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2nd annual Rose City Music Festival brings ‘great music into our own backyard’ | News

Almost 4,500 attendees from East Texas and beyond flooded the downtown Tyler square on Saturday for the second annual Rose City Music Festival.Performers included Ludacris, East Texas favorite Whiskey Myers as well as Matt Koziol and DJ Shayne Payne.“We want to reach out to every possible person that likes live music ... ” said Buddy Logan, host of Radio Texas LIVE 101.5 KNUE in Tyler. “We're trying not to focus on […]

todayOctober 15, 2023 6

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Musicians from all walks of life shine at Great Music Festival

The Falasol Clarinet Ensemble takes first place at the Great Music Festival, an annual festival showcasing musicians with developmental disabilities, for their performance of Libertango by Astor Piazzolla at Konkuk University's New Millenium Hall in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul, on Tuesday. [PARK SANG-MOON]   Loud cheers and a massive applause filled the auditorium at Konkuk University in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul, as musicians at the Great Music Festival, an annual […]

todaySeptember 26, 2023 1

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Good turnout for great lineup at Deep Roots Music Festival in Wolfville, N.S.

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS Health admin day of action | SaltWire Watch on YouTube: "Health admin day of action | SaltWire" The Deep Roots Music Festival, which ran Sept. 22-24 in Wolfville, returned with a fine blast of music after three years of interruption. Peter Mowat, who chaired the festival for 13 years, spoke Sept. 24 about the joy this year evoked after three festivals stymied by COVID-19 […]

todaySeptember 25, 2023 4

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Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab teams with jazz talents at Great American Music Hall

SAN FRANCISCO -- Gifted Pakistani vocalist Arooj Aftab brings her new collaborative trio with fellow NYC musicians Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily to the Great American Music Hall Thursday night.Born in Saudi Arabia in 1985, Aftab and her family returned to her parents native Pakistan when she was ten years old. An early interest in music led Aftab to learn to sing -- she was inspired by Indian vocalists as […]

todaySeptember 20, 2023 8

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“The Great American Trailer Park Musical” Opens at Lyric Stage Studio

Grown Media photo for Lyric Stage Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Great American Trailer Park Musical, presented by Lyric Stage, opens Friday for a month-long run. The musical is their first ever production in the new Lyric Stage Studio space in Dallas Design District. Described as “South Park meets Desperate Housewives” by the New York Sun, the warmhearted musical comedy follows Pippi, a stripper on the run. She’s the new tenant […]

todaySeptember 4, 2023 5

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You want fun and great music, hang with Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez

The music scene here in New Jersey is unprecedented. Outside of the Brill Building at 1619 Broadway in New York City in the '60s and early '70s, nowhere else in the country will you find a better history of rock and roll music than in the 1.61 square miles of Asbury Park. I love it. So many talented musicians have gone on to such successful careers. That’s the case with […]

todayAugust 19, 2023 7

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Annual music festival gets off to a great start at Dedan Kimathi university

The 95th edition of the annual Kenya Music Festival kicked off yesterday at the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Nyeri County.  The event, covering items from all learning institutions under the Ministry of Education, featured items from early childhood development and education (ECDE) learners, who are in Playgroup, Pre-Primary 1 and Pre-Primary 2. The pupils performed songs from Kenya, Africa and the Western world, as well as solo and choral […]

todayAugust 14, 2023 6

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Great music podcast “Strong Songs” starts its fifth season

One of my favorite podcasts, "Strong Songs," created by Kirk Hamilton, started its fifth season, and on Friday posted an episode about "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," a 1985 Tears for Fears song. On most of the podcast's episodes, Hamilton takes one popular song and analyzes it for about 45 minutes to an hour. I really like the way Hamilton utilizes his musical expertise to meticulously analyze every aspect […]

todayJuly 30, 2023 1

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Tony Bennett: The Last of the Great Saloon Singers and a Timeless Musical Icon

NEW YORK (AP) — What do Paul McCartney, Queen Latifah, Lady Gaga, and Stevie Wonder have in common? Oh, and Aretha Franklin, k.d. lang, Bono, and Billy Joel. Not to mention Carrie Underwood, Judy Garland, John Legend, and Placido Domingo. And let’s not forget. Stop. Listing all of the musicians who performed duets with Tony Bennett would take up our remaining space. His place in music history is already secure. […]

todayJuly 22, 2023 2

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