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Tuly Gonzalez, killed in motorcycle accident, lives on at benefit concert at Miami Science Museum
Tuly Gonzalez died in a motorcycle accident last June, but her causes live on, thanks to family and friends who set up the nonprofit Just Relieve Foundation.
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LeVin Winery & Vineyards: Talented duo share organic farm
Wine Notes by Heidi Cusick Dickerson He's a singer songwriter and trained classical musician. She's a graphic artist related to Gumby.
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Mandrell, Clark, McCoy to join Country Hall of Fame
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and Charlie McCoy will become the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Country Music Association announced the selections Wednesday in Nashville. All three will be formally inducted in the spring.
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Ken Peltier, Alaskan country musician, battling throat cancer
Peltier, a non-smoker, was diagnosed in December. He has had several surgeries and is now undergoing chemotherapy.
KTUU Anchorage |
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Tickets on sale
A note on prices: Ticketmaster will no longer provide ticket prices on all shows. Visit www.ticketmaster.com for ticket prices. ON SALE TODAY Lily Allen, April 4, The Warfield, San Francisco. No Fear Energy Music Tour, featuring Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, God Forbid, Municipal Waste, April 4, San Jose State Event Center Arean, San Jose. CONTINUING ...
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Different country
What does President Obama's pledge to soften the line against talking to Iran have to do with a country music club in Fort Wayne? Plenty. The man who owns and manages the club is watching Obama's efforts closely. Photo caption: Last weekend's Luke Bryant show filled The Neon Armadillo - evidence that a country music club can succeed here. Photo by Clint Keller The Journal Gazette
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Bee current
The Folsom Lake Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Neumann, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Folsom High School. Today Chamber music Sun Quartet WHAT: This excellent quartet performs an interesting program that includes Shostakovich's dark and brooding String Quartet No. 8; Haydn's String Quartet in B-flat major, "Sunrise," op. 76; and Mahler's Piano ...
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Arts: This orchestra plays to its strengths
Michael Neumann It's the little orchestra that could. Or better yet, it's an orchestra that feels it knows its fan base intimately. Either way, things are looking up for the Folsom Lake Symphony Orchestra. Attendance is robust, and the 5-year-old orchestra – a volunteer group of about 65 musicians – soon will step up into a state-of-the-art concert hall. Where other regional and ...
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Antitrust concerns could dog Ticketmaster, Live Nation
LOS ANGELES — A proposed merger of concert promoter Live Nation Inc. and ticketing giant Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. is expected to be announced within days, but antitrust concerns could delay its completion.
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Back to Ohio once more
Not too long ago, Chrissie Hynde was still touring behind the same hits that have made her husky, vibrato-steeped voice one of the most memorable in rock 'n' roll. Photo caption: Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of the Pretenders, performs at John Henry's Studio in London last month. The Akron, Ohio, native and her band are touring in support of their new album, "Break Up the Concrete." Photo ...
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette |
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Actor lays down truth on rapping
Joaquin Phoenix says there's no hoax about it: He really has given up acting to become a hip-hop musician. Photo caption: Joaquin Phoenix is adamant that his hip-hop career is real. "There's not a hoax," he says. Photo by Associated Press
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Cooling down
Renee Zellweger has been on set since 2006. Her things reside in New York. "But I live on location most of the time," she says. It has been that way for two years, as the 39-year-old actress skipped from one soundstage to the next. The music, however, is about to stop. Photo caption: Renee Zellweger stars in "New In Town." Photo by Lionsgate Films
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette |
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Two county instrumentalists are up for Grammy Awards
Two musicians from Ventura County will share the honor today of sitting in a Los Angeles audience, listening for their names at the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Gordon Goodwin of Thousand Oaks is up for three Grammys and Natividad “Nati” Cano of Fillmore is nominated for one.
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Flamenco Festival Miami: Shining examples of the expressive dance
The ability to be possessed by the spirit of the moment is essential in flamenco, whether in dance or music. This year's Flamenco Festival Miami at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts offers two superlative, if different, examples of that talent in dance.
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From 'Little Rock Nine' to UNC trustee
More than 50 years later, Carlotta LaNier remembers the time vividly. She walked among a young and distinct group, dubbed the "foot soldiers for freedom."
Greeley Tribune |
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Volunteers give kids the gift of music lessons
Volunteer instructor Art Padilla, left, schools Zakaria Alaoui, 9, on the guitar during a free music class Saturday at the nonprofit Musical Instruments 'N Kids Hands. Percussionist Flip Kirby founded the Sacramento-area organization to provide free lessons and mentoring to kids least likely to get such opportunities. Homes foreclosed. Companies gone bankrupt. Massive layoffs. The ...
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Four compositions premiere at VCME concert
MONTPELIER -- Although four out of six works were premieres at Friday's Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble concert at the Unitarian Church, there was very little similarity among the pieces. (The concert was repeated on Saturday at Saint Michael's College in Colchester.) ... - By JIM LOWE Times Argus Staff
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Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...
In the act of playing music, it is impossible to separate the process from the product. Or, it was. In an important piece of journalism, Eric Felten turns a floodlight on the technological airbrushing of live performances in an effort to insure perfection.
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Calendar - Rockingham County
Fun Stuff Sunday, Feb. 8 ■ Rockingham County Residents Appreciation Month at Chinqua Penn Plantation & Vineyards, 2138 Wentworth St., Reidsville. Admission for Rockingham county residents is $10 in Feb. A wonderful exciting African Exhibit will be on display through March 1. ID required. Hours: Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Sunday 1-4 p.m. 349-4576. www.chinquapenn.com . ...
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Seeger & Sturr: 2 musicians evoke memories of dad
The presidential campaign Barack Obama ran last year left me feeling pretty underwhelmed.
Poughkeepsie Journal |
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Bernadette Peters presents solo show at Broward Center
Theater superstar (and author of the children's book Broadway Barks) Bernadette Peters brings her solo show to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The two-time Tony Award winner, whose long string of Broadway credits includes Gypsy, Sunday in the Park with George, Mack and Mabel, The Goodbye Girl, Annie Get Your Gun and Song and Dance, performs selections from the ...
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As TV show, awards often are off tempo
It's time again for the Grammy Awards, the most vexing tribute ever devised for best music of the year.
Poughkeepsie Journal |
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Nevada City native Alela Diane goes on tour
In a sea of folk singers, Alela Diane Menig stands out with a voice that beckons.
The Grass Valley Union |
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Piano teacher turns carriage house into eclectic wonder
n Piano teacher turns carriage house into eclectic wonder
Contra Costa Times |
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Intelligent-pop musicians make their lyrical impressions
John Paul Scesniak has a genuine appreciation for language.
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