Articles tagged "florida"

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New CD revives Hialeah, Fla.‘s, forgotten musical past

by Amy Driscoll [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[4.Sep.07] :. HIALEAH, Fla.—Before the Miami Sound Machine hit it big and the Buena Vista Social Club became an international sensation, the future of Cuban music was being shaped in a place not generally...

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The evolution of South Beach

by Lydia Martin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[18.Jul.07] :. MIAMI—Twenty years ago, South Beach was a tired seaside village best known for Scarface drug deals and flocks of retired people rocking on the front porches of decrepit hotels. But a fight to...

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Clinton, Giuliani lead in Florida

by Beth Reinhard [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[11.Jun.07] :. MIAMI - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani are lapping their rivals by roughly 20 points in Florida, though many voters haven’t picked a favorite in the presidential race,...

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Facing the music about a Florida town’s racism in the ‘50s

by Chauncey Mabe [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[2.May.07] :. Country music songwriting legend Bobby Braddock recalls Auburndale, Fla., where he grew up in the 1940s and ‘50, as a rural, Southern burg where orange groves alternated with cattle...

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Fans push for pardon of Jim Morrison

by Gary Fineout [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[10.Apr.07] :. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Jim Morrison, native Floridian, one-time Florida State University student and charismatic rock star, could get a new label if fans have their way: pardoned criminal. Convicted of...

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Diplo: Florida

by Tim O'Neil

[23.Sep.04] :. DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing was released in November of 1996, almost eight years ago. It would have been impossible, at the time, to predict the extent to which Endtroducing would...

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