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		<title>Tracy Silverman &amp; Nashville Symphony Perform Electric Violin Concerto in Carnegie Hall</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/17/tracy-silverman-nashville-symphony-perform-electric-violin-concerto-in-carnegie-hall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pushing Musical Boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnegie Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concerto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric violin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nashville Symphony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring for Music Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Riley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Palmian Chord Ryddle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Silverman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across a great story on the Tennessean about a unique programming choice by the Nashville Symphony for their recent trip to Carnegie Hall. The orchestra commissioned American minimalist composer Terry Riley to write a concerto to be performed with electric violinist Tracy Silverman. The Symphony&#8217;s performance was part of the Spring for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kid Rock Jams with Detroit Symphony Orchestra for Fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/15/kid-rock-jams-with-detroit-symphony-orchestra-for-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pushing Musical Boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classical Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come across some untraditional collaborations between rock musicians and orchestras, but this one has to be the most unusual. Brian McCollum of the Detroit Free Press wrote a post about Detroit native Kid Rock&#8216;s performance with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on May 12. The event was a fundraiser, which, according to a DSO press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knock down Extreme Groupies with Shannon Tweed&#8217;s New Videogame</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/10/knock-down-extreme-groupies-with-shannon-tweeds-new-videogame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/10/knock-down-extreme-groupies-with-shannon-tweeds-new-videogame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rock/Heavy Metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attack of the Groupies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Simmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goji Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KISS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile videogame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shannon Tweed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie Tweed-Simmons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was so entertained by this tidbit I found on Noisecreep that I just had to share. Shannon Tweed, the wife of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons (and she officially is Gene&#8217;s wife now!) has joined with Goji Games to create a mobile videogame called Attack of the Groupies. In the game, fans can fight against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smithsonian Folkways Presents Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection: Woody at 100</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/09/smithsonian-folkways-presents-woody-guthrie-centennial-collection-woody-at-100/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/09/smithsonian-folkways-presents-woody-guthrie-centennial-collection-woody-at-100/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 03:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smithsonian Folkways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woody at 100]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woody Guthrie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This year would’ve been Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday.  In honor of singer/songwriter’s centennial, Smithsonian Folkways presents an in-depth commemorative collection of songs, photos and essays on one of America’s most treasured 20th-century icons. With more than 3,000 work songs, union and labor songs, political and philosophical songs, anti-war songs, anti-Nazi songs and more, Wilson “Woody” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightclub Comes to the Concert Hall at New World Symphony&#8217;s Pulse Concert</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/08/nightclub-comes-to-the-concert-hall-at-new-world-symphonys-pulse-concert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/08/nightclub-comes-to-the-concert-hall-at-new-world-symphonys-pulse-concert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pushing Musical Boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronica]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New World Symphony of Miami, Florida is the latest classical group working to attract a younger audience by putting a new spin on the concert hall experience. Arian Campo-Flores of the Wall Street Journal recently wrote a report on Pulse, the New World Symphony&#8217;s late-night event which brought a nightclub atmosphere into the concert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“We’re Not Gonna Take It” Mariachi Style</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/06/were-not-gonna-take-it-mariachi-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/06/were-not-gonna-take-it-mariachi-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 03:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Improvisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hornitos Tequila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mariachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twisted Sister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[We're Not Gonna Take It]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Cinco de Mayo has come and gone.  I meant to post this before the weekend, but blame not feeling well and dental work for my delay. As I previously mentioned, Hornitos® Premium Tequila teamed up with Twister Sister to tweak the band’s hit song, “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”  Hornitos offered the opportunity to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awesome Paso, Wonderful Waltz, and Terrible Tangos on DWTS Classical Night</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/01/awesome-paso-wonderful-waltz-and-terrible-tangos-on-dwts-classical-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/01/awesome-paso-wonderful-waltz-and-terrible-tangos-on-dwts-classical-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 23:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Tuneage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentine tango]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chelsie Hightower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classical night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancing With The Stars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Hough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Driver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Menounos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Gilbert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paso Doble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peta Murgatroyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roshon Fegan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dancing with the Stars’ classical night can best be summed up by a quote from professional dancer Mark Ballas: &#8220;You can&#8217;t spell classical without ass&#8221;. There were some great classical music moments and some, well, you know… Last night&#8217;s show featured an awesome Paso Doble, a wonderful Viennese Waltz, and two terrible Argentine Tangos. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Voice’s Semifinals Shines With Diversity</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/01/the-voices-semifinals-shines-with-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/05/01/the-voices-semifinals-shines-with-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Tuneage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Mann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jermaine Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juliet Simms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Season 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Semi-Finals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspiring, surprising and awesome can easily sum up Monday’s semifinals of The Voice, but that would over simplify the evening.  What I continue to love about this show is the sheer diversity of performers.  At this stage of the competition, it might be easy to have vocalists with sheer power remaining.  However, this show has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metalcamp: This Summer Camp for Kids Might Get A Little Noisy</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/04/28/metalcamp-this-summer-camp-for-kids-might-get-a-little-noisy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/04/28/metalcamp-this-summer-camp-for-kids-might-get-a-little-noisy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catskill Mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heavy metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metal Mike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metalcamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School of Rock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With summer quickly approaching, it also means parents need to think about how to keep youngsters busy.  It’s the time of year when parents make tough decisions to send kids off to summer camp to enjoy a little R&#38;R.  Typical summer camps usually include swimming, arts and crafts, hiking and roasting marshmallows while huddled up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Campbell Talks Elimination From The Voice: “I Didn&#8217;t Think That It Would Be Me”</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/04/26/jesse-campbell-talks-elimination-from-the-voice-i-didnt-think-that-it-would-be-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/04/26/jesse-campbell-talks-elimination-from-the-voice-i-didnt-think-that-it-would-be-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Tuneage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Aguilera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huffington Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Voice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve been watching season 2 of The Voice, you are familiar with the beautiful voice of Jesse Campbell.  In a surprising twist last week, the producers decided to add peculiar instant elimination to the show this season.  Jesse’s coach, Christina Aguilera, in surprising move decided to eliminate him from her team. As a fan [...]]]></description>
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