Pam Tillis to join Grand Ole Opry on August 26
Pam Tillis will become a Grand Ole Opry member after an invitation from Country Music Hall of Fame member Little Jimmy Dickens during a recent performance. Tillis, preparing her seventh album, accepted the offer with the words Let me think about it Yes.
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Hanson Evolves Sound With More Mature New Album
Hanson brothers Isaac Taylor and Zac release This Time Around on Island Records showing a matured style. Isaac notes heavier guitar and more piano driven material than Middle of Nowhere. The band aims evolution in songwriting and sound with softer moments and richer arrangements. To hear a cut, call NewsLine and punch in TUNE for Mark Balczak's Music Notes.
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Louis Armstrong centennial marks two birth dates and global influence
The life of Louis Armstrong is celebrated for his global impact as a jazz innovator and entertainer. Scholars note baptismal records birth Aug 4 1901 while Armstrong often celebrated July 4 1900. Friends and fellow musicians praise his independence, improvisation, and enduring influence on jazz and popular music.
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Louis Armstrong Selected Discography Highlights
Highlights from Louis Armstrong discography include early years 1923 to 1934, The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven, Big Bands volumes, Rhythm Saved the World and Heart Full of Rhythm, centennial sets, and The Ultimate Collection. further details at satchography.com and NewsLine contact 472-2111 for Memories of You by Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra.
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Experience Music Project opens in Seattle with interactive rock exhibit
EMP blends flashy Gehry design with hands on tech powered by Paul Allen. Visitors use handhelds to access clips and learn songs in the Sound Lab and On Stage areas. The museum emphasizes personal stories over static displays and offers online guitar lessons.
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Tacoma
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Children to stage Bugsy Malone Jr in Syracuse theater season
Todd Axton Ellis selects Bugsy Malone Jr for Syracuse Children's Theatre July 31 through August at DeWitt Community Church with a public show planned August 12. Syracuse Civic Theatre will stage Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Indian River Theatre. Fall plans include A Midsummer Night's Dream and Aladdin, with SCT remounting Joseph in 2001 and a 1998 favorite Anne Frank reappearances, The Diary of Anne Frank school performances, Forever Plaid revival in September 2001, The Miracle Worker in October, and The Sound of Music closing the season in November. Todd Axton Ellis outlines a busy schedule for both theaters.
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Summer theater opens for Cooperstown troupe at festival
Leatherstocking Theatre Company launches its summer season at Cooperstown Theatre Festival with Donald Margulies collected stories kicking off July 11. Additional performances run July 12 to 15 and July 25 to 29 feature Jefferson Adams and August 15 to 19 presents My Three Angels.
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The Oz New Adaptation With Queen Latifah and Little Richard
Queen Latifah will play Glinda in a Fox adaptation titled The O Z a contemporary take on Baum's story Dorothy becomes a hip hop producer in Los Angeles An earthquake sends her and Toto to the Big Oz supporting roles include Patti LaBelle as the Wicked Witch Little Richard as the Wizard Busia Rhymes as the Cowardly Lion and Ginuwine as Scarecrow
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Patti LaBelle
Wizard
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