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MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Aug 03, 2011

Kit Chan to stage "minimalist" solo concert in October
Channel News Asia
By Han Wei Chou | Posted: 03 August 2011 1931 hrs SINGAPORE: Unlike most concerts that aim to be more elaborate than the competition, Singapore singer Kit Chan says her upcoming soloconcert titled The Music Room will be decidedly less flashy than ...
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Video: 'Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune' eyes singer's rise, fall
Evansville Courier & Press
Ochs soon became a part of the Village folk-music scene, along with Dave Van Ronk, Eric Andersen, David Blue and, of course, Dylan. Ochs had become a prolific songwriter, and was performing everywhere he could -- in clubs, concerts, at the Newport Folk ...
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Bon Iver, Recorded Live In Concert
NPR
By the end — a stormy sing-along in "Wolves (Act I and II)," an encore in which "Skinny Love" gave way to the lush "Beth/Rest" — Bon Iver had given one of the most intense and transfixingperformances we've ever recorded at NPR Music. ...
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I grew up on Tagore's music: Ayaan Ali Khan
Times of India
Your concert in Kolkata is dedicated to Tagore. When you are playing Tagore's songs with Ustadji, what is it about the use of Indian classical music in Tagore that you find interesting/inspiring as a musician? It's indeed a great honour for me to be a ...
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Steve Earle makes strong musical statement in Grand Rapids concert
MLive.com
Granted, occasional feedback and a frustratingly subdued lead vocal in the sound mix hampered some tunes, and Earle himself missed a few lyrics. But his passionate vocal delivery and the brilliance of his songs knifed through regardless, ...
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Final Weekend of Sunset Music Series Features Grace And Floyd
Patch.com
Getting the music started on the smaller, Courtyard Stage on Thursday will be Providence-basedsinger-songwriter, Tracie Potochnik, with Buddy Cavaleri, North Kingstown's singer-songwriter guitarist, loosening things up for The Machine on Friday. ...
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Colbie Caillat keeps her sunny demeanor
Wausau Daily Herald
11, 2010 file photo, singer Colbie Caillat performs at the Nobel Peace concert in honor of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in Oslo, Norway. "I think that music is therapy," the 26-year-old said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. ...
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On Stage: Wacky Juggling, Groovy Hippies & Hard Rock
Patch.com
Go See the Wizard: Kaleidoscope Theatre of Youth is presenting “The Wizard of Oz” at Summit Playhouse through Aug. 7. The show features music and lyrics from the famous MGM movie. Remaining performances are Aug. 2, 3, 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm, as well as Aug ...
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Tony Bennett going strong at 85, celebrates birthday Wednesday
NewsNet5.com
Singer Tony Bennett performs at The Pearl concert theater at the Palms Casino Resort July 24, 2011. CLEVELAND - Eighty-five years ago on August 3, 1926, in the Astoria section of Queens, New York, Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born. ...
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LV MUSIC: Actor Tim Robbins, in Sellersville concert, shows his music is no ...
Allentown Morning Call (blog)
But he also paid tribute to his father, playing a touching audio tape of one of his performances. He actually was good: Not every song was successful. “Time to Kill” was impressive-sounding roots rock, but was weighed down by overly obvious lyrics. ...
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Summer Concerts at Hiawatha Aug. 5
Westseattleherald.com
It doesn't really matter, though, because the songs, if not particularly groundbreaking, are just plain good. And the lyrics are full of enough detail and imagery that you start to forget any objections."Concerts start at 6:30 pm Thursday evenings on ...
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Fil-Am singer busy for Unicef
Inquirer.net
“This Is My Life,” a specially produced CD released during her concert at the MusicMuseum in Greenhills last year, is an entertaining mix of original songs and covers whose styles run the gamut from pop to theatrical. One track, the curiously titled ...
