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“Don't you begin/ to tune me out again/ I've been here for a while like a weathervane/ squeaking as I spin/ Out in the rain.”

So so so many choices of what to do this weekend, I know, but let me throw another one your way: this Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20, the Independent will be hosting a mighty fine double-bill for fill all ... via Bay Guardian

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Rob Van Winkle, formerly known as Vanilla Ice and more recently known as one of the contestants on "Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge," has been arrested in a domestic dispute, allegedly for shoving ... via Glitterati

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Eileen Rose is probably the best singer-songwriter you've never heard of. This is about to change. via Bloomberg Business News

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“At the Wormy Dog, the atmosphere there and the show the band puts on is special”

Cory Morrow has been featured on "Austin City Limits" and was the recipient of three awards at the 2006 Gruene with Envy Music Awards. via The HUB - Norman Campus Articles

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“I am already upset about this whole thing being misleading to us all...I feel like the whole thing is a fraud.”

Tiernan's default victory, "She Won't Stop," local Bowie book, Edgar Winter intvw, synth collector, and Dave Humphries VS Apple Records www.myspace.com/MichaelTiernan TIERNAN WINS BY DEFAULT "I recently won the ... via San Diego Reader

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Taylor Hicks belted out Chris Tompkins' 'Before He Cheats,' the song that won a Grammy for Carrie Underwood last week. via Montgomery Advertiser

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“My wife comes, we get out of the damn winter, folks on the cruise are just excited to be there. I think I'm playing three shows and with the exception of some signing, we get to do what we want. I tend to catch up on my reading. What's not to love?”

As you read this, mired in an Ottawa winter, singer-songwriter John Hiatt is kicking back on a luxury liner somewhere between Mexico and Jamaica. via Ottawa Citizen

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Another year, another list of the best albums to make it into the world during the past 365 days. via Vue Weekly

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“I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs Of Faith”

'Country singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who calls Waco home, was nominated Thursday for a Grammy award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album for "Everybody's Brother," which has won rave ... via KWTX

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“My brother and I would lay in bed at night and talk about one day moving to Nashville.”

Gallatin singer-songwriter Danny Myrick has good reason to be excited. At 43, Myrick has spent more than two decades weathering the ups and downs of pursuing a music career in Nashville. via The Tennessean

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