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The Top Ten Highlights From This Year's Hangout Music Fest - American Songwriter

The Top Ten Highlights From This Year's Hangout Music Fest
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Last year the festival snagged Paul Simon and the Foo Fighters to headline and ended up selling all 35000 tickets in a matter of weeks. So how could the festival possibly top Graceland on the beach? Snag huge touring acts Red Hot Chili Peppers, ...

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Tom Jones - Spirit In The Room - musicOMH.com


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Tom Jones - Spirit In The Room
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So 2010's Praise And Blame came as a quite glorious surprise - an intimate but gritty album of roots music on which Jones' true abilities came to the fore, along with a new sense of nuance. Spirit In The Room is a deliberate follow-up aiming to repeat ...

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Writer of the Week: Alyssa Graham - American Songwriter

Writer of the Week: Alyssa Graham
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We asked the multi-octave singer, who has recorded covers of Paul Simon, Sting, and The Grateful Dead, about her musical heroes, her approach to songwriting and more. The new album is called Lock, Stock & Soul and was produced by Craig Street.

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Delta Spirit in Motion - jambands.com


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Delta Spirit in Motion
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MV: I think to date that's the most surprising and thrilling – we've had some pretty thrilling shows since then – but that one is certainly never going to leave my mind for how insane it got. When you're playing and then your show gets cancelled and ...

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Around the remote: 'Idol,' 'Revenge' finales this week - Bradenton Herald


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Around the remote: 'Idol,' 'Revenge' finales this week
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By Chuck Barney — Contra Costa Times "American Idol" finalists Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez will compete for the show's record deal grand prize on this week's finale. FOX MICHAEL BECKER — AP SUNDAY: Chart-topping pop artists get their props ...
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Back to 'Graceland' After 25 Years - New York Times


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Back to 'Graceland' After 25 Years
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The documentary “Under African Skies,” which opens this week in New York and Los Angeles, will remind many people of what they love about “Graceland,” the Paul Simon album whose 25th anniversary the film celebrates. Seeing it will also be a jolt for ...

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Trumpeter Chris Botti lends his golden tone to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra - Nashville Scene


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Trumpeter Chris Botti lends his golden tone to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
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His big break finally came in 1990, when Paul Simon took him on the road. "There's a misconception of what it takes to be a professional musician," Botti says. "You have to learn how to put together a band, how to tour, how to fill time between songs ...

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Botti making a big impression with new CD - Chicago Sun-Times

Botti making a big impression with new CD
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Especially when it comes to touring (he still plays about 300 dates a year ) and making music (he just dropped his 14th album in 17 years). The Grammy-winning Botti, who's touring resume includes stints with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Sting, ...

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'Idol,' 'Apprentice' champs crowned, 'Glee' kids move on - StandardNet

'Idol,' 'Apprentice' champs crowned, 'Glee' kids move on
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In the documentary "Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies," the pop singer marks the 25th anniversary of his "Graceland" album by revisiting the making of the record and the controversy over his decision to work with South African ...

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Contestants? It's TV talent judges basking in fame, cash - Reuters

Contestants? It's TV talent judges basking in fame, cash
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IT PAYS TO JUDGE Back in 2002, record producer Simon Fuller - the man behind Britain's "Spice Girls" - created "American Idol" as a way to discover and sign new singers to his 19 Entertainment group. Few people had ever heard of judge Simon Cowell, ...

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