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    Mar 21, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Pink Floyd Added To National Recording Registry

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Pink Floyd&lsquo;s legendary 1973 album, &lsquo;The Dark Side of the Moon&rsquo; is one of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The record received the highest number of public nominations among this year&rsquo;s class. In the release accompanying the announcement, &lsquo;The Dark Side of the Moon&rsquo; is called &ldquo;an example of brilliant, innovative production in service of the music.&rdquo; They go on to cite the harmonies of David Gilmour and Richard Wright, as well as the successful integration of Roger Waters&lsquo; interviews of the studio staff into the album&rsquo;s concept. Also added to the registry,&lsquo;Cheap Thrills&rsquo; by Big Brother and the Holding Company, which launched Janis Joplin to national prominence, the self-titled debut by the Ramones and the Bee Gees soundtrack to &lsquo;Saturday Night Fever.&rsquo; Created in 2000, the National Recording Registry annually selects 25 recordings that are &ldquo;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&rdquo; and &ldquo;reflect the diversity and creativity of the American experience.&rdquo; You can find out about all of this year&rsquo;s inductees, which range from spoken word to opera to jazz, at the Library of Congress&rsquo; website.</span>
    Pink Floyd‘s legendary 1973 album, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ is one of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The record received the highest number of public nominations among...

    Tags: Bee Gees (music group), Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd (music group), David Gilmour, Music

    2. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  2. Tyler Took 'Spinal Tap' To Task For Being Too Real

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Rare interviews conducted in the 80s by former record executive Joe Smith and recently donated to the Library of Congress are starting to be digitalized and uploaded on their website. In one, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler admits that during the height of the band&rsquo;s stardom in the 70s, it was hard to find outrageous things to do because they&rsquo;d already been done. He said, &ldquo;I found the most outrageous things I asked for, would&rsquo;ve thought of asking for, had already taken place the week before with some other group. That movie [This is Spinal Tap] bummed me out, because I thought, &lsquo;How dare they? That&rsquo;s all real, and they&rsquo;re mocking it.&rsquo;&rdquo;</span>
    Rare interviews conducted in the 80s by former record executive Joe Smith and recently donated to the Library of Congress are starting to be digitalized and uploaded on their website. In one, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler admits that during the height...

    Tags: Aerosmith (music group), Steven Tyler

    3. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Carole King honored with Gershwin Prize

    Carole King has amassed some impressive accolades in her storied five-decade career. Now she can add the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to her mantle. The prolific singer-songwriter was feted with the songwriting award — named...

    Tags: Whitney Houston, Music Industry, Adele (music artist), Paul McCartney, Politics

    4. May 22, 2013 |Story| Wrap

  4. Carole King hits D.C. for Gershwin salute

    Reuters
    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Washington is truly feeling the earth move this week as singer-songwriter Carole King is honored with the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for popular song and then saluted in two concerts, one in the White House. King...

    Tags: White House, Music Industry, Paul McCartney, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama

    5. May 22, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  5. Obama celebrates music of Carole King, 1st woman to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times. Two days after much of...

    Tags: Joe Biden, Music Industry, Washington, DC, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Arts and Culture

    6. May 21, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  6. Library of Congress honors Carole King as 1st woman to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Carole King isn't done with music — not yet anyway. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" was awarded the nation's highest prize for...

    Tags: Music Industry, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Washington, DC, Music, Arts and Culture

    7. May 21, 2013 |Story| Wrap

  7. Carole King Hits D.C. for Gershwin Salute

    Reuters
    May 22 (TheWrap.com) - Washington is truly feeling the earth move this week as singer-songwriter Carole King is honored with the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for popular song and then saluted in two concerts, one in the White House. King is...

    Tags: Music Industry, White House, Paul McCartney, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama

    8. May 18, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  8. RPT-FEATURE-Amid frenzy over map apps, new focus on 16th century world view

    Reuters
    (Repeats with no changes to text) * Renaissance cleric first wrote "America" on 1507 map * Resonance with current climate of "geo-enabled" devices * Google, Apple, Facebook looking at mapping apps By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) -...

    Tags: Geography, Arts and Culture, Pacific Ocean, Science and Technology, Google Inc.

    9. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters
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    10. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Carole King to be honored with Obama-hosted show, Gershwin Prize

    Carole King seems to have fans in high places: The singer-songwriter's life will be staged with an eye toward Broadway, and next week her oeuvre will be honored at the White House. Officials announced Friday that President Obama will host a star-studded...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Music Industry, Music, Music Theater

    11. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. The men who would be Gatsby

    Leonardo DiCaprio is one of a handful of actors who have portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic protagonist “The Great Gatsby” in film and TV over the last 87 years. Warner Baxter, who won the best actor Oscar as the Cisco Kid in the...

    Tags: Maggie Smith, ABC (tv network), Macdonald Carey, Truman Capote, Rod Taylor

    12. May 12, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  12. READER SUBMITTED: Wethersfield Library Adult Summer Reading Program Kick-Off With Gina Barreca

    Wethersfield
    Wethersfield Library, 515 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield is pleased to announce that Dr. Gina Barreca, professor, writer and humorist, will be the guest speaker at the 2013 Adult Summer Reading Program kick-off. Join us Monday, June 10 at 7 p.m. in...

    Tags: BBC, Libraries, Phil McGraw, Arts and Culture, NPR

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