Feb 22
When I first moved to La Jolla, California in 1990, I discovered an amazing Italian restaurant. it was and still is one of the best in San Diego. I also discovered that the owner was in the ticket broker business. This was before the days of the internet and eBay. One night while the owner, …
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Feb 21
The genre of country song had evolved from various folk songs and which was initially prevalent only in the South. During the Great Depression, the genre had developed from Scottish and English folk music and blues. What makes country songs so popular today is that by dealing with sadness, heartbreak and other emotional life subjects, …
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Feb 19
Special to The Exchange The second annual Carolina Rebellion music festival will come to its new home, the Rockingham Speedway, on May 5. Last year the show took place in Charlotte, and included well-known mainstream rock bands like Seether, Godsmack, Black Stone Cherry, Skillet, Bullet For my Valentine, three Days Grace, Avenged Sevenfold, my Darkest …
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Feb 19
Ryan Adams played the first of two shows at Walt Disney Concert Hall last night. (Photo: David Black) Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams was in a good mood last night during the first of two solo acoustic shows at Walt Disney Concert Hall. yes, you read that correctly. the alt-country-rock artist with a bit of a bad-boy …
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Feb 19
The Isthmus Guest List is back with another round of free tickets to amazing concerts, shows and more fun events around Madison. this week’s contests include tickets to: Karl Denson’s tiny Universe, Emancipator, two nights of Carnaval parties, a Johnny Cash 80th Birthday Bash, Zoso, Reverend Horton Heat, and Colin Hay at the Majestic; a …
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Feb 17
Door Community Auditorium goes down Under with its weekend concert, lecture and movie series. The unique Australian musical instrument called the didgeridoo is featured in the Friday night concert and Saturday morning lecture. Brian Pertl, a didgeridoo expert from Lawrence University in Appleton, plays the instrument in the Coffeehouse Concert Series in DCA’s fireside lobby …
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Feb 17
Gym Class Heroes will perform at 6 p.m. April 24 in the Hooper Eblen Center. Opening acts are Dev, artist behind “Bass Down Low,” and Outasight, recognized by popular song “Tonight Is the Night.” while Gym Class Heroes was not the first choice in the Fall 2011 vote, the band will perform popular songs like …
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Feb 17
Time’s up on all the positive vibes that were being sent Jay-Z’s way after he became a father and dropped the single “Glory.” Shortly after, reports came out that he laid off half of the staff at RocaWear and now he’s being criticized for coming up short in the charity department. In 2010, Jay-Z only …
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Feb 16
“Concerts definitely help bring people to theme parks during these slower times of the year,” said Ricky Brigante, owner of InsideTheMagic.Net, a website that follows Orlando theme parks. “I can tell just by driving into the parking lot — ‘Oh, must be a concert day’ — because the parking lot is a whole lot more …
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Feb 15
Detroit — Music, and not manhole covers, is again in the air at the Max M. Fisher Music Center after Sunday’s underground explosions closed the facility. According to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the music center has reopened as of 9 a.m. Tuesday and all events and concerts will go on as scheduled. The failure of …
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