A woman on the verge From Times Online The 33-year-old Australian singer, known simply as Sia, puts her verbal diarrhoea down to delirium: she was downing white russians after a gig in Glasgow the previous evening, then flew to London, and she still hasn't slept. Best known for her work with Zero 7 she is the only guest vocalist to have appeared on all three of their albums Sia is set to break through as a solo artist with her new album, Some People Have Real Problems, released this week. By the end, a guy was frantically running...

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Sanctified soul From GoErie.com They don't just play groove music, they are groove music. Those albums, plus later ones for Groove Merchant and Cadet, veered from the traditional be-bop of Jimmy Smith and Richard "Groove" Holmes into the fledgling pop-jazz and funk arenas. Al Lubiejewski is an Erie attorney, freelance writer, and JazzErie member who hosts both "Bop 'n The Blues" Fridays at 8 p.m. and "Jazz Ballads & Blues" Sunday nights at 7 p.m. on Erie's WQLN, 91.3 FM. Godfathers of Groove will perform Friday at 8 p.m....

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Back To Mine - Krafty Kuts From I Like Music The acclaimed Back To Mine series opens its account for 2008 with a superlative set from super deck technician, Krafty Kuts, AKA Martin Reeves. The aforementioned Nas makes an appearance with 'Nas Is Like' followed swiftly by The Soul Searchers' classic 'Ashley's Roachclip' that Eric B and Rakim put to such good use on 'I Know You Got Soul' and 'Paid In Full'. Dropping seamlessly into 'Roll Over Baby' his collaboration with sometime partner in crime A-Skillz, fronted by Ashley Slater, Krafty...

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Concerts in Bulgaria 2007: The beat goes on From Sofia Echo Or, a different complete happiness has found you comfortably sitting in a concert chamber while the music is soothing your spirit. Another ex-Rainbow and ex-Deep Purple member, Ritchie Blackmore, and his new band Blackmore s Night arrived in Bulgaria in April for their third concert in the country. The latest mega over-crowded concert was in November, just before the really cold weather froze all longings for outdoor events, when the youngest star on the R & B stage Rihanna arrived to give a...

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Kenya: Project Fame Winner Finally Off the Blocks From AllAfrica.com Philip Mwaniki Nairobi After a whole year's silence, the second runner-up in talent search Tusker Project Fame, Linda Muthama, has finally released her debut album and expresses the hope that 2008 will be her year. Since the contest last year, she has not been heard in the music cycles as expected, with critics saying that she would never release an album. With the release of their albums, they hope to inject new energy into the local music scene with new energy to steer it away from the...

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