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WORLD MUSIC On her remarkable solo CD, “Jostojoo” (Forever Seeking), Tehran’s Mamak Khadem (formerly with Los Angeles’ Axiom of Choice) sings deep-rooted, world-fusion melodies from Iran, Turkey, Greece, and Armenia as traditional and modern instruments percolate behind her. “Through the 15th century, people traveling on silk caravans would gather around fires at night, playing music,” says Khadem, who performs tonight in Watertown. “Our ensemble
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The Music Hall in Portsmouth ends its “The Met @ The Music Hall” series for the season with a high-definition, simulcast screening of “La Fille du Regiment.” “La Fille” is a comedy about a young orphan raised by a group of soldiers who falls in love and learns her true identity. It takes her three hours and 10 minutes for her to do those things, so you may want to have a snack before you go to the show. 1:30 p.m. $27.50. The Music Hall, 104 Congress
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Asleep in a Box, not to be confused with that song sung by Justin Timberlake on “Saturday Night Live” (that was something else in a box, wasn’t it?), is at the Middle East Upstairs tonight for a show with two other bands from the Bay State, Aux and Sizzlechest. While both Aux and Sizzlechest have a more traditional rock sound, Asleep plays electro-rock that sounds like the future - or the soundtrack to a good 1980s movie. 9 p.m. $9. Middle East
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If a slack pace is the enemy of comedy, then one can’t fault Boston Lyric Opera for putting the whole of Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” on an express train. To complain that a transfer of setting from pre-Enlightenment Turkey to the 1920s glamour of the Orient Express robs the opera’s plot of plausibility is to assume that the plot had much plausibility to begin with.

“Abduction” is perhaps the ultimate anti-verismo opera; instead
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Colbie Caillat (rhymes with “valet”) is from California. But sometimes when she encounters fans of the laid-back, R&B-tinged pop of her 2007 debut album “Coco” they believe her hometown is MySpace. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter caused such a stir on the social networking site with her songs - uploaded by her friend Dom - that she went from bedroom composer to major-label artist within a year. Since then she’s toured with the Goo Goo Dolls and
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LONDON—Amy Winehouse was arrested on suspicion of assault Friday following reports that she scuffled with two men during a wild night out, Sky News television reported.

The 24-year-old soul diva, who recently entered rehab after years of erratic behavior and canceled concerts, arrived at a central London police station to answer questions relating to the alleged incident, her representatives said.

Police didn’t directly confirm that Winehouse
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Business Increase Using Moh

Generally people feel letting valuable business promotional opportunities pass you them. All of them know that just about every time we call larger businesses - we are going to be put on hold. Generally all of us also really hate that, so we might like millions of others be real tempted to hang-up after about a minute of silence. So, we have also discovered, if we think about it, that we are much
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Appropriateness Of Tune-up

Equipments on which music on hold works can develop problems, but you already knew that. If on hold music and messages system dies, or malfunctions, one should find out quickly what can be done to either get it repaired or replaced. Also in case one wants to change the messages then one should, find out how long it will take for you to get the new messages. This can be done by simply downloading
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The applause for Turkuaz, a white-hot Berklee funk band, had barely died down inside Cafe 939 when its singers, Shane Allen, an 18-year-old freshman, and Jennifer Hirsh, a 21-year-old senior, found themselves beaming (in matching gold lamè) on Boylston Street.

“Honestly, it’s about time,” said Hirsh, a music business major, of Cafe 939, the mostly student-run, all-ages music venue and coffeehouse that opened at 939 Boylston St. in December
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Has it really been 30 years since the B-52s erupted out of Athens, Ga., in a Day-Glo explosion of beehive hairdos, rock lobsters, and planets named Claire, as the giddiest beach party that Frankie and Annette never got invited to? High camp and trash culture - both celebrated stocks-in-trade of this gleefully outlandish combo - may be disposable, but Wednesday night before a sold-out, rapturous room at the Paradise, the B-52s proved they are anything but.

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At the height of the bubble-pop explosion of the late ’90s, a pixieish Swedish teenager managed, momentarily, to grab a corner of the spotlight from the Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync, and Britney Spears.

Working with the same Midas-like producer as her competition - countryman Max Martin - Robyn Carlsson scored a major hit in 1997 with “Show Me Love.” The melody is probably still rattling around in the brain pan of anyone who went near the pop radio
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The piece of scrap paper tacked to the door outside a Brighton rehearsal room bears a cheerful but petitioning message:

“Hi Big Dipper! Why don’t I hear ‘Meet the Witch’ coming from your room?”

Twenty years after the song appeared on the Boston band’s second album, “Craps,” Big Dipper, it seems, still has a few fans.

Inside the cramped rehearsal space, four guys who look much younger than their years are loudly running through their repertoire:
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What’s 30 years old and shows no sign of growing up, settling down, or getting a real job? It’s WBCN’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble, of course, a competition that aims to find the best rock band in the area. To celebrate three decades of local rock, tonight’s annual WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Finals (which features three bands - A.K.A.C.O.D., the Great Bandini, and Girls, Guns, & Glory) includes a special performance by the Neighborhoods (left), a reunited
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At the Regent Theatre tonight, it’s Slip Kid, a tribute to the Who led by Gary Cherone, who once fronted Extreme. Cherone will be backed by a full band that includes fellow Extreme member Paul Mangone on bass. The set list should include all of the big Who favorites - maybe even “Slip Kid.” 8 p.m. $10-$22.50. Arlington Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington, 781-646-4849. regenttheatre.com (more…)

RedOne can sing “Hangin’ Tough” and “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” as well as the next New Kids on the Block fan. Growing up a musical omnivore in Morocco, the up-and-coming producer says he liked everything from Bob Dylan to heavy metal to boy bands. But when it comes to the Boston group’s forthcoming reunion album, RedOne is more interested in looking ahead than back.

