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Ireland info
If you go THE BEST WAY TO DUBLIN, IRELAND From LAX, United, American, Delta, US Airways, AER Lingus and British offer connecting service (change of plane) to Dublin. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $486, including taxes and fees. TELEPHONES To...
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'Dancing with the Stars' recap: The final couples perform
We're at the finale already (didn't this season seem short?). I'll say it right here at the top of the episode — unless William falls repeatedly on his keister, requiring the judges to give him 5's across the board, there's no way he's not winning...
Tags: Concerts, Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Mark Ballas, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events
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Digital music sales top physical sales
CNNMoneyThe times they are a-changin'. For the first time in history, digital music sales topped the physical sale of music. According to a Nielsen and Billboard report, digital music purchases accounted for 50.3% of music sales in 2011. Digital sales were up 8....Tags: Music Industry, Sound Recordings, Apple iTunes, Nicki Minaj, Facebook
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Cesaria Evora dies at 70; Grammy-winning singer known as the 'Barefoot Diva'
Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in bayside bars on the West African island nation of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy Award in 2004 after she finally took her music to stages around the world, died Saturday. She was 70.
Evora,...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Concerts, Heart Problems, Verde (music group), Heart Surgery
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Chatting with The Chieftains' Paddy Maloney: The band's 50 years and the future
Lehigh Valley MusicWith the 50th anniversary of quintessential traditional Irish band The Chieftains looming, founder Paddy Maloney knew a commemorative album needed to be done. But Maloney says he wasn’t particularly interested in looking back. The Chieftains, with... -
Finding Celtic tradition at the Crossroads
When Celtic Crossroads performs at the Columbia Festival of the Arts on June 24, the seven-member band of Irish musicians will sound off with a more modern take on the traditional music of their homeland. Call it non-traditional Irish music. When Celtic...Tags: Etta James, Illinois, Music Industry, Joan Armatrading, Aretha Franklin
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Peter Stampfel, freak-folk pioneer: 'I burned with desire to shove this into the face of the world'
Turn It UpBanjo and fiddle player, comic-book aficionado, music buff, cartoon-voiced singer, prolific songwriter -- Peter Stampfel was on the groundfloor of a couple of major musical movements (folk-rock, punk) in the ‘60s with the Fugs and the Holy Modal... -
Every Monday- Workshops & Traditional Music Seisiun
The Celtic Arts Center at 10943 Camarillo Street, North Hollywood Every Monday- Workshops & Traditional Music Seisiun http://celticartscenter.com/ -
Warner signs distribution pact with Nettwerk
Pop & HissWarner's indie music distribution business, Alternative Distribution Alliance, scores deal to distribute albums released by Nettwerk Music Group.... -
Mike Seeger dies at 75: Versatile musician was major influence on folk music revival
Mike Seeger, a folk musician, music historian and collector of traditional music who was a major influence on the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, died Friday of multiple myeloma at his home in Lexington, Va. He was 75. The younger half brother...Tags: Music Industry, North Carolina, Death, Washington, DC, Folk (genre)
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In China, Echoes of the Past
Times Staff WriterXILINHOT, China — Video recorder in hand, Wang Hong sat inside a small stone-and-brick house with one of China's aging musical masters — a Mongolian vocalist named Hajab who once sang his region's ancestral melodies for Chairman Mao Tse-tung....Tags: Suicide, Music Industry, Music Theater, Homes, Theater
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Guanajuato, Mexico's mix of mines, mummies, music
Special to The Los Angeles TimesGuanajuato, Mexico The pied pipers wore black. Carrying guitars, mandolins, tambourines and an ungainly string bass, they led 35 of us away from the center of town, beyond the church of San Diego and the Jardín Unión, over stone bridges, up narrow, dark...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, San Diego (San Diego, California), Dance, Education, Santa Claus (fictional character)
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