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Yoko Ono loses bid to bar use of Imagine in film
NEW YORK - JOHN Lennon's sons and widow, Yoko Ono, on Monday lost a battle to block the use of the song Imagine in the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence allowed.
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Russian activists flout law, rally for Pride
SUMMARY: About three dozen protesters defy city authorities to gather outside Moscow's famed Tchaikovsky music conservatory, chanting "No to Homophobia."
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Bama Jam Festival Preparation Underway
The long-awaited Bama Jam music festival kicks-off on Thursday afternoon.
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Six More OiNK Arrests Made
June 2, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cleveland authorities have arrested six people for allegedly sharing music files through the former BitTorrent tracker OiNK.cd, according to reports on filesharing blog Torrentfreak.
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Space rockers reunite on Earth
In 1966, Daevid Allen, who had left Australia in search of "the hot spots of culture", had a spiritual vision in Mallorca. "It was Easter Sunday, 1966. A friend of mine came through with some particularly strong acid from the States. I took this and saw the whole future of myself as a rock musician," recalls Allen, now 70. "I was bathed in light on stage."
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Claude Debussy, by Paul Roberts
Debussy's life is well documented, but he remains an enigma. In his quest to unravel this, Paul Roberts has aimed to win new insights into the music of which, as a concert pianist, he's a distinguished interpreter. He has succeeded, distilling a lifetime's reading, listening and thinking to create an intimate portrait that takes us nearer to the heart of that music than any biography before.
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Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham
Thanks to the canny booking of Welsh soulstress Duffy before her first chart entry, the Wychwood Festival attracted its biggest crowd since it began four years ago. Not that Britain's current chart favourite is quite ready for the outdoors yet.
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You write the reviews: Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen, Poetry for the Beat Generation, Zonophone
On this rerelease of his debut spoken-world album from 1959, Jack Kerouac, one of the lead voices of the Beat generation of writers in the 1950s and 1960s, reads selections of his own work over the sympathetic accompaniment of the pianist Steve Allen.It features poems collected in Mexico City Blues, Old Angel Midnight, Heaven & Other Poems and a number of unpublished works, in which the poet ...
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Ménière's and music: the sound of silence
People who don't know me assume I'm slightly odd when I press my face to speakers and musical instruments. Commuters appear frightened by my soulful relationship with my iPod. But since I learnt that I could become suddenly and irreversibly deaf at any time, sound is everything to me, and music valuable beyond words. Will this next song be my last?
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ABC Radio Networks Launches Fame Games in Search for the Next Music Superstars - Show Will Allow Local Market Artists ...
DALLAS , June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- ABC Radio Networks announced today it has partnered with Mere Music International (MMI) to bring Fame Games -- the popular Web-based competition for new music artists -- to U.S. and international radio syndication.
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Ribald tales, laughs among Bo Diddley memories for Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins
TORONTO - Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins remembers the late Bo Diddley as more than just a rock 'n' roll pioneer - for the Hawk, Diddley was one of his biggest mentors when it came to the after-show ritual of picking up women.
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Cross Timbers Youth Orchestra holding auditions on June 1
MCKINNEY n The Cross Timbers Youth Orchestra is accepting applications from any young North Texas musicians who want to audition for its string and symphonic orchestras. Auditions are scheduled for June 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the McKinney Performing Arts Center (MPAC).
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Eulogy for Bo Diddley
Ornery, funny and utterly original, Bo Diddley, a giant of 20th-century music, departs the stage.
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Music Review: The Pinker Tones' eclectic electropop dazzles
The Pinker Tones, "Wild Animals" (Nacional Records)
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Spice Girls return home after music mogul's wedding
Spice Girls Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell jetted out of San Francisco after spending the weekend at Simon Fuller's wedding.
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Bo Diddley: Pioneer of rock'n'roll
When The Beatles first arrived in the United States in 1964, John Lennon was asked by a reporter what he was most looking forward to seeing in America. "Bo Diddley," he replied.
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Doha group organising youth festival
Staff Reporter Indian expatriate forum Friends of Thrissur will organise a youth festival for Indian schools in December. The festival will include competitions in dance, music and art. Entry will be through schools.
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Bo Diddley, the legend of rock'n'roll, dies of heart failure aged 79
Bo Diddley, the idiosyncratic blues guitarist who became one of the fathers of rock'n'roll, died yesterday at his home in Florida. He was 79. The cause was heart failure, his talent agency said in a statement.
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Aussie singer slams Madonna
AUSTRALIAN singer Sam Sparro has slammed rival musician Madonna, saying she is "wretched", "vulgar" and not sexy anymore.
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Cheers for Qatar Symphony
The world premiere of the Qatar Symphony which took place on Sunday evening was greeted with cheers and a standing ovation from the audience, with HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad herself requesting an encore from composer and conductor Salem Abdul Karem.
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Bo Diddley, guitarist who inspired the Beatles and the Stones, dies aged 79
Bo Diddley, the pioneering electric guitarist who was playing rock'n'roll when white America was still calling it jungle music and without whom there might never have been Elvis Presley, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, has died at the age of 79.
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Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley dead at 79
MIAMI - GUITARIST and songwriter Bo Diddley, who died of heart failure on Monday at age 79, was an innovative R&B pioneer who forged rock and roll's signature beat but rarely got the credit - or the riches - heaped on his fellow musical icons.
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Pianist John Beasley Sets Sail on Resonance Records's Maiden Voyage with His Herbie Hancock Tribute CD, "Letter to ...
Jazz pianist John Beasley embarks upon a supremely inspired effort with his new album, Letter to Herbie, taking its cues from both the philosophies and compositions of music great Herbie Hancock.
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Previously Unreleased Live Concert by Legendary Pianist Gene Harris Debuts from Newly Formed Resonance Records as the ...
The Heirloom Series of Resonance Records makes an auspicious debut with Gene Harris: The Quartet Live in London , an outstanding and unexpected addition to the late pianist's catalog of buoyant, hardswinging discs.
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June 2: People & Places Briefs
The Crossroads Lutheran Church Historical Preservation Society is sponsoring its seventh annual Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday on the lawn at the church, crossroads of Delaware Country Roads 600 West and 700 South.
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