Music fans ring in 2009 at the Falls Music & Arts Festival . on Jan. 1 in Lorne, Australia. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave to. Beyonce after she performs "At Last" at the first Inaugural Ball. on Jan. 20. ... Cleveland, Ohio . The pioneering hip-hop group's third member,. Jam Master Jay, died in 2002. Madonna shows everyone who's boss at a stop on her. record-shattering Sticky & Sweet tour, the top-grossing tour. ever for a solo artist. ...

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Forex Trading: The Photos of the Year 2009

The city of New Orleans has a celebrated tradition of embracing all things macabre and doesn't really need an excuse like Halloween to throw a masquerade, but toss in a music festival with a bunch of freaky bands (and fans) and it's on. ... Rain or shine, it was time for The Black Keys, so we high-tailed it back up to the Playstation/Billboard.com Stage to catch the Akron, Ohio blues rock duo. Once again the rains came with a vengeance. Just like it did at Bonnaroo and ...

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NolaFunk NYC: Voodoo Experience | 10.30-11.01 | New Orleans

City Artists' Studio Tour, will yet again throw the ultimate celebration for creativity—the 4th Street Art & Music Festival . Located at the crossroads of 4th Street, Newark Avenue and Brunswick Street, the Festival will feature an array of ... Miss Ohio . • Beacon. • Una Pong. • Andrew Sullivan. • 2 X Four Orchestra. • Angela KaRIOTis. • Natty Adams. • Land of the Look Behind. • Dancing Tony's DJ Consortium. • Special guests. In between acts (and throughout the Festival ), ...

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The Village

The Newport Folk Festival is one of the longest running music festivals in America, and this year she celebrated her 50th anniversary (the festival did not take place from 1971-1985) with a huge array of artists spanning generations, ... Although sleep deprived and unkempt, they didn't let the jetlag stop them from delivering angst melting tunes like “Orphan Girl,” “My First Lover” and “Look at Miss Ohio ,” the latter featuring a blistering solo from Rawlings, ...

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Newport Folk Festival | 08.01 & 08.02 | RI | Hampton Phish 2009 ...

An important engagement at Steve Paul's prestigious New York club, the Scene from 15-21 May was quickly arranged, while the band also made regular visits to the Back Porch Club in Columbus, Ohio . ... In a fortuitous twist of fate, a friend in LA had asked Warner's boyfriend (at that time one of the promoters of Toronto's first mini outdoor music festival ) to accompany Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty of The Mamas and the Papas on a visit to Expo. What's more, he also asked ...

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3's a Crowd | garage hangover

Rhode Island's own Low Anthem made their Newport debut on the third stage, lowering the temperature in the audience with the lovely harmonies of the opener, "Charlie Darwin," and moving on to the slow, sinister rock crawl of "To Ohio . ... The great music , it's not what you play; it's what you don't play." (For his part, Miller said Bragg's comments "killed me.") Indie-rock darlings Fleet Foxes entranced the main stage audience with a combination of head-rush harmonies and ...

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Generations of folks enjoy the Newport festival - Projo 7 to 7 ...

The 7th annual 10000 Lakes Music Festival saw the return of Widespread Panic (who last played the fest in 2005) as well as newcomers Wilco and the Dave Matthews Band. The caliber of these world-class acts ensures 10KLF's position as a ... of this year's attendees consisted of Midwesterners from Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio , and of course, Minnesota. It seems that Detroit Lakes is happy to host the festival , as many of the locals look forward to 10KLF as a weekend vacation. ...

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10000 Lakes | 07.22 - 07.25 | MN | Hampton Phish 2009 Tickets

Although the success of the festival is inevitably measured by bums on seats, no compromise is made to pander to a more populist palette, and over the years the Bray Jazz Festival has become synonymous with quality music . .... Harris discovered Fortner whilst giving a clinic in Ohio and was so impressed by the pianist that he took him on the road. Throughout the concert there were plenty of signs to suggest that Fortner, who possess tremendous touch, a formidable ...

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10th Bray Jazz Festival