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    <title><![CDATA[   Rapper Busta Rhymes keeps London concert date ]]></title>
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        American rapper Busta Rhymes has performed at a charity concert after overcoming his problems with British immigration.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics ]]></title>
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        Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Daddy Yankee takes on new role as debate moderator ]]></title>
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        Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill - and Daddy Yankee?      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Donovan still a Sunshine Superman at 62 ]]></title>
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        Standing in the rain wasn&#39;t going to dampen Donovan&#39;s spirits.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Top record labels: artists, market share ]]></title>
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        Here&#39;s a look at the top record labels, their artists and their U.S. market share as of Oct. 9:      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Metallica drummer to sell Basquiat painting in NYC ]]></title>
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        Lars Ulrich, songwriter and drummer for the heavy-metal band Metallica, is selling a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting from his art collection that could set a new auction record for the artist, Christie&#39;s said Friday.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Even Britney Spears wonders what she was thinking ]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[   Brendan Canning explains Broken Social Scene's splintered but still very together existence ]]></title>
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        It&#39;s not the most conventional band there ever was. But at the same time, it&#39;s not that hard to figure out.&#39;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Rocker Meat Loaf hospitalized for 3 days in London ]]></title>
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        A publicist for Meat Loaf says the 57-year-old rocker was hospitalized in London for three days following an awards ceremony earlier this week.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Manhattan's historic Tin Pan Alley is up for sale ]]></title>
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        Tin Pan Alley, the home of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other great American songwriters, is up for sale.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Slash to play at Rock Hall's tribute to Les Paul ]]></title>
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        Slash couldn&#39;t miss a chance to pay tribute to his own guitar hero, Les Paul.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Second Tina Turner show is first-rate ]]></title>
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        Tina Turner&amp;rsquo;s second Sprint Center show in eight days was a lot like the first: a two-hour music/dance extravaganza punctuated with fits of reverence and joy.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   A reason to be Irish in Weston ]]></title>
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        Weston is throwing its annual reason to drink beer and listen to a ton of Irish music in the middle of autumn. The ninth annual three-day Weston Irish Festival is this weekend at the Weston Brewing Company and O&amp;rsquo;Malley&amp;rsquo;s Pub, 500 Welt St.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Drummer Carl Allen carries on Art Blakey's traditions and influences ]]></title>
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        Never forget that the drums can speak. And perhaps nobody in jazz has known better than Art Blakey, the master drummer, bandleader and communicator who&amp;rsquo;s being honored in a tribute concert Saturday at the Gem Theater, part of the Jammin&amp;rsquo; at the Gem series.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Randy Newman and the glory of sadness ]]></title>
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        The second song on Randy Newman&amp;rsquo;s latest album, &amp;ldquo;Harps and Angels,&amp;rdquo; is a lament called &amp;ldquo;Losing You.&amp;rdquo; At first it sounds like one in a long line of Newman love ballads written from the perspective of a guy who has lost a woman he loved more than he realized:      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Violinist Perlman lives up to his acclaim in KC performance ]]></title>
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        Musical royalty appeared at the Folly Theater on Saturday night as violinist Itzhak Perlman performed with pianist Rohan De Silva.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Review: Guest conducts symphony to exciting evening ]]></title>
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        It wasn&#39;t all that many years ago that a visit from a guest conductor was a hit-or-miss affair for the Kansas City Symphony. Some conductors elicited exhilarating performances and others &amp;mdash; well, let&#39;s just say they were lukewarm.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Tina Turner still rocks the house ]]></title>
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        This is a nice coincidence: Tina Turner returns to the world of live music in a year when gender and women&amp;rsquo;s stature have become part of the national conversation.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Local Round Up | &lsquo;Sonic Spectrum' marks anniversary at Czar Bar ]]></title>
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        This weekend features lots of small shows in good venues. And many of the bands and performers are local (and the cover charges are reasonable). Here are a few:      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   If concert sound is bad, don't blame the Sprint Center ]]></title>
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        Joyce DiDonato has graced opera stages in Paris, Amsterdam, New York, Barcelona and Tokyo. She&#39;s even been a cover girl for &quot;Opera News,&quot; the popular journal that reports on singers and opera in the US and abroad. And on Friday night, the mezzo-soprano joined the Kansas City Symphony for the opening concert of the orchestra&#39;s Classical Series in the Lyric Theater.      
    
  

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        The band MGMT is Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. The two have managed to generate a lot of success since 2006, when they signed a deal with Columbia Records. On Monday MGMT will open for Beck at the Uptown Theater. Goldwasser recently spoke about the band&amp;rsquo;s steady rise in popularity and its commitment to staying grounded.      
    
  

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        Not too many singer/songwriters start their careers the way Jackson Browne did: issuing the four best albums of his career.      
    
  

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        The Eagles are coming to the Sprint Center on Nov. 9, a Sunday. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29. Presale news will be forthcoming.      
    
  

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        A French museum has found a previously unknown piece of music handwritten by Mozart. We&#39;ve posted an image of it and invite you to play it and share it.      
    
  

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        Robert Plant and Alison Krauss open the fall leg of their &amp;ldquo;Raising Sand&amp;rdquo; tour Tuesday at Starlight Theatre. Plant and Krauss are legends in the worlds of rock and bluegrass. And their band leader, T-Bone Burnett, is best-known for his work as a producer, including the award-winning (and commercial blockbuster) soundtrack to &amp;ldquo;O Brother Where Art Thou?&amp;rdquo;      
    
  

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        After a quick trip back to his hometown of Blue Springs last weekend, &#147;American Idol&#148; winner David Cook is back in Los Angeles, where he started work this week on his first post-&#145;Idol&#148; album. He talked with us on Wednesday about that record, his hometown and other &#147;Idol&#148;-related issues.      
    
  

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        Pretenders fans with high expectations for the group&#39;s first studio album in six years will be sorely disappointed.      
    
  

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        In a show defined by throbbing dance music, tight choreography, spectacular stage sets and stunning visuals, perhaps the most stirring moment during the kickoff concert to Madonna&#39;s &quot;Sticky &amp; Sweet&quot; tour came when the Material Girl stood onstage with just her guitar and a few musicians for an acoustic set.      
    
  

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