The Van and Remember Mama in Irish and San Francisco theater
Colm Meaney shines as Larry in The Van, with Weslie driving the food wagon venture amid tensions with partner Sam and family. Remember Mama revisits stern yet loving family values set in 1910 San Francisco with a steady cast and gentle direction.
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Mama
Katrin Hansen
San Francisco
Steiner Street
Dad
Wee Ey Dene Hin
Ger Ryan
Maggie
Colm Meaney
Larry
Country music oversaturation hits Nashville in 1990s shift
The piece notes Nashville's push of young male acts like Garth Brooks shaping country in the early 1990s, the genre's sales peak, and its later decline. It cites DAIA and SoundScan data, industry doubt, artist shakeouts, and hints at a women-led next wave after LeAnn Rimes and Shania Twain.
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Buck
Garth Brooks
Nashville
Recording Industry Association of America
Nashville Music
Soundscan
LeAnn Rimes
Shama Twain
Elvis Presley’s enduring truth as an American singer
In a review of the four CD set Platinum A Life in Music, Elvis Presley’s stage moment from the 1968 TV comeback is highlighted, showing his raw live power. The piece argues Presley’s true legacy as a boundary crossing artist who blended blues gospel country and pop, revealing a defi nitive American singer.
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Elvis Presley
RCA
Presley
Elvis on Music Without Limits in Platinum Era
Elvis Presley mattered for his musical vision not the Vegas image. NewsLine offers a recording of Heartbreak Hotel and Suspicious Minds while critics note his eclectic reach from Sun Studios to Las Vegas and his drummer D J Fontana recalls the natural rise of rock n roll as a blend of jazz country and Western swing.
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Elvis
Newsline
Syracuse Newspapers
Presley
Vegas
Graceland
House of Music
Sun Studios
Memphis
Las Vegas
Arthur Crudup
Dean Martin
Bob Dylan
Englebert Humperdinck
D.J. Fontana
Nashville
Scotty Magre
Hascidt
Bill Black
Scotty
Fontana
Williams Brothers to headline State Fair stage
Gospel legends the Williams Brothers headline the State Fair on August 24 at 4 and 8 p.m. on the Coca-Cola Talent Showcase stage. Admission is free with fair admission. The group, active since 1973, has 18 Top 10 gospel albums, with hits like Jesus Will Never Say No and A Ship Like Me.
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Wilams Brothers
Williams Brothers
Songbird
Billboard
Cashbox
Jesus
Smoking blues guitarist Wells shines in Telarc live set
Bluesman Wells, 62, delivers sharp performances in a special live show for Telarc Blues disc Live at Buddy Guy's Legends. NewsLine offers a listening line at 472-2111 and a Tone entry 8863 to hear Mark Bialczak's daily Music We Heeuie with Today’s tune Little by Little.
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Weslie
Ireland
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Ishontons
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Diane
Donal O'Keill
Aleanes
Dove
Appleseed Productions
Civic Center
BeVard Studio Theater
C.J. Young
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Cat
Young
Roseanne Fortino
Maureen Biermann
Katrin
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Page
Miriam Longino
Con
Neil McGinley
Atlanta
Jeff Carson
Danie Singletary
Wade Hayes
Clay Walker
Tracy Byrd
Garth
Clint Black
Alan Jackson
Brooks
Doug Supernan
Daddy
Giant
Ty England
McGinley
New
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the King
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Anette
Luther Vandross
Patti LaBelle
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Mississippi Mass Choir
Charles D. Jackson
Weller
Japan
David Letterman
Sayonara
Dave
Rob Burnett
CBS
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Burnett
New York Daily News
Jamiroquai
Puff Daddy and
the Wallflowers
MTV
Beck
Spice Girls
Radio City Music Hall
Saturday Night Live
Chris Bock
Malir
Syracuse
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