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"The World Is Full of Crashing Bores": A Party Playlist for Tareq and Michaele Salahi

David Wild | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Here's a playlist for America's latest fun couple to be used at the very next party they crash together.

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HuffPost Reviews: Jack Johnson, R.E.M., Train, Dolly, Carly, and More, Plus U2 Plays The Rose Bowl, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Adam Clayton, Sesame Street, Jimmy Stafford, Paul Simon, Bono, Scott Underwood, Pam Tillis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Counting Crows, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Emmett Malloy, Elton John, David Bowie, Disney, Needtobreathe, "Weird Al" Yankovic, G Love, Pink Martini, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ben Harper, Kathy Mattea, Train, Tanya Tucker, Sara Watkins, Eddie Vedder, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Von, Jack Johnson, Jackson Browne, American Idol, Pat Monahan, R.E.M., Moondog, Elvis Costello, Entertainment News

In 2008, Jack Johnson toured the world with his Sleep Through The Static concerts, the best of these shows assembled for his new CD/DVD En Concert.

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ACL 2009 Festival Highlights: Them Crooked Vultures, Dirty Projectors, Bon Iver, Pearl Jam and More

Stephanie Keller | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music, Dave Matthews, Todd Snider, Josh Homme, Live Music, Bands, Daniel Johnston, Erika Wennerstrom, Folk, Festivals, Ghostland Observatory, John Paul Jones, Rock, Austin, Dave Grohl, Felice Brothers, Alison Mosshart, Avett Brothers, Jack White, Dead Weather, Grizzly Bear, Wellies, The Excitement Plan, Bon Iver, Deer Tick, Dirty Projectors, Ben Harper, Austin City Limits, Indie, Andrew Bird, Heartless Bastards, Pearl Jam, Acl, Them Crooked Vultures, Remade Horizon, Devotchka, Tvc, Entertainment News

Three days, 130 bands, eight stages. Downpours and all, there was no shortage of enjoyed spectacle and divine sounds over the weekend at the Austin City Limits Festival.

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A Night Out With David Arquette And Ben Harper

nytimes.com | LIZA GHORBANI | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ben Harper, David Arquette, Propr, Entertainment News

Bedecked in a tweed blazer and Borsalino hat, Mr. Harper looked more the part of dapper designer than genre-blurring musician. He was in New York for ...

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New Tunes On Monday: Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Ben Harper and Relentless7, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, New York Dolls, and Paul Potts

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Conor Oberst, Mick Jagger, Steve Miller, A&M Records, Hayley Westerna, Dave Matthews, Briatain's Got Talent, James Morrison, Josh Groban, Bobby Ewing, David Johansen, ZZ Top, Lumberjack Records, Ewan McColl, Elvis Costello, Glam, Simon Cowell, Classic Rock, Cats, Saddle Creek Records, Jason Boesel, Roberta Flack, J. Geils, Terry Sylvester, Punk, Johnny Thunder, Cat Stevens, Nina Rota, The Hollies, Pam Ewing, Sylvain Mizrahi, Omaha Beach, Justin Oberst, Pop, Steve Conte, Sarah Brightman, Classical, Nebraska, Procol Harum, Neil Young, Rock, Yusuf, Franco Zefferelli, Matthew Sweet, Dallas, Nik Freitas, Macey Taylor, Teaser and the Firecat, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Brian Delaney, Chris Cornell, Taylor Hollingsworth, Sami Yaffa, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gunnar Nelson, Bright Eyes, Paul Potts, Tracy Chapman, Ernest Hemingway, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Hunter S. Thompson, Todd Rundgren, Ben Harper, Nelson, The Animals, Indie, New York Dolls, Ennio Morricone, The Rascals, Bob Dylan, Nathaniel Walcott, Tea for the Tillerman, Romeo & Juliet, Sylvain Sylvain, Buddha and the Chocolate Box, The Band, The Wallflowers, Album Reviews, Huffpost Review, Music Review, Entertainment News

Ever since Cat Stevens embraced Islam, the West has been clueless when it comes to accepting the former superstar. His latest release, Roadsinger, is a good start in rebuilding that emotional bridge to Stevens.

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Ben Harper's Relentless Quest

Derek Beres | Posted 05.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Virgin Records, Ben Harper, White Lies for Dark Times, Music Industry, Relentless7, Entertainment News

Ben Harper's creative raison d'être: to transform despair and suffering into something nearly palpable, to massage the fears from your heart and mind; to remind you that you're not alone in the struggle.

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"Change Begins Within": My Interview with David Lynch

Patricia Amaya | Posted 05.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Radio City Music Hall, Transcendental Meditation®, David Lynch Coffee, Ringo Starr, Laura Dern, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, David Lynch, "Change Begins Within" Benefit Concert, Ben Harper, Donovan, Sir Paul McCartney, Shepard Fairey, The David Lynch Foundation, Tm®, Dlf, Entertainment News

Lynch: "I was a painter and then I got into film -- things were going pretty good. I only had a surface happiness. Inside it was hollow. True happiness lays within."

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Kidstock with Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Moby, Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, Donovan and... David Lynch?

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mary Tyler Moore, Maryland, Wild at Heart, The Beach Boys, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Obama, Sir Paul McCartney, Inland Empire, The National Institutes of Health, Deepak Chopra, New York School System, The Beatles, Rishikesh, Dr. John Hagelin, Woodstock, Russell Simmons, Rishikesh India, David Lynch, The Films of David Lynch, Mia Farrow, Silver Spring, Radio City Music Hall, Moby, Paul Horn, Mike Love, Maharishi, President Barack Obama, Paul McCartney, Blue Velvet, Ben Harper, The Elephant Man, Parade Magazine, New York City, New York, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Sheryl Crow, Clint Eastwood, Dr. William Stixrud, Silver Spring Maryland, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Twin Peaks, Laura Dern, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Tm, India, New York Schools, Heather Graham, Transcendental Meditation, Dr. Mark Liponis, Dune, The David Lynch Foundation, Donovan, Eraserhead, Stephen Collins, Entertainment News

This concert will be about the music, but its statement of solidarity and support for upliftment in education could be the beginning of yet another American wave of consciousness raising.

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Beastie Boys Draft Stars For "Vote" Tour

Reuters | Posted 11.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jack Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, Get Out and Vote Tour, Beastie Boys, Norah Jones, Music, Celebrities Talk Politics, Entertainment News

The Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour, which will begin Octobe...

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Greening 150,000 Roadies, is it possible?: Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco

Patrick Pfeiffer | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green

This year's Democratic National Convention is following suit: organic food, alternative energy transportation, and carbon offsetting are mitigating the masses.

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What Is Hip? I Say It's Maria Muldaur, Irma Thomas, and Taj Mahal

Sal Nunziato | Posted 09.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Ellis Marsalis, Brooklyn Vegan, Los Lobos, Norah Jones, Bon Iver, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, New Releases, Heads Up, Los Obos, Rounder Records, Conor Oberst, Iron & Wine, Telarc, Dinah Washingotn, Plain White T's, Entertainment News

So while we get excited about Conor Oberst and Iron & Wine, can't we make a little room for Maria Muldaur, Irma Thomas, and Taj Mahal without losing street cred? I say "YES!"

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