Long before singer Robert Plant formed the legendary rock group Led Zeppelin, he was a member of a blues band called Band of Joy. Now, some 40 years later, he's released a new CD by the latest incarnation of Band of Joy, with members that now include

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十)月

African Stars Give Band Aid 30 Ebola Track Cool Welcome LONDON Dozens of British music stars have come together to record a new version of the song Do They Know Its Christmas? to raise money for the fight against Ebola. But the song has not been univ

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, let's talk about Prince. Music lovers are still mourning the artist's death last April. And those paying tribute often return to one monumental work, Purple Rain. The album and the film won three Grammys and an Osc

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -May 3, 2002: George Mason / Music from The Band / Question About the International Space Station HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Artie Shaw, 1910-2004 : Last Great Musician of What Has Been Called the Big Band Era DOUG JOHNSON: Im Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell the story of a musician who led one of the most popula

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 17 June 2008 A Baghdad heavy metal band called Acrassicauda- Black Scorpion in English, became internationally known following a documentary made while they were performing in Iraq. But along with ethnicity and religious bel

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'Uncaged' Billed as Zac Brown Band's Best Album Yet The band describes its new album as the best record weve made. The 11 tracks cover everything from Country, Southern rock, and bluegrass, to Caribbean and rhythm blues. Since arriving on the Country

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Death of US College Band Member Spotlights Hazing The Florida AM University marching band is among the best in the country. Its highly regarded reputation, however, is now badly tarnished amid allegations of a widespread hazing scandal. No one could

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Band Builds Fan Base Through Technology, Live Experience LOS ANGELES Nick Sherwin of California-based Suburban Skies says his band promotes itself and controls its own destiny thanks to 21st Century technology. Social media is a wonderful thing, and

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The Band Perry Scores Big with 'Pioneer' The title track from the sibling trios first chart-topping collection was inspired by a journey across the United States. Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry drove from Nashville to California to record the project

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Exeter Brass Band in New Hampshire is one of the oldest continuously performing bands in the country. They've been around since 1847. This summer, they're back at it doing their usual Monday night run of free concerts from th

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: And now some words you don't often hear together - all-girl, teenage, Indonesian metal band. NPR's Ashley Westerman has this profile. ASHLEY WESTERMAN, BYLINE: The band's called Voice of Baceprot. Baceprot means noisy in the girl

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: On a Sunday night in Washington, D.C., a white-haired grandmother is warming up for her set at a local dive bar. ALICE DONAHUE: (Playing piano). You know what that is? Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (laughter). CHANG: This is A

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Boys In The Band opened off-Broadway 50 years ago. Since then, the play has been lionized as a groundbreaking portrayal of gay life in the 1960s. But it's also been criticized for depicting attitudes that run counter to the cur

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By Ernest Leong Washington, DC 12 February 2007 watch Second Amendment report For most of us who watch the evening news, our perceptions of how a politician should look and behave is well set in our minds. It is a carefully tailored image promoted b

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By Larry London Washington 13 November 2007 Drowning Pool's 2001 debut CD, Sinner, featured Dave Williams, who died in 2002 of heart failure, just a day after performing at Ozzfest. The band's music has appeared in films like Saw III, The Punisher, a

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By Phillip Wellman Dakar 16 September 2007 Efforts to reunite war-divided Ivory Coast have been fraught with difficulty, but some say the Ivorian band Magic System has been able to bring people together in a way politicians have not. The band is mark

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By Meghan McQuighan Washington, DC 05 June 2006 watch The Fray report The up and coming U.S. pop-rock group,

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Band Of Horses,驹之团,一只有乡村味道的独立摇滚乐队,音乐的旋律有清晨山中的凉爽,非常惬意、纯粹、简单又动听的独立摇滚风格,主唱的声音也很自然。 I'm coming up only to hold you under I'm

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At work one afternoon, my friend Michael asked me if I wanted to help him start a band. I was really surprised because I didnt even know Michael was a musician. As it turns out, not only was Michael a good guitarist, he was also a good songwriter. He

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