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Jenna Bush picks 'You Are So Beautiful' for dance with Dad 10 May 08, 22:52 ET AP - Jenna Bush picked "You Are So Beautiful," the ballad made famous by Joe Cocker, for the father-daughter dance with President Bush at her wedding reception Saturday night in Texas, the band leader said. more B4U Music launches on Freesat 10 May 08, 22:25 ET B4U Music has become the first and so far the only Asian channel to launch on the newly launched free-to-air satellite service: Freesat. ... more Rally tonight to save music at Palm Desert restaurant 10 May 08, 22:12 ET About 150 people are at Augusta restaurant in Palm Desert tonight to rally in suppot of keeping outdoor music. more Monthly events to include live music, art and classic films 10 May 08, 21:34 ET By Wally Kennedy Looking for something new and different to do Thursday night that might cost you a gallon of gas at most? If so, check out Discover ... more Portland Couple Bringing Sacred Inspired Music to Yuma 10 May 08, 21:14 ET By Stefani Guerrero Soucy, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz. May 10--Yuma audiences will have a chance to enlighten themselves and enjoy live music at the same time ... more Live Music at Armando’s 10 May 08, 21:00 ET Classical works by JSBach, Ravel, Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Teleman, Debussy, Claude Bolling, Duke Ellington and more. Janet Popesco Archibald holds the ... more Classical Music 10 May 08, 20:57 ET Aspen Music Festival in Colorado includes the premiere of John Harbison’s “Great Gatsby” Suite. By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER James Conlon directs the Ravinia ... more Community: Message in the music 10 May 08, 20:42 ET Teens, electric guitars and a jammin’ good way to learn about HIV/AIDS in the Kedah heartland. ADIB POVERA and ELIZABETH JOHN have the story DRESSED in a ... more Baseball music project visits Appleton 10 May 08, 20:24 ET Many baseball lovers do not connect baseball with music. However, Saturday, May 3, they had a chance to experience this connection at the Fox Valley ... more Music Issue | Next Stop Stockholm Is More Than Abba's Town 10 May 08, 19:52 ET By EVAN RAIL STARING out at the azure waters of Saltsjon Bay from a hilltop in the Sodermalm district of Stockholmisland, I stopped for a moment to take in ... more Renovation plan approved for Wheeling music hall - Daily Mail 10 May 08, 19:45 ET WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) -- The West Virginia Development Office has approved a plan that will allow the city of Wheeling to spend $2.5 million to help renovate ... more Korean Culture Festival Shares Music, Displays For All 10 May 08, 19:36 ET Folks immersed themselves in foreign traditions at the Korean Culture Festival. Dance, music, displays and demonstrations provided education and entertainment for all to enjoy all free of charge. more An evening of music and dance 10 May 08, 19:05 ET ISLAMABAD: The rich cultural heritage and colourful Asian traditions grasped the attention of hundreds of people including bureaucrats, diplomats, ... more Hear hear! Summer's top music festivals 10 May 08, 19:02 ET From opera to rock, jazz to blues, there are plenty of music events to enjoy this year. Adrian Mourby offers the highlights Summer is coming, ... more QU club plans music courses 10 May 08, 18:34 ET Staff Reporter THE Audio Club at Qatar University plans to launch courses for playing instruments, music production, arrangement and in-studio activities. more Cops on song, criminals face the music 10 May 08, 18:29 ET Tirhut range DIG Arvind Pandey does not find fighting crime and music contradictory. "A recent report in America suggests that music makes police officers ... more The Music and Me: Answers in the key of life 10 May 08, 18:28 ET It’sa new phase in my career after working with literally everyone in the country. I feel I need to contribute and let people know what I’m really about. ... more Sound of music: Linkin Park 10 May 08, 18:20 ET After four years of absence on the music scene, Linkin Park returns with their latest release — Minutes to Midnight, titled so in reference to world’s ... more Special Music Festival Dinner Series 10 May 08, 18:13 ET Enjoy a three-course dinner at the Mad Batter Restaurant on historic Jackson Street with live music to match. Each of the three Sundays preceding opening ... more When will Microsoft Facebook the music? 