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News: Festival

Sonny Rollins in Montreal

Sonny Rollins in Montreal. June 27, 2010.Set list:1. Patanjali2. My One and Only Love3. Global Warming4. They Say It's Wonderful5. Low Down Dirty ShameYes, Sonny sings the blues!Check out Russell's Malone impressions on playing with Sonny:“He's an encyclopedia of songs and ...

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News: Music Industry

Coast2coast New Music Convention Shows How Far Mixtapes Have Come

Mixtapes have come a long way. For evidence of this draw your attention to the Coast 2 Coast New Music Convention, scheduled for August 27-29 at the Newport Beachside Hotel and Resort in Miami, Florida. August might not be the ideal time to visit Miami, but those who can stand the heat will have a chance ...

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News: Event

July 4, 1776: Preserving the Declaration

July 4, 1776: Preserving the Declaration

1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed. It will take 127 years before someone gets around to saying, Hey, maybe we should preserve this thing. The Declaration of Independence can be fairly said to stand alongside the Magna Carta and Bill of Rights as the most important documents in the history of democracy. Its significance was ...

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News: Technology

How I Used Twitter to Live-Blog the Opera

How I Used Twitter to Live-Blog the Opera

Opera and Twitter: Could any two vehicles for human expression be more diametrically opposed? And yet they kind of go together, as I found out this week while live-tweeting the San Francisco Opera's performance of Wagner's Die Walkre, a four- and-half-hour epic noted for its ambitious staging, bravura solos, massively overwhelming orchestration and ladies with pointy ...

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News: Festival

Montreal Jazz: A Conversation with Andre Menard

The Montreal International Jazz Festival is enormous, and it grows a little bit every year. The 31st edition, with more than 700 concerts over 12 days, ends on Tuesday with a festival first: a Mardi Gras parade through the city, complete with floats from New Orleans and music by Trombone Shorty and Allen Toussaint. The organization ...

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News: TV / Film

Apple Hopes to Re-Enter the Living Room

In September 2006, Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, announced news of the company's latest offering: the Apple TV. Mr. Jobs had high hopes for his latest creation, so high that he told his audience that he hoped the Apple TV would be a fourth leg to the Apple business among PCs and iPods and iPhones. ...

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News: Technology

ASCAP Bows Online Invoice

ASCAP Bows Online Invoice

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced the launch of cue sheet access on its Member Access online portal, allowing its almost 400,000 members to monitor data on music performed in audio-visual programming. Cue sheets, which act as a kind of invoice, are the most reliable source for keeping track of musical content in ...

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News: Video / DVD

Spartacus' Score Gets Upgrade

Spartacus' Score Gets Upgrade

This year marks the centenary of Alex North, the composer of “A Streetcar Named Desire," “Cleopatra" and nearly 60 other scores, and the first composer ever to be awarded an honorary Oscar for his body of work. “Spartacus," the 1960 score for the Kirk Douglas classic that is widely perceived to be North's finest, is about ...

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News: TV / Film

Remastered Film Celebrating Elvis Presley's Career to be Shown in Theaters Across the Country

Remastered Film Celebrating Elvis Presley's Career to be Shown in Theaters Across the Country

Elvis Presley is returning to the big screen again in the remastered film “Elvis on Tour: 75th Anniversary Celebration," which will be shown July 29 at more than 460 movie theaters around the country. The movie will feature remastered footage of concert performances and interviews from the 1972 documentary “Elvis on Tour" -- the singer's last ...

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News: TV / Film

Screenwriters Find Work is Dwindling

Looking to cut costs, Hollywood studios recast the rules under which they have long hired writers. Screenwriter David Steinberg was invited last fall by a producer to pitch his idea for a rewrite of a “high-concept comedy" about an adult slacker for a major studio. Steinberg figured he had a good shot at the assignment with ...


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