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Sally Ride, first US woman in space, dies at 61
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by...
Tags: Barack Obama, Jane Fonda, Science, Rocketry, Pancreatic Cancer
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Website to pay $950K for posting Beatles hits
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents apiece before they became legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton Tucker...Tags: The Beatles (music group), Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Apple Inc., Companies and Corporations
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'Harpejji' gaining traction in music world
It looks a little bit like a body board, and it does ride the waves — sound waves, that is. Meet the harpejji, a fretted string instrument invented and built in the Baltimore area.
Coldplay bought one. A.R. Rahman, who composed the score to...Tags: Electronics, A.R. Rahman, Nashville, Sykesville, Companies and Corporations
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They conduct classical, but they love pop and rock too
Ever wonder what longhairs listen to when they let their hair down? Once upon a time, when conductors were regarded as remote intellectual titans, no one would have thought to ask. Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, once described...
Tags: Paul Anka, Whitney Houston, YouTube, Irving Berlin, Concerts
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Interview: Don't play your own songs -- and other DJ advice from Pete Wentz
You're more likely to find Pete Wentz behind a laptop than a guitar these days. In addition to his role as one half of the L.A.-based electronic duo Black Cards, the former Fall Out Boy bassist spends his time DJ-ing at clubs and parties (and the...
Tags: The Temptations (music group), Pete Wentz, Entertainment Events, Fall Out Boy (music group), Lollapalooza
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Pop-rockers show problems with older songs, promise of new ones at Penn's Peak
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGPop-rock band SafetySuit’s show Sunday at Penn’s Peak near Jim Thorpe suffered the same course as the pop-rock quartet’s career. And it showed the same promise, as well. SafetySuit singer Doug Brown at Penn's Peak on Sunday Photos by... -
Join Peas & Q's Club - Zumbatomic Saturday
Lehigh Valley ParentingKids love coming to the free weekly children’s series at SteelStacks in Bethlehem that has featured everything from nationally known kids’ bands to popular movies. Now they can join a new Peas & Qs Club that will entitle them to all types of... -
Fired "Gangnam Style" lifeguards getting global support
L.A. NOWMost of the 13 lifeguards and a manager who lost their jobs after spoofing the Korean pop song and posting it online will be making their case to be hired back Tuesday, and support has come from all over the world via social media.... -
Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTop 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. MADONNA Once was Madonna actually had good songs — her zenith was 1986’s “Open Your Heart.” But she long ago traded image for true artistry, and has had only one chart-topping song...... -
Kids music fills Levitt Pavilion this week
Lehigh Valley ParentingNorth Carolina's favorite power pop band for kids, Big Bang Boom, fronted by Ben Folds' little brother Chuck will hit the Levitt Pavilion stage at 11 a.m. Wednesday with solid, hard-rockin', parent-friendly music. The free concert, part of ArtsQuest... -
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Change of SubjectTech-Crunch story: According to Nielsen’s latest “Music 360” report, ...for almost two-thirds of U.S. teenagers... Google’s YouTube is now a more important source of music than radio (54%), iTunes (53%) and CDs (50%). I've...
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