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MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Aug 05, 2011

Celebrity Column: 'Lost Notebooks' offer chance to hear Hank Williams' lyrics
The Tennessean
Holly Williams / Ed Rode / AP New Hank Williams songs are on the way — 58 years after the country music archetype's death. The songs represent the first performances of the material, gathered from notebooks Williams left behind after his death at age ...
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Dolly Parton Brings a 'Better Day' to Verizon
Patch.com
Throughout the night Dolly stayed within her range, and rested up her voice with duets with her background singers and her music producer, saving her vocal chords for some powerful songs near the end of the concert. Decades of experience pays off when ...
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Concert scene, Aug. 5
phillyBurbs.com
Expect an 18-song set with some surprises. This is how they used to book concerts year 'round in the 1970s. Put three talented acts on one bill to fill up a large venue and if they are similar enough,music fans will buy the tickets. ...
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Paul McCartney On Music Reality Shows & His Upcoming Post-9/11 Concert Documentary
Access Hollywood
By Jolie Lash Beatles songs have become standard fare on music competition shows, and Paul McCartney admitted on Thursday he is a fan of programs like “American Idol” and “The X Factor.” “I think all of that is cool because it's what's happening today ...
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Converted to the music of Rufus Wainwright
Huddersfield Examiner (blog)
A family friend, whose job as a cinema projectionist gave him a straight line to concert tickets, made sure my musical tastes were dragged into the light of the late Sixties. So thanks to him, I quickly developed a taste for the songs and singers of ...
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Concert Previews | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-08-05
Philadelphia Inquirer
The 45-year-old Jackson has proven her sass factor in city after city, with snazzy costume changes, snippets of music videos, a bevy of backing singers and dancers, a five-piece band and (apparently) no lip-synching. While her publicists will say only ...
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Doing the Doo Wop
Patch.com
In 2008, the Chimes split up, leading to several of Coco's singers to form their own group. Now the Manhattan Skyline is getting ready to bring doo-wop and other '50s and '60s music to East Windsor with a free concert at Etra Lake Park on Aug. 22. ...
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Eric Benét 'on fire' from fans' reactions
Canton Repository
Q. I'm sure that song kills in concert. A. That's one of those songs where even before I released it, before anybody heard it on the radio, I'd test it at my shows and it would get screams and standing ovations. Q. Judging from your voice and your ...
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Houser to put on Glasgow concert
Bowling Green Daily News
By ALYSSA HARVEY, The Daily News Country music singer-songwriter Randy Houser grew up with all types of music in his native Mississippi. “Gospel, blues, country, rock 'n' roll - my music reflects all those sounds rolled into one,” he said in a recent ...
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Bowling Green Daily News
Concert to focus on folk music of '70s
Adobe Press
At Sunday's concert, the band will perform songs by Wolf, Townes Van Zandt and other folk and Americana artists from the '70s. The featured nonprofit organization will be the SLO Folk MusicSociety, who with President Elisabeth Demongeot scheduled the ...
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Music Industry Sighs No More
Wall Street Journal
The scarcity is in live stage performances and unique objects with our imprimatur on them. For example, for our next album, 'Hotwired,' which comes out in January, we might issue the chance to buy, say, an original vinyl copy, with handwritten lyrics ...
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Wall Street Journal
I can get my Bengali diction right: Roop Kumar Rathod
Times of India
Frankly speaking, quality music will always have takers in India. As a ghazal singer, what are your thoughts on the kind of language being used in songs, nowadays? Well, the lyrics in songs these days have degraded beyond repair. ...
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DVD review: 'Peter, Paul and Mary 25th Anniversary Concert'
NewsOK.com
Their cover of Dylan's “Blowin' in the Wind” became not only a radio hit, but a rallying song for a civil rights movement that was in the full heat of battle. “Peter, Paul and Mary: 25th Anniversary Concert,” recorded live in 1986 at the Tennessee ...
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Nicole and Nate Hackmann's Farewell Concert Tops August Offerings at CCP
Broadway World
On Friday, August 12, Nicole Bégué Hackmann and Nathaniel Hackmann bring their amazing vocal prowess to the stage with Songs of Faith & Freedom, followed a week later by a concert on August 19 by the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. On Sunday, August 21, ...
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Buck Haggard Band, Ken Lurie at Friday's Concert on the Lawn
Boone Mountain Times
The New York City quartet featured iconic folk singer Pete Seeger and was known for their adoption of traditional folk songs and ballads. Lurie spends most of the academic year with his cello, but when school is not in session, he returns to his ...
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Lollapalooza's got lotsa music in store for kids, too
Chicago Sun-Times
5 and 7), who has been playing guitar and writing songs since second grade. When she's not makingmusic, she's playing soccer. “She's one of the better songwriters I've heard in a long time,” Hyams said. “She's like a pretty well-rounded, well-adjusted ...
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Classical Music/Opera Listings for Aug. 5-11
New York Times
Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass., (888) 266-1200, bso.org; $9 to $91 on Friday; $19 to $91 on Saturday and Sunday; $20 to $102 on Sunday; $11 for Festival of Contemporary Music concerts; $18 to $52 on Tuesday and Wednesday. (Kozinn) A version of this schedule ...
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Ukulele making a comeback in chart-topping pop music
Alaska Dispatch
In concert, McCartney plays the Harrison song "Something." This summer, the ukulele revival was stoked from unexpected quarters: Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder, who launched a national tour based on "Ukulele Songs," a 16-song solo album that ...
