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Family feud could silence beloved Lebanese singer
[30 Jul 2010 at 5:31am]
Across four decades, Fairouz's songs of freedom, justice and love transfixed Arab audiences, moved millions to tears and gave hope to the Lebanese during the darkest days of their 15-year civil war.
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Mount Baker R&B Festival brings the blues
[29 Jul 2010 at 11:01pm]
The Mount Baker R&B Festival, at the Deming Log Show Grounds near Bellingham on July 30-Aug. 1, features Leon Russell, Janiva Magness, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen and many more.
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Bright Eyes plans concert to fight immigration law
[29 Jul 2010 at 3:53pm]
Bright Eyes, Cursive and other Nebraska music acts will perform at a concert to raise money to fight a law that would ban the hiring of or renting to illegal immigrants in the Nebraska city of Fremont.
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What's Jay-Z's state of mind over spoof?
[28 Jul 2010 at 3:46pm]
An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof said Wednesday.
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Authorities blame organizer for deadly Love Parade
[28 Jul 2010 at 1:46pm]
German state authorities on Wednesday accused the organizer of last weekend's Love Parade techno festival of major security breaches which may have led to the crush that killed 21 people and injured more than 500.
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Aretha and Condi make music at Philly concert
[28 Jul 2010 at 11:36am]
Condoleezza Rice is no stranger to the whims of royalty. So when the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, decided the two should get together to play a song or two for charity, it was decreed.
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Franklin and Rice make music at Philly concert
[28 Jul 2010 at 6:31am]
Condoleezza Rice is no stranger to the whims of royalty. So when the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, decided the two should get together to play a song or two for charity, it was decreed.
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Gorillaz to play KeyArena in November
[27 Jul 2010 at 9:01pm]
Gorillaz play the KeyArena Nov. 2. The animated band, created by producer Damon Albarn and comic-book artist Jamie Hewlett, is known for catchy and plucky electronica laced hip-hop pop tunes.
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Univision agrees to pay $1M in payola settlement
[27 Jul 2010 at 4:31pm]
Univision Communications Inc. has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that the company's radio stations and its employees accepted secret cash payments to give more frequent airplay to artists with a former Univision recording label.
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With sweetness, soul, Aretha and Rice make music
[27 Jul 2010 at 7:31am]
Condoleezza Rice is no stranger to the whims of royalty. So when the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, decided the two should get together to play a song or two for charity, it was decreed.
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Court feud over estate of songwriter ends in Ohio
[27 Jul 2010 at 12:01am]
A long-running legal feud between the four children of a late country music songwriter and their evangelist aunt ended Monday when a judge approved placing the family's share of his catalog into a trust fund for them.
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President Wyclef? Ex-Fugee mulling Haiti campaign
[26 Jul 2010 at 9:16pm]
Singer Wyclef Jean is considering a run for president of Haiti but has not decided whether to seek a five-year term as leader of the quake-ravaged nation, the musician's family said Monday.
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Pigeon droppings halt Kings of Leon concert
[26 Jul 2010 at 3:01pm]
Heavy storms and scorching temperatures have failed to deter rock bands from performing at an outdoor stadium in St. Louis, but a bombardment of pigeon droppings proved too much for the Kings of Leon.
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Louis Prima gets posthumous Hollywood star
[26 Jul 2010 at 11:10am]
"King of Swing" Louis Prima has received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a centennial celebration that included dancing in the street to his big-band sounds.
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Wagner music festival opens in Bayreuth
[25 Jul 2010 at 2:01pm]
The yearly festival celebrating the music of Richard Wagner has opened in Bayreuth, the city where the celebrated German composer made his home in his later years.
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18 killed in mass panic at Germany's Love Parade
[24 Jul 2010 at 9:16pm]
Crowds streaming into a techno-music festival in western Germany surged through a jammed entry tunnel Saturday, setting off a panic that killed at least 18 people and injured 80 at an event meant to celebrate love and peace.
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Singer Al Jarreau changes hospitals in France
[24 Jul 2010 at 3:01pm]
A helicopter ferried Grammy-award winning singer Al Jarreau from a hospital in the Alps to one in the French port of Marseille after he suffered breathing problems in the mountains that forced him to cancel several concerts, hospital authorities said Saturday.
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Capitol Hill Block Party Day One: Music and midsummer revelry
[24 Jul 2010 at 3:54pm]
The music at Capitol Hill Block Party 2010 kicked off at 4 p.m. sharp with a main stage performance by local rapper Macklemore. Also on Friday's lineup: Holy F!, Yeasayer and MGMT. The urban music festival continues through Sunday.
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Palin fiance Levi Johnston to film music video
[23 Jul 2010 at 7:46pm]
Levi Johnston will make his music video debut as a lover whose romance is thwarted by his girlfriend's disapproving mother, according to a Universal Music Group record label and Johnston's attorney.
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Singer Al Jarreau hospitalized in France
[23 Jul 2010 at 5:46pm]
Grammy-award winning singer Al Jarreau was in intensive care in a French hospital Friday after suffering breathing problems in the Alps, forcing him to cancel four concerts.
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