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Concert review: A Perfect Circle at Kingsbury Hall
Salt Lake City Weekly
Something like the sold-out Kingsbury Hall show Monday night featuring A Perfect Circle, a band that hasn't released any new music since 2004. Of course, given thatsinger Maynard James Keenan's primary band, Tool, goes years between releases, as well, ...
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TSP to host Broadway benefit concert
Woodstock Independent
“I'm excited about the caliber of talent that'll be on stage, the wide range of singer ages and the great variety of music the audiences will get to hear,” said TSP President Paul Lockwood. “I'm very grateful to everyone who is making this fundraiser ...
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Nightlife Agenda: Jamaican Independence Day, in-store shows and a birthday party
Washington Post (blog)
(Christopher Porter) This week, we say farewell to the Fort Reno summer concert series, celebrate Jamaica's Indepdendence Day with a reggae festival at the Crossroads, look forward to seeingsinger-songwriter Nicole Atkins perform at one of DC finest ...
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Lisa Gasteen: taking her voice in new directions
Limelight Magazine
There was a wonderful moment at the Governor's Gala concert last weekend at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Fêted soprano Lisa Gasteen, the singer who has enthralled audiences at the Met and Covent Garden, was set to make her first appearance ...
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Local singer set to release CD â€Å“(A Different) State of Mindâ€
Gladwin County Record
GLADWIN – Hometown singer, Chris Hale, along with Tate Music Group, is set to release his latest album, "(A Different) State Of Mind", on Aug. 9. The CD contains three new original songs, "Second Chance" (co-written by his Mom, Judy), "Don't Give Up" ...
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'Weird Al' coming to Longview!
KLTV
“Weird Al” Yankovic in concert—Sunday, Sept. 25, 3 pm “Weird Al” Yankovic, the American singer-songwriter and parodist kicks off the Belcher Center's fifth season with his comical parodies of well-known popular music. Yankovic began as an awkward, ...
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From The Marlboro Music Festival: Beguiling Beethoven, Sumptuous Schubert
NPR (blog)
The first three releases focus primarily on performances from the past decade, though there's one standout exception: a traversal of Shostakovich's Songs on Hebrew Folk Themes from 1967 with soprano Benita Valente, mezzo Glenda Maurice, ...
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Neil Diamond Tribute Band Plays Concert Series
Patch.com
He noted that it's one of Diamond's lesser-known songs. It showcased his singing ability more than any other song, since he sang it without a guitar. LeBlanc said his Uncle Jerry introduced him to Diamond's music by buying him his first Diamond record. ...
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Concert Review: Drake at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto
National Post
It's impossible not to have fun when you're surrounded by people having a good time, and the audience went bananas at the opening song Up All Night and pretty much stayed that way until the end. For the uptempo songs, Drake's onstage persona is ...
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SASO to perform five concerts in SaddleBrooke, Oro Valley
Explorer News
3 by Franz Liszt in celebration of his 200th birthday. Two short works complete the program: Kitchen Utensils March by Vaughn-Williams and Galindo's Mariachi Songs. The second concert, on Nov. 19-20, will feature two works for very large orchestra; ...
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Today in Music History - Aug. 3
mysask.com (press release)
In 1926, singer Tony Bennett, whose real name is Anthony Dominick Benedetto, was born in New York City. Bennett has been among the foremost American ballad singers ever since Bob Hope gave him his first important concert appearance in New York in 1950. ...
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Macarthur Singers hitting Broadway shows
Camden Advertiser
Musical director Jillian Bridge says On Broadway will have some of the best-known songs from Broadway shows. "It promises to be a great afternoon that will have something to delight everyone." Next month, Macarthur Singers will present a concert In ...
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Kings of Leon: Their Biggest Hits (Video)
Hollywood Reporter
And now much is being made of the band's lead singer, who abruptly exited a Dallas stage in the middle of a July 29 concert, as being the root of the problem. His brothers (and bandmates) Jared and Nathan even took to Twitter to air their ...
