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Who's playing South Florida?
South Florida Sun-SentinelMaroon 5 / Counting Crows - 7 p.m. Oct. 4 at Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansbury's Way, West Palm Beach. $30.50-$80.50. Buy tickets here. Academy Is - With We the Kings. 6 p.m. Oct. 4 at Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale. $20. Buy...Tags: Joe Satriani, Sarah Brightman, Gardens and Parks, Coral Gables, Natalie Cole
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An old fan reconnects with the New Kids on the Block
The Philadelphia InquirerI have good taste in music. I swear on my stack of Van Morrison, Rufus Wainwright and Beck. But I have a confession to make. I recently dropped an obscene amount of money on a ticket to see New Kids on the Block, the early-'90s boy band mounting a...Tags: North Carolina, Frank Sinatra, Jennie Garth, New Kids on the Block, Jordan Knight
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HOT STUFF
MOVIES EAGLE EYE. Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are strangers pulled into an assassination plot. D.J. Caruso ("Disturbia") directs. Opens Friday. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE. Diane Lane and Richard Gere, together again ("The Cotton Club," "Unfaithful"),...Tags: Defense, Music Theater, Weezer, Long Island, Steve Earle
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Review: Ne-YO, 'The Year of the Gentleman'
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comNE-YO "The Year of the Gentleman" THE GRADE A- BOTTOM LINE Songwriter to the stars, Ne-Yo is finally ready for his own "Year" When Ne-Yo said he was tired of "straight urban music" and started name-checking The Beatles and Billy Joel as influences...Tags: Television, Billy Joel, American Idol, Kristy Lee Cook, Lindsey Buckingham
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Singer Laura Marling writes beyond her years
The Boston GlobeEarlier this year, at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, a blond wisp of a woman with an acoustic guitar accomplished the incredible feat of making drunk people in a trendy bar shut up. This wasn't Laura Marling's main order of...Tags: Folk Music, Neil Young, Adam Green, Prince, Joni Mitchell
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Joan Wasser survives as Joan As Police Woman
McClatchy/Chicago Tribune newspapersOver two highly personal, emotionally vulnerable albums, Joan Wasser has discovered an important truth: The more she reveals about herself, the less she is interested in concealing. "I have used [songwriting] as a way to learn who I am and what I'm...Tags: Lou Reed, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Buckley, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Elton John
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This Rufus needs no Chaka
Sentinel Staff WriterWe're not quite sure why Rufus Wainwright seems destined to forever inhabit that lonely sidestage where "critically acclaimed" is code for "snob music." Certainly, his live CD of Judy Garland covers was a step forward for the capable crooner. But it's...Tags: Judy Garland
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After Various Musical Directions, Joan Wasser Settles On A Solo Road
Joan Wasser always knew she wanted to be a musician. The only question: What kind? Now she's a singer and songwriter who released her second solo album, "To Survive," earlier this year under the name Joan as Police Woman. But getting there required a...Tags: Iron Horse Music Hall, Lou Reed, Jeff Buckley, Music Industry, Music
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Caw! Caw! steps out of the attic and into a band
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe members of Caw! Caw! were still in high school when they started recording together in an attic in Lincoln Square back in 2002. The finished space, with its exposed wood beams and expansive bay windows, provided both a view of the distant city skyline...Tags: Music Theater, Theater, Music, MySpace
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Nelly and Ne-Yo, and a Judy Collins tribute
*Nelly, Brass Knuckles. First album in four years from St. Louis rapper features collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Usher, Ciara, Rick Ross, Fergie, Chuck D., Akon and Pharrell Williams. *Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman. Third album from R&B hitmaker "(So...Tags: American Idol, Kristy Lee Cook, Arlo Guthrie, Usher, Randy Travis
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Local live: Jimmy Buffett, Chris Isaak, Bogmen
JIMMY BUFFETT. Next stop, Margaritaville! WHEN|WHERE 8 p.m. tomorrow, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh. (Coral Reefer Band mainstay Mac McAnally plays Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett at 8 tonight.) INFO $56-$156; 516-221-1000; livenation.com CHRIS...Tags: Chris Isaak, Jimmy Buffett, Jessye Norman, Music
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Democratic soundtrack
As the politics have drained from national political conventions, high-level socializing, entertainment and a chance to rub elbows with celebrities have become the real action. An eclectic lineup will provide the soundtrack for the Democratic event that...Tags: Cyndi Lauper, Kanye West, Melissa Etheridge
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