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Major Music Distributor Handleman Exits Music Business
Major music distributor Handleman Corp. announced Monday (June 2) that it is exiting the music business. The Wal-Mart chain has been Handleman's biggest CD customer.
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Gnarls Barkley, Justice, The Roots, GZA, MGMT and Many Other Acts to Headline SoCo Music Experience Festival Tour This ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky.----Following thousands in attendance at its kick-off festival in Atlanta featuring Against Me!, Ghostland Observatory and other performers, Southern Comfort has announced more headliners for the upcoming SoCo Music Experience festival tour, offering multiple days of brand-sponsored music for people 21 and over.
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A musical 'Vanities' finds its way to Broadway
"Vanities," Jack Heifner's tale of three young women and how they grew up, was one of the biggest off-Broadway success stories of the 1970s. Now a musical based on the long-running comedy is bound for Broadway.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra introduces new director
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has a new music director.
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River Raisin Muster to feature Virginia fife and drum corps
A well-known fife and drum corps from Virginia will visit Monroe in celebration of its 50th anniversary later this month. Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums will visit the area June 20-21 during the second annual River Raisin International Muster.
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Neil Young converting Lincoln to electric car
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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Ban All Tobacco Advertising Says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) wants a ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, in a bid to protect the world's 1.8 billion young people. The organization said it is urging all governments to to clamp down on the tobacco industry's efforts to attract young people through "sophisticated marketing".
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Greenwich students ‘tune in to music’
Fifty-five student musicians will have their moment on stage at Greenwich Library’s Cole Auditorium this Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m., in the Greenwich Alliance for Education’s Tuning In to Music program’s second annual year-end music recital.
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Mia Engaged
British singer/rapper M.I.A. is set to wed her partner - THE EXIT singer/guitarist BENJAMIN BREWER. The star - real name Mathangi Arulpragasam - announced her engagement ...
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Paul McCartney’s concert at Anfield
Paul McCartney will be raising money for the charity he set up, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (Lipa) and the Nordoff-Robbins music charity by performing to 36000 audiences in Liverpool as part of the city's European Capital of Culture celebrations.
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Simon dTOUR bringing The All-American Rejects and Kate Voegele to Atlanta malls
The 2008 Simon dTOUR Live, featuring free live musical performances from today's popular artists, will hit three malls in metro Atlanta this summer. (SPG) (KO)
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Kenya: Branson a Boon for Country
IN 2004, LONG BEFORE VIRGIN ATLANTIC ventured into Kenya, Lyndsey McIntyre - licensee of the Kenya Ford Supermodel Contest - met Kenyan model Nasenyana Ajuma.
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Handleman Co. selling North American music business
Layoffs and a major shift in business strategy are in store for Handleman Co., the Troy-based media distributor.
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Delta Music Makers: Ladner Bandfest-A Celebration of Adult Community Bands
DELTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- -
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Troy-based music distributor Handleman to cut 260 jobs
TROY — Handleman Co. is abandoning its North American music distribution business in a move that will eliminate 260 jobs mainly in Michigan and Indiana.
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CBS, Viacom, Warner Music Group downgraded to underperform at Merrill Lynch
NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - CBS Corp., Viacom Inc. and Warner Music Group Corp. Monday were downgraded to underperform from neutral at Merrill Lynch, which said the outlook for all three stocks is uncertain.
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Museum opens at Woodstock concert site
Jimi Hendrix's dive-bombing guitar runs on the "Star Spangled Banner." Rain chants. Joe Cocker's chicken strut. The love, the mud and three days of music.
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The Raveonettes Suffer No Foos
Fuzz-poppers the Raveonettes have announced US and Europe tour dates, but with a catch. Sharin Foo, who provides bass and vocals for the Denmark duo, will remain in L.A. while her sister Louise plays alongside singer/guitarist Sune Rose Wagner in her place.
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Highly-rated Walters band, choir perform in Fremont
The public is invited to the Walters Junior High band and choir spring concert starting at 7 p.m. June 10 in the school's multipurpose room, 39600 Logan Drive, Fremont.
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Troy music distributor Handleman abandons N. American market
TROY, Mich. - Handleman Co. is selling its North American music distribution business to a Texas company in a move that will eliminate 260 jobs mainly in Michigan and Indiana.
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Beau Soleil
Join the Maryland Science Center for and evening of sumptuous food and drinks on the front porch, and music to stomp by! Beau Soleil-Solstice 2008 featuring the legendary Buckwheat Zydeco with Grammy winning artists Lost Bayou Ramblers.
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Must be the music
Remember the good ol' days when you could turn on the radio and hear something uplifting? You know, back in the day when you could hear Earth, Wind & Fire tellin' sistas to "Be Ever Wonderful" or local funksters Chocolate Milk tellin' folks that "all you got to do is let down your hair and be free"?
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MUSIC AND MEETINGS ROUND OUT PINE BLUFF’S SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
The arts and science center begins auditions for “Guys and Dolls ” this week and voters may begin casting early ballots for the runoff election.
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US wedding for music mogul Fuller
Simon Fuller, the music impresario behind the Spice Girls, S Club 7 and Pop Idol, marries in California.
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Austin Daily Herald
Dueling banjoes may be fun in country music fests, but I’m not amused by the dueling preachers in the current political campaign, which distract from issues. First, there was Obama’s Jeremiah Wright and, then, McCain’s John Hagee. I have other concerns.
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