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Hard Ryde climbs on board for festival fundraiser
An award-winning Canadian band is headlining an afternoon of bluegrass music at the Moose Lodge on Frood Road on March 1. Hard Ryde, with special [...]
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New Music: Buraka Som Sistema: "Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) (Hot Chip Remix)" [MP3]
If kuduro, the housey Angolan dance variant, wasn't infectious enough on it's own or when electrified further by Portugal's Buraka Som Sistema (for evidence check killer single "Yah!" ), leave it to Hot Chip to toss a little more fun into the mix. "Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)" is perhaps what some are calling ghettotech these days, but the remix brings a little bit of UK rave to the party. ...
Pitchfork |
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Choir has something to sing about
With two successes behind them, the Colborne Community Choir has begun rehearsing for their third concert, Who is this King?, to be presented Sunday, April [...]
Northumberland Today |
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Famous band to perform at Austin hot spot
The LoCash Cowboys, who have opened shows for country stars like Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts, will perform at Torge's Live Sports Pub and Grill on Friday.
Post-Bulletin |
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Interview: Getting Funky With Scratch: The Ultimate DJ
The music game genre in its current incarnation is dominated by rock god fantasies -- the huge boom in peripheral-supported music titles has focused on only one type of music. But what about hip hop? Activision recently announced DJ Hero, which will ship with a turntable peripheral -- but before CEO Bobby Kotick began to tease the product, Genius Products revealed it's developing its own hip ...
Gamasutra |
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Chapa introduces second album, Selfish reflects on creative evolution
Become familiar with the name Lorissa Chapa. She's a Del Mar College student who just released her second studio effort. Her first album, Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, debuted in 2007. It was a rock country genre, but this CD is alternative pop, something totally new for the young artist.
The Pine Log |
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Bpeace Young Professionals Committee to Hold Benefit for Rwandan Entrepreneurs
based Young Professionals band together to further the country's mission for peace and prosperity
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Small towns can rock
Size doesn't matter to pop rock group Hello Bella. That's why the band's new tour focuses on venues in small towns. The group will perform [...]
Chatham Daily News |
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Local talent music to the ears
[It's a recurring dream.
Brainerd Dispatch |
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Local gallery celebrates Black History Month
As a tribute to celebrate Black History Month, a local art gallery will host an event next week to introduce the work of a new developing African-American artist from Virginia and feature a live performance from an area blues singer.
The Lexington Dispatch |
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Coldplay perform 'best encore ever' cheered by Gwyneth Paltrow
Chris Martin put his disappointment at missing out on a Brit award behind him with a rousing star-studded concert on the same night.
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Olga Bell, Musician
Moscow-born, Alaskan-raised and Brooklyn-based Olga Bell is better known on stage simply as Bell (her surname and her band's name). Her voice is often compared to that of Björk's (she has even put out a cover of one of her songs), but she'll do plenty to pull you in on her own unique merits. Listen for yourself tonight when she takes the stage at Mercury Lounge. Oh, and listen to her ...
Gothamist |
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Georgia's Eurovision song pokes fun at Russian politics
MOSCOW, February 19 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia has chosen its entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest and the politically scandalous song is sure to raise eyebrows and cause protests in Russia when the competition is held in Moscow in May.
Russian Information Agency Novosti |
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Groundwork laid for new foundation
The Riford Center is the inaugural project of the La Jolla Community Foundation. By Phyllis Pfeiffer We are blessed with panoramic ocean views, beautiful beaches and sunsets "to die for." We are privileged to be home to renowned cultural institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, the La Jolla Playhouse and the Music Society as well as a world-class university and medical ...
La Jolla Light |
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Centenary Collge Camerata to perform at First United
A concert featuring the Centenary College Camerata, a choral ensemble of the college’s Hurley School of Music, will be 7:30 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church, 400 E. Sixth St.
Texarkana Gazette |
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Music lovers among tax targets
WAUKESHA - While taking a break between classes Wednesday, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha student Taylor Kleba sat around listening to her iPod in the student commons.
Greater Milwaukee Today |
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Asking Teens to Turn Down Their Music Player is Counter-Productive
A new study involving iPods and teenagers by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Children's Hospital Boston indicates teenagers who receive pressure from their peers or others to turn down the volume of their iPods instead turn them up higher.
Cellular-News.com |
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George Clinton plays New Haven, Ridgefield
When watching him perform, you would never guess that funk grandmaster George Clinton is 67 years old. Surrounded by his musical colleagues from Parliament-Funkadelic, Clinton gives a show worthy of
Greenwich Time |
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FlipGloss.com Targets Fashion Market
Venice-based FlipGloss Media announced this morning that it has launched a web site targeted at the fashion, design, travel, and lifestyle photography markets. The new site--funded by Forbes Media--said it is looking to create a "new visual discovery experience" for consumers. The advertising-driven site said it was founded by Yahoo! Music veterans Kerry Trainor, Mike Randall, Robyn VanTol and ...
socalTech.com |
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Stimulus bill will help locally
Area residents could begin seeing a direct impact from the passage of the federal economic stimulus bill as early as March, with big boosts expected to hit not only close to home, but right in the homes of hundreds of people in Washington and Morgan counties.
The Marietta Times |
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U.S. festival spotlights Arab arts and humanity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 800 Arab artists from 22 countries will appear in Washington in the largest ever presentation of Arab arts in the United States, a three-week event that coincides with President Barack Obama's attempt to build better relations with the Muslim world.
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What's Happening in Somerset County - Feb. 20
Friday, Feb. 20 BRIDGEWATER - Chamber Music with the Tim Keyes Consort. Bridgewater Library, 1 Vogt Drive, 8 p.m. (908) 526-4016, Ext. 105. SOMERVILLE - "Behavioral Management Techniques for Youth" covered by Linda Walter. Human Services Building, 27 Warren St.,...
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First lady welcomes DC schoolchildren to White House for Black History Month celebration
First lady Michelle Obama is seen with 6th and 7th grade District of Columbia schoolchildren in a performance at the White House by Sweet Honey in the Rock, an African American female a cappella ensemble in the East Room. Malia and Sasha Obama sit at left.
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Terra’s ‘Of Winter’s Essence’ begins Feb. 28
FREMONT — Terra Community College’s music department will be presenting the concerts, “Of Winter’s Essence” Feb. 28 and March 1 in Fremont and Sandusky.
Port Clinton News Herald |
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U.S. festival spotlights Arab arts and humanity
More than 800 Arab artists from 22 countries will appear in Washington in the largest ever presentation of Arab arts in the United States, a three-week event that coincides with President Barack Obama's attempt to build better relations with the Muslim world.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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