10 May 08, 18:04 ET The deal with Yahoo! is off - and so the software giant is still an online advertising minnow. James Quinn in New York looks at its options AOL. Facebook. ... more Longtime Music Row hangout closing 10 May 08, 18:02 ET An "old-school" Music Row tradition will end Saturday when the Longhorn Steakhouse on Lyle Avenue closes its doors for good. more Music for pets while you're at work 10 May 08, 17:51 ET They say it's wrong to let the TV babysit your kid. But what about your pet? With most of us spending 40-plus hours at work, that leaves less time to pal ... more Bakersfield has country music and great outdoors 10 May 08, 17:47 ET By CAROLYN BURNS BASS California is golden this time of year. The hillsides and meadows surrounding California's highways are glazed with the golden poppies ... more Cameron ''Lord T'' Mann Joins Memphis Music Foundation, To Oversee ... 10 May 08, 17:26 ET Memphis Music Foundation hires Cameron "Lord T" Mann of rap duo Lord T and Eloise as the Director of Music Industry Programs to over the opening of a new ... more Music institute hits high note with 110 years’ service in Lanka 10 May 08, 17:20 ET By Madhushala Senaratne The annual High Scorers’ Concert and the distribution of awards for 2007 of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music ... more Country music star Eddy Arnold dies 10 May 08, 17:14 ET By AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers ... more Got a ticket to ride? Music from Aardvark Records gets you moving. 10 May 08, 17:00 ET Players earn points for clustering together blocks of the same colour on the highway, and compete with others on the internet for the high score on their ... more Meet the dynamos who make Portland's art music snap and crackle 10 May 08, 16:23 ET Four who are scene-shifting classical musicians talk about why they came to Portland, and why "a big small town" can be a more promising place than bigger ... more Meet Brothers launch music company 10 May 08, 16:22 ET Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Pop singers Manmeet and Harmeet Singh, popularly known as "Meet Brothers", launched their music company Meet Bros Music Co with an ... more When DRM detonates your music collection 10 May 08, 16:12 ET Imagine if you had a bedroom full of CDs and decided to buy a new player one day, only to discover that none of your albums would play on the new system. ... more Yee-haw! Sunshine, music draw thousands to Detroit Hoedown 10 May 08, 16:05 ET DETROIT -- Brad and Rose Fulker celebrated the 26th anniversary of their first date Saturday the way they always do: donning some jeans and cowboy hats and ... more Almost every nominee will be present at Music and Film in Motion's ... 10 May 08, 16:04 ET The ceremony will be held at the Radisson Hotel in the Rainbow Centre and will be presented by Vale Inco. "Everything's going well. ... more Contemporary music in Krakow 10 May 08, 16:03 ET Twenty concerts are on the programme of the 20th Days of Music by Krakow Composers which opened in the city of Krakow last night. Works by 68 composers, ... more Bird House acoustic music series-Kansas Heart 10 May 08, 16:03 ET Kansas Heart is a band with a strong bluegrass tradition, combining some of the best bluegrass talents from Kansas. Their music is warm and lively, ... more Former Toad The Wet Sprocket Singer Glen Phillips Interview Part 1: "Indie Music Has Never Been Better" 10 May 08, 15:53 ET Part 1 of my interview with Glen Phillips... Glen Phillips has seen the music world through a prism that has broken down the industry into a vast rainbow of colors of confusion. He helped found Toad The Wet Sprocket at age 14 while still in high school and the band was signed by Columbia Records by the time he was 18. More than a dozen years later, he was a solo artist and was on his own... more 'Music For Myanmar' Cyclone Benefit Concert 10 May 08, 15:36 ET Recent reports of the ruling Myanmar military junta blocking relief items arriving via Thailand from reaching victims and survivors promoted the event ... more 2008 Philadelphia Book Festival Blends Books, Music, High-Tech ... 