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Neil Young turns mechanic
Neil Young, the rocker who provided some of the soundtrack to Vietnam-era protests, is trying to change the world again — with his car.
The West Australian |
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Caroline Street’s got a case of the blues
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Clearing skies, warm temperatures and scintillating beats drew crowds to the fifth annual Caroline Street Arts and Blues Festival and Chili Cook-off Sunday afternoon.
The Saratogian |
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Wild Wild Annual Cancer Survivors Day
It's a country style wild wild west hoe down. That's the theme for the Annual Cancer Survivors Day picnic held Sunday evening.
WIBW Topeka |
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Stars perform for president at Ford's Theatre gala
Broadway came to the nation's capital Sunday night during a gala for the Ford's Theatre attended by President Bush and first lady Laura Bush. Actor Hal Holbrook, country music singer Trisha Yearwood, former American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken and other stars performed songs and spoken word pieces from the musical "The Civil War" at the National Theatre, which hosted the event because the ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Community Foundation awards grants
Local organizations receive $100,000
The News Virginian |
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Maysam Nahas officially divorced
Lebanese singer Maysam Nahas has officially divorced her husband, music distributer Rojeh Abi Aqil, after a four-year legal battle. According to the London daily Elaph, Maysam was just released from the hospital after she contracted a mysterious virus after she returned from a trip to Dubai.
Al Bawaba |
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Amer Diab in Morocco after a long absence
Egyptian superstar Amer Diab hosted a successful concert at the “Mowazin Festival” in the Moroccan capital Al Rabat. When Diab appeared on stage the crowds welcomed him with loud cheers. The last time Diab held a live concert in Morocco was in 1991.
Al Bawaba |
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Bluegrass reigns at polka king's songfest
The kid has only been playing that gleaming axe for two years, but his fellow musicals marvelled. “He’s just amazing. I can’t get over it,” slide guitar player George Rout said of 12-year-old Francesco Cotugno. “He’s great.” Cotugno, wearing a tall, black cowboy hat, was smooth on his [...]
St. Catharines Standard |
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London theater strong at milestone
Actor-manager Charles Wyndham convened a group of theater professionals at the Hyde Park Hotel on Feb. 20, 1908, to organize an association of producers, theater owners and managers of the major commercial and grant-aided theaters in central London. It was the birth of the city's famous West End theater district.
The Washington Times |
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Strand Theatre receives first of two antique organs
MARIETTA - Pipe organs were an American movie theater mainstay for years, rising from below the floor to play before shows and during silent films. But as "talkies" - films with synchronized dialogue - made their debut, pipe organs quietly began to disappear from across the nation.
Marietta Daily Journal |
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Jewsapalooza debuts as Jewish music festival
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Sunday is the second day of the first-ever Jewish music festival here in Austin. KXAN Austin News will feature the festival in the 5 p.m. news.
KXAN 36 Austin |
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Neurologist, choir explore music's healing power
NEW YORK (AP) _ Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.
Waxahachie Daily Light |
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Kurt Cobain's ashes stolen
THE ashes of legendary grunge musician Kurt Cobain have been stolen, according to his distraught widow Courtney Love.
Adelaide Now |
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Dallas Morning News 05/12/08
Are Cell Phones Ruining The Concert Experience? At many pop concerts, the audience is so busy filming and recording the experience with their cell phones, they forget to pay attention to the music. "As a performer, it's frustrating to look out and see a sea of cell phones instead of faces.
Arts Journal |
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Neighbours describe evening Kensington man died
KENSINGTON -- It all started with a party and loud music and ended with the death of a 31-year-old man.
The Journal Pioneer |
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Biography
A musician at the age of 5, Jay began his musical journey by learning to play the drums. By age 7, he had just begun to pursue his classical studies on the piano. Soon, his true passion was revealed at age 12 when he picked up the guitar for the first time.
All About Jazz |
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Schmidt concerned about urban sprawl
Gary Schmidt likes just about everything about Sparks. The city hosts some of the region’s major events and offers good food and music for locals and visitors. The citizens pursue a quality of life in Nevada’s rural and urban areas.
Daily Sparks Tribune |
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Fast Food’s Portion of Parents’ Dollars
The average mother of a child under 15 spends more on fast food every year than on books, music, movies and video games combined, according to a new report.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Eagle Scout helps wounded soldiers in Germany
VALPARAISO (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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Brahms: The Original Kurt Cobain
Although it would be logical when listening to the Brahms C Minor Piano Quartet, which was presented at the Juilliard School on Friday evening by Ensemble ACJW, to think of the Schumann Piano Quartet on which it is modeled, for the past dozen years or so the piece of music that invariably comes to my mind is the Nirvana song "Something in the Way." The Brahms is a unique work; two movements, ...
The New York Sun |
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Rooftop Films Raises ... Itself
Each summer, as the nights grow longer and lazier, numerous New York film programmers organize outdoor movie screenings in the hopes of attracting filmgoers who would otherwise rebuff the confines of a theater on a gorgeous summer night. But few of these groups have their sights set as high as Rooftop Films, which delivers to fans a summer-long schedule on a scale few others can match. More than ...
The New York Sun |
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Rutherford College boasts a brand new town hall
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE - It was a long time coming, but folks got their first look at the new Rutherford College Town Hall on Sunday. Town officials have saved for 14 years to build a new town hall, along with taking out a low-interest loan from the United States Department of Agriculture. Town officials dedicated the town hall and held an open house on Sunday. It was the 31st anniversary of the ...
The Morganton News Herald |
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Macedonia prime minister declares victory
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski declared victory in Macedonia's early parliamentary election Sunday after a vote marred by reports of fraud and gunbattles that could deal a blow to the Balkan country's European Union and NATO aspirations.
CNN.com |
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Conner hangs up his baton
If respect for music, love of students and a passion to succeed are the earmarks of a great band director, then Art Conner is surely one of the best. Conner will lay down his baton this year after teaching band for the past 36 school seasons ... all with Wabash City Schools.
Wabash Plain Dealer |
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One shot dead and nine woundedas violence mars Macedonian polls
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski declared victory in Macedonia's early parliamentary election yesterday after a vote marred by reports of fraud and gunbattles that could deal a blow to the Balkan country's European Union and NATO aspirations.
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