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Fall arts picks: Classical music
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Guns N' Roses announces first U.S. tour in five years
Pop & HissGuns N' Roses to embark on first U.S. tour in five years... -
Dave Grohl mingles past, present with Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl saw the news online: The famously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church planned a protest outside a Foo Fighters concert in Kansas City, Mo. The band was another target of the tiny church, which has heckled the funerals of fallen U.S. soldiers,...Tags: Documentary (genre), Nirvana (music group), Naked Raygun (music group), Entertainment Events, Foo Fighters (music group)
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It's not so easy to open a concert hall. Ask Montreal.
Culture MonsterLa Maison Symphonique, the new concert hall for the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, opened its doors in September to much fanfare. The building was highly anticipated, having been delayed numerous times in two decades. But in the weeks since its... -
George Ramos dies at 63; former Times reporter and columnist
George Ramos, a longtime reporter, editor and columnist at the Los Angeles Times who played a key role in a groundbreaking series on Latinos in Southern California that won the paper a Pulitzer Prize in 1984, has died. He was 63.
Ramos was found Saturday...Tags: Politics, National or Ethnic Minorities, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Mass Media, Awards and Prizes
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Gene McDaniels dies at 76; pop singer and songwriter
Gene McDaniels, who emerged as a pop singing star in the early 1960s with hits such as "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" and "Tower of Strength" and a decade later wrote Roberta Flack's No. 1 hit "Feel Like Makin' Love," has died. He was 76.
McDaniels, whose...Tags: Johnny Mathis, Roberta Flack, Sarah Vaughan, Achievement Records, Gladys Knight
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Jay-Z and Kanye West reschedule 'Watch the Throne' tour [Updated]
Pop & HissGetting Jay-Z and Kanye West, the two biggest names in hip-hop, together on one stage wouldn't be possible without just a little bit of patience -- and a flexible calendar. Ahead of the release of their highly anticipated "Watch the...... -
Jerry Leiber dies at 78; lyricist in songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller
Jerry Leiber, who with his songwriting partner, Mike Stoller, created a songbook that infused the rock 'n' roll scene of the 1950s and early '60s with energy and mischievous humor, has died. He was 78.
Leiber, the words half of the duo, died Monday at...Tags: Edith Piaf, Phil Spector, Achievement Records, Contracts, Irving Berlin
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Wynton Marsalis swings for the fences
Wynton Marsalis is explaining jazz to me by talking about my boots. He is coming to Walt Disney Concert Hall this weekend to play his ambitious new composition, "Swing Symphony," with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. But before we get into musical details,...Tags: Carnegie Hall, Leonard Slatkin, Wynton Marsalis, Walt Disney, African Americans
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Missouri's bloody Civil War battles
Special to the Los Angeles Times"Split state" used to sound simple to me, as though it were 50-50, North versus South, nice tidy halves. But Missouri wasn't just split in the Civil War. It was shattered. Rifts ran through every level of society all over the state — through...Tags: Westport, Crimes, Slavery, Wars and Interventions, Unions
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PASSINGS: Ryne Duren, Mick Karn, Jill Haworth
Ryne Duren
All-Star pitcher with Angels, Yankees had blazing fastball
Ryne Duren, 81, an All-Star pitcher who joined the Los Angeles Angels during their first season and whose blazing fastball, occasional wildness and thick glasses provided the...Tags: Kate Bush, Obituaries, Celebrities and Health Issues, Cincinnati Reds, Human Interest
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Charlie Louvin dies at 83; country singer
Charlie Louvin, the country singer whose scintillating harmonizing with his brother Ira created a distinctive template for duet singing that strongly influenced the Everly Brothers, the Beatles, the Byrds and successive generations of singers including...
Tags: Country and Western (genre), Defense, Capitol Records, Celebrities and Health Issues, Jeff Tweedy
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