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UMG-backed Chord Music Partners secures strategic investment from Searchlight Capital Partners
MusicWeek
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Chord Music Partners, a management and acquisition platform for music intellectual property, has received a strategic investment from funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners. The global investment fund has reportedly committed $400 million,...
The Mount offers fall lineup of spooky tours, art and immersive NightWood experience
The Berkshire Eagle - Massachusetts
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The Mount in Lenox has announced its fall offerings, including "Wharton on Wednesdays" and the return of NightWood in November. BEN GARVER — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE LENOX — This fall, The Mount, Edith Wharton’s historic home and estate, invites...
How to Buy Digital Art
Artsy
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August 14, 2025
Art Market Maxwell Rabb Digital art is no longer on the fringes of the art world. As technology seeped into every aspect of daily life, its rise as an artistic medium feels inevitable. While the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) boom of 2021–22 may have...
How Active Musical Engagement Benefits Your Health
Psychology Today
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Music has an important role to play in keeping us healthy. Passively listening to music to modulate one’s mood is the most common way people interact with music. However, active engagement with music yields far greater health benefits for both our...
How Movies Make Music Fans: Billy Joel Documentary Shows How the Right Film Can Win New Audiences
Billboard
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August 15, 2025
Music films don’t get much respect — most of the older ones are basically brand extensions, and many of the new ones are extended ads. These days, most biopics and “rockumentaries” are made at least partly to introduce older artists to a new...
Funk, hip-hop, soul to be found at West Kelowna's Music in the Park
Lake Country Calendar
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Music in the Park in West Kelowna on Friday (Aug. 15) features producer and live-loop artist Jodie B and headliner Nouveau Funk. Jodie B blends hip-hop, electronic, and soul influences and has opened for legendary hip-hop acts and performed at...
Appaloosa at 10: Americana Music Festival With a Catholic Soul
National Catholic Register
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Soon in the Shenandoah Valley, fiddles will warm up, as horses stir in their paddocks, and a large tent fills with families getting ready for Mass. By afternoon, the same grounds will pulse with music from two main stages from a lineup of...
Logo Rhythm: hot lips, drop Ts and other marques that made rock music immortal
STIRworld
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In many ways, and for many, music has always been visual, even before MTV conditioned us to associate it with elaborate staging, scenography, impassioned performances and even abstract videography through music videos. As part of that visual...
Bago cautions clerics, others against religious intolerance
Punch
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August 14, 2025
Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has cautioned clerics against religious intolerance in the state. The governor, who laid the foundation for religious tolerance among all the stakeholders in the state, further advocated for religious harmony...
International roots musicians to share stage with Rajasthani folk artistes at Jodhpur RIFF
Hindustan Times
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August 14, 2025
New Delhi, In its 18th year, Jodhpur RIFF music festival will host a bouquet of global roots musicians at the iconic Mehrangarh Fort, featuring artistes from 12 countries, including India, Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Poland, Colombia, and Portugal....
Singularism, a religion that uses psychedelic drugs, is testing Utah's religious freedom law
KJZZ - Arizona
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August 14, 2025
Last year, Utah lawmakers passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which gives people more power to challenge the government if it interferes with their religious beliefs. Religious freedom is, in many ways, the backbone of the major religion...
The annual Portland Chamber Music Festival hopes to provide 'a warm hug of beautiful music'
News Center Maine
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August 14, 2025
PORTLAND, Maine — In its 32nd summer, the Portland Chamber Music Festival has moved from the University of Southern Maine to a new home at Stevens Square Theater. Its mission, though, remains the same: “To connect, inspire, and celebrate community...
Donnelly woman coming home as part of Musical Ride
South Peace News
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August 14, 2025
RCMP Corps Sgt. Major Elaine Maisonneuve, formerly of Donnelly, will participate in the RCMP Musical that comes to Donnelly on Aug. 27. Richard Froese South Peace News When the Canadian-famed RCMP Musical Ride presents a show in Donnelly on Aug....
Community input helps shape Lafayette's music strategy
KATC 3 ABC - Louisiana
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August 14, 2025
Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) is taking a step forward in supporting Lafayette’s music community, building on the foundation laid through the 2024 Lafayette Music Census. The census, made possible through the initial investment and...
Loon painting, live horse painting and horse riding offered in Pequot Lakes
Pine and Lakes Echo Journal - Minnesota
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August 14, 2025
PEQUOT LAKES — Pequot Lakes Community Education offers the following upcoming classes. Register at pequotlakes.arux.app . Paint a Colorful Loon (ages 16+): 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20. Fee: $46. Capture the beauty and elegance of the iconic loon...
Kick streamer Xena the Witch is arrested for ‘shooting bystander with PAINTBALL GUN’ during influencer scavenger hunt
The U.S. Sun
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August 14, 2025
A CONTROVERSIAL kick streamer has been arrested after she allegedly shot an unsuspecting bystander in the leg with a paintball gun. Amaris Sampson, known as 'Xenathewitch' on social media, has reportedly been charged with assault and bodily injury...
Hit Broadway musical comedy Something Rotten! and world premiere play Achilles in Arcadia
The Culver City News - California
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August 14, 2025
Something Rotten! with Music & Lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick, and Book by John O’Farrell & Karey Kirkpatrick premiered on Broadway in 2015 and was nominated for ten Tony Awards, including Best New Musical. Torrance Theatre Company is...
The best yellow paint colors, according to design pros
The Detroit News - Michigan
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If you’ve been feeling sunny-side up lately — at least when it comes to your paint color choices — you’re not alone. Yellow is having a moment. “We’re going to start seeing yellow in the next year and a half, two years,” said Jordan Slocum,...
WEEKEND TOP PICKS: Markets and Live Music for All to Enjoy
93.7 HD2 The Outlaw - Florida
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August 14, 2025
Our weekend top picks have plenty of markets and live music to keep you entertained. OCALA, FL (352today.com) – This weekend has a variety of markets catered to outdoor ventures, comics, food, family fun and more. Live music with a variety of...
Live streamer arrested for allegedly shooting someone with a paintball gun near Lady Bird Lake
KVUE - Texas
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August 14, 2025
Amaris Sampson, known online as "Xena the Witch," has been charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the incident. AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police have arrested a woman they say shot someone with a paintball gun while livestreaming near Lady...