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• How Much of a Difference Does a ‘Festival Survival Pack’ Make?

  07-07-2015 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last month I went to EDC for the first time.  The week beforehand, I was at Governors Ball, two weeks beforehand I was at FORM...
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• Pop stars devise image, music makeovers

  07-07-2015 23:18
  
  Two years ago, pop stars were twerking to a very different tune. Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga are among the many hitmakers reinventing themselves in 2015.
  
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• Grab your lunch, listen to free music in downtown St. Paul

  07-07-2015 23:18
  
  A month of free lunchtime concerts in downtown St. Paul kicks off with the ninth season of Music in the Cafe in the atrium of the Landmark Center. The first of four Wednesday noon performances will feature the Mother Banjo Band with Ellen Stanley on banjo and vocals.
  
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• Connick is music's big multitasker

  07-07-2015 23:18
  
  From Hollywood films and Broadway stages to concert halls and network television, he's a dependably entertaining presence as a crooner, rhythmically assured pianist, actor and commentator. In his recent stint as a judge, he even brings wit and musical taste to "American Idol," which is a lot like finding a burbling freshwater spring in the parched Central Valley.
  
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• Morissette: I love to share

  07-07-2015 23:05 via music-news.com
  
  Alanis Morissette likes using her own life as a case study - whether it’s for her lyrics or her new book.
  
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• Carrie Underwood to Headline Hall of Fame Benefit in New York

  07-07-2015 21:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Big Apple will host two of country's biggest stars and a couple of Hall of Famers this fall, in a fundraising concert that sends the proceeds right back to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. This year's edition of the annual All for the Hall...
  
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• I’m An Independent Artist And Apple Music Screwed Up My Entire Discography

  07-07-2015 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Let me start off by saying that I’m a full-time, independent artist and have been making the majority of my living off of music for the...
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• Local music fixture Sammy Winston dies while saving roommates in Echo Park fire

  07-07-2015 21:10
  
  Firefighters tend to residents of a house that caught fire Saturday morning in Echo Park. One person was killed in the fire and several others were injured.
  
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• Wandering Songstress Karima Walker Sets Her Sights On Houston

  07-07-2015 21:10
  
  "So much green! Kudzu and rivers with running water, and when you can see the earth it's these flashes of bright red clay," she relays.
  
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• Todd Frazier has used a Frank Sinatra song as his entrance music for most of his career.

  07-07-2015 21:10
  
  From current hits to pop standards, the 2015 All-Star Game starters' walk up songs are as diverse as the teams. Which All-Star has the best walk-up song? From current hits to pop standards, the 2015 All-Star Game starters' walk up songs are as diverse as the teams.
  
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• Tom DeLonge Details New Novel 'Poet Anderson... Of Nightmares'

  07-07-2015 21:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tom DeLonge and best-selling author Suzanne Young will release their new book, and first in a planned trilogy, Poet Anderson… Of Nightmares, on October 6th via publisher Simon & Schuster.
  Per a statement, the novel is set in "an unknown world where dreams meet reality and the chasm between the two...
  
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• Minaj: No kids before marriage

  07-07-2015 21:04 via music-news.com
  
  Nicki Minaj has insisted she’s determined not to have any children until she’s married.
  
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• Brody talks Kourtney’s Scott split

  07-07-2015 21:04 via music-news.com
  
  Brody Jenner has spoken about his stepsister Kourtney Kardashian’s split from partner Scott Disick, calling the situation “unfortunate”.
  
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• Def Leppard Says Spotify Is Actually Worse Than Napster…

  07-07-2015 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From an interview with Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen CTNow… CTNow: I’ve noticed that much of the Def Leppard catalogue is not on Spotify or other...
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• SESAC Is Acquiring the Harry Fox Agency…

  07-07-2015 19:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  News surfaced over a year ago that SESAC was bidding to buy the Harry Fox Agency for around $40 million.  Now, SESAC has officially announced that...
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• Panic! At The Disco premiere their new video

  07-07-2015 18:19 via music-news.com
  
  Panic! At The Disco have premiered their brand new video, "Hallelujah."
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger's Five Finest Musical Moments

  07-07-2015 17:55
  
  Arnold Schwarzenegger is back, bringing his charisma and remarkable broad shoulders to the summer blockbuster circuit. Schwarzenegger's impact as a constant inspiration has fallen largely under the radar.
  
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• 5 LGBTQ Musicians Making Waves in Dallas-Fort Worth

  07-07-2015 17:55
  
  It's a well established fact that North Texas is abundant with talent coming from all different walks of life. And it's no question that some of the artists that are currently in the local spotlight are LGBTQ.
  
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• Kellie Pickler on the Kardashians and Reality Show Anxiety

  07-07-2015 17:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  As Kellie Pickler gears up to begin filming her new CMT reality series (tentatively titled I Love Kellie Pickler) the bubbly singer, Dancing With the Stars champ and former American Idol contestant sat down with Rolling Stone Country to talk about the newest chapter of her life."It's exciting to let...
  
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• Pete Rock's New Album Gets Soulful Makeover From Beat Junkies' J. Rocc

  07-07-2015 17:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Revered rapper-producer Pete Rock followed up on his 2001 instrumental compilation Petestrumentals last month with Petestrumentals 2, a new batch of original tracks pairing hard, MPC 3000 beats with the soul and funk samples that have made him an icon among beatheads. Now, Stones Throw producer, Beat Junkies founder...
  
