Tommy Makem, 74, folk singer

Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller Tommy Makem, who teamed with the Clancy Brothers to become stars during the folk music boom, has died of cancer. He was 74. Makem died Wednesday in Dover, where he lived for many years, his son Conor said Thursday. He had battled lung cancer.

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Who's In and Out of L.A.

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Spike Jones: The Legend

Jugglers, midgets, giants and many of Los Angeles’ finest big band musicians play at a breakneck clip, and the mayhem is on screen here for disbelieving eyes.

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Music@Menlo marks fifth anniversary

A good idea is a good idea. And Wu Han, the pianist, and David Finckel, the cellist, had a very good one back in 2002: to start a high-caliber, summer chamber music festival in the Bay Area, which, strangely, didn't have one. But every idea requires execution.

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Black History Programming

Feb. 4 AmericanLife TV: Moments That Changed Us: Diahann Carroll (special) VH1 Soul: One Planet. One Soul (music series) TV One: In Conversation ... With Rev.

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Save $400 on Microsoft Office: Use Lotus Symphony instead

Like a younger, hipper version of OpenOffice, Lotus Symphony razzle-dazzles with its sleek interface and robust feature set. And it's absolutely free.

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Wright Blasts Piracy at Chamber of Commerce Summit

He characterized the media as "one of the canaries in the coal mine," because the industry is a conspicuous victim of theft of DVDs and music nationwide and around the world. But he said," "This isn't just a problem of one or two sectors or a few big companies.

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Denver Post: "Contrived": Play that's making a list

David Letterman made the top 10 list part of our weekday lexicon, and in Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity," record clerks recount everything from "best side-one, track-one songs" to "five worst breakups."

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Euphonix is Lord of the Mixers

Euphonix is Lord of the Mixers The arrival of a Euphonix System 5 console recently at the Sydney Opera house was timely given the impending "The Lord of the Rings Symphony" performance.

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Denver Post: Social hurdle can be steep

"I've been to a couple of functions, and I've been surprised by the lack of engagement if you're not from (Denver). I don't think this place is very friendly to outsiders.

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