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Leon Russell: The silver-haired pianist remains in serious competition with ZZ Top for the most prodigious facial hair in rock. He's also kept his chops up as a performer, dipping into a songbook that spans "A Song for You" and "Tightrope" through his...Tags: Millennium Park, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Entertainment Events
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New Lehigh Valley concert tickets include Amy Schumer, Queen Extravaganza, more
ON SALE THIS WEEK The Anti-Social Comedy Tour, featuring Amy Schumer, Artie Lange, Dave Attell and Jim Norton, 7:30 p.m. July 20, Sands Bethlehem Event Center, 77 Sands Blvd., http://www.SandsEventCenter.com, http://www.Ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000....Tags: Arts, Jim Gaffigan, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Savoy (music group)
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Musical icon who helped open Sands Center to return for first anniversary show
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGA musical icon who helped Sands Bethlehem Event Center open last May will return for an encore performance to help the center celebrate its first anniversary, the venue just announced. Paul Anka, who was among the first run of high-profile...... -
Michael Nesmith talks about his solo tour and inspirations
Once pegged as "the smart Monkee," singer, songwriter and guitarist Michael Nesmith is now embarking on his first U.S. solo tour in more than two decades. Nesmith shot to fame after "The Monkees" series premiered in 1966, and though he recently reunited...
Tags: Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Entertainment, Concerts, The Monkees (tv program)
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Chicago band Switchback keeping musical options open
Former Chicagoan Ron Pen holds a very lengthy and lofty title at the University of Kentucky in Lexington: Professor; Director, John Jacob Niles Center for American Music; Coordinator, Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology. You might think him...
Tags: Entertainment, Concerts, Music Theater, Gaelic Storm (music group), Entertainment Events
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Jimmy O'Neill dies at 73; L.A. deejay hosted TV's 'Shindig!'
Jimmy O'Neill, an Oklahoman barely out of his teens when he became Los Angeles' top-rated radio deejay and only 24 when he catapulted to national celebrity as the host of "Shindig!," one of the earliest rock 'n' roll shows on prime-time television, died...
Tags: Disc Jockeys, Heart Problems, Jerry Lee Lewis, Radio, Chicago Tribune
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Moore Dance Project to perform at African-American Heritage Festival in Tavares
TAVARES — Known for more seriously themed dance performances, the Moore Dance Project returns to the annual African-American Heritage Festival bringing a Motown beat. Opening the two-day free event at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, the contemporary...
Tags: Stevie Wonder, Mike Watkins, Arts and Culture, Marvin Gaye, HIV
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Wanee 2013 Music Festival has Allmans, Widespread Panic, Les Claypool
If you saw the Tedeschi Trucks Band in Boca Raton on Saturday (Sunshine Blues Festival review here), you don’t need much more reason to seek out tickets to the 2013 Wanee Music Festival than to know that they are part of this year’s impressive...
Tags: Les Claypool, Arts and Culture, North Mississippi Allstars (music group), Maceo Parker, Galactic (music group)
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Leon Russell & Little Feat Playing Shows at The Klein and the Capitol Theatre
Leon Russell left home at 17 to tour with Jerry Lee Lewis. He anchored George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh in 1971. Elton John loves him. Little Feat have played their own blend of New Orleans swamp boogie since 1969, and Jimmy Page once called...
Tags: Jimmy Page, Jerry Lee Lewis, George Harrison, Elton John, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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TICKET BOX: Backstreet Boys, Ill Nino on sale, Taylor Swift stop announced
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGWelcome to Lehigh Valley Music's Ticket Box, listing new shows on sale. This week, new shows by Backstreet Boys, Ill Nino and Taylor Swift are among more than 20 concerts for which we have new information. Here's the list: Backstreet...... -
From 'The Dinner Party'
Change of SubjectTwo uploads from 'The Dinner Party Download' podcast (a rerun, actually) from American Public Media aired this weekend. First, a good, clean joke: "Hedgehogs? Why can't they just share the hedge?" Second, a minor hit song from 1971 by Delaney...... -
Rush, Randy Newman, Donna Summer among 2013 Rock Hall inductees
Check the thermostat in hell -- it appears to have dropped below 32 degrees: Long-snubbed Canadian progressive-rock trio Rush will at long last be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, along with Randy Newman, Public Enemy, Donna...
Tags: Paul Butterfield Blues Band (music group), Nokia Theater, Voting, Quincy Jones, Deep Purple (music group)
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