10 May 08, 15:36 ET PHILADELPHIA, May 9, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ ----More than 60 of the nation's top writers, including celebrity author Barbara Walters, ... more And Now for a Little Night Music - Gustavo Dudamel - Upcoming ... 10 May 08, 15:32 ET I'm an old, half-deaf rock & roller from way back who has maintained his love for all kinds of music even though his playing days are way behind him. ... more ‘I’m looking forward to learning about Indian music’ 10 May 08, 15:08 ET When Kenny G takes on the saxophone, one can only expect smooth jazz. The 51-year-old Grammy award winner, who recently explored the Latin music terrain ... more Music Issue | Surfacing Istanbul's Beat Is International 10 May 08, 15:07 ET Babylon, an Istanbul club that presents everything from Afro-Cuban jazz to Turkish psychedelic folk. By SUSANNE FOWLER TO sample the youthful sounds of ... more IC Event Combines Local Talent in Art, Music 10 May 08, 15:03 ET By Meredith Hines-Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa May 10--IOWA CITY -- Crafters of all kinds will hawk their wares at this year's "What a Load ... more Sync your iPhone's music library in Linux, the wireless way 10 May 08, 15:02 ET Linux users are a bit left out in the cold when it comes to the iPhone, but if you're a Linux user who wants to sync your music library with your iPhone, ... more Re-Cap of Memphis In May 2008 Beale Street Music Festival 10 May 08, 14:59 ET Memphis In May Beale Street Music Festival started out with a day of thunder storming, rain and lightning, but turned into a fun weekend of great ... more 2008 CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL HOSTS BBQ CHAMPIONSHIP AND FIESTA ... 10 May 08, 14:59 ET NASHVILLE – CMA Music Festival is known worldwide as a four-day celebration of the relationship between Country Music artists and its fans in Downtown ... more Mangalore: White Doves' Gospel Music Festival Enchants City 10 May 08, 14:52 ET Mangalore, May 10: It was a perfect blend of spirituality and music as White Doves, a social and spiritual service institution organized a Gospel Music ... more Country Music Star To Perform At Riverbend 10 May 08, 14:44 ET Country music star Kenny Chesney is coming to the Tri-State. Chesney's Poets and Pirates Tour is booked to perform at Riverbend on Thursday, July 31. Tickets went on sale on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. more LRT's Gala celebration to feature music, more 10 May 08, 14:30 ET Lighthouse Repertory Theatre presents its 30th Anniversary Gala Celebration at 6 pm on May 17 in the Crescent City Cultural Center. ... more DNACA presents South American music 10 May 08, 14:30 ET DNACA presents the fifth and final performance of its 25th season—Los Llaneros—at 7:30 pm Monday in Crescent Elk Auditorium. ... more Coldplay's Music Used To Promote Soccer In US 10 May 08, 13:51 ET The music of Coldplay will be used by the ESPN cable channel to promote awareness of soccer in the US, according to E! Online. The round-the-clock sports ... more Critics' picks - classical music 10 May 08, 13:33 ET Boston Chamber Music Society What are the chances that Mahler's much-loved song-symphony "Das Lied von der Erde" would be performed not once or twice but three times this season in the Boston area? For the Boston Chamber Music Society's final concert of the season, it will present Schoenberg's stripped-down arrangement of this masterwork, with mezzo-soprano Sarah Heltzel and tenor Marc ... more Joseph Arthur's Tumblelog Is Hot With Music, Photos 10 May 08, 13:25 ET The Wired nation knows all about tumblelogs, text-lite microblogs that include art, audio, video and not much more. But indie artists are seizing upon them ... more 33rd annual SPBGMA music festival starting Thursday 10 May 08, 13:06 ET KIRKSVILLE -Musicians from throughout the Midwest will convene in Kirksville for a four-day bluegrass festival, beginning Thursday. ... more Royalty Free Music Solution Rocks at Beatsuite.com 10 May 08, 12:40 ET Beatsuite.com music library, provider of royalty free music for video, film and media professionals, has announced the