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Blues Traveler is the rare jam band with chart-topping hits

October 17, 2013

MODESTO, Calif. — Blues Traveler is the rarest of musical acts — a jam band with a major chart hit. Phish never has charted, nor has moe., Widespread Panic or Umphrey’s McGee. The Grateful Dead’s...

Top iTunes album downloads

Top iTunes album downloads

October 10, 2013
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Fall preview: Pop music albums

Fall preview: Pop music albums

Jackson Miller, Shift Editor September 16, 2013

By Dan DeLuca The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) Elvis Costello & The Roots, “Wise Up Ghost.” (On sale Tuesday.) The 59-year-old Costello got to know the generation-younger Roots on the set...

Top iTunes downloads

September 5, 2013

Top iTunes downloads Apple Inc. MCT Top 10 songs on the iTunes Store for Sept. 4: 1. “Roar,” Katy Perry 2. “Wake Me Up,” Avicii 3. “Royals,” Lorde 4. “Berzerk,” Eminem 5....

Drowning Pool-Resilience

Drowning Pool-Resilience

Brittany Hinkel, Shift Editor/ Cartoonist April 10, 2013

The hard rock band, Drowning Pool, has had a stroke of bad luck after the death of their original lead singer, Dave Williams in 2002. Since then, they had recruited Jason Jones, who left the band in June...

Metal at the Phoenix Room

Metal at the Phoenix Room

Brittany Hinkel, Shift Editor/ Cartoonist March 6, 2013

On Saturday, March 2, four local metal bands performed at the Phoenix Room for the metal fans here in Norfolk. The bands were: Sin/Fixx, Glasgow Smile, Faith Buried in Flames and Architect or Arsonist....

Fall Out Boy is Back!

Fall Out Boy is Back!

Daira Gentrup, Web Editor February 4, 2013

After a three year hiatus that seemed more like ten, Fall Out Boy is recording another album. The band announced Monday Feb. 4th that they are releasing another album and are going on tour again. They...

New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees plan joint tour

New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees plan joint tour

Gerrick D. Kennedy January 25, 2013

LOS ANGELES (MCT) — Fans of the sweet, R&B-inflected harmonies of ‘90s boy bands should prepare themselves for a meltdown. New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men and the newly reunited 98 Degrees announced...

*UPDATE* Starship Guitarist Dies After Concert

*UPDATE* Starship Guitarist Dies After Concert

Quinn Kelly, Reporter September 4, 2012

Shortly after the concert at the Norfolk Divots Event Center Sunday night, Mark Abrahamian, lead guitarist of the band "Starship”, died suddenly after finishing the concert. Abrahamian told a fellow...

Rock and Roll Baby! Maybe.

Waylon Goodwin, Reporter April 26, 2012

What do you get when you blend the hardcore melodies of a nineties rock and roll band with the softer melodies of an orchestra? Yep, you guessed it right; you get “Rockestra!” Sioux City, IA is...

Norfolk High School Showstoppers during their performance.

Northeast Hosts 30th Annual Jazz Festival

April 3, 2012

Norfolk High School Showstoppers during their performance.Last week schools from all around the state of Nebraska and some from Iowa and South Dakota came to Northeast Community College for the 30th annual...

Whitney Houston’s shocking death: Funeral set in hometown of Newark

Caitlin Wilson February 15, 2012

Whitney Houston’s unexpected death has left everyone in shock and grief. On February 11, 2012, the day before the 54th annual Grammy awards, Whitney Houston was found underwater and unconscious in her...

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