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Loud stereos could mean higher fines
Motorists who blast their music too loud could soon face higher fines. Dennis Croak loves loud music. "Music, hey, it increases your morale. It gets you through the day," says Croak. You can hear him coming from a mile away. Croak has a system in his car worth several thousand
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Athletics: Wangai, Gromova win 2008 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon
2007 County Music Champion claims second Elite Racing Musical Marathon title.
RunnersWeb.com |
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Benedetti gets a rock star’s welcome on tour with SSO in China
It may have been a classical concert but the reaction of the Chinese fans after young Scots violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti's performance in Hangzhou last night was more like a welcome for a rock star.
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Fashionable young women form the vanguard of Q Radio
"If you were looking at Q you might expect the show to be presented by a 40-year-old white man with a beard and a passion for guitars," says Ric Blaxill, when talking about the flagship programme of Q Radio, which launches today with a full schedule of presenters.
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Scots flavour for Sex and the City
A SCOTTISH folk music duo have become the unlikely musical stars of the new Sex and the City film.
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Britten Sinfonia/Masson/Macgregor/Youssef, Bath Abbey, Bath
Joanna MacGregor knows how to party, and I'm not just talking about the opening Party in the City for the 60th birthday of the Bath International Music Festival. The whole feel of this year's festival radiates bubbly enjoyment. It is, of course, a celebration of MacGregor's eclectic enthusiasms, with bold mixtures of artists drawn from the widest musical spectrum. Oddly, they sit perfectly in ...
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Dawn Kinnard, Bar Academy, London
There's a story behind the whisky-soaked, lived-in voice that belongs to Dawn Kinnard. The daughter of a Baptist preacher in Pennsylvania, Kinnard would take her guitar to her hairdressing job, where she started to write songs; she sold her treasured Harley-Davidson to record her mini-album. That she was discovered singing in a Nashville bar is fitting, given her smoky blues and country sound.
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Neil Young feels driven to work on electric car
Neil Young, the rocker who provided some of the soundtrack to Vietnam-era protests, is trying to change the world again - with his car.
Seattle Times |
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"Blind" Boone festival kicks off
COLUMBIA — A lone piano sat on the Missouri Theatre stage, but the lively pianist playing it was animated enough to captivate the entire audience as he tapped his heel in time with the music while his hands flew over the piano keys.
Columbian Missourian |
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www.kentonline.co.uk - your gateway to Kent
People in Shepway are being advised not to buy illegal cut-priced tickets for the Z008 Festival coming up in July at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park. It's after a number were stolen from a shop in Folkestone on Friday.
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"Blind" Boone festival kicks off
COLUMBIA — A lone piano sat on the Missouri Theatre stage, but the lively pianist playing it was animated enough to captivate the entire audience as he tapped his heel ...
Columbia Missourian |
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Chris Martin - Martin Still Not Convinced Of Coldplay Success
Rocker CHRIS MARTIN is amazed his band COLDPLAY have achieved international success - because he is convinced they've never produced anything "that good". The Speed of ...
ContactMusic |
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Adele - Adele Furious At Weight Loss Reports
British soul sensation ADELE has slammed reports suggesting she has been pressured into sliming down in order to break the American music market. The Chasing Pavements ...
ContactMusic |
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Mothership takes off under ACT control
At just 23, jazz pianist Sally Greenaway is already a star in her own right. Last month Ms Greenaway, of Macquarie, beat three other finalists from across Australia and New Zealand to take out the Australasian Performing Right Association national big band composition competition.
Canberra Times |
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Television - Entertainment
Auckland based group Opshop caused a frenzy when they performed in Greymouth last night. The performance was the top prize in the 'little town, big gig' competition, which marked the end of New Zealand music month.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Simon Cowell - Cowell To Launch Worlds Got Talent
Music mogul SIMON COWELL is set to launch a global version of his AMERICA'S GOT TALENT show. Cowell has scored TV hits with both the U.S. and U.K. versions of the ...
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Cowell to launch World's Got Talent
Music mogul Simon Cowell is set to launch a global version of his America's Got Talent show.
FOX 6 News San Diego |
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Falls festival site for sale
One of Tasmania's major music festivals could be looking for a new home.
ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance |
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Eagle Scout helps wounded soldiers in Germany
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A 14-year-old Eagle Scout is spearheading a campaign to send CDs, DVDs, music players, socks and other items to wounded American soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
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11th Annual Rock 'N' Roll Marathon Rocks Downtown
More than 21,000 runners pounded the streets Sunday in the 11th annual Rock 'N' Roll Marathon.
KGTV San Diego |
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Barossa event remains in limbo
A leading cultural event in South Australia again will be rested this year, but organisers do not think the Barossa Music Festival will suffer because of a long break.
ABC via Yahoo!7 News |
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WICHITA, Kan. - Neil Young, the rocker who provided some of the soundtrack to Vietnam-era protests, is trying to change the world again - with his car.
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Neil Young feels driven to work on electric car
Neil Young, the rocker who provided some of the soundtrack to Vietnam-era protests, is trying to change the world again - with his car. Young has teamed up with Johnathan Goodwin, a Wichita mechanic who has developed a national reputation for re-engineering the power units of big cars to get more horsepower but use less fuel. The two are looking to convert Young's 1959 Lincoln Continental ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Never Say Never to Mac-Based Electro-Funk
UK electronic music specialist The Herbaliser crafts expansive hip-hop instrumentals and hybrid funk and soul that charms the club crowd. Listening Post catches up with Jake Wherry in this interview.
Wired News |
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Copyright quiz limits music file sharing at Mo. college
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) - A tech-savvy university near the Missouri Ozarks is resorting to an old standby to reduce illegal music downloads by students: the pop quiz.
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