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14 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Harlan Twins marries The Band with indie-rock preview

The Harlan Twins will have a CD release party July 10 at the Brillobox. Two or three minutes into the song "Greenline," from the new album by the Harlan Twins, you might think you're listening to the Band, as in that classic Americana group whose rag-tag sound is so hard to duplicate.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro

Tue Jul 07, 2009

National Public Radio

The Holmes Brothers On Mountain Stage

Fervent, soulful vibrato and strong harmonies lie at the core of The Holmes Brothers ' soulful blues music, heard here during the band's ninth appearance on Mountain Stage .

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Related Topix: Blues, The Holmes Brothers, Pop/Rock

New York Post

It's 'Party' Time

This collection of racing beats, synthesizer scrawls and rapped sweet-talk has a tight focus on living in the moment and grabbing as much pleasure as possible.

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Related Topix: The Black Eyed Peas, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Indie, Stellastarr, Pop/Rock, Music, Entertainment

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Creative Loafing Tampa

Late night music, July 6-11: Conor Oberst, Andrew Bird, Will Dailey and many others.

July 6th, 2009 by Leilani Polk in Late Night Music , TV , Video A weekly bulletin on musical guests playing late night TV; set your TIVOs or DVRs if youa ve got an early bedtime.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman, David Letterman, Pop/Rock, Levon Helm

Sat Jul 04, 2009

HendersonvilleNews.com

U.S. Army Band plans a trio of concerts

Wanna go? U.S. Army Band free concerts Thursday night: 7:30 p.m., Porter Center Amphitheatre, Brevard College Friday night: 7 p.m., Music on Main, downtown Hendersonville Saturday night: 7 p.m., Polk County High School Auditorium, Columbus Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Residents of Henderson, Transylvania and Polk counties are in for a special musical ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, US Military, US Army, Brevard College, Hendersonville, NC, Columbus, NC, Brevard, NC

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Huffington Post

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Seventy-Nine

Samba hip-hop percussionist/singer Curumin, a.k.a. Luciano Nakata Albuquerque, a Brazilian native of Japanese and Spanish descent, was born musically advanced.

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Related Topix: Blues, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chicago, IL, Carny, Drama Movies, Pop/Rock, Robbie Robertson

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Corpus Christi Caller

Beach Boys celebrate surf, sun, summer love

This time, America's Band shoots for the heart with "Summer Love Songs" , a neat little collection that celebrates surf, sun, and sentimentality.

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Related Topix: The Beach Boys, Pop/Rock, Music!, Salsa

The Nation

Altercation: How I Met Michael Jackson

I did a celebratory column on Al Franken's victory for The Daily Beast here . Oh and I appear to have started a twitter account, here , but don't get too excited about it yet.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Tennessee

Wed Jul 01, 2009

All About Jazz

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Levon Helm's 'Electric Dirt'

If there's one thing a good drummer knows it's the power of a groove, and Helm, one of rock's greatest with the sticks, has them in spades on Electric Dirt, his second album since recovering from throat cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Esophageal Cancer, Pop/Rock

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Tower Records

Electric Dirt * (CD) ~ Levon Helm (Artist)$13.63

DISC 1 for Electric Dirt * Album By Levon Helm 1 Tennessee Jed 2 Move Along Train 3 Growing Trade 4 Golden Bird 5 Stuff You Gotta Watch 6 White Dove 7 King Fish 8 9 When I Go Away 10 Heaven's Pearls 11 I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free More Albums by Levon Helm [ The Ties That Bind 1975-93 ~ Levon Helm ] [ Levon Helm & The RCO All ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Creative Loafing Tampa

Album review: Levon Helm's Electric Dirt

Your daily source for the best in blog. June 29, 2009 at 12:35 pm by Eric Snider First Levon Helm survived throat cancer, then, improbably, he started singing again.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

LiveDaily News

New Releases, June 30: Rob Thomas, Brad Paisley, Wilco

The pop/rock star, who came to fame as the frontman for Matchbox Twenty, is finally ready to unveil his second solo record.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Wilco, Country, Brad Paisley, Matchbox Twenty, Play, Feist

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Arkansas Online

Pop Notes: Helm steeps Electric Dirt in American roots music

The Band was an uncommon institution in that it had three distinctive yet complementary vocal colors a ' Richard Manuela TMs indigo of broken hurt, Rick Dankoa TMs maroon melancholy and the earth-toned uplift of Turkey Scratch native Levon Helm, whose instrument was as homely and human as original sin, yet grazed by grace.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Paper Magazine

Gentleman of Leisure: 'Off the Wall'

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks 's PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Black Entertainment, Michael Jackson

New York Post

All About Bob

BOB Dylan and The Band made some legendary music together, but it sounds like there's no love lost between them.

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Related Topix: Folk-Rock, Bob Dylan & the Band, Pop/Rock

ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

Weekend of outreach at church kicks off with outdoor concert

ZANESVILLE - In an effort to reach out to area teens and those in need, the Apostolic Gospel Church is gearing up to strum guitar strings to reach the heart strings.

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Related Topix: Events, Pop/Rock, Doniphan, MO, Family, Kids

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Campus Life

New MuteMath on the Way

With Mute Math's sophomore CD Armistice set for August 18 release - listen to new track "The Nerve" at their MySpace page - the innovative indie rockers just announced an international tour.

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Related Topix: Canada, New Orleans, LA, Pop/Rock, Music, Entertainment

Wed Jun 24, 2009

CFRB

Levon Helm with John Donabie

Levon Helm: Electric Dirt About a year and a half ago, I interviewed Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer, Levon Helm.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Freerepublic.com

Levon Helm's 'Electric Dirt': Stream...

"Legend" is a term that often gets thrown around in an alarmingly casual manner.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Mon Jun 22, 2009

StarTribune

Pick six: A half-dozen cool things in music

A half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view: Levon Helm Band, Fitzgerald Theater.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Taylor Swift, Music, Entertainment

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