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1 min ago | Monterey County Herald

Mac McDonald: First City Festival announced for Monterey featuring 30-band lineup

Thirty "Coachella-type" rock bands on three stages over two days in late August at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, that's the enticing recipe for the inaugural First City Festival.

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Related Topix: Monterey, CA, Devendra Banhart, Okkervil River, Indie, Indio, CA

4 hrs ago | This is South Wales

Crowd pleasers' show a hit

"I'M just glad Steve and Phil have let me sing more than one song!" joked double bass player Miranda Sykes as she wrapped the opening set of the evening.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Steve, Show of Hands

7 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Cathie Anderson: Fungus killing coffee plantations in Mexico, Central America

Coffee lovers probably won't hear much about la roya in the United States, but this fungal disease is decimating thousands of coffee farms across Mexico and Central America.

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Related Topix: Fungus, Agriculture, Science

7 hrs ago | KBCI CBS 2

George Kennedy: 'I feel very, very lucky'

Onscreen, George Kennedy was as imposing as a redwood--tall and sturdy. These days, however, by his own admission, he's too old to be counting the rings.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Cool Hand Luke, Celebrities, George Kennedy, The Kennedys, US Military, Fort Dix, US Army, Fort Dix, NJ

Mon May 20, 2013

Examiner.com

Leo Kottke: Five-star flashback

The "Listen Again" series was popular enough that your favorite record reviewer has decided to follow the lead of some TV execs and do a spin-off. In this series we once more examine previously-released albums BUT the platters we'll peruse in this particular series will be But first, for those not up on their music history, Kottke is an acoustic ... (more)

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Related Topix: Leo Kottke, Minneapolis, MN, Pete Seeger

The Miami Herald

Demolition reduces Coral Gables music landmark Spec's to rubble

The Wrecking Crew was a famed Los Angeles collective of studio musicians who backed everyone from Simon & Garfunkel to the Beach Boys in the 1960s, and the Carpenters to the Captain & Tennille in the 1970s.

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Related Topix: Coral Gables, FL, Wrecking Crew, Punk, Simon & Garfunkel, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Captain & Tennille

National Public Radio

Aesop Rock And Kimya Dawson Showcase Their Strengths

Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock both grew up in the New York suburbs and reside in the Pacific Northwest, but they only met after Aesop sent Dawson a fan letter; they eventually evolved into a duo they call The Uncluded.

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Related Topix: Kimya Dawson

Hebdenbridge Today

Punk poet to headline arts festival

People queued into the street to buy tickets for punk poet John Cooper Clarke and folk musician June Tabor as Hebden Bridge Festival announced its 20th programme.

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Related Topix: Punk, John Cooper Clarke, June Tabor, Arts, Poetry

The Spokesman-Review

McEuen Field Work Continues

Councilman Woody McEvers and Huckleberries photographer Duane Rasmussen photographed the work under way at McEuen Field Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Huckleberries

WNYT NewsChannel 13

Alice's Restaurant walk helps fight disease

About 130 people have retraced Arlo Guthrie's journey immortalized in the song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" to raise money and awareness for Huntington's disease.

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Related Topix: Alice's Restaurant, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Arlo Guthrie, Stockbridge, MA, Great Barrington, MA

Connecticut Post

Touch of home returns with Flagpole Radio

Performing in The Flagpole Radio Cafe, from left to right, Rob Bonacorso, Rick Brodsky, Dick Neil, Howie Bujese, Francine Wheeler, Jim Allyn, Martin Blanco, David Wheeler and Kate Katcher at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn.

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Related Topix: Newtown, CT, Christine Lavin

Sun May 19, 2013

Examiner.com

David Bromberg Quintet sizzles at Seneca Niagara

Although singer/songwriter David Bromberg has been in the business nearly 50 years, the concept of flying under the radar is still an apt way to describe his career to this point.

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Related Topix: David Bromberg, The Grateful Dead, Pop/Rock

Berkshire Eagle

Guitar Jam V: Berkshire musicians rock out for Newspapers in Education

Bernard Mack was ready for a trip down memory lane on Saturday night during Guitar Jam V at the Colonial Theatre.

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Related Topix: Berkshire, MA, Pittsfield, MA, Arlo Guthrie

Examiner.com

Kristi Stice: CD release at Underbelly

Monday, May 20th, 7:30 PM Kristi Stice will be doing a second album release show at Underbelly in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Related Topix: Riverside (Jacksonville, FL), Symphony, Arts, Leonard Cohen, Black Entertainment, Billie Holiday, Jazz

Myrtle Beach Online

Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes

"Inside Llewyn Davis" was met rapturously at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was to premiere Sunday night.

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Related Topix: Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Movies, Entertainment, Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Adventure, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Dave Van Ronk

Salt Lake Tribune

At Living Traditions, musicians honor their roots, branch out

The annual Living Traditions Festival - a three-day cultural event that kicks off Friday, May 17 - features ethnic food, children's crafts, bocce, and music and dance performances from around the world.

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Related Topix: Maura o'connell

MetroMix

Indianapolis Women's Chorus: The Golden Years

Following upon previous concerts which explored the joys and challenges of childhood, adolescence and young adulthood, the singers will now reflect on all that the years have given, from the wisdom of "On Children" by Sweet Honey in the Rock to the sweet memories of "Music in My Mother's House" by Stuart Stotts.

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Related Topix: Indianapolis, IN, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Judy Collins, Music, Entertainment

Sat May 18, 2013

Halesowennews.co.uk

Kevin Bryan's Record Reviews

Morrissey, "Kill Uncle" - This newly remastered version of the Mancunian malcontent's second solo album expands on the 1991 original with the inclusion of three bonus tracks,"Pashernate Love," the alternate "live in studio" version of "There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends" and a surprising cover of Herman's Hermits' 1966 single, "East ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Morrissey, Texas, Patty Griffin

Trinidad Guardian

THA to take second look at TV debate coverage

Two motions are listed on the Order Paper for the May plenary sitting of the Tobago House of Assembly on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Assembly

Men's Journal

Steve Earle's Recession Blues

Steve Earle produces songs, short stories, novels, and plays the way most people breathe.

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Related Topix: Townes Van Zandt, Woody Guthrie