts students 'don't play coldly'
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Violin virtuoso Aaron Rosand is the last of the great Romantics. At 81, the international soloist and longtime violin professor at Philadelphia's esteemed Curtis Institute of Music continues to emphasize the importance of individual style and sound.
WFMJ Youngstown |
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Art/Culture Review
Schoolboy Gomotsegang Rapoo has been setting the music scene ablaze with his guitar playing skills. The diminutive Rapoo is a Form V student at Gaborone's Livingstone private secondary school.
Mmegi |
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Belgian delegation arrives on F/town visit
FRANCISTOWN: A five-person delegation from the City of Genk in Belgium is in the country on a familiarisation tour of Francistown City and to foster links between the two twin cities.
Mmegi |
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Santa Maria Offers 2008 Summer River Jam
The Santa Maria Ship will be offering a summer series of eclectic music by the Scioto River, the 2008 Summer River Jam! Visitors are invited to bring their own instruments and ‘jam’ with the music after each performance.
WCMH Columbus |
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Toetoes to light carnival
Toetoes have long been used as swords, air guitars and feather dusters, but yesterday, hundreds were harvested at Sullivan's dam, near Dunedin, to be crafted into lanterns for the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival.
Otago Daily Times |
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Youngsters' guitar wins a surprise
An Otago Daily Times paper boy will be delivering his own news today, after winning the New Zealand Gold Guitars Awards intermediate overall award in Gore on Saturday night.
Otago Daily Times |
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Lisa Goren: A New Meaning of Wet-in-Wet Watercolor
The majority of Lisa Goren’s watercolors depict the ice of Antarctica, which she first viewed 10 years ago. After years of working in the music business, the artist became a stay-at-home mom, which afforded her the opportunity to nurture her love for art.
American Artist |
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Composer scores top title
Prolific Otago composer Gillian Whitehead heads the list of 18 people with southern links recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Otago Daily Times |
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At 81, violin virtuoso exhorts students 'don't play coldly'
Violin virtuoso Aaron Rosand is the last of the great Romantics.
Centre Daily Times |
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Britney headed for the small-screen
Britney Spears is in talks to star in and produce a new TV show. A source said: "Britney met Roy Bank, the president of Merv Griffin Entertainment, on Wednesday. It was a serious meeting and they spoke about various programme ideas – including a new music show."
Stuff |
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Listen Up: Simone's 'Simone on Simone'
Who has the audacity to record the songs of the fierce and spellbinding Nina Simone? Her daughter.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Plenty Of Classical Fans In Montreal
Classical music a niche genre? Don't tell the concertgoers of Montreal, where 4,200 members of the paying public recently attended three separate classical concerts on a Monday night!
Arts Journal |
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Critics' Calendar
1 POP MUSIC Concerts in the Garden features "Best of the Big Bands," with the music of Glenn Miller and others. $15-$45. 817-665-6000; www.fwsymphony.org TV Mike Myers hosts the 2008 MTV Movie Awards , the most fun movie-awards show in existence. Yes, even more than the Oscars. We know that's hard to believe. 7 p.m., MTV 3 THEATER Casa Mañana presents The Fantasticks ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Gates, camping open Monday at noon for 7th annual Appalachian Uprising
SCOTTOWN, Ohio - Down on the Eden Valley Farm in Scottown, owner Steve Cielec, his wife Gina, and a dedicated crew of music lovers are preparing about 125 acres of the farm for the 7th Appalachian Uprising that is expected to draw more than 10,000 music fans from around the United States and Canada for the three-day festival.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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Knut Avenstroup Haugen
Norwegian composer. Norwegian composer.
IGN Music |
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UNT professor earns Russian honor medal
A University of North Texas professor of music recently earned the Russian Gagarin Medal of Honor. Dennis Fisher, who teaches conducting, won the med al named in honor of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space.
Denton Record-Chronicle |
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West Holmes grads head out on 'great thing called life'
W. HOLMES DISTRICT -- The class of 2008 observed commencement with remembrance, music and a wide open future Saturday at West Holmes High School. The graduation ceremony heard presentations from eight valedictorians who shared messages of hope for the future and love of their fellow classmates.
The Daily Record |
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Twin treat: The Lettermen with Spiral Starecase/Pat Upton
A few years back, Funfare made the observation that a lot of music fans tended to define love not in the conventional sense but in a musical context by identifying this human sentiment with the timeless love songs of The Lettermen, the legendary vocal group hailed as “the most romantic singing group of the ‘60s.” (The Philippine Star, Dec. 19, 2005)
Philstar.com |
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Recent Original Stories
"Apple Inc. surpassed even the most optimistic forecasts for its usually tepid second quarter, delivering an 88 percent increase in profit on strong sales of Macintosh computers and iPod music players," Laurie J. Flynn reports for The New York Times.
New Mobile Computing |
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Portland's Old Port Festival Kicks Off Big
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- The 35th Annual Old Port Festival kicked off Sunday in downtown Portland. This year, it's bigger than ever, with seven music stages and a new area for Maine artists and crafts.
WCSH 6 Portland |
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