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August at PNC Arts Center: Pop, Rock & Ribs
Patch.com
As for Ke$ha, be prepared for terrible auto-tuned singing from a singer who can really sing. While hersongs are uber catchy, her real claim to fame was sneaking into Prince's house during one of his band practices. Rounding out the main events of ...
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LeAnn Rimes brings hits, new tunes to the Tuacahn stage
St. George Daily Spectrum
She went on to cover quite a few of the country music matriarch's songs. Now she's taking on the gentlemen of the genre. Rimes' latest album, "Lady & Gentlemen," finds the still young singertackling the songs of Waylon Jennings, George Jones and Merle ...
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3 Po' Tenors Make A Little Night Music in Parsippany
Patch.com
The group's first performances consisted of each member singing different genres of music. As time went on, however, people started to compare them to The Three Tenors, the original operatic boy band that featured superstar singers Plácido Domingo, ...
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Coldplay's Grammy Foundation benefit remembers Amy Winehouse
Examiner.com
As Coldplay gave a nod to Winehouse during the benefit for Grammy In the Schools, the reminder of the talented, young singer's death also offered a powerful lesson for students about the danger of abusing drugs and alcohol. During the concert, Jimmy ...
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LV MUSIC: Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Allentown Morning Call (blog)
1 modern rock song “Just Play Music!” combined horns, hip-hop, sampling, pop and punk.) Twenty years ago, the BAD II incarnation of the band had its biggest American chart success with “Rush.” Now the original lineup of BAD is back, sparked when ...
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Allentown Morning Call (blog)
Singing the body electric
Ha'aretz
During her military service, Eisenman began to write and record songs, and also played in the band of Jerusalem singer Hadara Levin-Areddy. In 2003, after her brother asked her why she wasn't recording her own songs, she independently released her ...
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Ha'aretz
Core Bites: The Crew is up today at Music on Main
BlueRidgeNow.com
For more information or a complete concert schedule, call Henderson County Travel & Tourism at (828) 693-9708, 800-828-4244 or visit www.historichender sonville.org. "Let's do it, let's fall in love" with Cole Porter. Come hear your favorite songs as ...
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Country star Urban hits Gwinnett
Gwinnettdailypost.com
Some fans made T-shirts with song lyrics and marriage proposals. Many opted to wear one of Urban's shirts from previous tours. One women covered her entire car with the Aussie's memorabilia. When Urban finally took the stage, everyone went wild. ...
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Listen to the Music
Black and White
"We provide this opportunity for acoustic artists," says Harrelson. "They can come here and be the center of attention. I wanted to see a place like the old concert halls," he says. "A listening room is a place where the artist gets respectful ...
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Pop and Rock Listings for Aug. 5-11
New York Times
Full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. Bobby Bare Jr. (Monday) The son of the country legend Bobby Bare marries Nashville twang with alt-rock pluck, yelping and slamming his guitar; the clamor is more reminiscent of the Replacements than ...
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Michael Jackson Tribute Concert Planned; Winehouse Makes Billboard Comeback
Voice of America
Lead singer Mike Love told Billboard that he and his cousin Brian Wilson have written some songs. They hope to begin recording with the rest of the band later this year and release the collection in 2012. Love said, “It just makes a lot of sense with a ...
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A fusion of different styles
Northumberland Gazette
With the Quo performing as the concert's headline act, lead singer, guitarist and co-founder Francis Rossi has already told the Gazette that gig-goers can look forward to a mixture of new songs, classics and more. But what will 10cc serve up for the ...
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Come hear the 'Music of Italy'
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
The audience will get a taste of overtures, opera music and Italian folk songs, along with vocal and instrumental solos. Many well-known numbers associated with the Italian musical heritage will headline this program. The concert will begin with “March ...
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Adam Lambert debuts new song live at concert
AHN | All Headline News
In the meantime, he's letting fans go "Behind the Music" with a new special for VH1 airing this Sunday. When publishing articles from AHN we require that you follow several simple rules and that you abide by our Terms and Conditions. ...
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Lake Tahoe Music Festival continues tonight with pop star Colbie Caillat
Sierra Sun
Colbie Caillat, a 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Malibu, is the headliner tonight in the second of three main concerts of this summer's Lake Tahoe Music Festival. She gained national attention in 2007 with the album “Coco. ...
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Music Box: Plenty of options to rock your weekend
Annapolis Capital
It will be a summer highlight to hear Miller resurrect some of rock's finest riffs from songs such as "Livin' in the USA," "Your Saving Grace," "The Joker," "Fly Like An Eagle" and many others. Melissa Etheridge performs at Pier Six Concert Pavilion on ...
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What are good songs to sing for a small concert (music showcase ...
What are good songs to sing for a small concert (music showcase)? ... visit the festival, and to get the names of aspiring local artists out in the open. ...
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Listen to All Songs Considered: Tiny Desk Concerts online
All Songs Considered: Tiny Desk Concerts (Music Talk). Add to Presets ... Watch the singer and fiddler bring her charming music to the NPR Music offices. ...
tunein.com/.../All-Songs-Considered-Tiny-Desk-Concerts-p33...
Download Songs From 1979 Leonard Cohen Birmingham Odeon Concert
In any case, not all the songs on the concert set list were recorded and consequently, ... A SingerMust Die 8. The Partisan 9. Famous Blue raincoat ...
1heckofaguy.com/.../download-songs-from-1979-leonard-coh...
MCA Music showcases newest artists in Music Comes Alive mini concert
MCA Music showcases newest artists in Music Comes Alive mini concert ... Though different foreign songs were performed, the stars for that night are the ...
www.pep.ph/.../mca-music-showcases-newest-artists-in-%20m...

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