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Local Bluegrass Band Nothin' Fancy SPGMA Entertaining Group Of The Year
The Virginia-based bluegrass band Nothin' Fancy was awarded the top accolade of the evening during the 35th Annual National SPBGMA (Society For The Preservation Of Bluegrass Music Of America) Awards when the band was named "Entertaining Group Of The Year" by the association's members for the second year in a row.
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Melinda Doolittle back in music spotlight with first album
NEW YORK - When accomplished backup singer Melinda Doolittle auditioned for the sixth season of "American Idol," she told the judges she was there to "get over the fear of standing in front of people."
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JoBros on Concert for the First Daughters
The Jonas Brothers tell Barbara Walters about singing for the first family.
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McCallum orchestra hits classical note with The Eggmen
McCallum High School's Fine Arts Academy Orchestra will back up the Eggmen, a local Beatles cover band, in a benefit concert Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Paramount Theatre.
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Steubenville, Ohio, Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Enhancements
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio----Verizon Wireless, the wireless company with the highest customer loyalty, has activated a new cell site in Steubenville, Ohio, which will enable more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the Internet; view high-quality videos; and download music, games and ringtones, while ...
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Superchunk to Release New EP
Photo by Paul Thompson Superchunk 's Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance founded Merge Records and signed the Arcade Fire and Spoon and M. Ward, so it's not like they have to keep making music or anything. They could probably spend all day swimming around in their money like Scrooge McDuck. I mean, shit, that's what I'd do, even if I'd been half of one of the greatest ...
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Sub Pop rocks on
By any reasonable standard, Sub Pop should no longer be in business.
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CapeCast: Sharp harpist!
On today's CapeCast: See plucky video of harpist extraordinaire Katie Lynch Koglin of Cotuit, learn a little harp history and fill your ears with delicious harp music!
Cape Cod Times |
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Purab to anchor Knights & Angels
Framed! MTV VJ and actor, Purab Kohli who recently appeared in the film Rock on!! , opens his music vault to Nikhil Taneja ... COMMENT ON THIS !
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Afghan TV set to unveil model contest
Weary of Afghanistan's image as a country in chronic conflict with a history of repressing women, Arash Shenasa plans to launch a modeling contest to show "the hidden beauties" of his central Asian nation.
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Glen Tilbrook to Release New Album, "Pandemonium Ensues," on April 7th 2009
E1 Music is happy to announce the release of "Pandemonium Ensues," the new album by pop legend Glenn Tilbrook. The album will be released on April 7th. In addition, Tilbrook will embark on an east coast U.S. tour.
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The Prodigy, 'Invaders Must Die' (Cooking Vinyl)
When the Prodigy appeared on SPIN's September 1997 cover, the U.K. group's third album, The Fat of the Land , had been tagged as electronica's de facto reinvention of rock'n'roll. But it also marked the Prodigy's reinvention from rebellious rave icons to a theatrical rap-rock troupe performing punky hit "Firestarter" with no-hawked punchinello Keith Flint front and center. Madonna anointed it ...
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Pumping: Great Lake Swimmers — Lost Channels
I usually consider Tony Dekker's music boring as fuck, but this actually wasn't that bad. There are a few upbeat, rocky type songs on this one.
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McCallum orchestra hits classical note with The Eggmen
It's difficult to not appreciate the classical rock music of The Beatles, so imagine how the the music of The Beatles would sound with a brightly polished and supercharged fine ensemble orchestra.
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Bidders in Vancouver pay $500,000 for Elton John's musical prowess
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Two unidentified bidders each shelled out $250,000 dollars during an auction Monday night for the chance to have their own lyrics set to music penned, performed and recorded by superstar Elton John.
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Folk singer Mayer playing the name game
News that singer/songwriter/guitarist Peter Mayer is coming to town brings out the Parrotheads, fans of Jimmy Buffett.
Quad-City Times |
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Sharon Isbin headlines the 74th annual Bach Festival this weekend
The Grammy winner plays the annual festival on Sunday Guitar gods are still strictly rock theology, but if the term were applied in the classical realm, Sharon Isbin would be fit for deification.
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East London gears for new music club
EAST London musicians and music lovers get ready for the newly established Music Club that will revive the culture of live music in town, writes Lindile Sifile.
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New Music: El Perro del Mar: "Change of Heart" [Stream]
El Perro del Mar 's latest shift in mood sounds like a real delight so far. "Change of Heart", from Swedish songstress Sarah Assbring's forthcoming Love Is Not Pop (swoon), swings from the sparse, prayerful minor-key optimism of last year's From the Valley to the Stars and the sepia-tinged 1950s and 60s pop melancholia of her gorgeous 2006 debut album to something sad, richly ...
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50 years of music
REVOLUTIONS IN SOUND: WARNER BROS. RECORDS -- THE FIRST 50 YEARS
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SIMPLY FRIENDS
IS People's Revolution head Kelly Cutrone's friendship with Eliot Spitzer strumpet Ashley Dupre a play for publicity? Although Cutrone was fired as Yigal Azriel's rep after bringing Dupre to the designer's show Friday, it hasn't stopped the...
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Samsung DJ Phone Uses NXP Software
Samsung introduced an interesting new phone at MWC 2009 called the Beat Edition GT-M7600. The handset is billed as the world's first phone with DJ-style music effects. The music effects the phone offers are powered by software from NXP Software called Life...
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Welcome to Madison's Gastropacalypse Test Kitchen
Marcelle Richards has her hair pushed back with a blue bandana and is stirring a southern-style, cream-based gravy made with crumbled organic chicken-and-apple sausage, while oil heats in two pots in preparation for deep-frying chicken. "I really wanted emu sausage for the gravy, but I couldn't find any," says Richards, as she adds some fresh thyme to the mix.
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BRIT award nominees in 2009
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Rock band Coldplay and Welsh singer Duffy head the field at the 2009 BRITs, Britain's top pop music awards, with four nominations apiece.
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Beaumont Boys Bash charity weekend set for Oct. 23-25
Nashville, TN (Feb. 17, 2009) Country music stars and Southeast Texans Tracy Byrd , Zona Jones , and Mark Chesnutt will be home in October for a three-day-long series of charity events called the Beaumont Boys Bash . Byrd explained, "By postponing the Bash from April to our new dates in October it will hopefully give our community some extra time that we need to recover from Ike and from the ...
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