release of hundreds of new Rock music ... more Science, Music Intersect in NIH Philharmonia 10 May 08, 12:36 ET Doctors, researchers and federal government workers comprise the National Insitutes of Health Philharmonia. The group performs for free, with donations ... more Greg Kot: Ordinance could hurt city's music clubs 10 May 08, 12:32 ET On Wednesday, the City Council is scheduled to vote on an ordinance that would make Chicago's most responsible music clubs pay a steep price for a tragedy they had nothing to do with. more The Black Entertainment and Music Association 2008 10 May 08, 12:19 ET The Black Entertainment & Music Association (BEMA) and The Clef Club are proud to present the “First Jazz Awards Series" program, to be held Saturday ... more Earnings highlights: AIG, Fannie Mae, Toyota, Warner Music, Qwest ... 10 May 08, 11:58 ET Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. ... more Joaquin Phoenix Eyes Music Career 10 May 08, 11:06 ET Actor Joaquin Phoenix is planning to launch a music career after uncovering his singing talent playing Johnny Cash in biopic Walk The Line. ... more Check out these Midwest music fests 10 May 08, 10:45 ET By Ann Piccininni | Special to the Tribune Music fans can count on a rich variety of styles and stars this summer in the Midwest. ... more UK's Goldfrapp ambivalent about hip-hop, Madonna 10 May 08, 10:41 ET Reuters - They are credited with influencing the fashion style of Madonna but British electronica band Goldfrapp don't have much time for the pop diva or other big acts they will be playing with this summer. more Quiet Music Festival 10 May 08, 10:34 ET The intimate spaces of the Incinerator Arts Complex inspired the first Quiet Music Festival in 2007; an event small in scale that was a huge success. ... more MTV’s Video Music Awards & Hip-Hop: WHEN WILL THEY LEARN? 10 May 08, 10:23 ET If you watched MTV’s Video Music Awards last week and really paid attention, you’d notice that once again they have revealed just how in tune they really ... more Music highlights for Saturday, May 10 - The Times-Picayune 10 May 08, 10:20 ET Nine-piece local indie rock-fusion band Antenna Inn celebrates its new six-song EP, "Do/Work, " at Tipitina's; the bill also includes Big Rock Candy ... more Music Review: Beach Boys - 15 Big Ones 10 May 08, 10:19 ET It had been almost three years since the Beach Boys had released a new studio album. They were now a top concert attraction again and rumors had it that ... more Bellevue Youth Symphony and Music Works Team Up to Train ... 10 May 08, 10:17 ET Two of the oldest music education organizations on the eastside have begun what should be a very compelling partnership. The Bellevue Youth Symphony ... more Music DVD Review: Earache My Eye 10 May 08, 10:14 ET Way back in the late 1980's Digby Pearson started up a record label called Earache. If all you knew about the label was the name, would you be able to guess ... more iPod accessories: Noise-canceling headphones enhance music to your ... 10 May 08, 10:05 ET Have you ever been on a bus, train or airplane and heard squeaky sounds coming from someone's headphones sitting five rows away? Doesn't that drive you nuts ... more Music Review: The Apples in Stereo - Electronic Projects for Musicians 10 May 08, 09:53 ET In 1996, The Apples in Stereo released a compilation of singles and EPs entitled Science Faire. Since then, the group has gone on to release numerous ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment MORISSETTE BLAMES CAREER BREAK ... 10 May 08, 09:42 ET Canadian singer ALANIS MORISSETTE has blamed her decision to take a two-year career hiatus on a relationship breakdown which left her at "rock bottom". ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment 10 May 08, 09:42 ET WHITNEY HOUSTON was reportedly so scared of forgetting the words to her hit songs at her recent comeback concert in London, she had the lyrics taped to her ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment RICCI GROPED BY CHIMP CO-STAR 10 May 08, 09:42 ET CHRISTINA RICCI was groped by a chimpanzee on the set of new movie SPEED RACER. The actress was filming a scene with the animal for the cult ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment BECKHAM LANDS ROLE IN CRUISE FILM 10 May 08, 09:42 ET VICTORIA BECKHAM is reportedly set to make her acting debut in new movie HARDY MEN - after she was personally hired by the film's star TOM CRUISE. ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment SECOND ROMANTIC WEEKEND FOR ... 10 May 08, 09:42 ET Hollywood actress JENNIFER ANISTON and rocker JOHN MAYER are reportedly spending a second romantic weekend together in Florida, fuelling speculation they ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment TV PRESENTER BALL IN FILM SET CRASH 10 May 08, 09:36 ET British TV presenter ZOE BALL escaped getting hit by a speeding car after an elderly driver crashed into a camera crew - narrowly missing the star. ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment BRIDESHEAD REVISITED MOVIE ... 10 May 08, 09:36 ET The Hollywood movie adaptation of classic novel BRIDESHEAD REVISITED has sparked outrage amongst fans by changing the plot of the famous book. ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment FRANCE GETS A CINEMA SUPERHERO 10 May 08, 09:36 ET A Frenchman is set to take on American comic book icons BATMAN and SUPERMAN with his country's first superhero, VENDOME. David Tomaszewski's original ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment BECKHAMS DENY UK RETURN 10 May 08, 09:36 ET The Spice Girl and her family were rumoured to be considering a transfer back to London after they reportedly hired a top LA-based company to design the ... more News - Music, movie, Entertainment TIMBERLAKE TO PRODUCE REALITY SHOW 10 May 08, 09:36 ET Pop star JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has teamed up with TV network MTV to produce a new reality series. The singer will serve as an executive producer on a game show ... more Music Review: Beach Boys - Beach Boys '69/Live In London 10 May 08, 09:02 ET Live In London released in England in 1969 and Beach Boys ’69 released in the United States in 1976 are the same album. The Beach Boys popularity had waned ... more Serving up a career in music 10 May 08, 08:44 ET By Chris Gregory LADY luck gave a budding musician the opportunity to impress a celebrity chef - and now train guard Tim Kay is on track to making a ... more Movies & Music: The coming music tax 10 May 08, 08:43 ET Over at Slate is an interesting article about the future of the music industry. As music companies face plummeting revenues, industry bigwigs are concocting ... more Music and flower festival hailed success 10 May 08, 08:23 ET HUNDREDS of visitors helped to raise more than £1000 during the Radclive Music and Flower Festival last weekend. Visitors tucked into the £300 worth of ... more Paul McCartney named 'most irritating' music star. 10 May 08, 08:22 ET The Beatles legend was judged to be more annoying than James Blunt and Lily Allen, who made up the rest of the top three in the survey by UK music sales ... more Music Review Promusica Classical guitarist injects creativity 10 May 08, 06:43 ET By Barbara Zuck Those unfamiliar with the style of Robert Michaels, a guitarist with a large stylistic vocabulary, may have been a bit surprised at what ... more Music director to stay on for extra year 10 May 08, 06:34 ET Christof Perick will remain the Charlotte Symphony's music director for an extra year to help smooth the transition to his successor. The orchestra has tried out four conductors hoping to follow Perick, who had planned to step down at the end of the 2008-09 season. Four more prospects will come through this fall and winter. The orchestra plans to choose the new leader in early 2009. But the ... more Music Notes: Peninsula Symphony goes with Romantic composers 10 May 08, 06:33 ET San Mateo County (Map, News) - The Peninsula Symphony performs works by great Romantic composers Felix Mendelssohn and Gustav Mahler in concerts next week. ... more X-Factor music mogul wedding bells 10 May 08, 06:32 ET By Staff Copy Music mogul Simon Fuller is to wed long-term girlfriend Natalie Swanston at the end of the month. He will reportedly tie the knot in a lavish ... more Head Start students get art, music lessons - The Jackson Citizen Patriot 10 May 08, 06:15 ET By Jacob Carpenter If his performance during the McHugh Head Start program's tour