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Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTop 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. Q102 JINGLE BALL Each year Philadelphia hit radio station Q102-FM has pulled together the top musicians in pop music for its Christmas-time Jingle Ball. And the formula has been so successful that...... -
Grammys 2013: An early look at the new artist contenders
When the nominations for the 55th Grammys are unveiled Wednesday night from Nashville, expect to see plenty of new faces dotted among the usual stars and heritage acts. With some superstar artists having missed the Sept. 30 eligibility cut-off with...Tags: Carrie Underwood, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Australia, Adele (music artist)
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Riffing on the highs and lows of the sonic landscape
The quirky violist known as Ljova, an ingratiating fixture on the New York new music scene, has just released a recording called "Melting River." You can purchase and download it for as little as $2 on the artist-friendly website Bandcamp as either an...
Tags: Media Industry, Artists, Pandora Media, Inc., Bob Dylan, Morphine (drug)
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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' hits 30th anniversary
Pop music historians and Michael Jackson aficionados have noted that today, Nov. 30, is the 30th anniversary of the release of the self-proclaimed King of Pop's landmark “Thriller” album. Here at the L.A. Times, we’re so far ahead of...
Tags: The Eagles (music group), Michael Jackson, Alice Cooper, Music, Johnny Depp
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Pop musicians' (final?) tweets for the apocalypse
Here's how end-of-the-world projections, based on the Mayan calendar, are being greeted in some quarters of the pop music world on Twitter. Pop & Hiss has decided to include two end-of-the-world tweets from Weird Al Yankovic because 1) he had the...
Tags: Weird Al Yankovic, Dixie Chicks (music group), NASA, Brad Paisley, Eric Idle
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PSY's 'Gangnam Style' hits 1 billion views
Psy has a lot to be thankful for today. Not only will the term "Gangnam style" potentially be added to the British dictionary, but the music video for his hit K-pop song is the first to have over 1 billion views on YouTube. Sorry Justin Bieber. "Gangnam...
Tags: Justin Bieber, Human Interest, YouTube, Google Inc., Social Media
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Paul McCartney on (the topic of) drugs
The Library of Congress is full of wonderful treasures, and today it released a new chestful: a collection of interviews on topics such as sex, drugs and rock and roll. Included is Paul McCartney relating how pot and other drugs boosted the Beatles'...
Tags: Yoko Ono, Mick Jagger, Louis Armstrong, Library of Congress, Michael Jackson
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Rare artist interviews now streaming at Library of Congress site
Want to hear Mick Jagger talk about the Beatles? Tony Bennett laud the genius of Louis Armstrong? B.B. King express his blues over the future of the blues? Audio interviews with those and dozens more of the biggest names in rock, pop, jazz, blues,...
Tags: Mick Jagger, Politics, Louis Armstrong, Library of Congress, Music Industry
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Audition notice: 'Buddy' from Sonnentag Theatre at IceHouse
Audition notice from: Sonnentag Theatre at the IceHouse Auditions for Musicians and Singers For the rock and roll musical, BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Saturday, December 1: 3:30 – 5:30 pm & Sunday, December 2: 7:00...Tags: Mount Dora, Holiday Vacations, Entertainment Events, Music Theater, Travel
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Review: No Doubt's confident return at the Gibson Amphitheatre
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticIn the mid-1990s, a curious sound infiltrated mainstream pop music: ska, the swingin’, pre-reggae dance style born in 1960s Jamaica. It was an odd turn at the tail end of the grunge era, and mirrored the rise of the late '70s British groups the...Tags: Justin Bieber, No Doubt (music group), Music, Entertainment, Ska (genre)
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It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
It's word association time. Say the first word that springs to mind: "holiday ----." Did you think "season"? "Sale"? "Hangover"? How about "music?" This year, there are plenty of new holiday albums to pick from. Cee Lo Green, English pop-rocker Tracey...
Tags: Gavin DeGraw, John Travolta, Judaism, Special Olympics, Wendy Carlos
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Advancing on a 'Territory of Jazz'
Choreographer Valery Tereshkin had a very long day ahead of him as he sat in a hotel lobby in Glendale this week. Just days before, his Russian Jazz Ballet had performed “Territory of Jazz” at the Alex Theatre, dancing to popular songs from...
Tags: Dance, Duke Ellington, U.S. Congress, Russia, Entertainment Events
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