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Hollywood Reporter
Creative Current
Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal
By Nadine Davenport - Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal Another intimate gathering for music lovers in the Ashcroft area, hosted by Creative Cow House Concerts will feature Calgary based singersongwriter and guitarist, Heather Blush on Wednesday August 3rd ...
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Singer dedicates CD to sister
Londoner
Benjamin Stecker's very personal album, "Beyond the Shadows" is being released with a concert at the London Music Club August 6. By Chris Montanini Londoner A musician for as long as he can remember, recording an album was always in the back of ...
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Burnt Sugar Closes Out Jazz in Park Aug. 8
Hartford Courant
WWUH, 91.3, FM, broadcasts the concert live from the park. Information: http://www.hartfordjazzsociety.com and 860-242-6688. Among DePalma's long list of distinguished credits are his pivotal role as the music director at Hartford's legendary 880 Club, ...
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Hartford Courant
Legendary Paul McCartney Performs In Chicago.
Examiner.com
The repertoire for the two night's performance included more than 30 songs and the total concertwas just under three hour hours. In the past as well as present, all of McCartney's shows always featured a different approach than most of the groups from ...
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Get your slushies ready: Listen to the full stream of 'Glee: The 3D Concert Movie'
Entertainment Weekly
Today, all 23 songs from the soundtrack are streaming in full over at AOL Music, which means you can close your office door, crank up Michael Jackson's “PYT (Pretty Young Thing)” and do that “yee haw!” part all by yourself. ...
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Grammy Winning Group of Songwriters / Producers Announce a Benefit Concert at ...
PR Newswire (press release)
All funds raised from this benefit concert will be donated to the SADS Foundation. Songwriters Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson and Jerry Salley have had songs recorded by Garth Brooks, Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless, Alison Krauss, Diamond Rio, Gene Watson, ...
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West County Calendar: Week of Aug. 3
SuburbanJournals
BIRDS IN CONCERT: The World Bird Sanctuary, 125 Bald Eagle Ridge Road in Valley Park, presents Birds in Concert from 7 to 8:30 pm Aug. 4. The sanctuary's in-house band, the Raptor Project, performs songs from its children's environmental education CDs ...
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'80s sensation Sade has no plans to change the way she works
Chicago Sun-Times
The music, though, is stubbornly identifiable. “To me, we're the punkest of punks within our own world, because we do what we do,” said Sade — aka singer Helen Folasade Adu, whose moniker is also the band name — late last year. ...
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Greenville Daily Reflector
Country musician Rodney Atkins doesn't believe his songs are truly finished until he puts them through “the truck test.” He records his music at his home studio in Nashville, Tenn., then takes the mixes and listens to them while driving. ...
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Gospel singer Delois Barrett Campbell dies at 85
Forbes
The popular music of the Andrews Sisters also influenced the Barrett Sisters, and as young women, they practiced blending their voices on both religious and secular songs. The Barrett Sisters recorded their first album together, "Jesus Loves Me," in ...
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Forbes House hosting Civil War concert and exhibits
Boston Globe
Dixon's Gold, a band led by Scott Shelter with Jill Gross, Bruce Millard, and Mitch Nelin, will cover civil war era songs that were sung by both North and South Civil War troops. The music genre can be traced to Irish and English ballads, ...
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BWW Reviews: Catalina Welcomes Masterful Ann Hampton Callaway
Broadway World
Her meticulously clear phrasing, magnificent range, ability to scat and overall great vocal instrument make her a fantastic night club singer and recording artist. In her set at Catalina Jazz Club July 28-31, Callaway had a rather short list of songs, ...
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Legends show to feature homegrown talent
Danbury News Times
The MopTops, a Beatles tribute band, will be among the performers at the "Legends in Concert" show running through Sept. 4 at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Two area musicians will be playing drums throughout the run, including Carmine Grippo and Mike Streeto ...