But whichever way he looks, he is excited.

“The whole album is full of
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The London Symphony Orchestra will perform Prokofiev and Beethoven in Symphony Hall under the volatile baton of Valery Gergiev March 25, an appearance that should be a highlight of the 2008-09 Celebrity Series of Boston season, details of which were announced today.

The total number of scheduled offerings will decline from 46 this season to 39 next season, though the organization will present a higher percentage of its events at Symphony Hall.
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The nostalgia wave currently gripping popular music seems to have left classical music largely untouched. Whereas thousands of fans will seemingly pay any price to hear a reunion concert of the Eagles or Police, you rarely hear someone pledging to liquidate their kids’ college funds if they could just hear the original lineup of, say, the Cleveland Quartet.

Nevertheless, one of the most highly anticipated concerts of the season is tonight’s reunion
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CLEVELAND—Alicia Keys has scrapped a concert in Cleveland after canceling her show in Pittsburgh earlier this week. A message posted on her Web site says the 27-year-old R&B singer has swollen vocal cords. She was scheduled to perform Thursday night at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center.

Keys plans to perform in Columbus on Saturday night.

Fans with tickets to the Cleveland show will have their tickets honored at Value City Arena in Columbus. They can also get a refund.

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LOS ANGELES—Ne-Yo is coming closer to Pine Valley.

The singer-songwriter will perform his songs “Closer” and “Stop This World” during an “All My Children” guest stint set to air May 21 and May 22. Ne-Yo will appear on the ABC daytime soap during the long anticipated second wedding of Angie and Jesse Hubbard, the supercouple played by Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams.

Of course, “All My Children” being “All My Children,” the wedding will
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CHICAGO—An attorney for two newspapers and The Associated Press says singer R. Kelly’s celebrity status doesn’t justify news media being barred from pretrial hearings in his pornography trial in Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and the AP are seeking transcripts of closed pretrial hearings and asking that a gag order on attorneys be lifted.

Kelly’s attorneys want more time to respond.

Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent
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LONDON—A British court has overruled the government’s decision to deny Snoop Dogg a visa after he was involved in an airport lounge brawl in 2006.

The Guardian newspaper says a panel of immigration judges has rejected an attempt by Britain’s Home Office to keep the 36-year-old U.S. rapper out of the country.

A lower court ruled in January that Snoop hadn’t started or been responsible for any public disorder.

Police arrested Snoop and
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—TobyMac won artist of the year and Casting Crowns singer Mark Hall collected four trophies at Wednesday’s 39th annual Dove Awards, which celebrate the best in gospel music.

“Are you kidding? This is crazy, man. I thought I was Mr. Pre-Televised awards,” joked TobyMac, whose real name is Toby McKeehan. “God has been faithful time and again to surround me with people that sharpen me and that make me better.”

TobyMac also
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NEW YORK—An eyewitness to the killing of Jam Master Jay was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a string of robberies after the Run-DMC legend’s death.

Federal prosecutors claim Ronald Washington was more than a witness to the 2002 shooting in Jay’s Queens recording studio. They have said in court papers that Washington brandished a gun and made people in the studio stay on the floor while an unidentified gunman shot Jay, whose real name was Jason Mizell.

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Review Of The Tori Amos Cd To Venus And Back

Not sure what’s happening with me on this one, but it seems like the more I listen to it, the better To Venus And Back gets. To Venus And Back simply stated is one of Tori Amos’s best CDs to date.

It’s a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in the bunch. I’m more than happy to announce that’s exactly what I must
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Review Of The Chick Corea Cd To The Stars

To The Stars is the latest Jazz CD put out by the extremely talented Chick Corea who once again has delivered a brilliant collection of tracks. I’m confident Chick Corea fans, and Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one.

It’s a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in the bunch. I’m more than happy to announce
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Solution To Exhaustion

Music keeps us alive. Whenever we are at work, in school, or even at home music makes our body in motion, so can you imagine if an event, like parties and weddings, have no music at all? You may leave the venue or not attend the venue at all. But with the presence of disc jockey services, the word “boring” is just a myth.

When it comes to giving fun and lively sounds, nobody does it better than
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Review Of The Yes Cd Time And A Word

Time And A Word is the latest release from Yes, and I can only think of one word to describe this CD… AWESOME!

Time And A Word kicks off with an outstanding track, No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed, that I anticipate will be heard on radio stations everywhere, and deservedly so. It’s a really nice track.

Time And A Word is a pleasantly varied, mix of
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Review Of The Gillian Welch Cd Time

The exceptionally talented Rock artist Gillian Welch has released her CD entitled Time. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Gillian Welch fans, and Rock fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Time Gillian Welch’s artistic excellence is on full display as Welch has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be her best work to date.
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Review Of The Heather Headley Cd This Is Who I Am

I can describe the latest release from Rock sensation Heather Headley for you with just one word… Outstanding!

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

The nice thing about a CD like this is when
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Review Of The Jennifer Lopez Cd This Is Me…then

The exceptionally talented Pop artist Jennifer Lopez has released her CD entitled This Is Me…Then. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Jennifer Lopez fans, and Pop fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of This Is Me…Then Jennifer Lopez’s artistic excellence is on full display as Lopez has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be her best work to date.
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