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2 hrs ago | The Guardian

Mali hits Glastonbury: Rokia Traore, Fatoumata Diawara and more

When music was banned in Mali, the organisers of Glastonbury festival swung into action and invited the country's top acts over.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Mali, Rokia Traore, Ethnic, Malo, WA, Jazz, Andy Sheppard, Amadou & Mariam, Fela Kuti

6 hrs ago | Canada.com

Fall of a Canadian fitness empire: Muscle Mag parent files for bankruptcy

What began with scraps of paper at a Brampton, Ont., kitchen table nearly 40 years ago grew into a Canadian fitness and health publishing empire, with the company's founder counting bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger among his friends.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Canada, Weight Training, Fitness, The Kennedys

9 hrs ago | NorthJersey.com

Joan Baez, Indigo Girls to perform at NJPAC

"It's a man's, man's, man's, man's world," boasted James Brown back in the 1960s, and for much of pop music history, men have done their best to keep it that way.

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Related Topix: Joan Baez, Indigo Girls, Music, Entertainment

12 hrs ago | The New York Times

T Magazine: After Hours | A Performance Artist's Heartfelt New Persona

Over his 30-year career, the performer John Kelly has used his lean frame and remarkable falsetto-to-baritone voice to conjure a panoply of classical and pop personas, including the Mona Lisa, Caravaggio, Egon Schiele and, most famously, Joni Mitchell .

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Related Topix: Joni Mitchell, Classical, Rebel

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Al Bawaba

Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts is coming for the 28th time

All is set for this year's Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts , which is expected to attract a large audience from the Gulf states and other Arab countries, the festival's executive director, Mohammad Abu Summaqa, said Saturday.

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Related Topix: Najwa Karam

The Chronicle Herald

STEPHENSON: MLAs should be called back to send Zinck on his way

Dartmouth North MLA Trevor Zinck speaks with reporters after pleading guilty to charges of fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust on Monday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Assembly, Opinion

The Chronicle Herald

Indigo Girls to play Halifax in October

As part of their Two North: Canadian Tour 2013, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers will perform at Halifax's Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on Mon., Oct. 21, followed by a Tues., Oct. 22 show at Moncton's Casino New Brunswick.

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Related Topix: Indigo Girls, North America, Canada, World News

Alabama Live

Defense stays mute in Carlos Kennedy murder trial; Mobile County judge mulls death penalty

Mobile County Circuit Judge Joseph "Rusty" Johnston talks to Carlos Kennedy during a hearing Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011.

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Related Topix: Mobile County, AL, Death Penalty, Mobile, AL, The Kennedys

Lake Cowichan Gazette

See the Sea: Great Big Sea in Vernon Oct. 23

Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle, Sean McCann and Bob Hallett are coming to the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Oct. 23 on the band's 20th anniversary tour.

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Related Topix: Great Big Sea, North America, Canada, World News

Albany Times Union

Anti-fracking groups rally in Albany

An anti-fracking demonstration is in full swing outside of the state Capitol. Pop singer Natalie Merchant led members of the crowd in a rendition of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land."

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Related Topix: Albany, NY, Pop/Rock, Natalie Merchant, Woody Guthrie, Andrew Cuomo, US Governors

Albany Times Union

Anti-fracking groups rally in Albany

An anti-fracking demonstration attracted more than 2,000 activists to the eastern side of the Capitol at midday Monday.

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Related Topix: Albany, NY, Pop/Rock, Natalie Merchant, Woody Guthrie, Andrew Cuomo, US Governors

Leighton Buzzard Online

A show to treasure

More than 70 youngsters aged 4-13 will take to the Leighton Buzzard Theatre stage this week with Leighton Buzzard Children's Theatre's latest production Treasure Island The Musical.

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Related Topix: Robert Louis Stevenson, Vocal, Long John Silver

North County Public Radio

SAFE Act PROTEST draws crowd in Lewis County

People climbed up the bleachers in the grandstand at the Lewis County Fairgrounds in Lowville on Saturday for a rally opposing the New York SAFE Act.

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Related Topix: Lewis County, NY, Lowville, NY, Guns, Plattsburgh, NY, Assembly

Examiner.com

Photos: Big City Folk, Kassy Key & The Raindoggs, and The Shady Rest Band

Big City Folk , Kassy Key & The Raindoggs , and The Shady Rest Band played at the Wild Rooster Bar on June 7, 2013.

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Related Topix: City Folk

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Brandon Sun

Joni Mitchell writing 'vignettes' for autobiography; 'squelched' film on her life

Folk legend Joni Mitchell says she's started writing "vignettes" for an autobiography, but has put an end to a planned film about her life.

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Related Topix: Joni Mitchell, Pop/Rock, Folk, Health, Mumps

Examiner.com

Blackmore's Night: Dancer and the Moon

For Deep Purple and Rainbow fans who are used to the hard-rocking, screaming and wailing guitar sounds of British rock legend, Ritchie Blackmore some might think their newest effort, Dancer and the Moon is a bit over the top for those not into renaissance-era music but it's far from that aspect.

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Related Topix: Blackmore's Night, Rainbow, Hard-Rock, Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore, Pop/Rock

Austin American Statesman

Austin Scoop: Monday's pick: KDRP Satellite Performances at Strange Brew

Bummed you didn't get tickets to Friday evening's sold-out Slaid Cleaves performance at the Cactus Cafe? No need... Local Americana radio station KDRP will be hosting Satellite Studio performances at Strange Brew this Monday, and the Austin folk artist will take the stage at 2 p.m. Head over to the South Austin coffeeshop -- and regular live music ... (more)

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Related Topix: Slaid Cleaves, Austin, TX, Offbeat

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Flags of Our Fathers: Standing on Their Shoulders

As discussed on Wikipedia Father's Day was founded in Spokane, Washington at the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd , who was born in Arkansas .

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Related Topix: William Jackson, Lubbock, TX, Commerce, TX

The Jersey Journal

JFK: Fifty years ago, 4 of John F. Kennedy's speeches moved the world

Fifty years ago this month, John F. Kennedy stood on a platform in West Berlin and uttered one of the most iconic phrases of 20th-century American politics: "Ich bin ein Berliner."

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Related Topix: The Kennedys, Europe, World News, Germany, West Berlin, NJ, American University

Star Tribune

Music: Cantus in free outdoor concerts

Sunday: Looking for a unique way to spend Father's Day? Join Cantus for its third annual free concert at the Lake Harriet Bandshell.

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Related Topix: Art Garfunkel, Pop/Rock, Simon & Garfunkel, The Zombies, The Mamas & the Papas, Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty, Music, Entertainment