Smokey Robinson headlines upstate NY jazz festival
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- Smokey Robinson headlines upstate NY jazz festival
- Chicago Dancing Festival adds summer events
- Clash of Jazz Impresarios in New York and Newport
- Movement: Detroit’s electronic music festival announces more …
- China arrests 12 after TV complex towering inferno
Smokey Robinson headlines upstate NY jazz festival
The Associated Press
(AP) — Smokey Robinson Michael McDonald and Dave Brubeck will join 800 other musicians and singers performing at this year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival. The eighth-annual nine-day festival kicks off June 12 with a concert by Robinson whose hits with the Miracles include “Tears of a Clown” “You Really Got a Hold on Me” and “I Second That Emotion” organizers said Tuesday. The festival which drew 125000 people last year will comprise more than 250 shows ranging from formal concerts to free street gigs and featuring familiar virtuosos and rising stars from 17 countries. Among the headliners are Taj Mahal with the Susan Tedeschi Band Jake Shimabukuro with Carolyn Wonderland and S.
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Chicago Dancing Festival adds summer events
Chicago Tribune
The fest now in its third year begins Aug. 18 at the Harris Theater in a concert celebrating such contemporary choreographers as Robert Battle Jessica Lang Edwaard Liang and Trey McIntyre.
Clash of Jazz Impresarios in New York and Newport
New York Times
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Movement: Detroit’s electronic music festival announces more …
The Detroit News
Among the acts are Los Angeles-based producers The Glitch Mob German electro artist Anthony Rother and Detroit house DJ Delano Smith. “We spend a lot of time selecting artists and DJs that will appeal to electronic music enthusiasts” Jason Huvaere president of Movement organizers Paxahau Promotions Group said in a statement. “And I think with the addition of these 25 artists we have done a good job of putting together a solid mix of local and international performers to take the stages at Movement this year. ” Today’s lineup additions join a list of 35 acts including hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa and popular mashup artist Z-Trip that was announced last week.
China arrests 12 after TV complex towering inferno
Reuters
The 30-storey building just north of the spectacular gravity-defying CCTV tower designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas burned spectacularly on Feb 9 China’s Lantern Festival killing one firefighter. An initial investigation found the fire was caused by fireworks banned in the city because they were so powerful. The 12 arrested include the former head of CCTV’s construction office and eight employees of the Sanxiang fireworks company in south Hunan province. The charge has a maximum sentance of three years imprisonment although in particularly serious cases the jail term can be extended to seven years. CCTV had prepared camera crews to film its fireworks which coincided with the final day of the Lunar New Year holiday when the city sky was ablaze with smaller legal fireworks displays.
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