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MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Aug 23, 2011


In praise of American music director's success with Tokyo gospel group
Mainichi Daily News
Lewis also plans to donate money to the relief organization Samaritan's Purse from downloads of the CD's song "Help Your Children," which was written the day after the earthquake hit Japan. "We thought it would be a wonderful thing to do," he says. ...
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Lyle Lovett playing it 'large' in New Jersey
MyCentralJersey.com
He attended Texas A&M University, where he met Robert Earl Keen, another Lone Star State-native who has developed into a distinctive singer-songwriter. (The two would co-write “The Front PorchSong,” which each recorded for his debut album. ...
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Entertainment calendar for Aug. 25
Barrington Courier-Review
Miller Lite Saturday Taste of Summer features live music by local bands plus food and beverage specials. First race and first song each week is at 1 pm Aug. 27: Rico. Sept. 3: Four Man Band. The Long Grove Arts & Music Council presents free concerts at ...
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Amazon, Dropbox, Google and You Win in Cloud-Music Copyright Decision
Wired News (blog)
No matter how many customers “uploaded” that song, MP3tunes kept only a single copy. EMI, whose artists include Usher, Jay-Z and Lady Antebellum, sued MP3tunes over that practice and others. In a complicated federal court decision Monday (see Threat ...
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Songs of the south
Ottawa Citizen
The cameras followed Grey around his Jacksonville-area home, and then filmed a concert in Atlanta, Georgia. Grey says the audio turned out so well they decided to release it on CD along with the film on DVD. The package comes out Sept. 13. ...
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Johnny Boy Would Love This: A Tribute to John Martyn, CD review
Telegraph.co.uk
Gray often performs Go Down Easy at concerts but for Johnny Boy Would Love This he opens proceedings with Let The Good Things Come, which is a lovely song and a portent of what's in store in this double CD. Gray added: "As a writer John Martyn was a ...
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Worshipping together
CanadaEast.com
The artists play contemporary Christian music, which isn't what people traditionally perceive as the kind of music they'll hear in church. The reality is that many churches do play this music, notes Hanson. "A lot of the songs that these guys sing are ...
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Breast cancer survivors find joy, hope in chorus
Chicago Tribune
Watkins has a doctorate in music education and choral conducting. He challenges the singers with varied styles of music, from jazz to classical, and creates different themes for the concerts. One that focused on songs by female composers was called ...
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New Albums from Pistol Annies and Barbra Streisand
New York Times
Songs like these recall Ms. Lambert's scratchier earlier days, and other ones here show range: “Bad Example” is a slick song about being naughty that Hank Williams would have gladly tackled, and “The Hunter's Wife,” sung with stern determination by Ms. ...
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David Foster hunting for new Filipino singing talents
Inquirer.net
The winners will get a chance to have a song recorded and produced by Foster and will also have the privilege of performing onstage with the “Hitman” at his concert on October 25 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Manila concert, which is part of the ...
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So how tough is the music biz for artists these days?
knox.VillageSoup.com
As important as the digital revolution is for music - both Sara and Denis work with cds - neither has time to download digital submissions. Denis advises artists to please include information about the recording you're sending. ...
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Blues-rocker stays close to the land
Edmonton Journal
The singer and multi-instrumentalist named his fifth album and last Alligator Records studio recording Georgia Warhorse, with the title song written from the point of view of the insect itself. "Who you are is always much broader than where you're from ...
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Nyayo Songs Were Not All About Propaganda [analysis]
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Yet many of these songs were very acute and articulate statements on the realities of the day. Listening to them on an instrumental CD accompanying an anthology of essays titled Music in Kenya: Development, Management, Composition and Performance ...
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A Renaissance Man Before the Renaissance
New York Times
Culling items from the Universal Classics catalog, Deutsche Grammophon released a limited-edition, 34-CD boxed set, “Liszt: The Collection,” a comprehensive offering of Liszt's music, including organ pieces, songs and sacred vocal works. ...
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Reviews of new pop, country/beat, jazz and classical music releases
Sacramento Bee
In the title song, she sings about "a heart that's seen it all." And that's the sense she conveys, and what makes these performances so soul-stirring. Until further notice, this is the country record of the year. Singer Freddy Cole continues to give ...
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THREAT SIGNAL: New Song Posted Online - Aug. 22, 2011
Blabbermouth.net
The CD landed at position No. 32 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. ...
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Entertainment calendar for Aug. 25
Lincolnshire Review
Sign-up is at 5:45 pm Third Sunday of the month, Concert Stage, featuring national and regional touring performers. $12; $10 for Lake County Folk Club members, students and senior citizens. Fourth Sunday of the month, Song Circle. Free. ...
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Singing the Reformation
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
We will be beguiled by Wode's own illustrations which indicate how ordinary men and women of the time engaged with word and song in the praise of God. These books preserve one of the most important contributions ever made to Scottish music. ...
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From Ten to 20
Montreal Gazette
Working up the right song sequence is an obsession of Vedder's, he added - and if that means changing it in mid-show by interpreting the audience's reaction, so be it. "It's a living, breathing, exciting thing," McCready said. ...
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BUMBERSHOOT: Five reasons why this year's festival won't suck ... as much as ...
Kitsap Sun
The band's spare, dreamy song-scaping has been building them some cred among venues, critics and other musicians (Matthews apparently saw them at a Seattle gig and invited them to the Gorge). The venue is a bit of a mystery — it could be inside EMP, ...
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Can Katy Perry Beat Michael Jackson's Hot 100 Record With A Sixth No. 1 Single?
Billboard.biz
"It would most likely research faster than most songs because of the familiarity of her sound and the exposure of the album. Clear Channel WXKS (Kiss 108)/Boston PD Dylan Sprague theorizes that, "'Peacock' is a great song - it stands out on the CD ...
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Strauss-Kahn, Spitzer, Syngenta, Motorola, Bank of America in Court News
Bloomberg
“The court's decision confirms that businesses cannot simply pay lip service to the law while undermining the rights of the musicians, artists and writers that create popular music,” Dylan Jones, a spokesman for London-based EMI, said in an e-mail. ...
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Give your favourite artist your vote
The New Age Online
The Nigerian singer has received a nod in both categories for the remix of his song, “Mr Endowned”, featuring American rapper, Snoop Dogg. South African newcomer AKA also has a strong hold in this year's awards. The rapper is up for most gifted hip hop ...
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Jim Brickman bringing Christmas show to Davenport
Eastern Iowa Life
Jim is a strong supporter of Public Television, and has had four PBS concert specials: Jim Brickman at the Magic Kingdom —The Disney Songbook (2005), My Romance, An Evening with Jim Brickman (2000), Love Songs and Lullabies (2002) and Beautiful World ...
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Children of the moon: Time Stereo gets back to nature
Model D
Brainard -- one of Detroit's most prolific visual artists and one-third of the core trio powering the enterprising and longstanding Detroit art-music collective -- went out for a quick June bike ride, jumped a tire in a downtown street, caught his leg ...
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Campbelljohn to play at winery
South Shore Now
In his solo, acoustic blues performances he makes the most of the song. Campbelljohn soulfully commands the stage with rich vocals, while his powerfully prolific technique on guitar or trusty dobro lap steel further embellishes each composition, ...
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