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• New Order get Brandon Flowers, Iggy Pop & Elly Jackson on new album

  07-07-2015 16:14 via music-news.com
  
  Following the announcement of their first full studio release in a decade, Music Complete, out on 25 September 2015, New Order
  
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• Lemar back with new album

  07-07-2015 16:14 via music-news.com
  
  Lemar is back with a new album, ‘The Letter’.Recorded in the legendary EastWest Studios in L.A, where Sinatra recorded 'My Way' and Marvin Gaye made 'Let’s Get It On'
  
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• Nathan Sykes: I can't flirt!

  07-07-2015 16:00 via music-news.com
  
  Nathan Sykes is terrified at the thought of his first trip to Ibiza this summer.
  
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• Meghan Trainor postpones Chicago show due to vocal cord hemorrhage

  07-07-2015 15:50
  
  Pop singer Meghan Trainor said she was forced to postpone her show on July 12 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago due to a vocal cord hemorrhage.
  
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• Shaggy: Playing my music could help defeat ISIS

  07-07-2015 15:50
  
  Shaggy performs at 103.5 KTU's KTUphoria 2015 at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York in May. "If you're able to cut a man's head off, you're sick. But right, music evokes emotion," the "It Wasn't Me" singer mused to the Miami New Times about the bloodthirsty militant group.
  
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• Mark Ronson: Amy Winehouse Documentary Showcases 'Genius' Singer

  07-07-2015 15:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  The acclaimed Amy Winehouse documentary Amy is set for a wider release to U.S. theaters this weekend, and although critics have raved about the intense, probing film, some of those closest to the singer have campaigned against Amy. While Winehouse's family have announced that they "disassociated" from the documentary because it...
  
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• Musician and Short Stop Bartender Joe Bass Has Cancer and Needs Your Help

  07-07-2015 14:50
  
  If you've ever drunk a pre-Dodgers-game PBR, smushed into the photo booth with friends or gotten sweaty on the dark dance floor of the Short Stop in Echo Park, chances are you've ordered a round from veteran bartender and lifetime musician, Joe Skyward - more commonly known by his nickname, Joe Bass . Often spotted with a shock of bleached blonde hair, thick glasses and a twinkle in his eye, Skyward is never stingy with a smile.
  
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• Nicholas Altobelli Keeps Threatening to Quit Music, So Why Hasn't He Already?

  07-07-2015 13:50
  
  Good luck getting Nicholas Altobelli to say anything positive. Ask him about playing music in Dallas and he's liable to tell you that he wants to leave.
  
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• Mark Ronson joins V

  07-07-2015 11:37 via music-news.com
  
  Mark Ronson joins big line of artists lined up to play the V Festival.
  
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• Mexican music scene growing in Philly

  07-07-2015 10:50
  
  There's no shortage of Latino music in Philadelphia. From the Kimmel to the Painted Bride, the sounds of Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Cuba - traditional or jazz, plus electronic, rap/hip-hop, and pop/rock variations - ring out.
  
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• Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett Perform at Montreux Jazz Fest

  07-07-2015 08:41
  
  Pop star Lady Gaga and crooner Tony Bennett brought a mix of Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra and even Edith Piaf to a sell-out crowd spanning generations at the Montreux Jazz Festival on Monday night. Legendary producer Quincy Jones intro Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett Perform at Montreux Jazz Fest Pop star Lady Gaga and crooner Tony Bennett brought a mix of Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra and even Edith Piaf to a sell-out crowd spanning generations at the Montreux Jazz Festiva
  
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• Country's Chris Janson Surprised By Success Of 'Buy Me A Boat'

  07-07-2015 07:41
  
  In country music - or any genre, for that matter - musicians can toil for years with little recognition, only to wake up one morning with a hit song and so-called overnight success. Before signing a record deal with Warner Brothers, Nashville singer Chris Janson, who'll open for Toby Keith at Hartford's Xfinity Theatre on Friday, July 10, co-wrote "Buy Me a Boat" with Chris DuBois.
  
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• Meghan Trainor cancels more shows

  07-07-2015 05:06 via music-news.com
  
  Meghan Trainor has had to postpone more concerts after suffering a hemorrhage on her vocal cords last week.
  
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• Michael Bublé to be a dad again

  07-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Michael Bublé and his wife are expecting their second child.
  
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• Kourtney’s ‘terror over Scott split’

  07-07-2015 01:33 via music-news.com
  
  Kourtney Kardashian is reportedly afraid that estranged partner Scott Disick will claim they had a common law marriage to get his hands on her money.
  
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• Spector announce album and 12 date tour

  07-07-2015 01:02 via music-news.com
  
  Having impressed fans and critics alike with the singles ‘All The Sad Young Men’ and ‘Bad Boyfriend’, Spector release their eagerly anticipated
  
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• Grandmaster Flash to hit London

  07-07-2015 01:02 via music-news.com
  
  Hip-Hop legend Grandmaster Flash Hits London’s Brooklyn Bowl
  
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• Frankie & The Heartstrings new dates

  07-07-2015 01:02 via music-news.com
  
  On the eve of the release of their third album ‘Decency’ on July 10th, Sunderland’s Frankie & The Heartstrings are pleased to announce
  
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