Archive for August, 2009

Coming to the Shops at White Oak Village…

Olive Garden! Is it too much to ask for a Barnes and Noble? Hopefully that will be coming soon. Either way the growth is certainly a good thing. Is everyone enjoying having White Oaks so close to Fulton?

by Greater Fulton News

August 31, 2009

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Wylie & The Wild West

Ropin’, wranglin’, writin’, recordin’. They go hand-in-hand for Gustafson, leader of the acclaimed Wylie & the Wild West. Billboard declared "When Wylie & the Wild West play, folks get up and dance!" From nightclubs to state fairs, bars to barns, it rings true. Wylie’s infectious western music gets the crowd moving every time.

by Valerie Catrow

August 31, 2009

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Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill have created one of the most memorable musical partnerships of our era. Based in West Hartford, Connecticut and Chicago, Illinois, this spellbinding Irish fiddle and guitar duo weaves music that slowly smolders before exploding with exhilarating energy.

by Valerie Catrow

August 31, 2009

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Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga

Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga brings African dance rhythms to this year’s line-up. Now making his home in the U.S., this dynamic singer’s unique blend of Congolese rumba infused with the flavors of Kenya has made him an undisputed star of East African music.

by Valerie Catrow

August 31, 2009

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Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys

Featuring the masterful accordion and singing of front man Jeffrey Broussard, Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys is making waves on the Southwest Louisiana zydeco scene, delivering pack-the-floor renditions of Creole classics as well as its own brand of contemporary zydeco.

by Valerie Catrow

August 31, 2009

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Trouble Funk

One of Washington, DC’s most influential go-go bands, Trouble Funk will rock the Festival dance stage with the percussion-heavy funk groove that has been driving crowds crazy for three decades.

by Valerie Catrow

August 31, 2009

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The Jerry Douglas Band

Nashville-based Jerry Douglas is an innovator and a traditionalist and perhaps the finest player of the Dobro who has ever lived. Along with his group, The Jerry Douglas Band, the music of this resophonic guitar wizard transcends categorization.

by Valerie Catrow

August 31, 2009

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Swamp Dogg

Tidewater native and rhythm & blues legend Swamp Dogg returns to the Old Dominion from Los Angeles to serve up a musical “Total Destruction to Your Mind."

by Valerie Catrow

August 31, 2009

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Sounds of Korea

Since her arrival in the United States in 1982, Sue Yeon Park has been a major force in perpetuating traditional Korean performing arts in her adopted country. Shortly after settling in New York, Park founded Sounds of Korea, a performance troupe dedicated to preserving Korea’s traditional performing arts.

by Valerie Catrow

August 31, 2009

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CAR Task Force meets Thursday

The first meeting of City Council’s Task Force on the Commission of Architectural Review (CAR) is scheduled for Thursday, September 3, 2009, from 4-6PM, in the auditorium of the Richmond Fire Department Headquarters at 201 East Franklin Street. Subsequent meetings of the Task Force are planned at the same location on the first Thursday [...]

from Church Hill People's News

August 31, 2009

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