Articles filed under Music
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Ledger-directed music video set for releaseMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A Modest Mouse music video directed by the late Heath Ledger is set for release this year. A spokeswoman for the band says Ledger directed an animated vid...
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Anne Brown, Gershwin's original Bess, dies at 96Mar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - OSLO -- Anne Wiggins Brown, the African-American soprano who starred as the original Bess in George Gershwin's landmark folk opera "Porgy and Bess" but saw her career li...
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Optimism abounds at SXSW despite economyMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For the nearly 2,000 acts performing at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, this week, the odds of success would seem insurmountable. The music industry is ...
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Reba stops at Sears CentreMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Now that her TV show is long gone, Reba McEntire can get back to music, where she's always struck a remarkably relaxed and unaffected stance as a charming country chante...
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Jack Lawrence, songwriter for Sinatra's first hit, dies at 96Mar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- Jack Lawrence, who wrote the lyrics for Frank Sinatra's first hit recording "All or Nothing at All" as well as standards sung by stars such as ...
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Youth symphony has 'Blast!' with its guest conductorMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Can a youth symphony grounded in classical literature find harmony with a guest conductor coming from a drum and bugle corps background? Members of the Metropolis Youth...
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'Beware' a mix of darkness, beauty from OldhamMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Bonnie "Prince" Billy may be the most influential artist working today whom you've never heard of. Will Oldham, the quiet, bearded man hiding behind the public persona, ...
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Gorilla Zoe finds niche with new CDMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - With the exception of his hoarse voice, Gorilla Zoe seemed like every other self-professed street hustler-turned-rapper, introducing listeners into his world of a drug-s...
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Michael Jackson's 50 London concerts sell outMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Tickets for Michael Jackson's 50 London concerts sold out within hours of becoming available, organizers said Friday. For Ayesha Obi -- who, having waited sinc...
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Upcoming performancesMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Beware Ides of March Jim Peterik, best known as the lead singer of "Vehicle" by the Ides of March back in the '60s, plays a gig with his new smooth-jazz project Lifeforc...