Thanks to her 19-year-old daughter, a 54-year-old mom takes in Ethan Nestor’s hometown show and comes away an enthusiast.
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Brunswick High School choirs, wind ensemble take home gold
Over April vacation break, members of the Brunswick High School chamber and treble choirs, along with the wind ensemble, traveled to Washington DC to compete in the WorldStrides Heritage Music Festival. Students saw success, with the wind ensemble taking home first place, the highest score award and the adjudicator award. the treble choir took home […]
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Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean win big at CMT Music Awards
The show uses fan votes to honor the best in country music videos.
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Bobby Rydell, ’60s teen idol and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ star, dies at 79
Along with James Darren, Fabian and Frankie Avalon, Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food
I tried one of Dolly Parton’s new cake mixes, and it got me out of my 9-to-5 funk
Dolly Parton’s “favorite” banana pudding cake was a sweet mood lifter, even if it wasn’t as tasty as it was pretty.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death reveals the vulnerability we all share
There is so much more to every story than we will ever see – or than headlines can ever tell us.
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Folk musician Tom Rush to perform at Chocolate Church
Influential folk musician Tom Rush will perform alongside Matt Nakoa at Bath’s Chocolate Church Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26. Tom Rush’s impact on American music been profound. Beginning in 1965, Rush made three albums for Elektra Records, culminating in “The Circle Game,” which Rolling Stone has credited with ushering in the singer/songwriter […]
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Brunswick band plays on, to national acclaim
The Brunswick High School Honors Wind Ensemble overcame pandemic-driven challenges to become a semifinalist for The American Prize: Ernst Beacon Memorial Award for Performance of American Music.
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Bedside table: A muse of another species
“I bought ‘Mozart’s Starling’ by Lyanda Lynn Haupt at Bull Moose in Waterville. It thrilled me to read about the ordinary starling being a pet for Mozart for three years in his Vienna apartment. The author experienced the same in her home in order to write her bird facts and music facts. Star was Mozart’s […]
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Chocolate Church announces holiday season performances
The Chocolate Church Arts Center presents a packed schedule of holiday-themed events in late November and throughout December. The lineup will feature everything from a Motown concert to a Charlie Brown tribute show from piano legend David Benoit. To kick things off, on Saturday, Nov. 27, Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations will return to […]