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- New wave of singer-songwriters takes to local stages (The Capital Times)
Steve Earle called them hard-core troubadours and thought he'd seen the last of 'em. The tough-as-a-mule Texas folk singer knows the type well, as a man who spent years carving durable melodies stuffed with smart lyrics and oozing with wounded passion, social righteousness and romantic loss. Earle usually knows what he's talking about, but a group of singer-songwriters around here seems to be ...
- Cobalt hosts first annual Poetic Festival - Northern Daily News
Cobalt hosts first annual Poetic FestivalNorthern Daily News, Canada - 5 hours agoThe first annual Poetic Festival of its kind for the Temiskaming area was held last week in conjunction with National Poetry Month in Canada. ...
- Amy Varner enjoys time with family (Keokuk Daily Gate City)
Amy Varner is the office manager for the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Keokuk, Inc. and Keokuk Area Convention and Tourism Bureau. “I am originally from Columbia, Mo., but moved to Hannibal, Mo., to attend Hannibal-LaGrange College,” she said.
- Dub-poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson at Nectar's (Plattsburgh Press Republican)
PLATTSBURGH -- Author Russell Banks attended the annual Calabash Festival in Jamaica and returned with a volume of Linton Kwesi Johnson's selected poems, published by Penguin Modern Classics in England.
- Mr. Tubbs - American Reporter
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Whoever said there is no such thing as coincidence wasn't in this quiet room this morning. The light touch of the computer keys addressing Amazon.com was the only sound. I was hoping to find a listing for a VHS or DVD video ...
- 100-year-old pianist guest of honor at Sunday open house - Marion Daily Republican
100-year-old pianist guest of honor at Sunday open houseMarion Daily Republican, IL - Apr 12, 2008She writes poetry and has written a few songs. Esther loves to read. From January 2003 until the end of 2007, she had read 639 books. ...
- Thomas Tallis and The Spectator - Telegraph.co.uk
Thomas Tallis and The SpectatorTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoMusic, like poetry, can still be great when it performs the seemingly simple task of carrying a hymn. Vaughan Williams appreciated what Tallis's theme was ...
- Mother: Victim was harassed
Tulsa World - She enjoyed writing poetry. "She wrote about her family. She wrote about things she loved, flowers and wanting her family to be happy and being happy herself," she said.
- Leader's representative: Iranians and Pakistanis same nation - IRNA
Leader's representative: Iranians and Pakistanis same nationIRNA, Iran - 2 hours ago... in mind that the greatest Pakistani poet, Allameh Iqbal Lahouri, composed in Persian language and his poems are among the best pieces of Persian poetry. ...
- Well versed in jazz, ensemble adding words - Charlottesville Daily Progress
Well versed in jazz, ensemble adding wordsCharlottesville Daily Progress, VA - Apr 17, 2008Tonight, audience members settling into their seats in Cabell Hall Auditorium can expect to hear poetry and music find common ground — and uncommon ...
- Advocate dies short of 100
Recorder Community Newspapers - Over the years she enjoyed collecting and reciting poetry and always included a poem when she was called upon to share her experiences at speaking engagements.
- Forging Cultural Ties ‘Need of the Hour’ - Arab News
Arab NewsForging Cultural Ties ‘Need of the Hour’Arab News, Saudi Arabia - 2 hours agoAnwar Moazzam, Islamic scholar, academician, writer and director of Urdu Documentation Center in Hyderabad, called for a people-to people dialogue to forge ...
- Flood reduction group debuts (The Findlay Courier)
More than 300 people heard some straightforward talk about flood reduction Wednesday night, as the Northwest Ohio Flood Mitigation Partnership introduced itself to the public in Findlay.
- An Interview with Greg Weisman, Producer of “The Spectacular ... - Firefox News
Firefox NewsAn Interview with Greg Weisman, Producer of “The Spectacular ...Firefox News, AZ - 2 hours agoBy Peter Gutiérrez Over the past fifteen years, Peter's creative work in horror—short fiction, poetry, and comics—has appeared in numerous anthologies, ...
- Police make arrest in slayings, sex assaults - AZCentral.com
A combination of tips from the public and swift work by the Mesa police crime lab led to an arrest Wednesday of a suspect in a series of sexual assaults and two strangulations in Mesa and Phoenix, authorities said. "We want to let the community know ...
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