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Finger Lakes Chorale concerts set for August
Wayne Post
By Leigh Hunziker The Finger Lakes Chorale will perform "We Will Rock You," a concert featuring Broadway songs and rock and roll music from the '50s to '70s, at 7 pm on Saturday, Aug. 20 and 3 pm on Sunday, Aug. 21. This year, the Finger Lakes Chorale ...
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Review: Daniel Hope electrifies Brahms and the Romantics
San Jose Mercury News
One could imagine Debussy hearing this music and finding inspiration in it. The concert's second half was more consistently extroverted. It included the controlled fever of "Hexenlied" ("WitchesSong"), Op. 8, by Felix Mendelssohn, an important mentor ...
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Provincial players
St.Petersburg Times.ru
Hutz is the frontman of Gogol Bordello, a group as famous for the raucous, energetic concerts that have given it a reputation as one of the best live bands in the world as the eight albums it has released since 1999. The band's music is a ...
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Hauppauge Native Brings Big Band Swing to Nesconset
Patch.com
“I coined a phrase, 'Bringing the American Song Book into the 21 st century',” he said. The singerreleased his second CD titled “Can't We Be Friends” this May, with a mix of Big Band songs from the 1930s to 60s. Songs include “Love Me or Leave Me” ...
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Entertainment keeps beat for festival
The Daily News of Newburyport
Singers Colby Shelter and Justin Kelley did their part to keep the audience engaged, sharing the background of songs or tidbits of information. "Probably the worst decision of my day today was to wear pants on a hot day," jeans-clad Shelter told ...
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mixer was there: Tim McGraw in Virginia Beach, Va.
Greenville Daily Reflector
The concert started at 7 pm with The Band Perry singing a few songs from their album by the same name, including their hits “You Lie” and “If I Die Young.” After The Band Perry's short performance, Luke Bryan hit the stage. He performed for about an ...
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Nintendo to celebrate 'Legend of Zelda' w/ symphony concert in LA
abc7.com
(KABC Photo) LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Hollywood's legendary Pantages Theatre is hosting an unusual symphony concert: There will be nothing but songs from the Nintendo game, "The Legend of Zelda." A 70-piece orchestra will perform tracks from the original ...
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What's Happening in Ocean City
Cape May County Herald (press release)
7: The Ocean City Pops presents an Evening of Song featuring singers Colleen Daly and Dominic Inferrera with highlights from “La Traviata, Man of La Mancha, Puccini and Richard Rodgers at 8 pm Tickets are $15/$10 at the Music Pier Box Office, ...
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Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett play to full house in Missoula
The Missoulian
"It's great when they bring good music here. I hope he plays his pony song." True to form, Lovett had the whole crowd singing "If I Had A Boat" with the refrain, "and if I had a pony, I'd ride him on my boat."
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What's going on today
Chicago Sun-Times
Municipal Band concert: The Naperville Municipal Band's 2011 summer concerts will take place at 7:30 pm every Thursday evening through Aug. 11 at the Community Concert Center in Central Park, 104 E. Benton Ave. ...
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Raul Malo in Concert (former lead singer of: The Maverick's ...
By boxoffice
Raul Malo in Concert. (former lead singer of: The Maverick”s). Fundraiser Project Angel Heart. Sponsored by: 5280 Magazine. Music industry insiders and a growing legion of followers know the Cuban-American singer Raul Malo's warm, ... Raul Malo is quite simply, one of the greatest singersalive today. He has been compared to Roy Orbison and Sinatra and yet is still distinctly Raul Malo. His voice is passionate, warm and expressive like the songs he chooses to sing. ...
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Santa Fe Concert Association | Music for Your Life | We Are Song
WE ARE SONG Festival of Song at the Scottish Rite Center ... Anonymous 4 have created a truly unique and very special concert program, ANTHOLOGY 25. ... Founded in 1962 in Paris, the Swingle Singers have been based in London for years. ...
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