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Ramlee, once more
Only better with a new actor impersonator, music director and truer-to-life Azizah. DENNIS CHUA is talking about the second run of the hit play, P. Ramlee The Musical.
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BAND-IN-A-BOX 2008.5 For Windows® And 44 New Realtracks
PG Music Inc. has released version 2008.5 of its popular, award-winning Band-in-a-Box® intelligent music accompaniment software for Windows®.
Harmony Central |
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Bo Diddley dies at 79
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has paid tribute to guitarist Bo Diddley, describing him as an "enormous force in music". Diddley, 79, died of heart failure on Monday at his home in Archer, Florida.
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"Before You Accuse Me," "Mona," "I’m a Man" and "Pretty Thing." He cranked them out on a signature rectangular guitar, setting many of them to rumba-like rhythm of his "Bo Diddley beat" that gave rock ’n’ roll a powerful rhythmic foundation.
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Charice sings DZMM's jingle
If you think the voice behind the latest version of DZMM Radyo Patrol Sais Trenta's radio jingle sounds familiar, you're right. It is familiar. Because the voice behind that song is no other than international singing sensation Charice.
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Nearly 80 but Sonny's still learning
Ageing jazz legend Sonny Rollins says he is still striving for the perfect performance.
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Music Review: Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
Spiritualized’s best album to date is also a wonderful study of the extremes of the human experience. Spiritualized’s sixth studio album is a special one. Coming five years after their previous album, Amazing Grace from 2003, and following frontman Jason Pierce’s near-death experience after he contracted an inflammation and infection of the eyelid and bilateral pneumonia, Songs in A&E is a ...
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Television - National
We are a country of adrenalin lovers and there is no better place to take a thrill than the rugged South Island where there are hundreds of activities on offer.
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Guitar Hero: Metallica spotted?
We're already waiting on Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, in addition to the full Guitar Hero IV (which will usher in multi-instrument support, among other things), and now it seems likely we can look forward to Guitar Hero: Metallica too.
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Rock Band set for Japan debut
MTV (of all people) confirm this evening that multi-instrument music-fest Rock Band is on the way to Japan, with a very localised version set to be released in the land of the rising sun.
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Rock pioneer Bo Diddley got more kudos than riches
The guitarist, who died Monday, influenced many who went on to bigger fame.
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There's one home but is there one love?
IN April, independent singer-songwriter Pete Teo took a month off and embarked on a "unity project". He wrote a song, Here In My Home, called a few friends, and in a fortnight, they had an ensemble featuring the vocal talents of household names such as Awie, Ning Baizura and Jaclyn Victor.
The New Straits Times |
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Guitar Rig Session, Guitar Rig XE3 ship
Native Instruments has announced that Guitar Rig Session and Guitar Rig XE3 are are now available. Session is a new recording solution for guitarists, bass players and songwriters that provides studio-quality results at an entry-level price. Rig 3 XE software is the heart of the suite, which offers a selection of five true-to-life tube amplifier mo...
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CNN - Rocker Tries To Change World Again -- With Car
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Grand announces its new season
The Grand Opera House will celebrate its 125th birthday this year with a new season of acrobats, tribute artists, and cowboys, along with a second floor lounge. Joe Ferlo, executive director of the Grand, released the 2008-2009 season on Monday. Ferlo said the performances themselves are the direct result of the community input. They want to laugh, listen to different kinds of music, and see ...
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Preps for Wakarusa Festival coming together
Only three days until the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival kicks off at Clinton State Park, but getting ready for the event is a year-long process. 49 News Reporter Lindsay Slater shows us how preparing for Wakarusa began almost as soon as the last one ended.
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Critic's Corner Tuesday
TV's best movie channel, TCM, premieres Race and Hollywood: Asian Images on Film, the latest in its continuing series of festivals aimed at examining the treatment of minorities in American movies. Hosted by Robert Osborne and film historian Peter X. Feng and airing every Tuesday and Thursday in June, the 35-film event kicks off tonight with documentary The Slanted Screen (7 ET/4 PT), followed ...
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Sian Alice Group Set The Dusk Line
After Sian Alice Group released their 59.59 debut album in February, they weren't ready to sit back and watch the cash flow in. The London, England orchestral-psychedelic band will release a piano-and-vocals EP titled The Dusk Line on June 17 via The Social Registry.
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Pop Music on TV This Week
It's a great week to see 2 of the world's biggest pop artists, Coldplay and Usher, perform. Check out this week's full schedule of Pop Music on TV....
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Singer Shirely lights up their lives
After more than 30 years of music Shirley Donald is still sharing her passion and bringing joy to the residents of Glenwood and Roseneath aged care homes.
Glen Innes Examiner |
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Conservatorium falls victim to vandals
TAMWORTH Regional Conservatorium of Music staff have had enough. Over the past month conservatorium director Jane Robertson said the building had been the victim of a number of malicious damage attacks.
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Summer kicks off with annual Cherry FestivalBy Shanna Shipman
Times correspondent WASHINGTON - In central Illinois, it seems every town is the capital of something - marigolds, pumpkins, turkeys, steamboats, and so on.
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Pussycat Dolls Shape Up With Bally Total Fitness
Like other music icons such as Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue, Pink, Jessica Simpson and Cher, now the Pussycat Dolls are working out with Bally. On the verge of releasing the follow-up album to 2005's 7x platinum PCD and filming the music video for their hot new single "When I Grow Up," the Pussycat Dolls are getting a fitness makeover from Bally Total Fitness.
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21 albums not to be missed in 2008
Do You Like Rock Music? Powerful, eccentric, lush, radio-friendly rock. The third album from Brighton quartet British Sea Power has been making all the right waves in the UK music press this year, and feels much more accessible than their previous outings.
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