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The documentary included on the second disc of this release follows singer Michael Buble as he heads to his historic first show at New York's famed Madison Square Garden.

Attention, anybody who ever tripped the light fantastic at La Monica Ballroom on the Santa Monica Pier: Pier officials are seeking 100"alumni" of the famed ballroom, which had its heyday during the swing band era, to take a turn on the re-created dance floor from 7 to 10 p.m. on July 23.

The Good: These are some tight arrangements and a great sound which includes the odd-yet-amazing choice of Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man , and his hits Home and Feeling Good .

Scratch the surface of the vocal stylings of a lot of male American rock singers and you'll find the unmistakable relics of crooning.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy tries to capture the essence of the big band and swing era.

Most Americans love a parade. If you needed conformation, all you had to do was go downtown last Thursday evening and check the crowd at the 76th Annual Saddle Horse Parade.

The Santa Monica Pier , the symbolic western end of Route 66, will hold concerts July 23 to pay tribute to its former La Monica Ballroom and celebrate the pier's centennial, according to a news release .

Frontier Days in Arlington Hts. always has been billed as a historical happening, a step back into a cultural yesteryear.

Rapper Eminem, who is not on tour, is set to perform at the Voodoo Experience 2009, which the festival's producers say will be his only full concert performance of the year.

It's the biggest show of his career in New York City at the famed Madison Square Garden.

TEN years after receiving life-saving heart surgery, Colin Marsh is marking the anniversary of his operation with a year of fund-raising for the British Heart Foundation.

Michael Feinstein performed last night at Symphony Hall with guest conductor Erich Kunzel and the Boston Pops.

Olivier Award winners Maria Friedman and Ruthie Henshall and acclaimed singing actress Kim Criswell will all play London's Cadogan Hall this summer.

On the face of it this must be one of the strangest ideas ths boy Gedge has ever had.

Credit line Country artist Billy Currington will perform Friday night on the Riverfront.

The Town of Windsor's summer concert series returns for another season tonight. Chris Daniels and The Kings will open the season with their unique music which blends Creole jazz, rock and blues.

In jazz terminology, it's known as "call and response": The trumpet section plays a few notes, which are answered immediately by the saxophones.

The Town of Windsor's summer concert series will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursdays from June 11 to August 13 at Boardwalk Park.

'That's not good.' I was sitting next to the tent for the sound and light boards for the downtown Iowa Arts Festival stage when those words were uttered by one of the tent's occupants.

BravoBravo! is a popular fundraiser benefiting Michigan Opera Theatre and the Detroit Opera House.