of the Armory Arts Village is any indication, 4-year-old Darien has a ... more Its Raining Carnatic Music in United States - I 10 May 08, 06:15 ET A blanket of snow may be covering the streets in downtown Cleveland, but the music (al) blanket enveloping the town for 10 days in March/April, every year, ... more 43rd north bay kiwanis festival of music & dance 10 May 08, 06:07 ET The North Bay Kiwanis Festival of Music and Dance announces results of voice classes adjudicated by Victoria Meredith. Regular festival competition ... more Phoenix planning a move to music now 10 May 08, 05:59 ET London: Joaquin Phoenix, the Oscar nominated actor of "Walk the Line", is planning to move to music after he discovered his musical abilities while acting ... more Music festival gets Lions boost 10 May 08, 05:39 ET By Staff Copy MEMBERS of Filey Lions Club have extended a helping hand to organisers of the Filey Methodist Church Festival of Music. ... more Miley Cyrus' New Singing Partner 10 May 08, 05:25 ET E! Online - Miley Cyrus is teaming up with—ready for this?—John Travolta. more Queen of pop to thrill music fans 10 May 08, 05:05 ET Thousands of music fans are to flock to Maidstone to see Madonna and a host of other stars perform at Radio 1's Big Weekend. Around 30000 revellers will be ... more Music to make your ‘intestines rumble’ 10 May 08, 05:04 ET “There are many preconceived notions about the tuba,” said Forbes, who makes up one-fourth of Sotto Voce, an internationally renowned tuba quartet. ... more VmusicBook: Ultimate guide for music companies 10 May 08, 05:03 ET VmusicBook is a guide for the unsigned artistes and musicians. A project of some of the top urban music executives, it's an ultimate guide for those who ... more Calgary's Top 10 Music 10 May 08, 05:02 ET Alternative This Last week National Artist week 1 1 Sarah McLachlan -- Vol. 2: Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff 2 2 Portishead -- Third 3 3 Jack Johnson 3 ... more Cleveland Orchestra's cellist is triumphant in Dvorak performance ... - The Plain Dealer 10 May 08, 04:49 ET Orchestras usually go into the import business when addressing the subject of soloists, but they often need look no further than their own stages. ... more Music Notes 10 May 08, 04:43 ET By Melissa Ruggieri The Police say this is it. Or it will be in August when the band plays what it's calling its last-ever show in New York City. ... more Music can make all the difference in a workout 10 May 08, 04:39 ET "Nine out of 10 people work out with an iPod or MP3 player," said Melanie Shernofsky, group fitness coordinator at Montreal's Mansfield Club. ... more Music soothes Holocaust memories 10 May 08, 04:30 ET By AP BERLIN -- Berlin's Holocaust memorial was the site of an open-air concert yesterday, with musicians spread out across the field of concrete slabs, ... more Meet Brothers launch music company 10 May 08, 04:22 ET Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) Pop singers Manmeet and Harmeet Singh, popularly known as 'Meet Brothers', launched their music company Meet Bros Music Co with an album against dowry. more Report published linking country music to suicide 10 May 08, 04:15 ET Two Armenian sociologists, unable to get a job in their local kebab store in Luton, have published a report on the effect of country music on suicide. ... more The Earth Garden Festival – Art, music and culture 10 May 08, 04:07 ET The Earth Garden Festival will function with its twofold schedule, with designated areas offering free entrance (Open Village) and the two main music ... more Sunset Urban Records will host the Sunset Urban Live Music ... 10 May 08, 04:01 ET The next Sunset Urban Live Music Showcase has been announced this week to be held on Friday, May 30th, 2008 at The White Gate (1222 Putnum Avenue) in ... more NMMU music students to perform 10 May 08, 03:42 ET AS part of an effort to afford students an opportunity to experience live performance as part of their musical development, the guitar and jazz studios of ... more Music festival is set to rock town 10 May 08, 03:41 ET By Ali Dent The committee working on final preparations for the Kingsgate Park Music Festival on Saturday, June 14 (1-9pm) say the third extravaganza is ... more