2010 Aboriginal Music Festival and Career Fair (Canada)

"On behalf of the Indigenous Peoples Program, Centre for Continuing and Distance Education, University of Saskatchewan, we are pleased to proudly present the 2010 Aboriginal Music Festival and Career Fair on October 29th, TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The 2010 Aboriginal Music Festival and Career Fair, going into it's 7th year, will be one of the largest recruiting events and celebration of Aboriginal youth of the year. The Career Fair will be open to companies and students of all disciplines and degree programs. We invite you to participate in this event to reach out to highly talented students from across Saskatchewan. The Career Fair is part of a whole day event ending in a Music Festival Gala highlighting Canada's top talent and artistic performers. In past years, the Music Festival has attracted more than 3000 people and Canada's Top Musical Talent"
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Soul singer Solomon Burke dies aged 70

US soul singer Solomon Burke, who wrote the classic song Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, has died at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport aged 70. The former preacher turned singer had been due to perform at a well-known club in the city on Tuesday. The self-proclaimed King of Rock & Soul was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 and won a Grammy in 2003. Burke leaves behind 21 children and 90 grandchildren
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Fans celebrate John Lennon on birthday

Fans around the world are marking what would have been the 70th birthday of John Lennon. A large crowd was gathering at Central Park's Strawberry Fields in New York City, where there is a memorial. A benefit concert was also happening nearby. The ex-Beatle and peace activist was gunned down 30 years ago outside his apartment building near Central Park. Celebrations began on Friday. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland dedicated a time capsule in honour of Lennon containing several CDs, DVDs and books and two notes written by his widow Yoko Ono.
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Lost Vivaldi concerto found in Scotland

A lost flute concerto by 18th century composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi has been discovered by an academic among a set of dusty papers housed in Scotland's National Archives in Edinburgh
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Sony debuts online Classical store, Ariama

Ariama: Where Classical Music Lives. CDs, MP3s, and lossless downloads, with insightful editorial and search tools tailored for classical music discovery
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Save the 100 Club (UK)

The world famous 100 Club in Oxford Street, London, UK will close it's doors by Xmas unless WE can save it
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BT Digital Music Award winners

The winners of the BT Digital Music Award have been announced
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