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“Keyboardist Ryan Burns has a controlled style on organ, Moog and Fender Rhodes, the latter played with a gorgeous chime-like tone.” -Scott Albin, Jazz Times

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Snow confounds motorists Saturday's cold, snowy weather created icy conditions on the roadways that resulted in dozens of traffic accidents all across the county.

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Local briefs, 12-7-08 (Macomb Daily)

Start "So Many Ways..." Christophe Wallemme | Bee Jazz (2008) Christophe Wallemme describes this effort as a "wink at the great standards of American jazz," a laudable objective but an affirmation that seems intended to confuse the listener.


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Dear Randy Travis, one of the great country music stories of southern Wisconsin involves an old acquaintance of yours from your early days in Nashville.


More here: Randy Travis and the dream of Madison's Frank James (Isthmus)

SHELBY - Fain Hamrick plans to make something good come from the downturn in the economy.His business, The Bradford House, 125 N.


Continue here: Consignment shop aims at men’s sporting goods ... and more (The Shelby Star)

The Fender Standard Series, one of the world's most popular electric guitar and bass series, recently received upgrades that include new finishes, tinted necks, parchment pickguards/control knobs and '70s-style logos.


Continue here: Fender® Upgrades Standard Series Electric Guitars And Basses (Harmony Central)

Three years ago, Music Exchange owner Ed Johnson took the bold step of adjusting his business model to include more online sales. Big mistake, according to many guitar-playing purists.


Continue here: Different tune in guitar sales (Colorado Springs Gazette)

Need some help sorting through the dizzying array of gift guides? Here are some of the more distinctive gifts from the annual gift guides by major specialty publications.


More here: Holiday shopping: A guide to gift guides (Naples Daily News)

MADISON – A rock band of seven suburban moms, “the Mood Swings,” will perform from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 22, at 54 Main Bar and Grille on Main Street in Madison.

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Suburban moms to rock out Friday at Madison venue (Madison Eagle)

RESIDENTS of a Hexham retirement home are walking on the moon after picking up a musical moneymaker. For they have been given a guitar once owned and now signed by Wallsend’s Gordon Sumner – better known as international superstar Sting.


More here: Hexham Courant (The Hexham Courant)