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Bob Marley Sells Out
Bob Marley 's family has signed a deal with private equity firm Hilco Consumer Capital to licence the late reggae great's likeness for a wide array of products.
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Muzak Files For Bankruptcy Protection
Muzak began delivering music to restaurants, hotels, stores, offices and, of course, elevators 73 years ago. But that could end now that Muzak Holdings LLC and 14 of its affiliates have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S.
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Music > The Short List
WEDNESDAY: The Duc D'Angelos Quartet brings its downtempo, improvised electronics to Joe Squared. Matt Pless , a local singer/songwriter to keep and eye on, plays the Ottobar with the Chemical Electric Flipside of Overdrive .
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‘The Sound of Music’ dinner theaters to play at Anchor church
“The Sound of Music” will be performed four times by the St. John’s Players the weekend of Feb. 20, 21 and 22 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 16576 N. 4000 East Road, Anchor.
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Westerville Symphony names executive director
For the first time in its 26-year history, the Westerville Symphony has a full-time executive director.
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DS News: Square Enix to Release Two RPG Titles to Nintendo DS This Spring
Square Enix today announced plans to publish two RPG titles developed by Nippon Ichi Software, Disgaea and Rhapsody A Musical Adventure. Here is more info about these two upcoming Nintendo DS games:Disgaea DS will be released by Square Enix ...
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SXSW Music Announces Oak Ridge Boys, Little Steven and More Bands
The South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 18 - 22, 2009 in Austin, Texas is excited to announce the participation of the Oak Ridge Boys in the 2009 Music Conference and Festival.
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What's up today
The Music Club of Rome will meet today at 10 a.m. in the Coosa Room of the Rome-Floyd County Library. Eliza Bonet, mezzo-soprano from Shorter College, will perform. There is no charge and the public is invited. For more information call 706-291-2078. Seven Hills Garden Club will meet today at 10:45 a.m. at the home of Courtney Hizer, 10 Jefferson Drive, for lunch and a program about The Art and ...
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College notes
• Davis C. Perez, son of Anna L. Crooks and Julio Perez of Gahanna, was awarded a full fellowship to attend the 2009 summer Aspen Music Festival and School.
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Concert Guide
Find out who's coming to town months in advance with the PG's regularly updated concert guide.
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‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus’ singer dies
Molly Bee, who became an overnight country music star at age 13 when she recorded the 1952 novelty hit "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," has died in California from complications following a stroke.
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Muzak seeks bankruptcy protection
FORT MILL, S.C., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Elevator and office background music supplier Muzak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection so it can reorganize, the company said.
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Extra Extra
Hot art news of the day: Mark 'White Horse' Wallinger is displaying a mirrored tardis at the Hayward. Unnecessary survey of the day award: litter and graffiti make people 'feel less safe' . Miracle of the day: the baby who survived twenty minutes underwater in a swimming pool. Music news of the day: The Boss is coming to Hyde Park. Parking ogres of the day: Richmond Council for their £1,400 a ...
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Letters!..Oh We Get Letters!
Well....I used to get more letters. There was actually a day when folks put pen to paper, folded it in three, stuffed it in a business envelope, sealed it with a lick of bodily fluid, stuck similarly swabbed postage on the envelop, dropped it in a mailbox and hoped it would arrive 2 or 3 days later.
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Bedford's Gwen Broder gives her time and heart to kids
BY PATRICK O’NEILL For three hours each day, Bedford Mothers’ Club School at 8:30 a.m., preschoolers learn their letters and numbers, do arts and crafts, listen to music and have a snack before parents pick them up. Longtime teacher Gwen Broder wouldn’t change a thing. “Every day is different,” said Broder. “Every day is fun.” Broder has been working at the preschool for more than 40 years and ...
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Sandi winners
FOUR lucky readers will enjoy a night of Scottish music at its best after winning another super Paisley Daily Express giveaway.
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Paisley to host Amnesty evening
A NIGHT of entertainment to support Amnesty International is being held at Paisley Arts Centre next week. Local singer/songwriter Linda Jackson will be launching her new album Released and performing some of the tracks.
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Slatkin-led DSO to perform at free Somerset mall concert
When Leonard Slatkin took over as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra he promised that beyond inviting folks down to Orchestra Hall, he would also be taking his new band out into the community.
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Brad Paisley leads ACM awards with 6 nominations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brad Paisley leads all finalists for the Academy of Country Music Awards with six nominations, but the biggest surprise might be former Trick Pony singer Heidi Newfield's five nods.
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Arts leader Marguerite Griffith dead
Marguerite Griffith, one of the last remaining founding members of the Musical Comedy Guild, is dead. She died Saturday at Algoma Residential and Community [...]
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Paul Meyers
JOE EPSTEIN/THE STAR-LEDGERGuitarist Paul Meyers leads a quartet at Cachaca in New York this weekend. Jersey City guitarist Paul Meyers has a lot to offer: a warm, glowing sound, ace rhythmic and melodic sense, and a fondness for some really...
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Dancers keep Avery students on their toes
Nine dancers affiliated with BalletMet Columbus held kindergarten through fifth-grade students at Avery Elementary School spellbound with their version of movement to music from around the world.
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Tonight In Rock: Cat Power, Cradle of Filth, thenewno2, Illa J
Illa J will be playing tonight at Amoeba Records Picture via Illa J's Myspace Our Pick: Illa J @ Amoeba Music (Early Show; 7 PM) Tonight Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Cat Power will be concluding a two-night stint at the Avalon with local psych-rockers the Entrance Band . Suffolk's own metal heads Cradle of Filth are slated to rock the Henry Fonda Music Box . And, lastly, Dhani Harrison's ...
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Frank McDonough, Madison ceramicist, participates in Manhattan show
.Frank McDonough MADISON -- Frank McDonough is one of 15 artists to have work in the show titled A Show of Love at Gallery OneTwentyEight. The gallery is at 128 Rivington St., between Essex and Norfolk, in lower Manhattan. The...
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Concerts
POP/ROCK Skid Row, Mohegan Sun, 8 p.m. Friday While Sebastian Bach is essentially serving as Axl Rose's mouthpiece, his former band has returned to its working-class roots.
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