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Actor takes comfort in songs of band he once ridiculed
Los Angeles TimesThere was a time in Colin Firth's youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same disdain he saved for, say, a Jane Austen novel. Austen? "Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole," he said. "It seemed girl stuff." And ABBA, the musical inspiration...Tags: Bars, Jane Austen, Pierce Brosnan, ABBA, D.H. Lawrence
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John Mellencamp: Life Death Love and Freedom
Sentinel Music CriticJohn Mellencamp is a new member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but the singer-songwriter has always possessed a depth that goes beyond rock clichØs. At its core, Life Death Love and Freedom isn't a rock album, no matter how much the frisky "My...Tags: John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Music, Nebraska
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More than 2,000 guitarists appear to set record
More than 2,000 guitar-players performing "This Land is Your Land" in a Bay Area park appear to have strummed their way into the record books. Led by 1960s folk singer Country Joe McDonald, 2,052 electric and acoustic guitar pickers played the Woody...Tags: Music, Folk Music
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'Living legend' shares tales of friend, author Hurston
Sentinel Staff WriterThe scene looks like the most pleasant classroom you can image, with a big window overlooking Lake Virginia on the Rollins College campus, all clipped green lawns and Mediterranean charm. But the man talking in quiet Southern-accented tones to the...Tags: Maitland Art Center, Alice Walker, Superman, Ku Klux Klan, Eatonville
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Channeling Woody
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe state of the union may be reserved for the Oval Office occupant, but its musical counterpart took place at the 28th American Music Festival, a rite of summer for Chicago-area music fans and a gauge of how hearts and minds are faring in the heat of...Tags: Country Music, Dave Alvin, Music, Foreclosures, American Music Festival
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'All You Need Is Love' finally arrives in U.S.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBritish documentary maker Tony Palmer called his 17-hour TV series exploring the origins of American popular music “All You Need Is Love,” because John Lennon told him it would make a great title. But in the three decades since he made it, it'...Tags: Irving Berlin, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Hank Williams, Rock and Roll Music
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Hayes proves he's still got soul
Isaac Hayes' performance at a crowded Ravinia on Friday didn't get off to a promising start. The veteran soul man, sporting his trademark shaved head and dark sunglasses, initially appeared uninterested in the proceedings. It didn't help that the...Tags: Isaac Hayes, Roberta Flack, Popular Music, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan
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Summer Reading: Summer School
SWAY: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior, by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman (Doubleday/Currency, $23.95, available June 3). The buzz: Yes, this look at the psychological forces that sabotage clear thinking at work, in politics and romance is a...Tags: Private Health Care, Health Treatments, Folk Music, Government Health Care
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Largo gets new lease on life at the old Coronet
Special to The TimesJON BRION'S last night at Largo was epic. The singer-songwriter's free-for-all Fridays at the tiny Fairfax Avenue nightclub had been drawing capacity crowds for more than a decade, but his May 2 show was historic: his final turn before owner Mark Flanagan...Tags: Eddie Izzard, Paul Thomas Anderson, Elliott Smith, Jack Black, Theater
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'A Freewheelin' Life' by Suze Rotolo
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMay 15, 2008 They were cherub-cheeked kids when each landed in Greenwich Village in early 1961, drawn like moths to the flames of art, music, theater and ideas that burned so brightly in every cranny of the Big Apple's most bohemian quarter. She was 17....Tags: Book, Bob Dylan, Radio Industry, John Lee Hooker, Books and Magazines
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