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Country queens, a pop master and a blues giant will arrive in the region
In live music, as in your backyard, autumn is transition time. The amphitheaters wrap up their seasons as more of the action shifts indoors. But with performing arts centers now dotting Hampton Roads, the pace doesn't necessarily slow as the mercury dips....Tags: Billy Bragg, Burt Bacharach, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Dolly Parton, Popular Music
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SHEA GOODBYE THE ATTRACTIONS: Not just Mets and Jets
Other things that shouldn't be forgotten about Shea: For the official dedication ceremony on April 16, 1964, the stadium's namesake, attorney William Shea, marked the return of National League baseball to New York City by presenting two bottles of...Tags: Sugar Ray, New York Jets, Elton John, Boxing, Janis Joplin
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An Eclectic 'Maestro'
It has become standard procedure for older musicians seeking a younger audience to collaborate with the latter-day musicians they've influenced: B.B. King with Eric Clapton on "Riding With the King" in 2000, for instance, or Santana with everybody on...Tags: Ziggy Marley, Music Industry, Jack Johnson, B.B. King, Music
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First Baptist Church in Leesburg needs help feeding the hungry
Sentinel ColumnistLately, I been runnin' on faith What else can a poor boy do? -- Eric Clapton "Runnin' on Faith" Seventy-five people are hungry in Leesburg today. Seven days a week, they're used to gathering at the First Baptist Church's community ministries by 4:...Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Baptist, Society, Punishment, Christianity
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Complete list of Emmy winners
Here's the complete list of Emmy winners: Drama Series: "Mad Men," AMC. (Star Jon Hamm is pictured with series creator Matthew Weiner.) Comedy Series: "30 Rock," NBC. Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad," AMC. Actress, Drama Series:...Tags: Top Chef, Celebrity, Theater, Battlestar Galactica, Popular Music
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Music to nod off to
Los Angeles TimesIn countless spa treatment rooms, therapists knead muscles and array rocks on chakras to the sound of tinkling chimes, muffled chants and meandering guitars. The person lying under the sheets likely will emerge from the treatment calm and relaxed, still...Tags: Music Industry, Personal Service, Barnes & Noble Incorporated, Popular Music, Amazon.com Inc.
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Auction won't be strumming the same old tune
Of The Morning CallFor Scott Pavloty, there's nothing like a Martin guitar. ''Martins are just really big and booming sounding. They're great for strumming,'' said Pavloty, of Slatington, who works at the Guitar Center at the Lehigh Valley Mall and has played the...Tags: Ceremonies, Woody Guthrie, New York, Society, Auction Service
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Hippiefest presents Animals, Turtles, Badfinger
andy.edelstein@newsday.comHippiefest, an awkwardly named nostalgia package created to separate baby boomers from their bucks, pulls into Capital One Theatre at Westbury on Thursday night. Tickets: $51.50, $61.50; 631-888-9000; livenation.com Here's a handy guide to the show's...Tags: Music Industry, Bob Dylan, Eric Burdon, Jonathan Edwards, Music
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Billy Joel shows will mark end of era at Shea
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comThere is a point in The Beatles' groundbreaking concert at Shea Stadium on Aug. 15, 1965, where John Lennon just busts out laughing. He speaks in gibberish, looks over at Paul McCartney, and then starts laughing again. It seemed fitting, considering...Tags: John Lennon, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Paul McCartney, Rock and Roll Music, Elton John
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Thanks for the memories: Readers share their Shea concert stories
THE BEATLES I was just two months shy of my 10th birthday when older cousins took me to the Beatles concert at Shea. I thought I was so cool in my polka-dot bell-bottoms, screaming along with all the teenage girls, almost getting arrested when a group of...Tags: Paul McCartney, Elton John, Batman, Long Island, New York Weather
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Emmy Award nominees
Nominees in major categories for the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: DRAMA SERIES: "Boston Legal," ABC "Damages," FX "Dexter," Showtime "House," Fox "Lost," ABC "Mad Men," AMC...Tags: Mariska Hargitay, Howie Mandel, Theater, Chuck Workman, Mike Sweeney
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New Wave redux rolls into Jones Beach
kevin.amorim@newsday.comWe really did belong to a club. There were degrees of membership, of course -- hey, nice asymmetrical haircut! -- but one thing was for certain: if you were lucky enough to have lived through the new-wave music invasion of the early 1980s, Long Island was...Tags: Beach Vacations, Belinda Carlisle, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Burt Bacharach, Rock and Roll Music
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