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Jazz Finally Address Ace Bailey Drama With Strong Statement on His Future
Heavy.com
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June 28, 2025
Getty Ace Bailey and Cooper Flagg look on during the 2025 NBA Draft Combine. All’s well that ends well between the Utah Jazz and their controversial rookie Ace Bailey. On Friday, the team addressed the rumors surrounding the No. 5 overall pick of...
Hip-hop is now a common language for believers
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 28, 2025
In the first centuries of Christian life, bishops wrestled with the Greek in this puzzle -- whether God the Father and Jesus were "homoiousios" (of similar substance) or "homoousios" (of one substance), with "one substance" winning the day. This...
John Lee's Barclay James Harvest announce first new studio album for 12 years
Louder
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June 28, 2025
John Lees Barclay James Harvest have announced they will release a new studio album, Relativity, through Esoteric Antenna/Cherry Red Records on October 17. It's the band's first new studio album for 12 years - they released the acclaimed North in...
“To have Kurt’s beautiful voice over one of my songs would have been amazing”: the story behind every track on Foo Fighters’ monumental debut album
Louder
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June 28, 2025
Dave Grohl made the first Foo Fighters album more out of necessity than anything else. The ex-Nirvana drummer was in a dark place after the death of Kurt Cobain, uncertain of what his next step would be and unsure if he’d ever play music again. He...
'With a youth orchestra, the heartbeat is different': Delyana Lazarova leads Rachmaninoff with WYSO
Interlochen Public Radio - Michigan
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Delyana Lazarova introduces the World Youth Symphony Orchestra’s summer series with a June 29 performance of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 at Kresge Auditorium. Despite the short rehearsal schedule, Lazarova is confident in the musicians'...
Tech CEO pays $510,000 to conduct the Toronto Symphony
The Straits Times
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June 28, 2025
The musicians of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra took their seats at Roy Thomson Hall on June 25 for a performance of Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. Then a stage door swung open and out walked the conductor. He was not a world-renowned...
THIS SUNDAY: Palisades Symphony Presents “Best of Broadway”
Santa Monica Mirror - California
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June 28, 2025
The performance will feature a full orchestra playing iconic selections, from John Philip Sousa’s *El Capitan* and George Gershwin’s *The Man I Love* The Palisades Symphony, joined by guest vocalists, will present “Best of Broadway: Decade by...
How Kamasi Washington and 100 musicians filled LACMA's empty new building with a sonic work of art
Los Angeles Times
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June 28, 2025
“The general public was admitted to new Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the first time on Friday night — not to look at art but to listen to music,” wrote Times music critic Albert Goldberg in 1965. Exactly 70 years and three months later,...
Wang Chung's Clear Light/Dark Matter showcases genre-defying musical evolution
WOAI - Texas
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When Wang Chung agreed to join Rick Springfield’s I Want My 80s Tour, it wasn’t just another nostalgic run through their greatest hits, but a deliberate step into a contemporary scene that’s rediscovering their music with fresh ears. We were...
Get familiar with Kenny Sharp, Nashville R&B band Brown Liquor Music
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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Kenny Sharp, backed by his band Brown Liquor Music, performed at downtown Nashville's National Museum of African-American Music. Sharp's music blends blues, country, folk, R&B, rock, and soul, influenced by his upbringing near D.C.'s "Black...
Blossoms team up with CMAT and Jungle on new album
Contactmusic
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Blossoms were more open to collaboration for their upcoming album. Monday, December 11, 2023 Monday, December 11, 2023 Blossoms have worked with CMAT and Jungle on their upcoming album. The 'Charlemagne' group are working on their first...
Volunteers play music to soothe Denver shelter animals
The Colorado Sun
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June 28, 2025
By Thomas Peipert, The Associated Press It’s often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely audience — man’s best friend. Yuvi Agarwal started playing keyboard when...
Volunteers, led by 12-year-old, play music to soothe shelter animals
The Item - South Carolina
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By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER - It's often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely audience - man's best friend. Yuvi Agarwal started playing keyboard...
Flagler musician brings 'Fast Times' star power to the pier
Daytona Beach News Journal - Florida
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A music video for The Cherry Drops' new single, "I Dedicate this Song to You," will be filmed at the Flagler Beach pier. Robert Romanus, known for his role in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," will star in the video as a radio DJ. The video's first...
I’m a 48-year-old music snob and I loved Olivia Rodrigo
Metro
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June 28, 2025
As a music snob I expected autotuned bilge but I was wrong(Picture: 2025 Getty Images) I have to admit, when I told friends I was taking my 14-year-old daughter, Florence, to see Olivia Rodrigo, I did so with an eye-roll and a bit of a “bloody...
‘Urinetown the Musical’ opening next weekend
Champion Newspapers - California
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The Chino Community Children’s Theatre will present “Urinetown the Musical” at 7 p.m. July 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 and at 2:30 p.m. July 6 and 13 at 13123 Seventh St. in Chino. The musical satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social...
Talent Shines at Phyllis Triolo Music Competition
State College - Pennsylvania
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June 28, 2025
Senior Division winners from left to right: Genavieve Clayton, Hannah Kifer, Alexander Yu and Judges: Sarah Schouten (left), PSU School of Music, and Amanda Gunderson (right), Lycoming College. Courtesy of Central Pennsylvania Music Teachers...
Remembering Glenda Arey; Bryant music program founder passes at age 90
The Saline Courier - Arkansas
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June 28, 2025
Glenda Mitchell Arey, the “devoted matriarch” of her family and lifelong Saline County resident, passed away Saturday, June 21. She was 90. Glenda lived a long life, using her professional career to educate thousands of children throughout Saline...
WPSU Jazz Archive - June 27, 2025
WPSU - Pennsylvania
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June 28, 2025
An encore presentation of a live concert from our Jazz @ the Palmer series, this time featuring Organ Trio East, recorded at the Palmer Museum of Art in August of 2014. The musicians in the group are: Jay Vonada on trombone Steve Adams on organ...
Latest Ukrainian Music Releases: New Albums by Sasha Chemerov, Prashchur & More
Mezha
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June 28, 2025
Every week, the “Artилерія” project introduces listeners to the most interesting music releases from Ukraine. This week, notable highlights include the new album from “Prashchur,” a vibrant comeback from Sasha Chemerov, a heartfelt track from...