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Musician’s Co-op brings music back to the Entertainer
Lake County Leader - Montana
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August 7, 2025
The Western Montana Musician's Co-op has found a new acoustic space to suit their needs at the Entertainer Theatre in Ronan. The co-op was co-founded in 2019 by Keith Rennie and Doug Ruhman as a space where musicians could come and be able to use...
Gilman singers perform at Carnegie Hall
The Star News - Wisconsin
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August 7, 2025
The building is over 130 years old, its brick exterior and arched windows wellknown to passersby. The intricate, handcarved trim is understated and wraps around to hug each wall, gracefully interrupted by stone columns and offering an effect of...
WE Fest rocks Soo Pass Ranch for first full day of music
Wadena Pioneer Journal - Minnesota
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August 8, 2025
DETROIT LAKES — As the sun began to set over Soo Pass Ranch on Thursday, Sammy Kershaw, Treaty Oak Revival and Ashley McBryde took the main stage one after another, warming up the crowd ahead of Hardy’s headlining performance after dark. Sunset...
Music Feeds Hungry Souls at Guitar House Workshop
Columbus Monthly - Ohio
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If customers stop by Guitar House Workshop in the summertime, they might leave with a few vegetables in hand. Operating out of a reclaimed house at 1423 Chambers Road near Grandview Heights, the shop was a dream of its owner, John Bolzenius, that...
Singer Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband and former manager Brandon Blackstock has died at 48
RSVP Live
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August 7, 2025
Brandon Blackstock has died at just 48 after a three-year battle with cancer. The talent manager was married to singer Kelly Clarkson from 2013 until 2022, with the couple sharing two kids, River Rose, 11, and Remington 'Remy' Alexander, nine....
Man Pretty Confident That Another 40 Dollar Band Tee Will Turn His Life Around
The Hard Times
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August 7, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Local man Bart Carlsen is positive the $40 band tee he’s receiving in the mail today will turn his life around, confirmed sources. “Look, my job sucks. My wife hates me. My only hobby is brewing craft beers in my basement and by...
Nigerian singer on no-fly list after blocking plane from take-off
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 8, 2025
Nigerian authorities have put a popular singer on a no-fly list after he stood in front of a plane on the tarmac in order to block it from taking off after being denied boarding. Nigeria's aviation minister Festus Keyamo said in a statement on...
Elite netballers reveal distress after singer who pleaded guilty to domestic violence performs at grand final
The Guardian
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August 8, 2025
Australia’s elite netballers have expressed their disappointment that an artist who performed at last week’s Super Netball grand final has previously pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges. Siala Robson, who appeared on The Voice in 2020, was...
Natural bridges: Karl Denson fuses musical genres
The Telluride Daily Planet - Colorado
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Karl Denson was born at the crossroads. It’s only natural, then, that he finds himself at home in Telluride’s multi-hyphenated music scene, headlining Saturday night’s Jazz Festival with his musical embrace of jazz, funk, and soul. “I'm a jazz...
NCAA petitions AGF, IGP to prosecute Tinubu’s praise singer KWAM1 for blocking moving aircraft
Peoples Gazette
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August 7, 2025
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has petitioned Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), and Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), to prosecute Fuji musician Wasiu ‘KWAM1’ Ayinde for blocking an...
Music world praying for beloved singer after father of her children dies at 48
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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August 7, 2025
Brandon Blackstock, the ex-husband of singer Kelly Clarkson, has died. He was 48. His rep told NBC in a statement that he died after a years-long battle with cancer. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has...
Bodyguard of Sierra Leonean Music Star Jacob Therapist Reportedly Arrested in Major Drug Bust in Liberia
Sierraloaded
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August 7, 2025
In a startling development, the personal bodyguard of rising Sierra Leonean music sensation Jacob Therapist has been reportedly arrested in a major drug trafficking operation at the Bo Waterside Port of entry, Grand Cape Mount County. The...
Iconic ‘80s singer Belinda Carlisle calls out Dua Lipa and young stars over raunchy antics
Seven News
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August 8, 2025
Belinda Carlisle thinks artists such as Dua Lipa are embarrassing themselves with their “sexualised” appearance. The former Go-Gos singer says she cannot understand why young female performers would think their raunch images are “empowering” and...
Booth Band to play Music for All Festival
The Citizen - Georgia
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August 7, 2025
The J.C. Booth Middle Symphonic Band has been invited to perform at the 2026 Southeastern Regional Music for All Concert Festival in March 2026. The event will give the band the opportunity to perform at the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia...
FULL LINEUP | 20+ Christian artists at Unity Festival in Muskegon
WZZM 13 - Michigan
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August 7, 2025
Unity Christian Music Festival brings 20+ artists to Muskegon Lake, concluding Saturday. MUSKEGON, Mich. — If you're anywhere near Muskegon Lake this weekend, you're likely to hear the songs from Unity Christian Music Festival reverberating across...
Lava Goes Pop Punk at The Annex in Norfolk this Saturday, The Annex co-owner Josh Coplon and Curtis Allison of the band Longsleeves tells us about it
Military News
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A year ago this month, a breath of fresh air in the musical scene for the Hampton Roads Area was infused with the opening of The Annex, a 460-person venue located at 2500 Church St. Unit A, just two blocks down the street from Maker’s Craft...
Canadian musician JP Saxe opens up about his tour cancellation
Oak Ridger - Tennessee
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Canadian musician JP Saxe is not shying away from the reason why he canceled his North America tour. The Grammy-nominated artist revealed on Aug. 1 that his team had to call off his fall tour. The announcement came after he posted a July 30 TikTok...
What’s up this weekend: Shakespeare and Fine Art in the park, music with Steel & Hammers and more
Palo Alto Online - California
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August 8, 2025
Actors from left, Brennan Pickman-Thoon as Proteus and Chanel Tilghman as Julia in “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” presented free in Redwood City’s Red Morton Park by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. Courtesy Jay Yamada. ‘The Two Gentlemen...
Isao Sasaki, Japanese Anison Singer, Celebrates 65th Anniversary of Career, Recovery from Illness with Concert
The Japan News
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August 8, 2025
Courtesy of BIRTHDAY SONG Isao Sasaki sings on stage in Tokyo on July 20. By Mishio Suzuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer 10:30 JST, August 8, 2025 Singer Isao Sasaki, famous for singing the theme of anime series “Uchu Senkan Yamato” (“Space...
Exorcistic: The Rock Musical
The Good Men Project - California
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August 7, 2025
This bold and high-octane horror-comedy has already garnered accolades, including the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Music and Lyrics in 2023 and the Broadway World NYC Award for Best New Musical Off-Off Broadway in 2024. As a personal...