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| 06/13/13 07:25 PM
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Another star-studded country music concert is planned to benefit victims of the deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma last month.
Toby Keith announced Thursday that his Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert will...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/13/13 03:25 PM
Virtuoso guitarist John McLaughlin has reigned at the top of the charts for the past 40 years and continues to astound his peers. British guitarist Jeff Beck calls him "the best guitarist alive" and jazz pianist Chick...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/13/13 03:10 PM
Celtic Woman has been a worldwide phenomenon since it was founded in 2004 by Emmy-nominated music director David Downes. The virtuoso violinist Mairead Nesbitt shares the stage with vocalists Chloe Agnew, Lisa Lambe and...
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By NANCY DUNHAM | 06/13/13 03:00 PM
In a way, Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper are a bit of an odd couple.
On the surface, they are both shock rockers. Manson is still touring behind his 2012 album "Born Villain" that he said took him back to the sounds...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/13/13 01:25 PM
Each season, the Wolf Trap Opera Company outdoes itself. This summer is no exception. There are three new productions and three recitals, one at the Phillips Collection of music highlighting the art on display, and a...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/12/13 04:40 PM
Abbey Road was briefly in front of the Capitol earlier this month. On June 6, Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. brought George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to briefly walk the sidewalk there to...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/12/13 03:55 PM
David Hardy, principal cello of the National Symphony Orchestra, grew up admiring and listening to recordings by Mstislav Rostropovich. In honor of his hero, he will perform Henri Dutilleux's "Tout un monde lointain" ("A...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/12/13 03:40 PM
Every summer, audiences gravitate to the welcoming breezes of Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and the exciting potpourri of musical styles that promise something for everyone. Some of the most popular...
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By MARIE GULLARD | 06/12/13 03:00 PM
At any given time in a symphony's performance repertoire, Leonard Bernstein's score to the iconic 1961 blockbuster movie "West Side Story" would be an exceptional offering.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, under the...
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By BARBARA MACKAY | 06/11/13 04:00 PM
There have been many excellent musicals and revivals in Washington's 2012-2013 theater season, but the best new play is Aaron Posner's "Stupid F---ing Bird" at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre.
Of course, Posner has to share...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/11/13 03:50 PM
The Indigo Girls began singing together during college with no aspirations other than having fun. Three decades later, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray are going strong as one of the most recognizable folk-rock duos around. This...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/11/13 03:15 PM
Folk legend Joan Baez soothed the turbulent '60s with her strong, pure voice and the courage to deliver a bottomless repertoire of melodies brimming with humane messages. Her Wolf Trap concert with the Indigo Girls will...
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| 06/10/13 06:15 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge is admonishing the top executive of AEG Live to answer questions from an attorney for Michael Jackson's mother without arguing with the lawyer.
Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos told CEO...
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By LYNN ELBER | 06/10/13 06:15 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Cher has a date with NBC's "The Voice."
NBC said Monday the pop star will perform live on the talent contest's June 18 season finale.
She will sing "Woman's World," the first single off her...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/10/13 04:10 PM
What could have been done to thwart President Lincoln's assassination in Ford's Theatre? Richard Hellesen tackles that question in his award-winning one-act play "One Destiny" starring Stephen F. Schmidt as Harry Ford and...
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By BARBARA MACKAY | 06/10/13 03:55 PM
Long before "women's lib" became a familiar concept, playwrights dealt with the notion of women who broke with social expectations and lived independently. In America in 1932, S.N. Behrman wrote a thoughtful, entertaining...
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By NANCY DUNHAM | 06/10/13 02:55 PM
Aaron Lewis is really living up to the title of his No. 1 hit country song, "Country Boy."
The longtime Staind frontman is set to release his full-length album "The Road" at the end of the month. Lewis wrote almost all...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/09/13 06:25 PM
"One Night with Janis Joplin," a concert-as-theatre tribute to the iconic singer, is headed back to the District, where it sold out Arena Stage in its first run last fall. A few newbies joined the cast just in time to...
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By ANICK JESDANUN | 06/09/13 05:50 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads on Monday as the company opens its annual conference for software developers.
Apple hasn't said...
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By NANCY DUNHAM | 06/09/13 04:05 PM
Stephen Kellogg is back with a new album, but the longtime Sixers -- known to fans as the SK6ERS -- are on a hiatus.
The cause wasn't due to any personal animosity or friction, said Kellogg as he traveled from Illinois...
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By NANCY DUNHAM | 06/06/13 08:00 PM
John Gourley seems embarrassed when he's told that some refer to him as "the coolest rock star ever."
The frontman and founder of Portugal. The Man and his bandmates may be riding high with the band's Danger...
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By BARBARA MACKAY | 06/06/13 07:55 PM
Theater J's final play in its 2012-2013 season, Jacqueline Lawton's "The Hampton Years," is a carefully researched, meticulously detailed historical play that outlines several large, intertwined narratives: the slow...
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By NANCY DUNHAM | 06/06/13 07:30 PM
See that bright light? That's Willie Nile's star rising. And it's about time!
Silly that it has taken him several decades to begin to reap the kind of praise that his music has deserved for the 35 years of his career....
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By ROBERT FULTON | 06/06/13 05:10 PM
When Dave Koz was of an age that he started visiting the local record store, the first album he bought was Tower of Power's "Back to Oakland." It was that 1974 LP that inspired the budding musician to make the saxophone...
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By EMILY CARY | 06/06/13 04:55 PM
Washington National Opera's American Opera Initiative, a new commissioning program for contemporary American opera, presents the world premiere of "Approaching Ali" this week.
Composed by D.J. Sparr, the opera is based...
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By BARBARA MACKAY | 06/05/13 04:50 PM
One of Arena Stage's most successful shows in the 2012-2013 season was "One Night With Janis Joplin," a musical tribute to the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll." In fact, the show was so successful that Arena Stage is bringing it...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/05/13 04:35 PM
Let freedom belt it out: Barry Manilow, "American Idol"-winning country singer Scotty McCreery, "Glee" star Darren Criss, "Smash" and Broadway star Megan Hilty and young classical singer Jackie Evancho will sing for the...
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